St Mark's Messenger February 2020

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The Messenger The Messenger PARISH OF SAINT MARK REMUERA PARISH MARK February 2020 OF SAINT Parish website: www.stmarks.org.nz Editor: Annabelle Couldwell REMUERA Warm Greetings, Haere Mai, Malo e lelei, Bula Vinaka, Marhaba! Welcome to the first Messenger Magazine for 2020. I hope that you have had a relaxing summer and are looking forward to an exciting year ahead. Within the pages of this magazine you will find a review of events from the latter part of last year and information about a range of upcoming services and events that I hope you can join us in. Our annual ‘Carols on the Lawn,’ held last year on Friday, 13 December, was a great success. The usual popular stalls were there but in addition there were two new stalls, one an embroidery stall that showcased needlework and another dedicated to cleverly recycled products. We also had a wide variety of activities for children, including the arrival of Santa, with his helpers, and the ever-popular lolly scramble. The central event, the singing of Christmas carols, was enjoyed enthusiastically by all. On the day after that event we hosted the Christmas party led by the Refugee Council of New Zealand. The party celebrated Christmas with around 100-120 children and their families who all received presents kindly contributed by parishioners and the wider Auckland community. God-willing, this can be an annual celebration and outreach for St Mark’s parish. Photos from both these events are included in the Messenger along with photos of the Christmas Pageant (Nativity play) performed by members of our Sunday School, as well as some snaps taken of the happy Christmas party that ended the year for Communicare. In 2019 we bid farewell to a number of long-term and much-loved Parishioners. In late January this year, after a relatively quiet period on the funeral front, Tony Aston joined the heavenly communion of saints. His funeral on 5 February packed the church to overflowing; a testament to the impact he had on both the church and the wider community. An Obituary to Tony, written by Christine Koefoed, People’s Warden, is included in this Messenger. You may have heard about the monthly Anglo-Catholic services that started at St Mark’s on Saturday, 1 February at 5pm. These services, which are an initiative of the Anglican Diocese of Auckland, are being willingly hosted by St Mark’s


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