Opotiki.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume XIII, Issue 1, 1 July 1922, Page 386

Opotiki.

Vicar: Rev. A. F. Hall, M.A. It is rather hard to write a coherent account this month, for we have been so richly blessed that our hearts are full of joy and thankfulness. Our Confirmation was wonderful — 250 people m a church th#t normally should hold 150 — and nearly all of them our own folk. Forty-nine candidates were presented, and one could not but feel the outpouring", pf

the Holy Spirit. God was very near to us all. Thepi a few days afterwards we had a big social for the Bishop and Mrs Sedgwick, at which we all got to know him better socially. We also had- a service and social at Waiotahi m the new hall there, and if it was climatically cold,, it was spiritually and socially warm. We pray that those who were confirmed will grow into regular and faithful communicants, and that through them many more may be brought into closer touch with their Lord and Saviour. The Mothers'' Union is slowly growing, and will, we hope, amalgamate with the Ladies' Guild and be a great power for good m the parish.