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Windsor Park Group 2013 Paid Staff and Governance Teams

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Message from the Senior Pastor

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Belmont Campus

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Church Care

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windsorKIDS

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windsorYOUTH

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Young Adults

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Spiritual Formation

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Connections Ministry

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Creative Ministries

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Community Ministries

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Beyond the Walls

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Wider Involvement

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Property

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Equip

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Small Fries

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Windsor Park Group 2013 Paid Staff and Governance Teams (as at December 2013) Windsor Park Baptist Church Elders

Paul Collins (Chair) Greg Taylor John Tucker Sarah Clark Terry Burrows Iain Bradley Sonya Williams Jacinda Stavely Officers

Lindsay Davidson | Secretary Jim Morrison | Treasurer Staff Team

Grant Harris | Senior Pastor Robyn MacKenzie | Receptionist Belmont Campus

Nick Burtenshaw

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Elke Keeling (resigned 2013) Corina Makker Cindi Meyer (resigned 2013) Hannah Petford Katie Caetano windsorYOUTH

Ben Mathewson (resigned 2013) Bernie Cowan (resigned 2013) Mel Pavis Jenna Binnie Young Adults

Jo Cheyne Connections

Graeme Thomas 55+ Ministry

David Marriot (retired 2013)

Spiritual Formation

Property

Rick Pierce

Community Ministries

Windsor Park Hub Limited

Trustees

Directors

Naomi Cowan

Worship

Finance

Equip Trust

CEO

Sue Ogilvie Michelle Spargo Jacqui Caetano Gayle van Hoffen

Amanda Pilbrow Sam Burrows

Jo Harris

Grant Harris (ex-officio) Roz Sorenson (chair) Athol Keeling Lisa Haythornthwaite Won-kon Bong Allan Grav Greg Taylor John Marsden

Church Care

Linda McAdams Bob Hines Bryan Craig

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message from the senior pastor Grant Harris

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The single biggest challenge I have is working hard to ensure that everything we do is centred in Christ, otherwise we shouldn’t be doing it. It’s a lot of hard work, talking, praying, thinking and trusting God.

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elcome to the written summary of the 63rd year of the Windsor Park ‘Group’ for the year ending 31st December 2013. As Senior Pastor I’m privileged to be involved in an innovative organisation with such a rich heritage. I continue to develop a deep appreciation for all those that have gone before us, right back to those who had the vision and courage to begin a small community fellowship of faith next to Murrays Bay beach in 1948. Calvary Baptist Church was formally established in 1951, changing its name to Murrays Bay Baptist in 1957 and then to Windsor Park Baptist in 1995. Over these years much has changed in our community but the one thing that stands out for me is how this Church has always had the courage to positively respond to these changes in the interests of growing the Kingdom of God. A few of you have been around for most of these years—if I was you, I’d be standing back with a big heart of gratitude to God! Well I am one of you, and after five years of ministry here, I’m grateful for what Windsor Park is continuing to do.

Going outside my comfort zone seems standard as a Pastor and this report will show several things that are happening that continue to push me. The ongoing growth of the Equip Trust and its work with people who have mental health issues is fantastic to see.

As Equip stretches its boundaries it gives us plenty to think about to ensure it stays aligned as a ministry of Windsor Park. Two years ago we established a charitable company to run our business-as-mission projects. This report is the first one to show this as its own entity—Windsor Park Hub Limited. Using business as a missional tool is something new to many of you and one that we’re doing lots of investment in and thinking about, but I feel strongly that this will be a significant missional tool in the future

for all kinds of reasons. The success of Small Fries Christian Childcare Centre is laying a platform for continued growth in the childcare industry, and other business-as-mission ideas continue to present themselves. We’re learning a lot on the road and asking lots of questions as we go along, but we’re definitely on the right track.

Windsor Park is now a ‘multi-site’ church (one church on multiple sites), this again demonstrates the courage of faith communities to be intentionally missional about how we grow the Kingdom of God. In October Belmont Baptist Church made its biggest decision in its 60-year history by agreeing to merge with Windsor Park. This happened in November and we welcome the good folks of the Belmont area to this report! Windsor Park is now a ‘multi-site’ church (one church on multiple sites), this again demonstrates the courage of faith communities to be intentionally missional about how we grow the Kingdom of God.

I know that in a decade we will look back at this courageous decision with thankfulness.

We’re really still in the very early days, spending our time merging ‘back office’ functions and planning ministry initiatives.

The continued success of SYNC is providing good fruit for all the faith communities involved—Windsor Park (Mairangi Bay & Belmont), Albany, and Northgate. Working together and not alone means the sharing of resources and ideas flows into something better for everyone. Again it takes courage to allow ourselves to be shaped by others, but I again have a sense that God is smiling upon these efforts from our whole team. To the SYNC team— great work!

It takes a large team to enable Windsor Park to be what it is; my thanks to the Elders for their continued support and ability to wrestle with the overall governance of all that we do.

Big thanks also to the staff team who I am blessed to work with; we’re a diverse bunch and there are always changes going on—it’s not easy to be staff in a church with many competing demands and expectations, but I love the team and the way we are able to talk through the challenges before us. I can’t thank enough those of you who contribute to Windsor Park and volunteer in so many ways, we simply can’t do what we do without you all; for your generosity in time and money, I’m am thankful to be your pastor. And like someone who wins a Grammy, I’d like to thank my family—they’re incredibly supportive of a busy Dad and husband, and I’m humbled to be on the journey of life with them.

An Annual Report will never be fully complete; there is so much more we could write. But in summary, God has done amazing things through this Church, he continues to transform our community one life at a time, but I also know that the best is yet to come. We’re laying some foundations now to continue to be a innovative and responsive church that will drive us to our knees! The single biggest challenge I have is working hard to ensure that everything we do is centred in Christ, otherwise we shouldn’t be doing it. It’s a lot of hard work, talking, praying, thinking and trusting God. But there’s no other place I’d rather be.

Happy reading.

Yours in His service.

Grant Harris

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belmont campus Nick Burtenshaw

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013 was a significant year in the life of Belmont Baptist Church. Towards the end of 2012 the idea of merging with Windsor Park was floated and the leadership spent sometime reflecting on this concept, read articles and the book “Better Together” by Jim Tomberlin and Warren Bird. One of the main reasons why this idea was floated was because the ministries at Belmont seemed to hit a wall and there was no real significant growth taking place and we found ourselves more in survival mode, struggling to make any real impact and meaningful connections with the community that we believe God wanted us to have.

Early in 2013 Grant Harris, Rick Pierce and myself traveled to Christchurch to talk to some of the leadership at South West Baptist (formerly Spreydon Baptist) as they had just completed the task of merging with another church and running services and ministries from two distinct ‘campuses’.

As with Abraham and those who followed him, there will inevitably be challenges to confront and overcome. But it is our great Creator God who is the one who gives us the courage and strength to face these challenges . . .

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Upon further reflection we felt that a merger could become a distinct possibility. A very deliberate process of presenting the concept to the folk at Belmont Baptist church was started and allowed to proceed at it’s own pace. There were several opportunities where we had forums, discussions, and questions about different issues and possible scenarios.

This was a huge step for the folk at Belmont Baptist and after receiving a recommendation from the leadership with some technical issues clarified the church overwhelmingly voted for the merger to go ahead.

On the 3rd of November 2013 a special service was held at the Belmont Campus. It was a service of thanksgiving for the history and faithfulness of God for the previous 60+ years of life and ministry that emanated out of Belmont Baptist Church and for a time of commitment to future that was designated as new beginnings. There was a real sense of sincere gratitude to the Lord for His faithfulness, coupled with a sense of uncertainty as we prepared to step out into unknown and unchartered territory. This is new in so many different areas…for both churches.

The ministries of Belmont although small and not many, are significant. Obviously there is our Sunday service (and Sunday school), along with a weekly home group, a youth activity on Sunday nights and a prayer meeting on Saturday mornings.

Along with the ‘standard church menu’ we continually looked at ways as to how we could make significant connections with the community.

Every Tuesday night we run a substantial bread distribution programme which sees about 25 different families being provided with bread from unsold stock from a local bakery.

A fairly new initiative that has been running for just over a year is our Conversational English group which runs on Friday afternoons. Material written by Marjorie Robertson from South West Baptist (formerly Spreydon Baptist) is used. The material is excellent and the lessons are built around different studies taken from the Scriptures.

What we are finding in this ministry, is that important friendships are being developed by building an important trust base with people who are often overwhelmed with the challenges of settling into a new country and culture. Complimenting this and the bread distribution is a ministry that collects and redistributes second hand furniture and clothes to those in need. This is done in conjunction with another person from Harbourside Church.

One of the frustrations we have repeatedly experienced is that of identifying needs and opportunities of ministry in the community around us, but not having the human resources to be able to address those needs.

I find it intriguing that as I write this report we are at the beginning The Story series and we are able to identify with Abraham and his challenge to leave what he was used to and comfortable with and step out in faith to trust God as he went into an unknown and unchartered territory. Our journey of merging resonates so much with that. What we long for is that God will lead us and enable us to accomplish those things that are dear to His heart. Making significant, meaningful connections with those who desperately need Jesus as Saviour and Lord.

As with Abraham and those who followed him, there will inevitably be challenges to confront and overcome. But it is our great Creator God who is the one who gives us the courage and strength to face these challenges and to find a way to overcome and to become the salt and light in our community that is in desperate need of Jesus and the forgiveness He so freely offers.

church care Sue Ogilvie

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When people come to faith or reconnect with a lapsed faith, Christ is invited into their crisis and we see what happens when God is involved, it’s wonderful.

have now worked for 11 years as Pastor of Church Care and every year as I sit and write this report my mind is flooded with memories of the many faces that represent the lives we have had the privilege of walking alongside. As I always point out and this past year is no exception, many of the stories of God’s healing and grace cannot be written or told because of privacy issues however, we have the privilege of witnessing the difference and change in people’s lives when Christ centred care is wrapped around them. Sometimes the changes are immediate as hope is restored while at other times it is a gradual process. As different aspects of need are worked with and faith in Christ is strengthened or introduced we do see the miracles happen.

and we rely on God to give us His wisdom and grace each step of the way.

Over the years there has been a steady and gradual change and growth in the way we respond to care needs; there are the usual and expected responses to needs with practical help, meals, budgeting, visits and of course prayer, as well as some new links and initiatives we have forged to support some of the more recent challenges that we are seeing come our way. Family breakdown remains the most destructive crisis as so many people are affected by it—therefore much of our work is around this. We are working with more situations where drug, alcohol and other addictions are features of the crisis and this requires specific response and partnering with other agencies.

We always need volunteer support across all of the facets of this ministry and there is also a huge need for financial support. Not just to run some of the specialised programmes such as our High 5 divorce recovery for kids, but also to have funds available to subsidise professional counselling and other necessary supports. If you would like to partner with us as we care please contact me.

We get to see some pretty sad and hard things, but we also get to witness some amazing transformations as the reality of Rom12:2 is lived out. When people come to faith or reconnect with a lapsed faith, Christ is invited into their crisis and we see what happens when God is involved, it’s wonderful.

Jesus brings hope to the hopeless, He heals the broken hearted, sets the captives free and gives sight to the blind... We endeavour to place Jesus back into the centre of people’s lives. Prayer is at the heart of our work

As well as the staff in Church Care, we also work closely with many of our church community in volunteer support roles so that together we work as a team to bring about change.

What I have observed has happened over these years is that more and more of our folk are responding naturally and superbly when there is a need for care—prayer, friendship, love, practical help, financial assistance.....

This is so encouraging as we translate our faith into action, transforming our community one ‘life at a time’. I hope to see this involvement increase further as we move into the 2014 and beyond.

I am grateful to Grant and the Elders for their recognition of and the value they place on care in this church and that is reflected by the investment in care as a priority within this church community, we certainly now benefit from this in terms of the quality of and scope of what we are able to respond to.

A special thanks to my staff and volunteer staff members for the time, love and care you pour into this work. Also to the many other volunteers who give of their time, gifting(s) and love to serve Windsor Park and the wider community in care. Thank you all for your contribution and support in 2013.

It’s a privilege and a pleasure to serve Windsor Park Baptist Church in Church Care.

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children’s ministry | Corina Makker

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Director of Children’s Ministries he year of 2013 for windsorKids was a transitional and interim year.

Amongst all the change, one thing became very clear - this ministry of about 300 children doesn’t belong to us - this is God’s ministry and we are just a part of his big plan. It is a privilege and blessing to reflect on how God faithfully went ahead and carried us through the big transitions and change. We certainly couldn’t have done it without His strength! Throughout the year God taught us the importance of working in a team and to rely on his timing.

We were challenged to personally grow, to step out of our comfort zone and develop skills which would prepare us for the next stages of leadership.

Staff Changes

A massive THANK YOU goes to our incredible volunteers for the energy and passion that you bring, for building relationships and being a vital part in passing the legacy of faith in Jesus to the next generation in this community.

Elke Keeling stepped down at the end of Term 1 from Pastor of Children and Family Ministry where she had been in the role since 2010.

Elke made a significant contribution to this ministry during her time and has left a great legacy and foundation to build upon. Elke was contracted to write the SYNC curriculum for the kids up until Term 3 as we have seen the benefits of SYNCing through the generations to help encourage faith conversations at home. Thank you Elke for all the time, energy and heart that you poured into windsorKids over the years. You provided a lot of support and encouragement to our team and to me personally, which I’m grateful for!

At the end of Term 1, Cindi Meyer also stepped down from oversight of the Preschool DiscoveryKids room. Cindi played a vital role in developing a relevant curriculum for our Preschoolers, which gives the kids a great biblical basis before they move into the primary areas. Cindi was close to finishing the curriculum when she stepped down so she was contracted to complete it, which she did

by September. One of the positive outcomes of developing this curriculum has been the ability to give it to Small Fries to implement in their programmes. This opens an avenue to help strengthen our relationship with Small Fries. Thank you Cindi for your heart, friendship, time and passion to see the little ones have a solid foundation of the Bible.

During the interim period, Hannah Petford continued in the Crèche area and Corina Makker stepped into the role as Team Leader for the primary areas. Katie Caetano joined our team to take over Cindi’s position in the Preschool Area for Terms 2-4 and finished in December. Thank you, Katie, for stepping in and helping us out!

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One of our volunteers who needs a special mention is Jacinda Staveley. Jacinda oversees the windsorKids welcome team.

Through the transition period Jacinda became an incredible support person to me, coming in once a week to help organise the Sunday programmes. Thank you Jacinda for all the support, laughs and wisdom you have invested into this ministry. You are invaluable!

2013 Highlights Grandparent’s Morning. For our Relationships “Get Connected” series, children were encouraged to invite a grandparent to our windsorKids programme. We had a great and special morning where the grandparents participated with the children in worship, teaching and small groups, and were served yummy scones by the children!

Prayer Stations. During the James “Worldchangers” series, our kids experienced different prayer stations to help them learn that we can communicate to God in lots of different ways; it doesn’t have to be boring— you can write a prayer on a paper plane and fly it around! The kids really responded to each of the stations and this was a joy to see.

Holiday Club. Elke and her team held another successful Holiday Club with 70 kids from our community in July. Our theme of “Jump Right In” resonated with the children as they learnt and experienced how blessed we are for living in New Zealand, and what it is like to live in other parts of the world who are less fortunate. We emphasised the importance of looking for ways that we can help and serve others in need by inviting people to share what they do, including our dear [now] late Grandad Don, telling the kids about his scone ministry. Creative workshops were designed to enhance the theme, including meals being made for our food bank and kids making bird boxes for the Totara Club attendees.

Last but not least—Our Volunteers!

A massive THANK YOU goes to our incredible volunteers for the energy and passion that you bring, for building relationships and being a vital part in passing the legacy of faith in Jesus to the next generation in this community. You are all wonderful who give over and above your busy lives to journey with the kids every Sunday. With God, we made it!

I’m looking forward to leading the team in 2014 with my new position of Director of Children’s Ministries and seeing what God does to stretch us again!

youth ministries | windsorYOUTH Mel Pavis

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Director of Youth Ministries love being part of the team here at Windsor Park and especially having the privilege of spending time with our youth.

It’s exciting to see young people wrestle with issues and invite God to be part of their learning process. We provided many arenas for this to happen in 2013.

Wednesday nights continued to be a welcoming and safe place for young people to learn, question and discuss issues with each other and their leaders while still having loads of fun. Our new Year 9 group flourished under the leadership of Doug & Megan Reid and a team of young adult leaders. It’s a great night to be at Windsor Park and hear the fun and discussion that goes on in just about every corner of the facility.

It’s exciting to see young people wrestle with issues and invite God to be part of their learning process.

Elevate, our Sunday evening service is open to everyone and I encourage you to come along. We have a good number of adults who regularly join us. With Ben Mathewson’s departure in May we have had outside guest speakers and have encouraged some of our young adults to speak; which they have risen to the challenge. We have enjoyed syncing with you all and continue to do so.

Tribe, our intermediate youth, continued to be a strong contingent on a Sunday morning and have good numbers at their events, camps and Tribal Council. Huge thanks to Mike and Karen Mackay who stepped in to take on more of an oversight role when Bernie Cowan took off to Germany.

Social events are always important to youth and we provided a whole youth group event once a term and each year group included regular social events in their calendar. This is always a good opportunity for the young people to invite their friends along.

Camps are a popular part of our year.

Summer Gaggle in February with the theme “Go Viral” looked at sharing our faith, Easter Camp (years 9-13) and eCamp (years7 & 8) are always our highest attended, Tribe Camp in June was all about “The Block” and DCamp (Discipleship Camp) in August had the theme “Renew”. All were well attended and had great teaching with plenty of fun times. Many significant times occur at camps; from young people feeling loved, included and part of a family (belonging) to “God moments” where they become aware of God being keenly interested in them personally and wanting relationship with them.

We also ran our Leadership Track during the year. This is for young people in years 11-13 and we taught on “The Heart of the Leader” (what it means to be a godly leader)-“Relational Skills of a Leader” (personality types, love languages & conflict resolution)-“Practical Skills of a Leader” (Preparing a Bible teach & Presenting a Bible teach). We got to know an awesome bunch of young people over the year and culminated all the learning in a weekend camp based on Faith or Fear; challenging them physically and spiritually to be leaders who face fear and have faith in God. I’m so grateful to the many people who volunteer in different ways within the youth ministry. From Team Leaders and young adult leaders to tech people, event and camp organizers, connections teams and our ever faithful prayer team. Special mention and thank you must go to Terry Burrows and Jenna Binnie. Their passion for youth, prayer, support, humour and encouragement has been a huge blessing to me and the whole youth ministry.

What could be better than investing into the lives of our youth!

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young adults | Amanda Pilbrow

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Pastor of Young Adults

he Young Adults community entered 2013 with exciting and anticipated changes. As a leadership team we made the move to change our service time to 6:30pm and implement a name change (with Grants backing) into what we are now known as Elephant. Some might be scratching their heads & not sure about the ethos behind Elephant but in a peanut shell we wanted to demonstrate our commitment to ‘facing the elephant(s) in the room’. Yes those issues and questions we all have that we wish someone was brave enough to put the spotlight on. This at times has been challenging and admittedly uncomfortable but I feel safe to say we have done a good job of scratching the surface so far and it seems the elephants are slowly starting to leave the room.

Elephant has not only maintained our values of genuine vulnerability, encouragement and openness to question faith and relationships, we have also developed a genuine sense of community where people are doing life together, flatting together and socialising together well beyond just our Elephant service on Sundays and cell groups during the week.

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Elephant has not only maintained our values of genuine vulnerability, encouragement and openness to question faith and relationships, we have also developed a genuine sense of community where people are doing life together, flatting together and socialising together well beyond just our Elephant service on Sundays and cell groups during the week. In our worship (singing) time at Elephant we have broken through into the participation of open worship, prayer and reflection time and continue to gain invaluable connection and insight from people sharing where they are at with God, those they interact with and themselves. It has been enriching to journey through the Sync themes with our wider church family and it has been a privilege to engage and watch the faith of young adults deepen and mature. Half way through 2013 we developed elephantiasis we had to make a chair donation drive to accommodate the growth (of numbers).

Right from the beginning we knew one of our greatest challenges was to ensure that we didn’t become our own ‘elephant enclosure’ inside the ‘Park’ of Windsor. We

have made the deliberate effort to combine our service with the youth (Elevate) at least once a term, more if we have guest speakers.

On several occasions we have participated or led the morning service, cancelling our evening service and encouraging young adults to rub shoulders with the morning service ‘adults’. We look forward to doing more of this in 2014 and encourage other generations to check out our Elephant service in return as we sometimes miss out on the richness of well tested wisdom.

Some of the 2013 events have included what we call ‘rant’ nights. These are held off site and involve 3-4 young adults ranting about an issue that is at the forefront of their minds including cultural, spiritual and ethical issues and current events. We have done blood donation drives, kiwianna day, supported ‘A Girl Called Hope’ charity run, young adults annual camp, retreats, reflective services, pre-engagement and marriage courses, tag-team preaching, meals for the food bank, articles in our ‘don’t ignore the elephant’ blog, to mention a few. I think there is one event we won’t do again… mid-winter cocktail evening … rather we will go back to what we know works best … lots of good food and a friendly venue. Young Adults have valued the connections that cell groups have bought in 2013 and all these groups continue to grow.

From a personal viewpoint 2013 stomped us with a few challenges that tested our resolve and somewhat diminished our usual level of buoyant yet sarcastic humour, but looking back we are glad to be on the other side with invaluable support and advice from leadership and hopefully a trunk full wiser.

spiritual formation Rick Pierce

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Pastor of Spiritual Formation 013 has been a year of consolidating many of the changes that were implemented in the previous year, including developing processes and further embedding the desired culture that will enable Spiritual Formation (with its focus on knowing, doing and being) to flourish. It has been encouraging seeing God’s hand on the SYNC leaders and Windsor Park staff in our times of planning and praying together. Our teaching series were each planned at least a year before and yet there was a real sense of God bringing us to a place at the start of each term where we were ready as a community to receive what God had in store through the next teaching series.

The teaching series in 2013 were: The Cross: Beyond the Image (Term 1) REALationships: Giving and Receiving in Community (Term 2)

Overall 2013 has been an encouraging year as we begin to see the fruit of a community grasping a vision for Spiritual Formation (growing closer to Christ) and thereby growing deeper at its core.

Keep Calm and Listen to James: A Journey Through the Book of James) (Term 3) Hope: Certain Truth in Uncertain Times – God’s Future for the World (Term 4) ‘Readers’ were again produced for each teaching series providing an overview of each weeks focus, useful resources to accompany the series, and the opportunities to connect in to the teaching series beyond Sunday’s, including CareyNorth, Passover Meal, Easter Walk-Through, Prayer and Worship gatherings, Panel on Homosexuality, Resolve ‘Conflict Resolution’ course, Financial Awareness Courses, Silent Weekend Retreat and many others… www.pressingon.org.nz has become increasingly used as a way of people connecting in to the church’s journey throughout the week. Many thanks to Debbie Trent and Jacqui Caetano for their ongoing commitment to the preparation of weekly study questions and prayer reflections and to all those who contributed or participated in the journey through the pressingon website or apps.

The fruit of our journey over the previous year and a half became visible at our leaders gathering for the James series at the end of July. We had seventy-five leaders gathering, sharing in a light dinner, and casting vision and direction for the series. What was so incredibly positive was for the first time we had leadership gather from across all our ministry areas—a testament to the work God has been doing in drawing the staff team together and developing a unified vision across our whole church community.

I reflect back on this particular evening as a significant moment in our journey— the investment of staff, implementation of new structures, improved connections

and communication, embedding of new culture, all work often behind the scenes but made visible in the joy, hope and sense of expectation experienced at this gathering— this was an evening to celebrate and take stock of how God is leading us. If we were Old Testament Israelites we would have built an altar in recognition of God’s work, acting as a reminder of his presence with us on the journey! Needless to say it’s affirmation we’re heading in the right direction.

At the conclusion of 2012 we identified people’s sense of being connected to one another and to the journey we’re on, as one of the critical components in building momentum and embedding the culture change needed to grow a vision of maturity and health within us as a church community.

As a step in this process, Graeme Thomas joined the staff team in February as Connections Team Leader. He has made a significant difference to the welcoming culture on a Sunday morning and is drawing together a team that is making an incredibly valuable contribution to people’s sense of connection and belonging within our community.

Graeme, a huge thank you for your investment and for the energy and passion with which you serve—you’re a blessing to us all. Graeme has made a separate contribution which gives further detail on the Connections area.

Another person who has played a very valuable role in connecting people into our community is Fay Walker. Fay you’ve added a new dimension to people’s ‘welcome’ experience at Windsor Park through your personal, one on one contact and the enthusiastic manner in which you ensure people are felt valued—thank you for your investment into this important area of our community.

Our first (of three held in 2013) ‘Unity in Community’ lunch coincided with the first teaching Sunday of our Term 2 series on REALationships, focused on ‘One Body; One Church.’ The BYO lunch held in the Kauri Room was a rich mix of culture and cuisine and a great celebration of the different nationalities that are connected in at Windsor Park. Exciting initiatives have developed across the Korean community and with discussions initiated amongst the Chinese, cultural ministry is an area we sense God leading us in. Sue Thomas, with her heart, passion and gifting mix has played a significant role in this area and Teresa Park has been involved in leading the Korean ministry. Thank you both for your involvement—it’s exciting to see what’s developing.

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in which Daryl and Katie Fowles and their team continue to make this opportunity available.

This year we also celebrated Alpha being run in Korean and Russian alongside the English version—again recognising God is drawing into our midst people from a variety of cultures, providing testimony of how faith unites people of different nations.

The latter part of 2013 saw the beginning of a monthly gathering of lecturers—from Carey Baptist College and Laidlaw College who attend Windsor Park—and Windsor Park pastors with the aim of maintaining and further developing a biblical and theological basis for our community in its life together, and it’s ministry and mission. Our four times together this year have been stimulating, challenging and enlightening and as we continue this forum in 2014 I know there will be similarly robust discussions that wrestle with the practicalities of theology in today’s society and shape our response in the midst of church community.

Overall 2013 has been an encouraging year as we begin to see the fruit of a community grasping a vision for Spiritual Formation (growing closer to Christ) and thereby growing deeper at its core. But it is only the beginning! As we head into 2014 and have before us a thirty one week journey through ‘The Story,’ there is again that sense that God has led us to this place, at this particular time, where a focus on the bigger narrative of God’s Story, from creation to new creation, is exactly the vision we are ready to understand and receive – a vision of how we as a people of God continue growing in our knowledge and understanding of who he is and participate in his work of redemption in a lost and hurting world; a vision of growing closer to Christ in a way that fuels authentic and passionate mission. I’m expecting great things as we continue to seek and follow God’s leading, building on our journey and continuing to develop what it means to be a community being formed in the likeness of Christ.

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connections ministry Graeme Thomas

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Team Leader

n 2013 the connections team had in excess of 100 volunteers involved monthby-month. Our Duty Ushers head up and control all that happens within each service. These leaders have remained unchanged and provide a strong & stable platform. As you will understand with the balance of the supporting crew, there is a steady ebb & flow of people. Overall I’m happy to report that numbers have been maintained at a satisfactory level and my teams present a warm and welcoming atmosphere to all who come.

a copy of our Lift magazine, a letter of welcome from Snr Pastor Grant, brochures covering windsorKIDS, youth, young adults, mission etc. numbering some fourteen different areas that we operate in. Included is a Personal information form that when completed and entered into our database creates a powerful link. Elephant have adopted this form of connection with visitors as well and Elevate is looking at a more youth focused version for evening church. Hospitality is provided by including two caféwindsor voucher’s for a drink of their choice, redeemable on Sundays only.

My role has filled out during the course of the year as people have become more at ease with me and my knowledge of Windsor Park has increased. Being able to answer many of the questions asked is a great help!

Greeting our congregation as they arrive for church has had a very positive response and something I plan to continue.

Sunday Morning Tea. This has been a journey of trial and error. Beginning with the self-help option that was very costly with significant waste, we then moved to machine dispensing but soon discovered that reliability was an ongoing issue. We have now settled on serving our congregation. This has been well received with the added benefit of connection with our people and reducing the cost by fifty percent.

A roster of volunteers will be put in place and the ongoing maintenance of this I will over see.

Key initiatives include:

My challenge in 2014 is to improve the ‘connect’ with people . . . and meeting with them on a more personal level.

Newcomers Lunches. We held three during the course of the year, in May, August & November. Numbers attending ranged from 60 to 80 at each event with potential new members making up about half that number. As a ‘get to know our team’ they have been successful, with the following reservation - the locking in and follow-up can be improved and will be a focus for 2014. In many ways we are at our visitor’s mercy as with horses we can lead them to water but … etc etc. Reaching over this chasm and providing robust meaningful contact for all is my continuing challenge. windsorKIDS is a great resource and Corina does a great job of making these new families very welcome and forwarding on contact information.

Visitors Packs. The introduction of these packs has proved to be a very valuable connection tool, painting a clear picture of what we are about in a very powerful way. The packs contain

Membership. A steady flow of new members over 2013 with 32 having been approved and welcomed.

Baptisms. According to my records eighteen in total however this is hard to gauge as many are baptised as part of life groups or simply aren’t recorded.

My challenge in 2014 is to improve the ‘connect’ with people uplifting our visitor packs and meeting with them on a more personal level. A role for all our connections team is to become more sensitive to those around us as I experience examples almost every week of church members who have come for years and not connected, yet when invited, become warm, active, happy members of our church.

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creative ministries Jo Cheyne

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Worship Curator

his was a new position that was created for 2013 and not one that I had necessarily been looking for, so most definitely a God thing!

The position had a fairly broad description of overseeing and managing the music teams and seeking out possibilities to use other creative avenues for worship within the church.

2013 has been a huge learning curve for me within this role, but an incredibly rewarding one. And I have seen God move and guide me according to his will.

In 2013 I primarily focused on the morning worship team, introducing consistent fortnightly practises. I have found that being altogether as a team is important to build solid relationships and a good worship team environment. It also means there is a place for new potential team members to come and gain confidence and training. The morning worship team has grown strong over this past year and I have a wonderful group of incredibly supportive, talented people, whom I love being on team with. I am excited about 2014 as I have the space and time now to focus on the evening worship teams and services.

Overseeing events such as Easter and our Christmas Eve production was something I enjoyed taking on as part of my role and the Christmas Eve event, although incredibly challenging for me in my first year, was in my view very successful.

Because WP is a well-respected church within our community we were able to reach out and share the message of Christmas to an overflowing auditorium of 2 services, a privilege to be a part of. Working within the creative ministries position means that I am to seek out people within WP who have the skills, talents, creativeness and willingness to undertake voluntary positions within these events, and because of these people we were able to bring together and train two choirs – a 40 person adult choir and a children’s choir of 25, a fabulous response of willing and talented volunteers!

Within the Creative ministries I help to source video clips and visuals for pre-service and during the service. This helps to create an important link between

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the music, the message and the theme of the series. We have the privilege of great projection equipment in our auditorium, so I try using this whenever possible. Also using props throughout the year on stage to help reinforce visually the message and current series is something I have taken on, as I am passionate about making connections between all areas of worship. Again seeking out people who are artistic and creative allows all avenues of creative worship to be used.

A project that I managed last year was the new stage look. The auditorium was a blank canvas and was just waiting to be enhanced.

I put a team together of about 8 guys - sound technicians, engineers and all round techies who worked incredibly hard to put together the new wooden slated walls, coloured stage lighting and risers for the drums and keyboards. This has made a huge difference

to the stage look with a warm and welcoming feel and it also provides a great back drop for visuals and props.

Repair and maintenance was an ongoing process throughout the year. We have a lot of equipment and instruments to maintain, so I have assigned reliable sound technicians to keep on top of this and together we prioritise what is most important for repair and/or replacement and assign the budget accordingly to cover this. Much of our creative ministries budget goes towards maintenance and repair of equipment and instruments.

2013 has been a huge learning curve for me within this role, but an incredibly rewarding one. And I have seen God move and guide me according to his will. I am very excited to see what God has in store for Windsor Park‘s creative ministries in 2014!

community ministries Jo Harris

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Team Leader

nother fabulous year was had in the Community Ministries of Windsor Park! Below are our stable of regular groups we run giving people from our community a connection with the local church:

• ICONZ for boys

• English Conversation Classes • Mainly Music • Toy Library • MOPS • SOUL

• Foodbank

• Kristen Harvest Festival • Theosart Gallery

Thank you so much to the numerous leaders and helpers who do a magnificent job in running groups.

This takes a lot of time and effort so we are blessed by your contribution as are the many families/people with whom you come into contact with every week.

On top of these regular programmes we have run two parenting Toolbox groups, a marriage seminar, womens and teens clothing swaps.

All these activities have been very successful and we have had requests to run them again.

We have also worked with LifeStore Christian Bookshop in Albany to supply books for our Pages Bookshop based in caféwindsor. We have a varied range of books and bibles available. If you haven’t checked out what we have, go and have a peek.

A big thumbs up to ASB Community Trust for providing funding for our foodbank again. Also thanks to everyone that regularly contributes to the foodbank—it really does make a difference in the lives of families and people in our community. We couldn’t help families in

this way without your continued support. We were able to bless a significant amount of families at Christmas with special Christmas hampers.

As you can see above the community here at Windsor Park are using their hands and feet to show the love of Christ. Thank you so much to the numerous leaders and helpers who do a magnificent job in running groups.

This takes a lot of time and effort so we are blessed by your contribution as are the many families/people with whom you come into contact with every week. Each one of these activities deserves it’s own special mention if space allowed, but trust me, there are a significant amount of volunteers involved, and we’re grateful for their contributions.

We are also very grateful to God for the wonderful facilities we have here at Windsor Park—if you don’t know it we are very blessed to be able to come into contact with the many groups from outside Windsor Park that are held here on a regular basis being the face that represents our Maker.

A group of staff and volunteers from Windsor Park attended the Salvation Army Leadership Training Event and the WillowCreek Global Leadership Conference and found them both to be very useful for ideas and thoughts on community ministry here at Windsor Park.

There are lots of serving opportunities especially if you are available during the day; one of the most exciting spiritual adventures in life is being part of helping another human being to find God. Jump onboard the community serving team—it’s always a blessing to be part of.

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he Beyond the Walls team is entrusted to oversee Windsor Park’s financial support of people and projects that operate outside Windsor Park’s daily operations.

Previously called the Global Mission Team we renamed this group Beyond the Walls in recognition of the fact that a number of people and projects we support are actually New Zealand based. Over the last few years we’ve spent considerable time and effort streamlining this team to ensure that all our people are projects are both pastorally cared for and held accountable for the financial support they receive from Windsor Park.

We now have an identified ‘key-contact’ (relationship manager) for each person or project we support who updates the team at least twice per year with fresh information.

Each year we also review each person or project to make sure that we are doing our best to support them and ensure that the funds given by the congregation at Windsor Park are being wisely used; this is part of our stewardship responsibilities as a team.

In 2013 our total budget of $117,500 was utilised to support the following people and projects:

• The Vero family in Nepal, in partnership with the Chakhesang Mission Society (Nagaland).

• Colin and Christine Edwards working with Interserve in England and Bangladesh.

• The Freeset Crèche in Kolkata (in

partnership with Small Fries Christian Childcare Centre).

• Kerry & Annie Hilton working with Tranzsend in South East Asia.

• Paul Windsor and John Tucker working with the Langham Partnership internationally.

• The Nasi Tuan Community Trust working in Vanuatu (in partnership with Tear Find and Shore Community Church).

• Bays Youth Community Trust working with teenagers in the East Coast Bays.

• Andrew & Christine Smith working with SIM in New Zealand and internationally.

• John & Linda Watson working pastorally with missionaries internationally.

• Ross & Roula Georgiou working with Sports Chaplaincy NZ.

• Global Alpha working in South East Asia.

• The New Zealand Baptist Union.

• The Auckland Baptist Association.

As well as these people and projects the BTW team also provided direction, support and encouragement to people involved in several short-term mission projects as well as some national initiatives such as Bible-inSchools. An example of this was in July 2013 when a team of 6 from Windsor Park led by Pastor Grant Harris enjoyed an exposure trip to Kolkata, participating in several aid and development projects – this team included two teachers from Small Fries who provided some teaching input into the Freeset Crèche.

Team and is the first contact point for many people who are thinking about serving in a mission context. Colleen does a superb job in administering this team.

As part of the Beyond the Walls operations Windsor Park also hosts a group that supports Tranzsend, the international mission arm of the Baptist Union of NZ. This group is called the Baptist Missionary Fellowship (BMF); meetings take place on the third Tuesday of each month from February through to November in the Kowhai Room commencing at 9.45am with morning tea. As a group they support and take an interest in all those of our denomination from New Zealand who answer the ‘call’ to minister overseas where the fields are white unto harvest. Many of these missionary servants visit BMF throughout the year, sharing true and inspiring stories of lives being changed by the creative power of the Holy Spirit. These visits are very interesting, encouraging and challenging, as behind the joy of salvation the servants of God have many obstacles to overcome. BMF also contribute to the National Baptist Missionary Fund and in particular the work in Macau.

We’re grateful for the generous support of Windsor Park’ers to the Beyond the Walls team, in particular through the second offering that is collected on the first Sunday of each month that significantly contributes to our overall budget. Together we are impacting the world with God’s love.

We thank in particular Colleen Dutton who acts as the secretary for the Beyond the Walls

. . . missionary servants visit BMF throughout the year, sharing true and inspiring stories of lives being changed by the creative power of the Holy Spirit. These visits are very interesting, encouraging and challenging, as behind the joy of salvation the servants of God have many obstacles to overcome.

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wider involvement

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t is very much worth acknowledging that in 2013 so many people who are part of the Windsor Park congregation were involved in wider organisations that seek to grow the Kingdom of God both in NZ and overseas. It’s impossible to identify everything, but the following are one’s we know of that in 2013 demonstrate we’re an active bunch in so many ways:

Chaplaincy

Work Teams

There are many forms of chaplaincy and people from Windsor Park are involved in hospital chaplaincy, hospice chaplaincy (Nancy Sirisena at North Shore Hospice), rest home chaplaincy (in particular Sheryl Scanlon who is chaplain at BriarGate, a rest home committed to the care of Alzheimers and Dementia sufferers and at Freeling Holt; and Susie Johnson at the Lady Allum Retirement Village) and sports chaplaincy (Pastor Grant Harris with the NZ Breakers Basketball Team and Rick Pierce, Cliff Miller and Jacolize Becker who were trained as sports chaplains this year). Nick Burtenshaw also acted as an Officiating Chaplain for the NZ Defence Force. A team of teenagers from Windsor Park regularly provide ‘bed pushing’ help to the team who deliver services at North Shore Hospital.

In 2013 we had several active work teams that support and help people with practical needs in the wider community. These teams work both during the week and on Saturday in a range of ways. ‘Momentum’ is a team of young adults who have proactively worked in one of our neighbouring streets offering help and support wherever it is needed. Another bunch of young adults were involved with ‘Red Frogs’, an organisation who seek to be a positive role model by offering support and encouragement wherever it is needed within the CBD.

Ministry in Schools Many folks are involved with the Churches Education Commission delivering ‘bible-inschools’ through innovative programmes.

This ministry is finding itself in challenging times with many schools electing to remove CRE teachers from their schools, including several in the East Coast Bays. We’re grateful for those people who continue an active involvement with CEC. Koreana Wilson works at Murrays Bay Intermediate through our partnership with Bays Youth Community Trust, supporting struggling kids as well as delivering programmes to encourage healthy selfesteem and well-being.

Prison Ministries A committed bunch of people from Windsor Park are involved in prison ministry at Paremoremo Prison.

Organisational Boards Many folks from Windsor Park serve in governance roles with organisations seeking to exhibit Kingdom values in NZ. These boards include the Kessick Board, the Parachute Board, Carey Baptist College Board, Interserve Board, Rubatsiro Trust (Zimbabwe), Bays Youth Trust, Sport Chaplaincy NZ Board, and the Rhema Board.

Special Appeals Windsor Park people respond well to supported projects. In 2013 we supported projects such as Tear Fund, the Angel Tree Appeal through Prison Fellowship and Operation Christmas Child through Samaritans Purse.

It is obvious that Windsor Park people are active in so many ways, demonstrating that serving our world in a range of capacities is a core value that we embody.

Thanks to you all, including those who we don’t know about!

Many of our young people are involved in student Christian groups in our local high schools, in particular the Ignite group at Rangitoto College that is led by teenagers from Windsor Park.

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property [2014] promises to be yet another full, exciting and busy year and as in the past year will rely heavily on both volunteers and donations. I am really looking forward to it and trust that you are too!

Bob Hines

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Property Manager

ith a great sense of relief to those who had to run around with buckets when it rained, we have this year replaced three quarters of our rusted long-run roofing. Hopefully we can get the last quarter of this roofing replaced in this coming year. The next stage will be to have our concrete tiled roofing re-sealed and re-coloured as these tiles have become very porous with age.

Again with a sense of relief from those who had to walk through mud to get to the youth rooms at the rear of the property, we have this year built a substantial timber deck linking the two youth buildings together. This deck includes wheelchair access and concrete paths so no more mud. It was great to see this area being used in the summer months for outdoor youth activities. Grateful thanks to our hard working volunteers, Jamie, Marcus and Mark who worked so hard to build this structure.

Some of you will have already noted that we now have WiFi coverage throughout the whole of the WP complex including caféwindsor. At the same time we upgraded our EFTPOS system to wireless so that we can now bring an EFTPOS terminal anywhere to you, including your seat! (or to your car in the carpark!) Couple this with the new ATM in caféwindsor and we have your financial requirements covered!

Many hours have been spent this year rewiring and upgrading our TV and projector distribution system. We now have the ability at the touch of a button to direct inputs from cameras or computers in any part of the complex (mainly the auditorium) to any other part of the complex which has a TV or projector. This will, when completed, allow us to watch services in rooms other than the auditorium (great for overflow situations) as well as eventually enabling us to stream our services via the internet. We can also advertise upcoming events (or your businesses) in areas such as the cafe and our reception area. As part of this upgrade new computers and screens were installed

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on the auditorium control desk making it much more user friendly. Huge thanks to Matt Playne, James Taylor and Josh Morley for the long hours spent doing all this work. This work will continue through early 2014.

On the exterior of the building, thanks to money donated, we have now removed all the old tree stumps and levelled out those grassed areas. We are now looking at how to best landscape the exterior garden areas to make them attractive yet maintenance free and will be progressing with this in early 2014, again thanks to promised donated funds.

A lot of time has been spent working on plans and council applications for resource and building consents for our proposed auditorium extension. This has taken much longer than planned, due in large measure to new requirements, particularly with regards to fire regulations. It is hoped that all consents could be approved by April/May. In the meantime new chairs have been ordered for the auditorium and café and these will now arrive before the extension is done and may be in place in the near future.

Over past years we have gradually upgraded and/or replaced much of our ageing building services such as electrical systems, hot water cylinders, roofing, guttering etc however we will have to address in the near future our plumbing system which is springing leaks in pipes throughout the building as rust eats away at the pipes and valves. Additionally our carpark surface is starting to break up and we are told that it will only see us through one more winter. The maintenance on a 40+ year old building continues…..

2014 will no doubt be dominated by the auditorium extension but will also be coupled with other projects planned and/or already underway. It promises to be yet another full, exciting and busy year and as in the past year will rely heavily on both volunteers and donations. I am really looking forward to it and trust that you are too!

Naomi Cowan

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quip is a ministry of Windsor Park Baptist Church and provides a range of cutting edge services that support people who experience mental health issues. We deliver services to over 300 people across Auckland and employ around 70 staff here on the Windsor Park site. Equip is in a very healthy position, financially, by reputation, and by experience, to maximize current and future opportunities.

In 2013 we supported 575 individuals and their families; provided 40,000 hours of support; supported 70 families; found independent housing for 24 people and provided support to another 26 who needed support to maintain housing; and opened a new 7-bed respite service called Koromiko House and to date have had 133 people stay and served 399 meals.

Equip is grateful for the experience and skills of its governance board members.

Equip is in a very healthy position— financially, by reputation, and by experience, to maximize current and future opportunities.

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Shelley Thornton

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Manager

013 was a year filled with lots of laughs, fun and adventure up at Small Fries. It was also a year of fast growth which saw the management team kept on their toes in regards to staffing and roll management as we tried our best to find spaces for as many families as we possibly could!

We have a wonderful team of committed, passionate teachers who continually enable Small Fries to outwork their vision of being more than just a childcare centre. Without their hard work none of this would be possible. In total we have 24 teachers along with a full time cook (who also provides meals for the Totara Club), an administrator and myself. We have 108 children, averaging 78 children each day, spread across our four classrooms (full capacity is 80 per day).

I spent 7 months of 2013 on maternity leave while Verdette and Kate (also our Head Teachers) took over the helm. Both teachers did an outstanding job overseeing our rolls and staff teams as they continued to grow,

along with our vision of providing services above and beyond expectations.

Some of the highlights outside of the class included a trip to the Auckland Museum, a Mother’s Day event, a disco and our Christmas show that saw the church auditorium filled. We also had two more teachers step out of their comfort zones to travel to Kolkata to support the Freeset crèche where they took resources and provided training around different types of learning experiences for their teachers.

Once again it is an honour to reflect on the year and be able to say with confidence that we really have become a childcare centre based on Christian values, character and teaching that delivers some of the highest quality of both care and education in the area. A childcare centre that truly is much ‘more than just a childcare centre’.

Thank you for your continued support throughout 2013.

Once again it is an honour to reflect on the year and be able to say with confidence that we really have become a childcare centre based on Christian values, character and teaching . . .

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Rochelle Binnie

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Manager

013 was a great year for us in caféwindsor. We have had our daily community regulars that we are managing to become friends with and they love their morning chats!

It is one of the best places around to hang out and chat. As we are so busy the building and furnishings get tired quickly so the year finished on a high for us with the removal of the very tatty, stained and unhygienic carpet.

We now have fabulous polished concrete floors which are so easy to clean. Pop in and have a look if you haven’t seen this already we’re looking flash!

As we see ourselves as more than a café we also like to help others in their personal growth . . .

We have 14 staff. We’ve had very little turnover of staff but at present we’re having a lot with girls going on maternity leave, girls returning from their leave and others pursuing tertiary training. I have bought on some great new people who see caféwindsor as our local mission field and give great service.

During 2013 we struggled to find places to direct our families into other areas of the church as most of our community groups were full! In 2014 we will bring weekly events into the cafe which we can use as the tool to open conversations as well as give the kids a bit of ‘Jesus’ knowledge. We will have an event most days which we will interact with the parents.

In 2013 we also have found that we had become more than just a cafe to the local community but as the different groups join the WPBC premises and space is sparse the cafe has become the meeting room! It is

not uncommon for us to see (all at one time sometimes!) meetings being held by teams from Small Fries, Bays Youth Trust, Equip, Church staff and key volunteers. We have come to see our role as not just a cafe for the community but as hosts to our wider team of staff.

As we see ourselves as more than a cafe we also like to help others in their personal growth so we assist in training and work experience for people. Some people we have through Equip and Rangitoto College as well as other people who have started to filter in.

Bays Youth have used us for work experience for some of their kids and have started using our kitchen for cooking lessons for the students. caféwindsor staff are awesome with the different people that pop in as they help them learn as well as give them hope, purpose and a good laugh!

‘Books and such like’ is going well with a lot of our customers looking and buying them. Most of these books are helpful to relationships, parenting and life in general.

Bibles are also a steady seller. To offer this to people who wouldn’t normally go into a Christian bookshop is very valuable.

A big thank you to everyone who volunteers their time in caféwindsor. We could not do it without you! And of course to my fantastic staff who daily go above and beyond - you guys truly are amazing!

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Junie Jumig

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Graphic Designer

or the most part of 2013—and even since the latter part of 2012— WindsorCreative has been gearing up and praying for ‘the next step’ in its ministry. With transforming the community one life at a time being at the heart of Windsor Park Hub Ltd, it only makes sense for WindsorCreative to reach other people and communities outside of Windsor Park— much like how its sister companies Small Fries, caféwindsor, and Equip do.

At that point in time, Marelize Bester, who has been with the WindsorCreative ministry from the start, would need another designer to join her before WindsorCreative could go to the next level. As it turns out the Lord has been cooking something up overseas for this to happen with WindsorCreative’s first full-time designer coming in from the Philippines in the person of Junie Jumig (me!).

We look forward to continuing to grow as a business-asmission initiative, providing great service and pointing people towards our creative Creator!

So in mid-2013 WindsorCreative finally made the big leap of faith to open its doors and offer graphic design services outside of Windsor Park Baptist Church. Without a steady source of external client income apart from a 16-hours-a-week contract with Baptist Union, WindsorCreative hired a full-time designer and invested in design equipment, marketing collaterals, and an internet presence. After putting the word out, WindsorCreative started getting clients from different sectors—churches, bands, small businesses, and credit unions, among others.

In the last quarter of 2013, the previously 2-days/week contract with Baptist Union was upgraded to a 4-day/week contract, enabling WindsorCreative to have a bigger contribution to the various ministries of the Baptist Churches of New Zealand and Carey Baptist College. In November WindsorCreative took in another part-time designer, Lisa Waldren.

Moving ahead, WindsorCreative is looking forward to new partnerships and sources of steady income through tie-ups with bigger marketing agencies and new contracts with other organisations within the Baptist community such as the New Zealand Baptist Missionary Society and Stand Against Slavery.

We look forward to continuing to grow as a business-as-mission initiative, providing great service and pointing people towards our creative Creator!

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External clients served so far: Baptist Churches of New Zealand Carey Baptist College Albany Baptist Church New Zealand Association of Credit Unions Bite Sized (baking business) Iconic (jewelry business) The Streams Church Acorn Insurance FOGAAD (band) New Hope Shop Webpartners (web and marketing business) Xanadu/Xprotect (IT support)

I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers, because I hear about your love for all his holy people and your faith in the Lord Jesus. I pray that your partnership with us in the faith may be effective in deepening your understanding of every good thing we share for the sake of Christ. Your love has given me great joy and encouragement, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the Lord’s people. —Philemon 1:4-7

Transforming our community with God’s love, one life at a time.

Windsor Park Group 550 East Coast Road, Mairangi Bay PO Box 65-385, Mairangi Bay Auckland, New Zealand Windsor Park Baptist Church 09 477 0002 info@windsorpark.org.nz www.windsorpark.org.nz Equip 09 477 0338 front.desk@equip.net.nz www.equip.net.nz Small Fries 09 477 2879 reception@smallfries.org.nz www.smallfries.org.nz WindsorCreative 09 477 2432 info@windsorcreative.org.nz www.windsorcreative.org.nz