Dear friends.

Being at Synod is always an interesting occasion and even more

so this year as St Martin's and St James were in the spotlight so to

speak. I was hoping for lots of opportunities to talk about how the

Holy Spirit had spoken so clearly and the evidence of this being

the graciousness of interactions from September 7, 2014 onwards.

In fact I tried to single out people who might not understand how

this could be in order to do a bit of gospel evangelising.

How did I get on? I'm aware we Anglicans are regarded as a

'broad church' with many subscribing to the 'what's right for you is

not necessarily what's right for me' approach. But I hoped and I

had prayed that with the Holy Spirit's help those barriers might be

pierced.

What happened? Well no one walked away. I could sense some

wished that they hadn't begun the conversation. I am sharing this

with you because I believe there is a real need to pray that the

Holy Spirit might disturb complacent hearts across the diocese

OCTOBER 2015

Our Purpose? To make Christ known.

St Martin’s & St James — the Soul Agents in our communities!

St Martin’s, Spreydon & St James, Riccarton—Parish Magazine

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(including our own).

The past 12 months has been such an exciting time in the life of

our new parish. I remember Gordon having a prophetic word

earlier in the year (January, I think) about what was happening

being just the beginning. He had 'a picture of a bubbling spring

under St Martin's with occasional spectacular geysers revealing

the heart of God for our church family and through us to the

community'. We had just sung 'Great Is Your Faithfulness' and

Gordon felt that the Lord impressed on him 'I am doing a new thing

in your midst, beautiful new growth as in the springtime, look

around, I have already begun.'

Others have heard and seen things from the Lord as well. We

should remember this is just the beginning and requires continued

prayer to see things with spiritual eyes and have understanding of

them.

When we were up at St John's Theological College and finding the

theologically liberal nature of the place somewhat difficult. I wrote

to Roger Thompson who was one of my two mentors asking for

prayer and some thoughts. He wrote back a wise and comforting

letter. 'If you were the enemy then the best place to infiltrate is a

theological College, every ordinand who can be turned will leave

that place and have an impact on thousands of people over their

ministry life. Keep the faith…Roger'.

It would be naive of us not to expect some forays from the enemy

over our amalgamation. Please pray regularly for God's blessing

on our amalgamating parish and continue to pray for the

leadership (we would really appreciate that).

Les

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THE TAG MEETING REPORT SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

All sub committees reported on progress – the main points are:

1. Worship: The ‘Coming Together’ Celebration on Sunday 18

October is progressing with Rev’d Wally Behan as guest speaker.

2. Ministry, Outreach, Plant: The Ministry/Outreach group

continues their work on the Vision and Values statements. The

Mission is being finalised.

3. Finance: Financial policies are being determined and the 2016

budget is under development.

4. Synod: Allan Bean & Michael Smith will speak on behalf of the

parishes at Synod regarding the motion to amalgamate. Les and

John are to answer any questions from the floor.

www.r iccar tonst james.org.nz

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SYNOD REPORT SEPTEMBER 2015 Synod was held from Thursday, September 3 to

Saturday, September 5. It began with the Synod

Service held on the Transitional Cathedral where

there was the commissioning of 15 young leaders, the

bishops charge, the announcement of the new Dean,

and an update on the way ahead with the Cathedral Square site.

On Friday morning the motion was put by Standing Committee for

St James and St Martin's to amalgamate, this was passed

unanimously with effect from October 18, 2015. A number of our

parishioners were able to be there when the motion was put, this

support was appreciated by our Synod team (Allan B, Allan W,

Joan, John, Les, and Michael).

Other parishes who were amalgamated were: Ashburton and

Tinwald effective November 29, 2015; St Albans and Merivale

effective November 29, 2015.

One of the motions that gained momentum, was presented by

Etienne, one of the newly commissioned young people on sending

a message to the Government to increase our intake of refugees

by 750, it was to be added to the numerous other bodies also

lobbying the Government. While this motion passed it's required

reading successfully it was light on substance and offered nothing

about how the refugees might be screened (think ISIS) or how it

might be paid for (the estimated cost is NZ$880 million over two

years).

The financial statements of the Diocese were passed and the

budget for next year was also passed and there will be virtually no

change in the quota for our amalgamated parishes.

There was a motion requesting General Synod to take no action on

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the Motion 30 Report until the regional synods had had a chance

to discuss it fully and explore its implications over a 4-year period.

This was passed easily.

There was a motion to appoint a part-time ‘CYPSO Support

Person’ to the Dioceses to see that parishes have a trained

CYPSO person and to ensure all people working with children

have a police clearance and it’s in keeping with the anticipated and

updated ‘Keeping them Safe’ document.

The Clergy Appointment Statue was amended to allow a bigger

pool of authorised clergy as Diocesan nominators as there are

many new appointments needed in the next three years. John de

Senna has been elected onto this list.

The Financial Statements of CPT was presented together with a

financial review full of figures and a slide show, which nicely

glossed over the real financial position of the parishes in the

Diocesan Overview and Earthquake Repairs and Restorations.

The three Diocesan Priorities of the Strategic Plan of our Diocese:

1. Christ Centred Mission, 2. Faithful Stewardship and 3.

Encouraging Young Leaders, were rolled over for another 3 years.

St Martin's and St James had the privilege of taking Evening

Prayer prior to the Friday dinner and we had opportunity to thank

Bishop Victoria, Standing Committee, and Synod for their support.

We are immensely grateful to Bishop Victoria for her

encouragement, support and her prayers.

Blessed are the flexible for they shall not be bent out of shape.

Synod finished at 5pm on Saturday.

Contributed by Joan, Allan B., and Les.

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AAW

The annual Diocesan Festival Communion Service

was held at the Transitional Cathedral on Saturday

19 September and those of us who attended found it

a great experience. We would like to recommend to all

AAW members that they attend next year!

Advance notice: The Diocesan Overseas and Outreach and Social

Concerns meeting is on Friday morning, November 6th at St Peters

Upper Riccarton. For further details contact Helen or Jackie.

St JAMES AAW

SEPTEMBER

At the meeting on Thursday 3rd September we heard from

Margaret who had just returned from a holiday in Europe.

Margaret and her husband, Colin cruised the Danube and Rhine

rivers from Budapest through to Amsterdam in a ship with 90

passengers. Every day was different with very interesting

stopovers along the way. They went through 60 locks on the rivers

and the weather was great. There was entertainment each night

and coach trips available at each daily stopover.

They rounded off their trip with 4 days in

Paris, 4 days in Scotland, 4 days at Crewe

and then 4 days in London where they visited

Westminster Abbey and lots of other historical

and interesting places.

What a “Grand Tour”. Thank you Margaret

for sharing your journey with us and thanks

also to Diana for taking notes.

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OCTOBER

At our next meeting on Thursday 1st October, Constable

Jules Atkinson from the Riccarton Neighbourhood

Policing Team will be telling us about the work they have

been doing in Riccarton over the last four years.

Please remember the sales table and our sponsored child

collection.

contributed by Velda (St James AAW secretary)

St MARTIN’S AAW At our September meeting Liz spoke to us about the Canterbury

Area Health Board, and explained how widespread all the various

services are. A huge amount of work is underway at the moment

with the ‘rebuild’ and ‘new build’ both at the public hospital and

Burwood. We also learnt how services are being integrated to help

patients and clinicians, this work is admired by hospitals throughout

the world.

Our October meeting will be held on the 15th when Petronella will

come and talk to us about the work of the Blind Foundation. This

will be an excellent follow up to the last meeting when we saw the

tactile books for the blind and partially sighted children.

contributed by Jackie (St Martin’s AAW president)

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BOOK REVIEW If you would like to borrow this book please see the St Martin’s Church Library.

THE 13TH GIFT

by Joanne Huist Smith

A true story of a

Christmas miracle.

After the unexpected

death of her husband

Joanne Smith had no

idea how she would keep herself together and be strong for her

three children, especially with the holidays approaching. The

cheerfulness of the season made her feel more alone than ever, no

matter how much she wanted to reach out to her children and find

some way to comfort them.

Until they were thrown a lifeline. Twelve days before Christmas, in

the midst of rushing her children to school, Jo discovered a gift on

her doorstep. Over the twelve days of Christmas a new gift arrived

daily. The mystery of the presents - and the kindness behind them -

worked its magic as the family came together, united in the spirit of

Christmas, in love and in hope.

When I first decided to read this book on my E reader it was ‘just a

story’ but I became engrossed and began to feel part of the family.

I looked forward to my reading time and when I had finished the

book I felt the need to share it and so there is now a copy in St

Martin's Church Library for you to borrow and read for yourself.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

reviewed by Mary

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BOOK REVIEW LEGO FRIENDS

THE HEARTLAKE ADVENTURE REVIEWER: ELIZABETH, AGED 12

I have read a lot of books over this year. This

one is a favourite of mine.

Its about 5 friends. One

friend called Olivia,

makes up a surprise

game for all her friends

to play, but they think she is too busy for

them. Until they find out about the

surprise game that has them all in it.

I would recommend this book for around

9-12 year olds. I really enjoyed reading

this and I'm sure others would as well.

reviewed by Elizabeth

TECH TIPS THEOLOGY ON YOUR DEVICE

The "Bible in one year".

Nicky Gumbell from Holy Trinity Brompton in London writes daily

comments on scripture usually a small comment or story, followed

by a reading from Psalms or Proverbs followed by a New

Testament passage then an Old Testament passage each with

short relevant comments and a short prayer.

You can download this for free from either the Apple

or Android store for your iPad, tablet, mobile phone,

or computer. Lyn thinks it is brilliant.

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PRAYER PART 7 (with thanks and apologies to Philip Yancey)

Prayer, according to Yancey’s book is a partnership

between us and God.

When God created the world He gave mankind the amazing gift of

freewill so we can chose to go God’s way or our own which

messes up God’s good plans for us.

Amazingly He wants our cooperation on reclaiming the world to the

state it was in before we messed it up. He calls people to be His

fellow workers in His plan of salvation.

In the early stages (Old Testament) He chose and worked through

the Jews until the time when Jesus Christ came on earth.

In the present phase (New Testament and onwards) He has given

us a fuller revelation of His Salvation in Jesus Christ and is working

it out though the church in the present time.

The Church makes mistakes but God, in His grace, persists and

has promised us ultimate victory if we walk in His ways following

His leading and continue His work on earth. Paul tells the early

churches time and time again that we are in partnership with God

(Philippians 2:10, 1 Corinthians 15:10, Galatians 2:20, Ephesians

2:10).

Prayer is the bridge between us in the physical world and He in the

spiritual dimension. Although occasionally God breaks through into

our world breaking His own laws, creating miracles, God seems to

prefer to work through the actions of people and especially

Christians to supply what we need in answer to prayer. This is

again an example of God using human partnership to accomplish

His will in answer to our prayers.

A few years ago I experienced a series of miracles in my life,

though God worked them all out by human hands. Most people

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would call it coincidence but occurring one after the other in answer

to prayer, I call these coincidences God’s miracles to me and my

family.

I was working for the hospital and had to get some further training

in Perth, Australia and needed to go there for one year. I wanted

to take my family but the hospital would not pay for them to go as I

would not be away for more than 12 months. I did not have the

money for their airfares and prayed desperately for God’s

intervention. Just before the time for payment was requested I

received some unexpected back pay that just covered the amount

needed for my wife and four children. I would also have had great

difficulty paying for a motel for 2 weeks until I could fund a house or

flat. The wife of a nephew had a father over on holiday from Perth

who was in real estate. I spoke to him regarding rentals in Perth

and said how much I could afford. He laughed at the amount I had

and said I would need much more.

I wrote to a daughter of the minister who married us, she was living

in Perth, to say I was coming (and had work qualifications). She

found that we could stay at a Refugee Centre on arrival. She met

us at the airport and took us there where we stayed for three days

at minimal cost instead of a motel.

I had written to the chaplain at the hospital to see it he could help

with accommodation for us in anyway but he was leaving for

Adelaide and put me onto another person who I could contact on

arrival. When I contacted this Christian man he told me of a 3

bedroom house just nearby that was for lease as the person had

gone to London. I could lease it for one year. We moved in three

days after arrival and we could afford the lease. God really does

provide!

Later that year the cost of living in western Australia caught up with

us as I was on a New Zealand salary but a Christian doctor I was

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under arranged for me to take on part time job, one night a week in

Casualty, that gave me extra income and allowed us to manage.

No miracles, just repeated coincidences. Archbishop William

Temple said ‘when I pray coincidences happen and when I don’t,

they don’t happen.’

God expects us to work for Him as if there was no such thing as

prayer, and also to pray for Him to accomplish things as if we have

no ability to do anything at all. Prayer should not make you

passive and sit back waiting for God to act.

When you are tempted to say to God, ‘What on earth are you doing

in IRAQ with all the ISIS killings and persecution of Your people’

perhaps we should be saying ‘What is the Church doing?’ (It is the

hands and body of Christ in this world). If you feel called, try and

stir up the likeminded Christians to get the Church to do more by

prayer and sending support to the local church in those regions.

Read the book of Acts. The early church spent a lot of time

praising and praying over problems and then set to work to

organise or do something practical to solve the problem usually

through finding or funding someone with suitable gifts to do the

work required.

contributed by Allan

Prayer is the breath of faith. Prayer meetings are the lungs of the

church. C. H. Spurgeon.

The Hour of Power

Every Monday at 7.30pm

The Upper Room, St Martin's

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TECH TIPS

CARING FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT SNAP SEND SOLVE

How to effectively deal with graffiti, damage to street signs, and

fixed Council rubbish bins et cetera.

Snap Send Solve is a smart phone app that

helps to make reporting issues easy.

Report issues instantly to the Christchurch

City Council from a mobile phone.

The app works by identifying the location the

photo is taken using the phone's GPS data. It sends an email to the

Council from the users email address, including the incident type,

notes, address of incident, photo, and users contact details. The

report is then allocated to the relevant council department.

The more information provided, the better we can help isolate and

investigate the issue.

Simply download the app onto your phone and start reporting.

Requests can continue to be lodged by

completing the online form, calling the

Christchurch City Council on 03 941

8999, or visiting one of the Council

Service Centres.

TUESDAY MORNING PRAYER 9.30-10 am Tuesday mornings.

Please come and join us at St James for a time of prayer and reflection.

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EXCITING BIBLE READING! THE THEOLOGICAL BASIS OF THE SWEDISH METHOD OF BIBLE READING

The Perspicuity of the Bible

The Bible can be comprehended and its interpretation

does not depend upon having an expert at hand. A Bible

Commentary can be helpful to get background to the passage

including its historical setting, but its authority is not where the

message is necessarily found.

The Bible Creates the Church

If we believe in the divine inspiration of Scripture, then it becomes

God’s means of bringing His message to people. In the history of

the church often it was a portion of Scripture that was brought into

a community, where as a direct result a church grew up. The Holy

Spirit applied that Word to their hearts and they responded. People

were called out of the world into a Christian fellowship.

The Whole Bible is the Counsel of God

The whole Bible is the counsel of God, so it does not matter which

passage readers begin to read. Preferably it should be the

Gospels, but it is not essential. God can reveal His message when

a passage is read and worked through in the Swedish Method

using the light-bulb, question-mark and arrow symbols.

The Bible is Addressed to its Readers

Addressing the Sadducees Jesus said in Matthew 22:31, ‘have

you not read what was said to you by God?’ and then cites Exodus

3:6 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of

Jacob.’ This means that not only God’s Word is inspired, but that it

is universally applicable to its readers. Praise the Lord!

contributed by Henry

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YOUR EYES: A MASTERPIECE FROM WORD FOR TODAY Evolution says that, where there’s a want,

nature will provide what’s needed. Really?

In Natural Theology, Dr William Paley writes: ‘To keep the eye

moist and clean a wash is constantly supplied by a secretion for

the purpose; and the superfluous brine is conveyed to the nose

through a perforation in the bone as large as a goose quill. When

the fluid has entered the nose, it spreads itself upon the inside of

the nostril and is evaporated by the current of warm air which in the

course of respiration is continually passing over it.

It’s easily perceived that the eye must want moisture; but could the

‘want’ of the eye generate the gland which produces the tear, or

bore the hole by which it’s discharged—a hole through bone? Let

the evolutionist tell us who bored the hole . . And laid a water pipe

through it for the dispersion of tears.’

When it encounters darkness, your eye’s ability to see increases

100,000 times. The finest camera ever made doesn’t even come

close! What’s more, your eye will find the object it wants to see,

and focus on it automatically by elongating or compressing itself.

Both eyes moving in tandem must adopt different angles in order to

fix themselves on what’s to be seen.

Evolution tells us when the eye gets ready to create itself, it had

forethought for its own protection and built a bony ridge of the

brow, which provided a nose on which to position the glasses

many of us need. Then it provided a shutter to protect itself from

foreign objects.

Perhaps it takes more faith to believe in evolution than creation!

What do you think?

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IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL SONG DEVOTIONAL POSTED BY MATT REDMAN ON 7 AUGUST 2015

In 1873 a lawyer called Horatio Spafford experienced

an almost unbearable tragedy. The ship that his wife

and four daughters were on sank, and every one of

his children died. Sailing across the Atlantic to join

his wife, Spafford wrote It Is Well With My Soul.

Like so many people down the years I’ve always loved the hymn,

and it’s obvious that it comes from a deep place. I wasn’t intending

to rewrite it, but I started thinking about it when Beth and I were

working on a song that touched on some similar themes.

We were writing about the fact that sometimes our scars are a sign

of God’s grace in our lives, a sign that we’ve been through

something. Scars are a mark of our healing, a sign that we’re not

where we were. Our wounds may have been deep and the night

may have been dark, but the promise of God's love has been

proved in our lives. When we look back we see providence and

protection, even the ways that God has made us fruitful in the land

of our suffering.

That last idea comes from a verse in the story of Joseph where he

calls his second son Ephraim, ‘because God has made me fruitful

in the land of my suffering’ (Genesis 41:52).

That’s definitely true in my story. I can look back and see how God

made something beautiful grow out of things that were difficult and

painful. Not that everything has a silver lining, but the truth for

those who trust God is that nothing is wasted. Even in the darkest

times it’s possible to know that God has not left us. Like Joseph

said, the things that were meant for harm, ‘God used for good.’

Beth and I were writing this in a song and it struck me that it would

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fit perfectly - in terms of tempo, key and theme - with Spafford’s

hymn. So I went for it, out of huge respect for the original, and the

hope that it will be a blessing.

contributed by Murray

BREADLINE FOOD BANK—ST MARTIN’S Items can be left in the Breadline basket which is at the back of

the St Martin’s Church.

To see the above website visit:: http://riccartonstjames.simpl.com/about_us.html

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CAMBODIAN CONNECTION ANNE AND ANTHONY McCORMICK SOCIAL WORK IN CAMBODIA—SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

The last update from the McCormick’s focused on

Anne's work. But what about Anthony's new social work project?

In the same time-frame that I have set up my programme, Anthony

has set up a Social Work Department at the hospital, starting from

scratch, in an environment where social work is not well

understood. This is typical of Cambodia, not just the hospital. He

began in October last year, working alone initially, developing

policies and writing procedures to set the department on a good

footing to a professional standard.

A translator joined him and together they worked on making all the

documentation bilingual, as there is very little by way of social work

resources in the Khmer language. This is due to the fact that it is a

relatively new discipline in Cambodia, the first students graduated

from a degree programme run in Phnom Penh in conjunction with a

Washington University as recently as 2012.

Two fulltime social workers and a counsellor have since joined the

team. They have found, as they

visit patients in the wards, that

there is a huge need for their

services. The lives of so many at

the hospital have changed forever

because of the accidents or

incidents which they have

experienced. The social work team works to try to help them

overcome the difficulties and challenges they will face in their daily

lives when they are discharged from the hospital.

Training and mentoring the social work staff is a big part of

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Anthony’s work and is an aspect that he enjoys. He has developed

connections with social workers in other organisations and they

join his team for monthly training sessions.

Anthony feels that, like me, he is putting his past training and

experience to good use and the result is lives better equipped to

face a different future.

Anthony's social work team is pictured (page 18): Sothea (translator),

Sreymom (social worker), Sitha (Counsellor), Visal (Social worker)

To discover more about Anne and Anthony McCormick visit:

https://anneandanthony.wordpress.com

WHALE OF A TALE Atheist: "Do you honestly believe that Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish?"

Preacher: "I don't know, sir, but when I get to heaven, I'll ask him."

Atheist: "But suppose he isn't in heaven?"

Preacher: "Then you ask him."

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ST AMBROSE ANGLICAN CHURCH ARANUI St Ambrose is known in the diocese as a Mission Outreach District.

Non-perishable food and toiletry can be left in the St James Parish Centre or a donation can be given to Les.

Next food drive: December 6 Christmas

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KAILAKURI HEALTH CARE PROJECT It is with mixed feelings of joy, relief

and sadness that we advise that Dr.

Edric Baker passed away on

September 1 at the Kailakuri Health

Centre he founded in Tangail,

Bangladesh.

Edric Baker obtained his MBBS degree from Otago Medical

College at Dunedin in New Zealand in 1965. He then joined a

government medical team and served in war-ravaged Vietnam till

1975. He then went to Australia and England and took several

courses on child health.

Baker came to Bangladesh in 1979 and joined a Christian mission

hospital in Meherpur. Two years later, he moved to Kumudini

Hospital in Mirzapur where he worked for eight months. He then

joined a clinic run by the Church of Bangladesh at Thanarbaid of

Madhupur Upazila in 1983 but soon realised that he needed to

learn Bangla if he really wanted to understand his patients, many of

them indigenous people. In a year, he learned to communicate in

Bangla and over the years became fluent.

Finally in 1996, he set up the Kailakuri Health Care Centre.

Unselfishly and unstintingly he worked for the rest of his life to

make that vision come true at Kailakuri.

About nine months ago, Edric’s lack of energy was diagnosed as

idiopathic pulmonary hypertension. The specialist told him he had

between two months and two years to live. As his health declined

he handed over all of his medical and administrative duties to the

Kailakuri staff whom he had trained. It is fitting that in his final days

he was able to observe the Health Centre running smoothly, with

no input from himself. A true vindication of his life’s work. In a rare

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example of love and sacrifice the lifelong bachelor had been

treating poor patients in Madhupur a reserved forest area in

Tangail for the last three decades, almost for free.

It is also fitting that for his final moments in this world he was

surrounded by those he had worked and lived with for so long. His

inspiration in this life was Love as taught by Jesus Christ. He

passed on surrounded by that same Love, flowing to him in

unrestrained measure from the Kailakuri staff and community.

Least we forget an occasional column on the martyrs of the Church

WILLIAM TYNDALE CIRCA 1494-D 1536

On October 6, 1536 William Tyndale was

martyred. Tyndale was a catalyst for much that

was to come although he is primarily known as a

translator of the Bible and Reformer. He was born

around 1494 and was a native of Gloucestershire

in 1522 he conceived the project of translating the

Bible into the vernacular (the English of the day). The Bible

available in England at this time was the Latin Vulgate which was a

poor translation and as Latin was no longer a spoken language

very few including the priests understood it.

He was refused support for his project in England and in 1524 left

to settle in Hamburg Germany and was eventually able to finish

and print his first translation at Worms in 1525. On its arrival in

England in 1526 the mediaeval bishops of the day attacked it and

took great delight in burning hundreds of copies.

Tyndale spoke nine languages and his biblical translations were

made direct from the Greek and Hebrew into straightforward,

vigorous English. Many of the required words did not exist in

English and Tyndale did some remarkable translating adding more

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words to the English language than Shakespeare and giving us the

poetical language which is found in the King James Bible. The

wonderful word atonement is one of them it means that through

Christ's death on the cross on our behalf that God and man have

been reconciled. So through Jesus shed blood we can know God

and be acceptable before him. If Tyndale had not come first it is

unlikely that Shakespeare would have written in the poetical way

that he did. Tyndale's translation forms the backbone of both the

King James and the Revised Standard and we see this heritage in

the ESV translation.

William Tyndale was betrayed by a friend for money (doesn't this

sound familiar?) He was garrotted and then burnt at the stake. His

heresy was to translate the Bible into English. His last words were,

‘Lord! Open the King of England's eyes.’

Two years after his martyrdom Henry VIII decreed that every parish

church in the land would have a Bible in the vernacular chained to

the pulpit. The King of England's eyes were indeed opened it is

hoped that his heart was too.

Here are the first few verses of Tyndale’s translation of:

The Gospell off Sancte Jhon.

The first Chapter.

In the begynnynge was that worde, and that worde was wyth God:

and God was that worde. The same was in the begynnyngewyth

God. All thynges were made by it, and without it, was made noo

thinge, that was made. In it was lyfe, And lyfe was the light of men,

And the light shyneth in darkness, and darkness comprehended it

not.

And that worde was made flesshe, and dwelt amonge us, and we

sawe the glory offt yt, as the glory off the only begotten sonne off

the father, which worde was full of grace, and verite.

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Sticky Apple and Date Cake with Caramel Nut Topping Enthusiastically sampled and consumed by the

Sunday@7 Service, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Makes 16x4.5cm squares

Serve as a cake or as a pudding with lashings of custard or

whipped cream.

Ingredients

Topping

130g brown sugar

60g butter

½ cup rolled oats

½ cup walnuts, roughly chopped

3 tablespoons milk

Cake

180g (1 cup firmly packed) dates, roughly chopped

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon finely grated orange zest

125g butter, at room temperature

200g sugar

1 egg, lightly beaten

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

225g flour

375g apples, peeled, cored, diced

Method

To make the topping

Put the brown sugar, butter, rolled oats, nuts and milk in a small

saucepan set over a moderate heat.

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Stir until the sugar has dissolved and the mixture is bubbling.

Warm before spreading on the cake.

To make the cake

Preheat the oven to 170°C. Lightly grease with butter or baking

spray a 23cm square cake tin and line the base with baking paper.

Put the dates, baking soda and orange zest in a small bowl with

½cup boiling water.

Mix to combine and leave to stand for 1 hour to soften dates.

Put the butter and sugar into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted

with a paddle and beat until creamy and soft.

Add the egg and beat until creamy and well combined. Remove

the bowl from the electric mixer. Add the dates, vanilla, flour and

apples and mix to combine.

Transfer the mixture to the prepared tin and spread evenly over

the base. Put into the preheated oven and bake for 30 minutes or

until just set but not cooked.

Briefly remove from the oven, spoon on the warm topping and

spread to cover the cake . Return to the oven and bake for a

further 15 minutes or until the topping is golden and toasted.

Remove the cake from the oven and cool. Turn upside down onto

a board. Remove the baking paper and flip to the correct side up.

Trim the edges to neaten.

Cut into 4.5cm squares. Serve cold or as required, warm in a

150°C oven for up to 10 minutes.

This cake also freezes well. Pack the cake pieces tightly into a

baking paper lined airtight container. Thaw at room temperature

and serve cold or warm.

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FOR YOUR OCTOBER DIARY

Sundays @ 7: 7pm, St James Parish Centre.

Mondays: ‘The Hour of Power’ Prayer Meeting: 7.30pm

in the Upper Room, St Martin’s.

Tuesdays: Morning Prayer: 9.30-10am in Riccarton

St James Parish Centre.

Wednesdays: Service of Holy Communion: 11am in the Thompson

Lounge, St Martin’s, preceded by morning tea at 10.15am.

Community Lunch on the 3rd Wednesday after the 11am service.

Thursday October 1: St James AAW: 2pm, St James Parish Centre

Thursday October 15: St Martin’s AAW: 7.30pm, in the Thompson

Lounge.

Friday October 23: St James Men’s Group: 6.30pm, St James Parish

Centre. contact 348 4368

Wednesdays: Mainly Music: contact 338 4062

Thursdays 2nd & 4th: St James Craft, Chat and Fellowship Group:

contact 348 4368

Fridays: St Martin’s Playgroup: contact 338 4062

Fridays: St James Playgroup: contact 348 4368

THE LAST WORD

Parallel lines have so much in common.

It's a shame they'll never meet.

Riccarton St James’ - 69 Riccarton Rd

Minister: Rev’d Les Memory , Ministers: People of the Parish Parish Office: 348 4368 Email: stjamesricc@orcon.net.nz

website: www.riccartonstjames.org.nz

St Martin’s - 50 Lincoln Rd

Minister: Rev’d John de Senna , Ministers: People of the Parish Parish Office: 338 4062 Email: sprang@xtra.co.nz

Sunday Services for October 2015

Sunday October 4 @ St Martin’s

8am Contemplative Service with HC

10am Contemporary Service with HC

10am Kids’ Church: School holidays

7pm @ St James’ Evening Worship

Pentecost 19

Deuteronomy 7:6-9

Ephesians 2:1-10

John 3:14-21

Exodus 2:15-25

Sunday October 11 @ St Martin’s

8am Contemplative Service with HC

9am Parish Breakfast—$3

10am Contemporary Service

10am Kids’ Church:

7pm @ St James’ Evening Worship

Pentecost 20

Genesis 12:1-7

Ephesians 2:11-22

Revelation 3:14-22

Exodus 3:1-9

Sunday October 18 @ St Martin’s

9am Contemporary Service with HC

Becoming One’

7pm @ St James’ Evening Worship

Pentecost 21

Nehemiah 8

Exodus 3:10-15

Sunday October 25 @ St Martin’s

8am Contemplative Service with HC

10am Contemporary Service

10am Kids’ Church:

Juniors—Putting Jesus First with our life

Seniors—Property

7pm @ St James’ Evening Worship

Pentecost 18

Isaiah 60:1-6

Ephesians 3:1-13

John 1:10-14

Exodus 3:16-4:9