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PAUL SUBRITZKY DOING OURSELVES OUT OF A JOB

DAVID LYLE MORRIS

CROSSING INTERNATIONAL BORDERS WITH MUSIC

NICK WILLIS RUNNING THE RACE

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Issue FIFTEEN | AUGUST 2014

03 Doing ourselves out of a job 06 Crossing International Borders with Music 07 Faith Nursing: A church based mission 09

Local News

Bi-centennial Statement Reaffirms Gospel Faith

Local News

Running the Race

Making an all-out effort to evangelise the nation

16 Shine TV programme guide 18 Christian Life Classifieds

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DOING OURSELVES OUT OF A JOB National director of Promise Keepers New Zealand, PAUL SUBRITZKY talks to MARIE ANTICICH about his life and times and the ministry’s power to transform youth and men. “When we first started Promise Keepers in 1994 we thought our job would be finished within a few years, because our prime goal has always been to see men’s ministry established in local churches,” says Auckland-based national director, Paul Subritzky. “Much our time is spent organising events, but we also work closely with pastors to encourage churches to grow their men’s ministries. Our ultimate goal is to do ourselves out of a job. “Promise Keepers events simply aim to encourage men in their Christian walk,” says the father of four has been married for 37 years. “We believe that church is the place where men should be fostered and grown spiritually in a supportive community of interactive men.” The international men’s movement which promotes accountability, discipleship and faithfulness, was founded in 1990 by Bill McCartney, head football coach at the University of Colorado in Boulder, USA.

Promise Keepers was introduced to New Zealand 21 years ago, after Paul flew to the USA with family members and friends, to find out about this new ministry which was making waves among American men. “We heard amazing stories about Promise Keepers and so, in 1993, five of us – my father Bill Subritzky, my brother John, Ray Curle, Bill Butler and myself – flew to a Promise Keepers conference in Boulder, Colorado to check things out. It was a miracle we got in, as the conference had sold out three months before. They joined 50,000 men in an open stadium just below the Rockies, and 5,000 responded to the first altar call. “The sheer presence of God and hearing the men worship and sing was something else – I hadn’t heard singing like that since a Welsh choir sang at a test match at Eden Park and the whole crowd joined in,” Paul recalls. “We wanted to see if Promise Keepers really was a move of God, and if it would be

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That year I had five car accidents, mostly due to winter conditions and excessive speed, and in one case my blue mini was side-swiped by a drunk driver who went through the lights. My parents were worried about me.

relevant in New Zealand. So our group split up and asked guys what difference PK had made in their lives. Their testimonies convinced us that this movement was changing men’s lives dramatically.” They came home and, in 1994, tried a men’s conference at Willow Park Camp at Auckland’s Eastern Beach. Two hundred men came. “The same thing happened – men were moved in a way we hadn’t seen before, and really launched into the singing and prayer.” PK events were held in Wellington and Auckland in 1995, in Christchurch in 1996, and later in Dunedin. The rest is history. A Blessing Another breakthrough happened in America when Paul and his wife Lynette were attending a Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship meeting in Philadelphia in 1981. It was American Independence Day, and Paul’s father, Bill Subritzky was speaking on the Holy Spirit. “After five years of marriage, Lynette and I decided to have children, but none came. We were sitting in the back row of the Full Gospel meeting when a lady pastor from Texas turned around and gave Lynette a word of knowledge. ‘I feel a bit embarrassed,’ she said ‘but God said to tell you He’s doing something with your womb.’” When they returned to New Zealand, Lynette had her tonsils removed. “But after the operation she still wasn’t feeling well, and one day she rang me in tears. ‘I’ve just been to the Family Planning Clinic and they said I’m pregnant,’ she said ‘but because of the tonsil operation and the drugs they want to do an abortion immediately.’” Paul said: “‘No, if God has chosen to gift us with a child, we’re going to believe it will be born healthy and well.’ We’ve never prayed so hard as during those next seven months. Our perfectly healthy daughter was born on July 4, exactly a year to the day the word was given to us in Philadelphia, the home of the Liberty Bell that celebrates American Independence. Five years later our second daughter was born, also on July 4.” Lynette and Paul also have two sons.

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Personal Testimony Growing up in Auckland, Paul attended Mt Roskill Intermediate and Lynfield College. “I went to an Anglican church and got confirmed there, but when I was sixteen I walked away because I didn’t sense the reality of God. “I wasn’t in a good space in my relationship with Dad and the final straw came when we had an argument in our beach house. He clipped me around the ear and I knocked him down, and Mum stepped in between us. “Wanting to get as far away from Dad as possible, I left home at age sixteen and went straight from the sixth form, to Otago University, to study law. People said I was too young and so the first year I worked hard and passed all my exams. “The second year I discovered other attractions which led me down another path and so I missed a couple of units. That year I had five car accidents, mostly due to winter conditions and excessive speed, and in one case my blue mini was side-swiped by a drunk driver who went through the lights. My parents were worried about me.” At university, rugby dominated Paul’s life. He played number eight and was captain, coach and trainer of one of the Orana Hall teams. “When I was 18, Dad rang and asked me to come up to Auckland for the weekend, and I decided to go because I’d badly injured my thigh and could hardly walk, let alone play rugby. “That weekend Dad decided to take the family to Hamilton to hear a speaker called Harry Greenwood, a former Royal Navy diver. We sat in the second row and Harry called people out and prayed for them. You could hear bones clicking into place and the power of God was real. “Harry asked people with leg problems to stand up, and I figured I had nothing to lose and so I stood up and he prayed for us all. Later I went to an adjoining park to try out my leg and I finished up sprinting across the field. Suddenly I realised there was a reality to Christ that I’d never experienced before.” The next night Paul stood up when Greenwood asked people to make a decision for Jesus Christ. “Dad and Mum and family members also made a commitment, and we received the infilling of the Holy Spirit,” he recalls. “The night I returned to Dunedin I couldn’t sleep for thinking, ‘What if Dad

Profile died tonight?’ because there were things I hadn’t said. So I wrote Dad a letter, thanking him for his provision, his care and his love. From that point on our relationship was totally restored, and has been ever since. It was the power of God, and Dad carried the letter around for a number of years.” After his salvation experience, he immediately found a sense of purpose and direction. “For the first time I felt peace, and I was able to sit down and study and pick up units I’d failed.” Paul finished his law degree in four years and became a lawyer at age 20. Joining his father’s Auckland law firm, Subritzky, Tetley-Jones & Way, he had to face his fear of public speaking. “I was in court, representing a man going to jail, and I was too afraid to speak. So I prayed in the Spirit and instantly I felt the power of God and the ability to speak confidently on the man’s behalf.” Later he became a partner in the law firm, specialising in conveyancing. “At one stage I had five skilled young lawyers working for me, including now National MP, Judith Collins,” he adds. In 1973 Paul went overseas on his ‘big OE.’ “During those ten months away I prayed for a wife from the Lord, and when I got back I saw a lady walk past my office door. I felt the Lord say she was the right person and I wound up marrying her in 1977. Lynette and I complement each other in ways I couldn’t think of improving.” In 1985 Paul was asked to manage a building company, Universal Homes. “It was an exciting time, and a year later we sold the firm during the height of the sharemarket boom. So I had a third change of career, and now I run Sterling Holdings, a private family investment firm which has been our tentmaking business ever since, because the work I do for Promise Keepers is voluntary.” “I work for Promise Keepers 90 percent of the time and for the investment firm 50 percent of the time,” Paul

Above: Paul and Lynette with their four children jokes. His brother John is PK communications director. “We have a small staff, mostly volunteers, and we have 400 volunteers at nationwide men’s events.” What’s your secret of time management? “If you’ve got any suggestions I’d like to know! But I do try to simplify my life. We can over-complicate things and so I ask myself, ‘What am I concerned with today that’s going to make a difference in ten years time?’” In his ‘spare’ time he enjoys water skiing and snow

skiing. A favourite Bible verse for Paul Subritzky since he first became a Christian is: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths.” Paul and Lynette attend Pastor Geoff Wiklund’s Assembly of God Church in Auckland.

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Music

Crossing International Borders with Music... Worship leader David Lyle Morris has recently turned 50 but shows no signs of slowing down, and will launch his fifteenth album, Northland in Auckland this month. This collection of songs about faith and hope was inspired by the beautiful country of Finland with which Morris has had a long-term musical relationship. This came about through his many years of travelling and working with renowned worship leaders such as Graham Kendrick, Robin Mark and Darlene Zschech. Morris first visited Finland in the nineties when he was personal assistant to Graham Kendrick and a member of his band. Leading worship at a summer youth conference opened up a long-term stream of ministry. “As a military kid, I had always admired Finland after seeing photos of white- clad Finnish soldiers battling Russians in the snow during the Winter War of 19391940,” says the New Zealand born musician who grew up in a military family and lived in the USA, Fiji and the UK during his childhood. The Finnish connection has led him into a new season of song-writing, returning to his roots and the blues to write songs to touch the hearts of those on the fringe of the church – the broken, seekers and those in need of healing. Recorded live in Helsinki, the album has a haunting Finnish sense of lament, and an influence of Eastern Europe. “I identify with these people who have long suffered, and with the stories of people around me, and my wife’s own struggle with cancer,” says Morris. “Over the last seven years we’ve increasingly found that our faith in Jesus is about wrestling to find His hope in suffering, as opposed to a theology of victory and prosperity. “Dark days of pain washed over my family, and yet the Lord wrapped hope around us like a warm blanket on a cold winter night.” Liz, his wife of 24 years, is doing well on the ‘roller-coaster ride.’ As with Endlessly his previous album, Northland is a result of a musical partnership with Finnish songwriters like Anders Liljestrom. While on tour in Finland, Morris began jotting down lines for a song entitled Medals about his father’s brutal experiences in World War II, including time in a German prisoner of war camp, “I emailed the lyrics to Liljestrom who crafted chords

to bring life to the words,” he says, “and so Northland is truly an international collaboration.” What about the future? “It’s definitely a time to kick on,” says Morris. “As our boys grow up, I’m finding new energy to do the things I’ve dreamed of - and I get to work with awesome young people who fire up my spirit and imagination with their naivety and creativity.” Morris and Liz, his Glasgow-born wife of 24 years, head up the Restore Trust which aims to restore trust in relationships and unity across the boundaries of race, to encourage Maori and Pacific Island Christian leaders, and to foster a passionate and biblical approach to worship. A careers adviser and counsellor, Liz links with agencies which promote health, education and well-being among Maori and Pacific Island people in Manukau City, and provide counselling, guidance and life coaching for young people and their families. Worship was the focus of David’s middle 11 albums, and his calling to worship ministry remains his passion. David Lyle Morris is a worship leader at The Upper Room church in Auckland and lectures on leading worship, training and equipping leaders around New Zealand and beyond. Finland and Singapore are regular ports of call.

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Mission

FAITH NURSING: A Church-Based Mission

Faith community nursing is a ministry of care and compassion, especially for elderly folks. DIANE WEBSTER from the New Zealand Faith Community Nursing Association tells MARIE ANTICICH about this growing church-based ministry which will hold it annual conference in Wellington next month. Diane Webster dreams of seeing more churches employ faith community nurses to tend to their ageing congregations. “We’ve got 25 part-time nurses from Auckland down to Christchurch and Oamaru. Five of these nurses are paid by their church - and we’d love to see this happen more,” says Mrs Webster who will convene the conference at the Cathedral of St Paul in Wellington from September 1113. She is national liaison co-ordinator for the Faith Community Nursing Association of New Zealand which is part of an international movement in Canada, USA, Great Britain, Australia and elsewhere. “New Zealand’s ageing population needs to have increasing support so people can maintain their indepen-

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“Most of our nurses work part-time in a hospital or doctor’s practice – but our ambition is to change those dynamics around and see more nurses employed to work in churches.” dence and quality of life and well-being,” says Mrs Webster. “Most of our nurses work part-time in a hospital or doctor’s practice – but our ambition is to change those dynamics around and see more nurses employed to work in churches.” Faith community nurses, also known as parish or pastoral nurses, must be registered and have a practising nursing certificate. “Our nurses are dotted through the denominations, particularly in the Anglican church which is very responsive to this ministry,” she says. “Faith nursing is a calling, and we tell that to people who want to become a faith community nurse, because it can be a lonely and pioneering role, working away at the coal face.” Faith nurses work with and as a part of the church pastoral care team, visiting the sick and educating people so they don’t become unwell. “Christian nurses are different from other community nurses because they have the added dimension of faith,” says Mrs Webster. “Faith nursing is more holistic because it deals with a person’s whole life, including their spiritual needs.” In Auckland a team of Pacific faith community nurses tend their own people, but they work separately through the local district health board. “Our nurses are passionate about holistic healthcare, whether it’s guiding people through the health system or journeying through an illness with them,” says Mrs Webster. “It says in Luke 9:2, He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal – and it’s powerful words like these that inspire our nurses to strive to care for people in their local faith community. They see it as a form of mission.” Keeping People Well Faith community nursing is also link in the health chain. “There are lots of gaps in the healthcare system, it’s a labyrinth to navigate and if people aren’t astute they’ll fall through. That’s what our role’s about – advocating for people and journeying with them. It’s asking, ‘Are you okay? Do we need to pray? Where is God in all of this for you?’” The health system tends to focus on curative tech-

nologies and disease treatment which is important, but doesn’t always address the root causes of illness. “Disease often has underlying social, economic and spiritual causes,” says Mrs Webster. “Our primary aim is to help people take responsibility for their own health, and understand the causes of physical, mental, social and spiritual illness, and a supportive community and good social networks help to promote emotional and spiritual health and healing.” Faith nursing is also a stepping stone into the wider community: “We don’t just care for Christians – people come in off the street to our foot clinics, and we get to hear their story. “Wellness isn’t just in the physical body or the mind, it’s also in the spirit,” she adds. “Much unwellness comes from the dis-ease of a spirit separated from God – it’s about dealing with shame and blame and the things we do to cover it – overeating, drug and alcohol abuse and failing to exercise. We’re all wounded and we all need to get healed so we can advance God’s kingdom.” Faith community nurses serve an important role in

promoting individual and community health through education, counselling, information and referral, advocacy, care management, and pastoral support through a church fellowship. Families often become fragmented due to increased mobility of younger members, and this may leave seniors and single parent families unsupported. Financial pressures can also lead to stress-related illnesses and other health difficulties, she said. “Faith nursing also fits in with the churches’ aim of praying for healing, restoration and salvation. We’re a practical arm to that spiritual approach. “Everyone can support the work of faith community nurses in New Zealand by praying for this vital health and healing ministry, and sharing its potential with other faith communities,” says Mrs Webster. “Our nurses respond to Christ’s redeeming love by offering their gifts and skills in service, as in Matthew 25: 40, Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.

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New ‘Miss Sistas’ Event LIFE pastor, Maree de Jong and her team are ready to host women from the length and breadth of New Zealand at this year’s two Sistas women’s conferences. For the first time this year Sistas will include special ‘Miss Sistas’ afternoon sessions for younger women aged 13-19. The two conferences will be held over two weeks, the first from Thursday to Saturday, September 4-6, and the second a week later, from Monday to Wednesday September 1113. Both conferences will be held at the LIFE Convention Centre, Airport Oaks, Auckland. Over three nights and two days, thousands of women gather together to hear local and international speakers, including Pastors Priscilla Shirer and Wendy Treat, Dr Caroline Leaf, and guest artist Kim Walker-Smith from Jesus Culture. “These outstanding women of God will bring something unique yet powerful to this year’s conference,” says Ps Maree. The ‘Miss Sistas’ afternoon sessions will comprise praise and worship, competitions, giveaways and ministry time for girls and young women. Speakers will include Pastor Nadia Clark from LIFE Melbourne and Pastor Laura Tonganivalu from Hillsong Young & Free. Says Pastor Maree: “Sistas is a group of everyday, down-to-earth women sharing one heart with a desire to outwork the purpose that God has graced them with – Sistas together, with one heart, one love, one life. “We’re here for such a time as this, on purpose to love God and others, and to make a difference in our lifetime – to literally impact generations.”

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Famous Foot Clinics A 74-year old faith community nurse, Noreen Wright (pictured inset) of Christchurch was recently awarded a Queen’s Service Medal for her famous foot clinics. Noreen has been running these clinics at Avonhead Baptist Church for 14 years, and as a result there are now 15 clinics in Canterbury, the deep south and in the North Island. Free foot clinics are held every six weeks for people who – because of age or injury – struggle to reach their toes. These pampering sessions include footbaths, toenail trimming and a foot massage,, and friendships are forged over a cup of tea and a snack. “We’re only doing what people would do if they could still reach their toes,” says Noreen. “And if you’ve got sore feet, it shows on your face.” The former district nurse was nurse manager at Archer Memorial Baptist Rest Home for 14 years until she retired. Her interest in faith nursing was kick-started at a workshop on faith community nursing at conference in Canberra on ‘Spirituality and Pastoral Care of the Elderly.’ Returning to Christchurch, Noreen gathered a group of registered nurses who began offering monthly blood pressure tests at Avonhead Baptist. She also developed information packs for young mothers in the congregation, and started the foot clinics in 2000. They only had one patron for the first few months, and the nursing team began to question whether the idea would take off. “We just need to have a little faith,” said Noreen “and pray harder.” Today 135 people attend the Avonhead foot clinic. A team member greets clients and books appointments, two others clean and fill footbaths, three or four registered nurses cut toe-nails and others massage feet. Infection

control nurse specialist, Alison Carter advises on fungal or bacterial infections and makes referrals to podiatrists where necessary. After knee surgery (which she watched live on a monitor) Noreen has stopped doing massages, but she still clips toe nails, seeing it as an opportunity to listen to people: “If you really listen, you can hear what people are saying behind the words,” she says. She willingly advocates for those reluctant to ask for help and will ring family members, a doctor or home help agency, and makes home and hospital visits, bringing help and comfort to older people. Elaine and Charles Tyrrell Elaine Tyrell is a hospital rehabilitation nurse who had the original vision for faith nursing in New Zealand. Today she chairperson of the Faith Nursing Association, a board member and nurse educator responsible. In 1998 she set up a ministry at Nelson Cathedral and became the first Anglican parish nurse in New Zealand. While training with the Australian Faith Community Nurses Association in Adelaide in 2000, she befriended Drs Anne van Loon, who ran the first training course in Christchurch in 2001. Faith community nursing was inaugurated in New Zealand in 2003, and the following year the General Synod of the Anglican Church in New Zealand and Polynesia recognised faith nursing as a ministry of the church Elaine is both national advisor and parish nurse advisor in the Nelson Diocese, works part-time at Nelson Hospital, and wrote a thesis for her Master in Health Science degree on the role of nursing in rehabilitation for older patients and family members. Her husband Charles is a former dean of Nelson Ca-

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thedral and adviser on elderly health to the Archbishop of Nelson. In 2006 was awarded the QSO for his long contribution to parish nursing in New Zealand. Nelson Cathedral employs Jane Wulff as a part-time faith community nurse. Diane Webster “Entwining my faith and my passion for nursing was an exciting concept,” says Diane Webster, of Wanaka who was introduced to faith nursing soon after gaining her Bachelor of Nursing degree. “I heard about faith nursing at the inaugural conference in 2001 and all the lights went on for me.” While working as a district nurse with Nurse Maude, Diane further realised the potential of faith nursing in the community and church. “I knew faith nursing was God’s calling, and I’ve been volunteering ever since,” says Diane whose nursing management role has been recognised by the Nursing Council of New Zealand.

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Bi-centennial Statement Reaffirms Gospel Faith Momentum is gathering for the 200th anniversary commemorations of the gospel’s arrival in New Zealand on Christmas Day 1814, and GLYN CARPENTER from the New Zealand Christian Network tells MARIE ANTICICH about the soon-to-be-released Gospel Bi-Centennial Statement.

Glyn Carpenter heads off on his Suzuki 650 motorbike with the Gospel Bi-Centennial Statement

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Next month church groups, ministers and individual Christians will be invited to sign a 2,000 word statement to mark the bi-centenary of the first recorded preaching of the good news of Jesus Christ in Aotearoa New Zealand. The Gospel Bi-Centennial Statement has been prepared by a writing group under the auspices of the New Zealand Christian Network, a body which connects Christian groups across the denominations. “The arrival of the gospel on Christmas Day 1814 is an extremely important event for all New Zealanders, Christian and otherwise,” says the national director of the NZ Christian Network, Glyn Carpenter, of Auckland. The former businessman has a Master’s degree in Christian Ministry, serves on several boards and committees, and chairs the South Pacific Evangelical Alliance. “We ought to know the truth about our history – not only the sacrificial efforts made by those who spread the gospel and stood up for justice – but also the times when the church fell short,” says Mr Carpenter. “The bi-centenary provides us with an opportunity to remember these important historic events, and to re-affirm the work of the gospel. We’re offering the statement in the hope it will encourage meaningful discussions about our shared past, present and future.” In May and June Mr Carpenter took the statement to churches, huis, maraes and minister’s networks in 29 towns and cities, from Invercargill to Whangarei. He was

accompanied on two occasions by David Moko, Kaihautu of Baptist Maori Ministries. “We wanted to make sure the Gospel Bicentenary Statement is clearly on the radar of local church leaders, and invite discussion and comment,” says Mr Carpenter who travelled by motorbike, car and plane. “The network aims to keep churches informed and connected as we get to the ‘business end’ of the bi-centennial year, and I was able to tell church groups about upcoming events and talk about our nation’s rich Christian heritage. “Looking back, we remember the gospel played a huge role in preventing social evils such as utu, inter-tribal war-fare, cannibalism and slavery. Today we have social evils like child poverty, domestic violence, alcohol and drug abuse and income equality, and we’re reminded that – just as the gospel was significant in solving social evils 200 years ago – it can prevent them today. “In Romans 1:16 Paul writes, I am not ashamed of the gospel because it is the power of God for salvation, and this reminds us of the gospel’s power to bring about change. “The statement also reminds us of the gospel’s power to transform lives, and this fits in with the Christian Network’s key focus on the increasing secularisation of society. Our focus issues include marriage – evidence indicates marriages are stronger where the gospel is present – and we’re working on a whole basket of things relat-

Our focus issues include marriage – evidence indicates marriages are stronger where the gospel is present – and we’re working on a whole basket of things related to the value of life, such as human rights, trafficking, abortion and euthanasia.” ed to the value of life, such as human rights, trafficking, abortion and euthanasia.” Missional living is about equipping Christians to live out their faith 24/7, he said. And identifying with past injustices is part of the bi-centennial statement’s call to action. The statement outlines the rapid spread of the gospel from Kaitaia to Rakiura/Stewart Island under the oversight of Maori evangelists and teachers: by the mid1840s it is estimated over half the Maori population was attending regular Christian worship meetings. Times were changing and iwi leaders sought British intervention: the Treaty of Waitangi (te Tiriti o Waitangi was brokered in 1840 by Protestant missionaries who believed it would offer the best protection of Maori interest. But the arrival of more British settlers brought increasing conflict over the acquisition of Maori land, and breaches of the treaty, and the missionaries’ reputation was tarnished although they were not usually directly responsible. “We’ve written the statement to honour the bi-centenary and also to stimulate ongoing dialogue with groups inside and outside the church, particularly Maori who have become disconnected from church, and where there are unreconciled issues. We want to acknowledge that at times the church has even been behind past injustices, and to state our commitment to standing for justice in the future.” Every effort was made to engage church and minster’s groups throughout the discussion phase of the statement, and to provide church groups with opportunity for input into the wording, he said.

Churches and individuals are invited take ownership of the statement by signing it and committing to doing their best to carry out the affirmations therein. Says Mr Carpenter: “Endorsing and signing the statement will provide hope and direction for our future bi-cultural relationships, and provide Christians with an opportunity re-commit to the power of the gospel to change lives.” The Journey The idea for a bi-centennial statement was mooted by historian- theologian Alistair Reese at a forum at Laidlaw College in June 2013. Soon afterwards Glyn Carpenter followed this up at a meeting with David Moko and Auckland University lecturer, Alistair Reese from the Te Kohinga Reconciliation Network. They formed a writing group and advised the National Church Leaders’ Aotearoa New Zealand ( ‘head of churches’ group) of their intention to write a discussion paper. The main writer was lawyer-historian, Samuel Carpenter (no relation to Glyn) from the Karuwha Trust. Samuel works for the Office of Treaty Settlements, made a submission to the Waitangi Tribunal for the Nga Puhi treaty claim, and has taken educational groups to Waitangi for the past 15 years. The four authors worked hard to strike the right balance: “We didn’t want to just write an academic treatise but one that would resonate with church leaders and others,” says Mr Carpenter. Drafts of the statement were circulated to Maori and Pakeha historians, theologians and leaders, including

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Bishop Kito, Pane Kawhia and Drs Rangi Nicholson, Rod Thompson, Allan Davidson and Stuart Lange. English and Te Reo Maori versions of the statement were presented at the NZCN Christian Leaders Congress in February, and the statement was left open for further comment until July 31. A draft statement was presented to the ‘heads of churches’ meeting last March, and leaders were asked to distribute it to church groups and invoke discussion. This month the writing team will reconvene to prayerfully consider feedback and make final changes to the statement before it is re-presented to at the next ‘heads of churches’ meeting in Wellington in September. The finished document will then be re-distributed to New Zealand Christian Network leaders, including regional advocates, advisory groups, boards of reference and to specialist leaders and minister’s networks via websites, newsletters and a social media site. From September on copies will be available for printing and signing, and individuals will be able to log their names on a special NZCN web-page. “Everyone who supports and identifies with the statement will be invited to take ownership and sign it. We especially invite signatures from leaders of national, regional, local groups and organisations – we only ask that signatories take seriously the affirmations and acknowledgements contained in the statement,” says Mr Carpenter. “To mark the occasion, we’d like groups to take a photo of themselves signing the statement, and post it on their web or social media sites, and on NZ Christian Network sites.”

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RUNNING

BY MARIE ANTICICH

R ACE

Highs and lows have marked the career of New Zealand-born middle distance runner, NICK WILLIS who won a bronze in the 1500m event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

pence – the equivalent of two New Zealand cents – the book was made readily accessible for Scottish churches to share the story of Jesus Christ with thousands in Scotland during the games. Growing Up In his teens Nick was distracted by skateboarding and partying and didn’t start training until he was seventeen and in his seventh form year at Hutt Valley High. He realised he needed to focus on running if he wanted to achieve anything, and saw athletics as an opportunity to travel. His brother Steve Willis, eight years older, set the pace, and they are the only brother combination in New Zealand history to have both run a mile in less than four minutes. Injuries caused Steve to give up running. At eighteen, Nick went to England to train with Kenyan runners and was stimulated by the world of professional running, but depressed by the lack of a social life. Returning to New Zealand, he spent a semester at Victoria University but most of his school-mates had gone to Otago University and so he decided to take up a scholarship to the University of Michigan which offered serious training, academic study and a strong athletic community. “It was a last resort,” he says “but it was probably the best decision I ever made.” Many of the running coach’s protégés had gone on to successful international careers, and under his coaching, Nick hoped to represent New Zealand one day.

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timed it wrongly,” says the 31-year-old athlete. “It was only my fitness that got me to that medal, not any tactical nous or brilliance.” During the race he also accidentally tripped a fellow competitor. In the lead-up to the games, Nick had showed good form by breaking John Walker’s 31-year-old national 3000m record, knocking 0.58 seconds off the time set by Walker in London in September 1982 - one year before Willis was born. The bronze was his third successive Commonwealth Games medal, after winning the gold in 2006, and bronze four years ago at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, when he wasn’t in the best form having had recent knee surgery. Winning gold at the 2006 games was an unforgettable moment, and Nick was the first New Zealand athlete to win the 1500m event. Another ‘little taste of heaven’ came at the 2009 Olympics in Beijing when he was awarded the silver medal, after a fellow competitor was disqualified for doping.

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Nick was chosen to be the New Zealand flag-bearer at the London 2012 Olympics, but came ninth in his event – “heartbreaking, and a bit embarrassing,” he admitted, especially as he had broken the New Zealand record earlier that year. However Nick’s Christian faith has helped him cope with the ups and downs of a professional athlete’s life, and he shares his testimony in More Than Gold. This special edition of Luke’s Gospel was produced for the 2014 Commonwealth Games by the Scottish Bible Society, which is affiliated to the New Zealand Bible Society. “Jesus gives me the security of his love and his promise in what he did for me,” says Nick in the 80-page pocket-sized book which contains the testimonies of five international sports men and women who have found faith in Jesus Christ. “Whether I was to come down with cancer today, or if my wife was to get hit by a car, whether I win or lose a race, whatever trials and tribulations happen in life, this is only a temporary existence. Because of what Jesus has done, there is a much greater hope on the eternal side.” Dubbed the ‘Penny Gospel’ because it is priced at one

Testimony Growing up in a Christian family in Petone, Nick went to Sunday School every week – and hated it. “I tried to run away from what I thought were the rules and restrictions that being a Christian would place on my life,” he admits. Like many teens he was ‘a pretty insecure kid,’ and wishes he’d discovered sooner that self-worth comes from knowing what God thinks of you, rather than worrying about what people think. Nick’s surrender came during his second year in the USA. “God put certain people into my life who helped me find the links in the chain and showed me by example that God isn’t just some mystical figure up in the sky. They showed me that it wasn’t just about going to church on Sunday, but that Jesus was living inside these people.” He realised his original view of being a Christian was wrong and “the things I thought would be restrictions were actually freedoms and the true way to experience life.” Faith is a dynamic part of his life. “It’s virtually impossible for me to read the Scriptures until I get right with God about what is going on in the day. It involves asking God ‘What do you want to teach me today?’ I can’t just read the Bible as a piece of information. It has life-giving qualities to it,” says the USbased athlete. Today Nick Willis is a husband and father, and his attitude is proof that faith in Jesus Christ is more important than winning gold.

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Making An All-out Effort To Evangelise The Nation BY MARIE ANTICICH ‘Let’s go all-out to communicate the message of Christ in New Zealand during the bi-centennial year,’ is the message Hope Project co-ordinator, DAVE MANN is taking around the nation.

“This 2014 bi-centennial year is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Christians to reach out to their fellow Kiwis,” says Mr Mann who is speaking at churches and providing free online resources to equip people with witnessing skills. In May and June, Mr Mann, his wife Heather and their four small sons travelled to meetings in Northland and in the South Island, and they will complete the the rest of the North Island in the next two months. “We’re about to launch a $1.3 million advertising campaign to communicate the Christian message with every home in New Zealand,” says Mr Mann who founded the Hope Project to underscore the historical and spiritual significance of the first gospel message being preached in New Zealand 200 years ago. “This presents a rare opportunity to engage people in conversation about the Christian message,” he says. In mid-October the Hope Project will launch its multi-facted media campaign with advertisements appearing on all the mainstream television channels, the web and a 36 page booklet delivered to every letter box. “Every home will hear of Christ during these two weeks,” says the experienced pastor and communicator. “The gospel message will be broadcast on the airwaves through our televisions, computers and smartphone screens, and trucks, vans and posties on bicycles will deliver booklets to every letterbox in New Zealand. “We’re encouraging believers in local churches to capitalise on this initial two-week campaign by actively preparing for the conversational opportunities it will create.” Many churches have become sceptical of gospel projects because of disappointment from previous efforts, and this has immobilised them from engaging in or supporting evangelistic initiatives, he said. “Most church people won’t share their faith on the streets in a 1950s kind of way because they don’t believe that approach works today. But most people would willingly talk with a friend about spiritual things, if they could work out how to get the conversation flowing without it getting overly awkward. “If believers are helped to witness, they may discover the real issue isn’t what method you use – it’s about understanding the conversational and people skills needed to communicate winsomely in our culture.” Through his ‘Engage’ conferences, he is teaching hundreds of Kiwis how to relate the gospel message in a natural and conversational way in multi-religious 21st century New Zealand. “The Hope Project is looking outside the box and trying to do something different,” he says. “A relationally-oriented approach to evangelism is great – that’s the focus of our equipping conferences – but this method can only reach about 20 percent of the population. We need a ‘broad brush’ approach to reach the vast majority who have no one trying to communicate the gospel with them.. “By running the Hope Project media campaign with integrity and excellence, and by being strategic and keeping it simple, we’re hoping to see churches become more open to new ideas and initiatives.” Mr Mann dreams of running the media campaign two more times in the

coming years. “Every home in New Zealand could hear of Christ three times over a period of four years - with fresh and creative content that will engage them every time - and hopefully with this new mode of ‘conversational evangelism’ being taught in many churches.” More is possible – that’s the message he hopes churches will see as a result of the upcoming first national media campaign. “Millions in our own nation have no-one seeking to communicate the gospel with them. We can do more as churches and individuals, and we’re hoping the media campaign will encourage churches to believe this is possible,and release them to a new level of courage and wisdom for outreach in these times. “Every home in our nation is about to hear about Jesus,” says Dave Mann. “Let’s make the most of this rare opportunity to celebrate the coming of the gospel of Jesus Christ to New Zealand 200 years ago.” Sermon outlines and small group studies can be found on the calendar at www.alltogether. co.nz/partnership and short equipping videos via ‘videos’ link on www.alltogether.co.nz

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Programme Guide August 2014 SUNDAY 6:00

7:00 7:30

Unlocking the Bible

Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV

Leading the Way

C 6:00

Unlocking the Bible

Leading the Way

Bayless Conley

Derek Prince

Quick Study

RocKids TV

C 6:30

Jovis Bon Hovis

RocKids TV

Adventures in Booga Booga Land

C 7:00

Adventures in Booga Booga Land

Superbook / Pahappahooey Island (26 Aug)

Superbook / Pahappahooey Island (28 Aug)

Jovis Bon Hovis

RocKids TV

Jovis Bon Hovis

RocKids TV

Adventures in Booga Booga Land

Superbook / Pahappahooey Island (29 Aug)

Jovis Bon Hovis

C 8:00

Word For You

LIFE TV

Running With Fire

Connection Point

Superbook

C 8:30

In Touch: Charles Stanley

Living Truth: Charles Price

Turning Point: Dr David Jeremiah

All Over the World

Life Questions

Hour of Power

Hymns of the Forefathers

Leading the Way

Give Me An Answer

TV 4 DADS

Your Best Life

Connection Point

What’s in the Bible? / C C Fifty the Tractor (25 Aug)

Impact for Life

10:00

Life Questions

Jump Shipp

10:30

Word For You

Life Questions

11:00

Songs of Praise

Roots and Reflections

11:30

Quick Study

The Exchange Impact for Life

Noon

What’s in the Bible? / C Fifty the Tractor (27 Aug)

Answers with P Bayless Conley Verdict of Science Discipleship / D / Battles Christians D Philosophy, Science D Face (12 Aug) and God (20 Aug) Christian World D D N Kiwis Can Fly News

Hannah Help Me

Running With Fire

The Men’s Series

Word For You

P LIFE: Paul de Jong P

Hymns of the Forefathers

Give Me An Answer

Precious Memories

2:30

Precious Memories

Roots and Reflections

The Exchange

Jovis Bon Hovis

RocKids TV

Adventures in C Booga Booga Land

Superbook

What’s in the Bible?

Jovis Bon Hovis

RocKids TV

Life fm Presents

Ultimate Choice

The DRIVE tv

4:30

Hour of Power

In Touch: Charles Stanley

5:00

Living Truth: Charles Price

Running with Fire

5:30 6:00 6:30 7:00

Hymns of the D Forefathers Discipleship / Philosophy, Science N and God (17 Aug)

7:30

Songs of Praise

8:00

Precious Memories

Turning Point: Dr David Jeremiah

8:30 9:00

The DRIVE tv

Ultimate Choice

The Exchange

Kiwis Can Fly

Jump Shipp

Life Questions

The Men’s Series

Answers with Bayless Conley

Journey to Amazon / Thank God for D Football (11 Aug) Kiwis Can Fly

Impact for Life

Hymns of the Forefathers

Hour of Power

11:30 Midnight

KEY

Connection Point

D Noon

Hannah Help Me

D 12:30

Jump Shipp

D 1:00

The Relate Show

D 1:30

Hannah Help Me

Verdict of Science / Thank God for D 2:00 Football (16 Aug)

Verdict of Science D Facing the Canon D 2:30 / Building a Difference (15 Aug) What’s in the C C N 3:00 TV 4 DADS Bible? D

Building a Difference

RocKids TV

Adventures in C Booga Booga Land

Superbook

C All Over the World D 4:00

Jovis Bon Hovis

Life fm Presents

Building a Difference

Hannah Help Me

Your Best Life: Phil Pringle

Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV

D 3:30

Hannah Help Me

D 4:30

The Relate Show

D 5:00

Give Me An D 5:30 Answer Verdict of Science/ P American Bible D 6:00 Challenge (23 Aug)

Jump Shipp

D 7:00

TV 4 DADS

Word For You

Hannah Help Me Building a Difference Lakewood Church: Joel Osteen Christian World News

The Relate Show Give Me an Answer Discipleship / Thank God for Football (22 Aug)

Answers with Bayless Conley

The Exchange

TV 4 DADS

Hannah Help Me

Kiwis Can Fly

D Doco/Drama

Building a Difference

N News

D D

TV 4 DADS

Running With Fire

Way of the Master/ American Bible D Challenge (15 Aug) Gods at War

All Over the World D

LIFE: Paul de Jong P

Leading the Way

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The Exchange

P Preaching C Children M Music

10:30

The 700 Club (Mon - Fri)

Verdict of Science D / Footnote (12 Aug)

Y 10:00

D 6:30

Roots and Reflections

Give Me An Answer

Life fm Presents

The 700 Club (Mon - Fri)

11:00

9:30

Discipleship

Facing the Canon N

9:00

Christian World News

FEATURES

Destined to Reign with Joseph Prince (Mon - Fri)

D Precious Memories M

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10:30

Kiwis Can Fly

Superbook

Ultimate Choice

TV 4 DADS / D 11:00 American Bible Challenge (16 Aug) E Journey to Amazon D 11:30 Facing the Canon D / Kiwis Can Fly (9 Aug)

The Men’s Series

(30 Aug)

Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV

What’s in the Bible? / C 7:30 Fifty the Tractor

Adventures in C Booga Booga Land

See adjacent for detail.

FEATURES

Lakewood Church: Joel Osteen

What’s in the Bible?

9:30 10:00

Roots and Reflections Gods at War / Thank God for Football (15 Aug)

Give Me An Answer

D All Over the World D Facing the Canon N

2:00

4:00

(29 Aug)

The 700 Club (Mon - Fri) TV 4 DADS

3:00

Building a Difference

What’s in the Bible? / C Fifty the Tractor

Enjoying Everyday Life with Joyce Meyer (Mon - Fri)

FEATURES

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1:30

3:30

SATURDAY

Quick Study

8:30

1:00

FRIDAY

RocKids TV

12:30

THURSDAY

Roots and Reflections

8:00

9:30

WEDNESDAY

Adventures in Booga Booga Land C / Go Frills (31 Aug) What’s in the Bible? / Pahappahooey C Island (24 Aug)

9:00

TUESDAY

Life Questions

Living Truth: Charles Price

6:30

MONDAY

The Mark Gungor Show

E Entertainment

Little Film, Big Heart

Y Youth

FEATURES

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8:00 8:30 9:00

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Building a Difference Gods at War / Thank God for Football (16 Aug)

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N P

7:30

Verdict of Science D / Little Film, Big Heart (15 Aug)

N 9:30 D 10:00

TV 4 DADS

D 10:30

Give Me An Answer

D 11:00

D Facing the Canon D All Over the World D 11:30 D

Jump Shipp

Discipleship / MidD Philosophy, Science N night and God (23 Aug)

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