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Ripples
It is Sunday afternoon and I had the privilege of attending a Christian Church Service this morning at our Raumati church.
If you were there, you heard Syd Mepham speaking. Syd led the service and I was aware of a calm, quiet atmosphere around me, and from his sermon a vision of ripples in a stream in our beautiful bush.
Freedom to worship is precious, and I think. I often take that fact for granted, in our uncertain world, remaining positive is a challenge. We all know that the virus in its various forms is controlling our lives, but we have people in charge who are willing to stand up and be counted, and whether or not you agree with them, I do not believe their integrity can be questioned, as they continue to take the difficult decisions.
Someone after the service said they only liked to throw small stones these days, as those ripples, spreading out from one small action can have myriad consequences. If the ripple comes from anger and is expressed in harsh words to someone and they tell others ...
Every day we have the opportunity to send out ripples which may become a wave of anger or discontent, with the ability to hurt others or make them feel unsafe.
It is our choice, but is it too hard to be positive, especially now when we do not know what tomorrow will bring?
We follow a Lord who said “Love your neighbour“. Lets try and do that, even the really annoying ones.
Look around you. In this place we are surrounded by God’s blessings and we can share them every day with a smile, an encouraging word, a visit, an email, or a text, or by just taking the time to listen.
Please pray for the people of Tonga; our Navy ships are making big ripples as they bring much-needed basics to this part of our Pacific family.
Do we have something to look forward to? Yes, God has called a new Minister to come and be amongst us. Hallelujah.
We stand for justice and joy, therefore share the good news. God is still in charge and in this world of constant change remains the same today, tomorrow and always.
Mary White, Parish Council Chairperson

February 2022

About People
We wish happy birthday to all those in this parish celebrating birthdays in February and happy anniversary to those celebrating anniversaries this month. We hope you enjoy your special occasions!
Congratulations and best wishes to Annie and Hans Peters who celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary on 31 January.
Molly Keene passed away in December. A service was held at the Kapiti Crematorium on 30 December and a memorial service for Molly will be held at a later date, once all the family can be in attendance.
David McAdam, husband of Pat, has passed away. We are thinking of Pat at this time.
Jill Drew has moved to Auckland and is missed by us and we thank Jill for her contribution to the Parish.
We think of those members suffering poor health and those in hospital and we wish you all a speedy recovery.
We hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful summer.
The Pastoral Care Team, Adrienne, Merrill, Erice, Kay, Jennie, Lyn, Carole and Diane
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Rev. Tony Wood leads the Children's Christmas Carol service in December. 50 adults and children attended the afternoon tea and service.

Kapiti Uniting Parish - Position Vacant
Playgroup Co-ordinator
Part-time: 13 hours per week
Required for three Playgroups, 9.30 am to 11.30 am:
Raumati Music Playgroup - Monday
Café Playgroup - Thursday
Waikanae Café Playgroup - Friday
For the application form and job description please visit our website www.kup.org.nz or contact the
Parish Office on 902 5809 or
email kapitiuniting@outlook.com.
Applications close 1 pm on 8 February.

Christian World Service Tonga Emergency Appeal
https://cws.org.nz/what-we-do/emergencies/tonga-emergency/

E-Prayer Requests
A group from your Parish family receive requests for prayer every week.
You can either ring, text, email or ask for the request to be passed on.
Mary Francis 904 0457 or billandmary262@gmail.com
Merrill Baker 902 4134 or amkram.nz@gmail.com
Mary White 298 7727 or marywhite@xtra.co.nz
The requests will remain confidential and names will not be used without your permission.
Mary White, E-Prayer Group Coordinator

Kapiti Counselling Service
The Parish’s own professional counselling service is available for
confidential counselling or discussions
for any member of the Parish or their family.
The counsellors are:
Marie Livesey, Penny Currier and Angela Claridge.
Phone 902 5809.

Parish Directory
Parish Council Chair: Mary White 298 7727
Parish Council Secretary: Jan Rae 298 2562
Treasurer: Cathy Drummond 299 3867
kuptreasurer@gmail.com
Envelope Secretary: Ralph Martin 904 8361
Together Editor: Kate Foley
kapitiuniting@outlook.com 902 5809
Counselling Centre: Kapiti Counselling Centre,
Raumati 902 5809

Parish Office Contact
Parish Office phone: 902 5809
Parish Office Administrator: Kate Foley
Address: 10 Weka Road, Raumati Beach
Office hours: Tuesday - Friday 9 am - 12 noon
Office e-mail: kapitiuniting@outlook.com
Parish website: www.kapitiunitingparish.org.nz
Waikanae Church Corner of Ngapaki and Taiata Streets,
Waikanae

Lunch after Raumati Combined Service
Sunday 13 February, 11.30 am to 1 pm
Everyone is invited to come along for lunch at Ambience Café, 36 Marine Parade, Paraparaumu Beach.
Please RSVP to Carole Rudings 298 8165 by Friday 11 February, 6 pm.

February: regular events
Mondays 9.30 am Raumati Music Café Playgroup
11 am-4 pm Thrifty Place
Thursdays 9.30 am Raumati Café Playgroup,
11 am-4 pm Thrifty Place
2.30-3 pm Fruit and Vege Co-op pick up
Fridays 9.30 am Waikanae Café Playgroup
Saturdays 10 am-12.30 pm Thrifty Place
Playgroup starting date TBC. Please see weekly notices.
February: for your diary
Tue 1st 1 pm Afternoon Women's Fellowship, Maureen Calhaem's home
Wed 2nd 1.30 pm Raumati Committee, Raumati
Tue 8th 10 am Pastoral Care Group, Raumati
7.30 pm Parish Council, Raumati
Wed 9th 1.30 pm Property and Finance, Raumati
Thur 10th 10 am Raumati Morning Women's Fellowship, Raumati
Sun 13th 11.30 am Lunch at Ambience Café, see page 6
Mon 14th 1.30 pm Board Games, Carole Rudings home
Fri 18th Deadline for March Together
Mon 28th 1.30 pm Board Games, Carole Rudings home
Fri 25th Folding and distribution of March Together

Raumati Women's Morning Fellowship
Thursday 10 February at 10 am
Our speaker will be Cheryll Wagener who will talk about and demonstrate some of her products from Nutrimetics.
All welcome and welcome back to our members for the New Year.
Contact Merrill Baker 902 4134 or Lyn Martin 904 8361.

February Services

Date	Waikanae / 9.30 am	United@9 / 9 am	Raumati / 10 am
6th	Colin Anderson	Carol Rudings and Kate Foley	Rev. Barrie Keenan
13th	John and Diana Roberts HC	Rev. Roger Wiig HC
20th	Rev. Robin and Heather List	Maureen Calhaem	Ian Harris
27th	Rev. Doug Lendrum	Maureen Calhaem	Rev. Roger Wiig

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Approaching 80 was a rich endeavour,
Along the way I learnt to say never;
Now that I know I am wise and clever
I may stay seventy-nine forever.
Rosalie

recital
Christmas Cards

Operation Christmas Child
Operation Christmas Child is the world’s largest Christmas project of its kind. The project uses gift-filled shoeboxes to demonstrate God’s love in a tangible way to children in need around the world. Kapiti Uniting Parish is excited to be once again involved with Operation Christmas Child, and to be a local drop-off point for other churches and the community.
Visit https://www.samaritanspurse.org.au/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/ for more details. Please contact Kate in the office if you have any questions or require assistance. The deadline for drop-off will be published closer to October.

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