Community Programme

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31993, 21 May 1969, Page 9

Community Programme

“Inter View ’69.” i community programm for discussion of th, future, public affairs work, communities am the home in an attemp to help New Zealander face their situation ii the 19705, will begii throughout New Zealant on Sunday. The five-week programmi which is being promoted b the National Council o Churches and the Romai Catholic Church, is designe to help all men and womei to take a careful look at s< ciety in the 19705. This aimed at the whol community and it is hope, that more than 100.000 pel sons will be involved. The programme is planne as a small group study ii homes, offices, factories, con munity clubs and othe places. More than 350 loca organisations have been ei tablished to plan these group and leaders have beei trained. The public relations office for the programme, Mr P. J Daly, of Wellington, says tha the programme will be a quie get-together of friends ii their homes to discuss th sort of problems that the and their children will fac in the next 10 years. Groups have also bee planned in hospitals, prison and universities, and severs service clubs are giving fiv of their weekly programme to a consideration of th themes. Headmasters of sev< ral secondary schools als intend to use the studies wit their sixth forms as part o the liberal studies courses. Television programme which will be shown eac Sunday evening for five week from May 25 will begi at 7 p.m. and will each ru: for 15 minutes. A study book outlining th problems and visions of th five topics has been publishe and already about 50,00 copies have been sold. It i hoped to sell 70,000 copiei

a; A simple brochure setting out le the aims of the programme has been printed as well as a le leaders’ training guide and S, special posters, id At Bishopdale the Bishop of Christchurch (the Rt Rev. 1 W. A. Pyatt) will speak at fS a combined service on Sunin day and on the last Sunday in of the programme, the .j Roman Catholic Bishop of a Christchurch (the Most Rev. B. P. Ashby) will speak at another combined service. ie. Art displays by school childby ren advertising the proof gramme will be exhibited at an the Cathedral of the Blessed ed Sacrament, Barbadoes Street, en Country groups are also so- active. In Oxford a panel discussion on the programme ,le will be held on Thursday ed night. Panel members will er- include representatives of the Department of Agriculture, ed Country Girls’ Club, Jaycees, in a member of the staff of the tn- New Zealand Broadcasting er Corporation and a Christ:al church businessman. 5S - At Albury and Pleasant ps Point the programme will be en launched with two special community services. On Suner day the member of ParliaB. merit for Ashburton (Mr R. iat L. G. Talbot) will speak at a> ieti service at Albury at 10 a.m. in and 7.45 p.m. the member of he Parliament for Timaru (Sir ey Basil Arthur) will speak at ce a service in the Pleasant Point town hall. en To enable persons to see ns the special television pro•al grammes most churches have ve arranged to have television ies sets in the church for the he’evening service or to hold re- the service earlier or later! so than 7 p.m. In Blenheim th!churches will meet at 4.30 j of p m. for worship while in; South Canterbury some willies meet at 7.30 p.m. ch Instead of the usual seeks vice of evensong, many ;in churches who will screen the [in television programme will have discussion groups afterhe wards. he Persons in Christchurch ed will have the choice of attend--00 ing a group meeting in their is own suburb, attending groups es. at centres in the city area or

attending home groups in the city area. Groups in the city area will be held at Aldersgate on Tuesdays at 12.30 p.m. and on Thursdays at 7.30 p.m. On Wednesdays at 7.30 p.m. there will be groups at the Te Rangimarie Maori Centre, 360 Gloucester Street; Gainsord House, Chester Street; and St Andrew’s Church hall, Antigua Street. The Governor-General (Sir Arthur Porritt) has said that he will do what he can to commend “Interview ’69.” “The project appeals to me as sound, forward-looking thinking,” he says in a message to the National Council of Churches in Christchurch.

The programme has the support of the Prime Minister (Mr Holyoake), the Leader of the Opposition (Mr Kirk), and the Secretary for Justice (Dr J. L. Robson).