HOLY TRINITY CHURCH GISBORNE.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume XVII, Issue 11, 2 May 1927, Page 10

HOLY TRINITY CHURCH GISBORNE.

The canvassing for the- Duplex system is going on quietly in' the parish. We feel it vuli be some time yet before the system can be launched m the parish. We need more canvassers in' the work, for not all the 87 blocks are taken up yet. The Vicar and Vestry will be glad to hear of .people who will volunteer to do ; tnis'' work. The associate members of the Fraternity of the Resurrection held their quarterly corporate Communion on one of the Ember days, lately. . Special services have been held m. the parish throughout the season of Lent. Celebrations of Holy Communion have been held every Wednesday and Friday mornings The Wednesday evening' Intercession Service at the parish church was for parish needs, the sick, and also for missions. Weekly evening services were held, too, at the Hapara the Mangapapa. On Palm Sunday, after shortened evensong-, the choir rendered the Meditation "The Crucifixion," by Dr Stabler, m n devotional . manner. During Holy Week a celebration of H.C. way held each morning. On Holy Wednesday a Service of Preparation for Easter Communion was held, a very helpful address on The Blessed Sacrament being given by tHe Vicar. • ■ On Good Friday there was Ante Communion service at Bairn., at the parish church.'The Vicar conducted a children's service at 9.30 a.m., at the parish church. Children's services were also held at Te Hapara and Mangapapa. Matins was said at 10.30 a.m. at the parish church. Our assistant ■ priest, the

Eev. D. T. Davies, B.Sc, conducted the Three, Hours Meditations, and his inspiring addresses were listened to by a good congregation Evensong was held at the parish church and Mangapapa. The churches were decorated for the Easier Festival. There were large attendances of communicants at God's Altar on Easter Day. At the parish church, the celebrations were at 7 a.m., 8 a.m., and 12 nccn..'-Te Hapara at 8 a.m., Mangapapa. at 7 a.m., Kaiti 8.30 a.m. A service was held at the hospital at 11 a.m. The clergy had the assistance of the Eev. L. H. Fenn during the day. In a large parish, such as this is, Easter Day is a heavy day for the clergy. A large choir at the parish church rendered the bright Easter music. Our notes have to go into print before the conference of clergy and Sunday school teachers is held, to form a branch of the Waiapu Sunday School Teachers' Association, for Poverty Bay and East Coast Districts. Further mention will be made of it m our next letter.