PAROCHIAL NOTES

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume XVII, Issue 10, 1 April 1927, Page 8

PAROCHIAL NOTES

WAIPAWA. The congregation, of St. Peter's Church' "listened in" to the services at St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell, and at the Cathedral, on March 6th and 13th. respectively. Atmospheric condition s were fairly satisfactory on March 6th, but. on March 13th they were awful. As far : as possible the congregation joined heartily in all the prayers and hymns. We. were much disappointed by the failure of wireless to transmit more clearly the Bishop of London's sermon from Christchurch. The short "snatches" of it that we.did get only-whetted our appetite for more. AYe have to thank Messrs H. Limbrick and Jas. Riddles for the wireless installations. - Both divisions of the Sunday School now meet in the morning at 10 o'clock. Mr Bibby, our former Superintendent, still has his class of boys in the afternoon, uut is unable to .came. in ■ the morning, as.' he' then has a Sunday School for Maori boys at the Pah.. Miss Frame is also unable to teach in the morning. The Vicar is himself in charge of the morning school and is pleased to report that he "has already obtained several new teachers, including Miss (J. Moroney, Mr Archie Cheers, Miss M. Cheers and Miss R. Limbrick. He hopes to have two or three more soon and to_ be able to divide up and grade the various classes. Miss E. Gray still retains her class. One of our teachers is. away at present in Wellington. We hope, that on her return she will be teaching again, and -then we shall have a really strong staff of teachers. A teachers' library has bsen formed and various modern helps to efficient organisation will be introduced shortly ■ We take this opportunity id acknowledge with gratitude the very many

years- of* Mr-Edward faittiful : ,:Ser.yke i : Many >o| the pup^ daughters of mothers and fathers who .were,taught-by Mr Bibby in theirchild- ;- hood. -During ;• all these • yeafis Mr Bibhy has never failed to give of his best for thb Sunday School. He has geuerously provided it with furniture, books and general Sunday School requisites from his own purse. For many years he walked about 20 miles every Saturday and back again oh Monday in order to bet in his place on Sunday. He has also done hio utmost to inspire the children with enthusiasm for Missions. We are glad that he continues to take his own class in the afternoon, and that he. is still able to instruct the Maori children at the Pah and preserve them from Mormonism and Ratanaism. In order that the Vicar may be able personally to superintend the Sunday School it has been found necessary, to alter the time of the country celebrations as follows:—Tikokino, 8.45 a.m. instead of 9 a.m.; Onga Onga and Tamumu, 11.15 a.m. instead of 11 a.m. The girls of the Girls' Club are making a new set, of Communion linen for use in Tikokino. The Girls' Oluh has resumed its fortnightly meetings, which will in future include a Bible Class. A senior boys' Bible Class is to foe held on Wednesday evenings at 7.30 at the conclusion of our weekly intercession service. The; "Budget" form for. the introduction of the Duplex system has been printed and is now being circulated. The St. Peter's Girl Guide, Company has resumed its' meetings "and is making satisfactory progress. We now have the assistance of no less than four of the teachers in the public school, and ais soon as the necessary requirements have beeoi complied with the company will be duly registered. Money is, however, urgently needed for unirorms. These, according to the regulations, must be the property of the company. If the girls were allowed to provide them themselves and have them as their own property we should probably have no difficulty. The Brownies are still flourishing. Their numbers (but not their zeal) have slightly decreased. We regret that Mrs McLean is still a patient in the private hospital at Waipukurau. 'We are earnestly praying for her recovery. Several of" our people have been ill and the church attendance has consequently .suffered, but all are how on the mend and will .soon be back again in their places. WAIPUKURAU. Harvest Festival services have' heen held both in town and at Hatuma, and the decorations were beautiful ana the services very hearty. All the produce went to the Abbotsford Hoce, and it was a splendid offering. Hatuma alone sent a sack of potatoes, two bags of wheat and nine cases of fruit and! jam, besides vegetables and eggs. And now Mr H, P. Hole has presented a young cow in full milk to the Home. "Inasmuch." The half-yearly opening of the missionary . boxes by .Mrs Leigh, the box - secretary, amounted to £12. -Oiv March 6th the Bishop of London's sermon at St. Mary's, Parnell,.

..-Was received by; wirelejss took the place > of:ih>^iptonyat V : . the service. It was most; cle : ar.. ■, A ''Paige. Six" radio set was installed very--'kindly' : ..'. :: by/; : Me3,srs. Leigh and .;. Symonds. .'; ; '\ .'•'"' :; '. : '•.;•.•:,■;;• -v...' The 'Vestry has decided; to lia,ye/the plans "of. the new C nurcn drawn up at once by Mr W. P." Finch, of" Napier. When that is "done we hope ;to get things moving. At present there is nearly £1900" in cash arid promises.-'/.. , The. Duplex. Envelope system of giving comes into Operation in the parish this month. A good number of parishion-. ers have taken it up and it is hoped to increase these gradually. The children's Lenten self-denial ■offerings this year are being devoted to supplying something to . add to the pleasures of the lives of' the children at the Abbotsford lloxno. PORANGAHAU. The Bazaar held in February was quite a success, the Church Fund benefiting- to the extent of ,£BO. Not a great crowd was present, but those present must have emptied their pockets to produce such a result. Our thanks are due to those who once again so kindly worked at the various stalls aiifi m every way helped to make the Bazaar a success During Lent services are to be held at Herbertviile and Wimbledon .on Thursday evenings. The attendance is gratifying, Un Easter Day the following services \uii be held-.— Porangahau.—B a.m., Holy Communion. Wimbledon.—lo.3o a.m.. Holy ■Communion. Porangahau.—ll. 'a.m., Holy Communion. Wailingford.—3 p.m., Evensong. Porangahau.—7 p.m., Evensong. We are again grateful to Canon Oulwick for his willing assistance during the Vicar's holiday, also on Christmas Day. At last we are able to say we have another organ for the Porangahau Church, a beautiful instrument, much more powerful than the old one, though the old organ is not to be despised. It has done yeoman service lor over forty years, and is still to be used at Wailingford. Our present organ was valued at £40, but the Vestryman whose property it was offered it to the -Church for £25. We : are grateful There are still many things required for the Church. A larger chalice and paten is badly needed. The one in use at present actually belongs to the Weber Church, and should Weber at any time leave the Porangahau Parish these vessels will have to be returned to Weber. Our own vessels are extremely small. One accident has already occurred With them owing to their smallness. Would anyone like to present a new and larger set? 'fhey would cost from £10 to £15. MATAWAI. By the time these notes appear in .'print-/we- hope to have made a start ~on the painting of St. Mary's; Matawai: -The paint has come and we are only waiting for/fine weather ami labour.'

W;e.-;are„. very 1 sorry to report- that.;. , Kasf nbifc" yet jna^ialis^;;^!^ formed soph, t 3 UC h a Guild we can hardly lay clairtf to being a Church or a branch of the Kingdom of .God here. It is absolutely esseritail thai;iiv the, parish centre we have some' sortoovar v a body of people who do their ,little/ best" to; 'represent the Body of Christ./ /The; Vicar : does' not feel justified in presenting any niore young ban- , didates for confirmation until there' is some such body of which they can really feel they are becoming a part. ■; The outward and visible sign of that great Sacramental Body, \ he Church, is just as necessary to our young people as the outward and visible sign of any other Sacrament. We feel sure there are people here who love the Master sufficiently to make the necessary sacrifice of time and devotion to Him. It only remains for them to realise that sacrifice is necessary. We pray and hope they may soon do so. The Moteo ladies are holding a Shop Day oh March 26th in the Moteo Town Hall. We hope this will be the last commercial enterprise we have to undertake to raise funds for the Church. The envelopes have arrived for the Duplex System, and in future we hope 'to make it our boast that we do exist here on purely free-will offerings. The Vicar has to do all the canvassing necessary for the distribution of envelopes. It is hoped all will do their best to help as much as possible. These notes will appear shortly before Easter, so we would like to remind all parishioners that it is a strict rule of the Church that all confirmed memhers make their Communion at least three times in the year, of which Easter be one. It is impossible here to give opportuiiities in all the five centres, but all members should make their Communion on the first opportunity provided WAIPIRO BAY Two parish socials have been held this month ; in connection with the Duplex movement, one at Tokomai'u Bay and one at Waipiro Bay- Owing to change in plan Mr Turner Williams was unable to < be present The attendances were fairly good, however, and the lecture was given by the Vicar,; The social part of the evening at Tokomaru Bay was mainly in the hands of Mr and Miss Taylor, to whom we tender our best thanks. At Waipiro Bay the singing was arranged by Mr Thompson. Miss Kura Beale and Miss Ena Lee ably assisted him. and gave us some excellent, items The treasurer reports that the returns so far to the Duplex appeal aro quite encouraging, but there are quite a number yet who have. not sent in their promised form. Will all Church members make an effort to send in their forms as early as possible ,; through the boxes at;the Church _dpors ? ; or through .the posl -V TOLAQA BAY. Ladles' GUI til. The Ladfes' Guild. resumed its; hieot r '■'iris's oh Friday < 11th/March, and at a well-attbnded meeting Mrs Eric; Lbisel

was; re-elected 1 President. Mrs. E. B. Bolaiid was elected" Secretary and Mrs S; /M; Kemp; Treasurer. ■ The President then took the chair and proceeded to plan and arrange the work for the coming year, and it; would appear from the arrangements, made that the ladies intend to maintain their well-earnt reputation for hard and earnest work.- Last year- the Guild was not only responsible for raising a •large sum of money for the Cblirch work through the medium of the Bazaar, but also provided the finance for theipainting of the Church. So we have much to'-.thank the Guild for. Duplex Finance Scheme. The progress made in this respect is very slow, and though the results to hand are very, satisfactory there are still many more replies to bo received before the scheme can become operative. We would ask the hep of Gazette readers to stimulate the interest of their friends and to request them to forward their membership forms as soon as possible. WOODVILLE. The concert arranged by Mrs JacK Nelson was a splendid social success, and besides being a very fin© concert enabled Mrs Nelson to hand over £20 sadly needed by the Vestry. The Vicar was able to attend the Te Aute Retreat, which was a real Godsend. He stayed away over the Sunday, as Mr Hamilton and. Mr Hiiotwick took the services, whii.ii were well attended, and the Wardens as usual attended to the parish needs, ably assisted by Mrs Davidson, and then the Vicar was called back for a funeral. About ten days later La Grippe took severe hold on the Vioar and arrangements were made whereby the Rev. W. Lea, Vicar of Te Rehunga, was spared to Woodville for the day. We were grateful for his message and visit. Miss Monica Dobson has a roll of 22 children bn'the Sunday School register. May God bless this-big work. The annual Sunday School was a great success on the.. Duke.-given holiday- ~ "Over 100 children 50 older folk had a glorious, clay at the Gorge. Mrs Walker, as - Superintendent; with Miss Sheen who has'charge of our splendid Kindergarten, carried things off splendidly. ; Mahy willing Helpers and donors of prizes, etc;, made happy every child there. Bathing in the Manawatu was a delight for the two hours allowed for the water. Perhaps Mr Scott might be singled out for special mention, for he kept the camp fires burning and boiled-all the wator; Kumeroa ladies have taken on the contract for supplying meals and refreshments - for the four days' sheep dog trials there—a big venture, 1 /arid w e only hope the.results will be worth good big sum for the; Church building scheme. Fire ahead,/Kumeroa> -'--:'•'