Are you interested? You are invited to apply for the new IAWN Steering Group for the next three years: 2024 – 2026. This is an official and important network seeking to eradicate gender- based inequality and violence, and to promote just relationships among all people. Applications close 30 November Please contact AWSC if you are applying. The IAWN Steering Group, which represents women around the Anglican Communion, continues to connect, share resources and experiences, pray for one another, and identify and celebrate actions across our church that contribute toward fulfilling the ACC resolutions related to gender justice and preventing and ...
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Click on the right hand three lines, to choose a session Bishop Waitohiariki Quayle. AWSC is honoured to be able to welcome Bishop Wai to our HUI. Waitohiariki Quayle was ordained as Bishop of Upoko o Te Ika in the Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa in 2019. She is the first female Māori bishop in the Anglican Church, and the first woman born in New Zealand to become a bishop in the Anglican Communion.Her primary cares are housing, health needs, and youth suicide risk and empowerment.Prior to being ordained bishop in 2019, she held the role of Māori community health services manager at Whaiora Māori Health based in Masterton, where she oversaw staff ...
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registrations are now closed but you are welcome to contact the Administrator for more information anglicanwomenstudies@gmail.com See the timetable below See the range of wonderful speakers https://anglicanwomen.nz/whos-who-at-the-hui/ This year we are featuring some brilliant speakers, some creative artists, and plenty of time to reconnect, in the hospitable setting of Tatai Hono marae, by the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, at the top of Khyber Pass Road in Auckland. https://anglicanwomen.nz/whos-who-at-the-hui/ The Council has funding from the St John's College Trust Board, for this significant Hui, so the fee is kept as low as possible. Timetable of the Hui- subject to change ...
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Kia ora! Talofa! Malo e lelei! Hi! My name is Anam Cara and I absolutely love exploring. I’m a spiritual speleologist who delights in navigating spiritual landscapes, squeezing into caverns and grottoes where refreshing ideas are lurking. Would you like to join me on my next adventure? Until recently I’ve been camping out with a group of like-minded people near the Forest of Certainty, a softly undulating paddock populated with rows of pinus radiata and native seedlings. It’s also known as the Forest of Order. Bordering this is our campsite, protected from the wind by dense foliage. I came across ...
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Women in and around Christchurch : you are warmly invited to Ways of Knowing on 21 April. Interactive sessions includeWays of Knowing God through ArtInterior Ways of KnowingBridging the Gap across TikangaPlease register anglicanwomenstudies@gmail.comThe AWSC Council and LINKS will be present ,and look forward to meeting other women, of our three tikanga. Council and LINKS will be staying at St Margaret's College, and will continue to meet on 22 April. Please contact Ceridwyn the administrator with any queries. anglicanwomenstudies@gmail.com ...
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Join Jess Hall and Bridie Marsden-Boyd for a Review and Discussion of Bauman’s Theology of the Womb, introduced by Ceridwyn Parr, Administrator of Anglican Women's Studies Centre Women’s bodies tell and re-tell the story of divine activity through their many rhythmic and cyclic processes; bleeding, birthing, growing, creating, holding, and dying. In this work, Bauman comprehensively investigates the implications of believing that the body, and in this case the female body, is a site of revelation. What results is a disarming read of intelligent and intimate proportions, which invites every reader to consider how their body tells God’s story. Jess began with the ...
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Three outstanding women, three different ways to experience the Lambeth Conference of Bishops. You are invited to listen in to a three-way conversation with Bishop Denise Ferguson, the Revd Jacynthia Murphy and Ms Teresa Kundycki-Carrell, as they discuss ’Lambeth from the Inside’. Originally recorded as virtual Theology Chat, on 17 November 2022. Video link Jacynthia Murphy is an Anglican priest, an indigenous woman, with strong links in the Environmental Network. Jacynthia has worked in various capacities within the public sector for most of her working life. She lived in Sydney, Australia for 15 years before moving to Brisbane Queensland to ...
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The key note scholar at the Hui in October will be Dr Emily Colgan. Emily says she is a bit of a Bible nerd who is utterly passionate about biblical interpretation incontemporary contexts. Dr Emily Colgan, Senior lecturer in Biblical Studies, Trinity College, Auckland: Emily will give the keynote speech at the AWSC Hui: Te Orokohanga o te Ao/ The Earth as our Mother/Na tina ni Vanua. https://anglicanwomen.nz/2021-hui-information/ She will speak at 1.30pm on Thursday 28 April 2022 Women and Interconnectedness: Ecological interpretations of scripture Emily’s research focuses on the relationship between the Bible and contemporary social imaginaries, asking about ...
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Rev Dr Jekheli Kibami-Singh - Leviticus, Land & Jubilee. Presented to the Tikanga Pakeha Ministry Council, May 2021. https://youtube/wIBfiBQXOZI Jekheli Singh is a tribal Christian woman from Nagaland in the North East of India. She came to New Zealand about 15 years ago, and is currently vicar of Te Kuiti. In this talk about the theology of land, she incudes Biblical theology, God the Creator, Land and identity, land as Go’s gift to be shared, and land as new community. She references Leviticus: 25and the concept of Jubilee. Used with permission from Stephen Black, Diocese of Waikato ...
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Intriguing women speaking about their research, writing, thinking and theology An online opportunity to zoom in from anywhere and hear ideas from everywhere Opportunity to ask questions and make links with your own experience and ideas. Open to everyone. Anglican Women’s Studies Centre invites you to zoom in- Third Thursday of the month (usually) Join Zoom Meetinghttps://anglicanchurch-nz.zoom.us/j/94599431152?pwd=U0Q4NG9DM1FhVU5OOTVmQjh1bERvUT09 Meeting ID: 945 9943 1152Passcode: 215527 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 16 September 7pm NZ time Crisis? What Crisis? Is preventing the bad the same as planning the best? Jacqui Paterson, currently co-dean at the Taranaki Cathedral, shares a pot-pouri of insights gleaned from a recent MBA ...
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this is subject to minor change Thursday 2 Nov 3.30 pm Arrivals 4.30 pm Powhiri (assemble at 4.10) 6.00pm Dinner and registration 7.00pm Whakawhanaungatanga, Introductions and connections across the motu, the tikanga, the Pacific... 8.30 pm Evening prayer with tikanga Maori Friday 3 Nov 7.30am. Morning prayer from two tikanga 8.00, Breakfast 9.00 Registration for new arrivals 9.30 Session 1 “The many hands here today.” Welcome, with Ven Fran Hokianga, The Revd Fran Hokianga and the Revd Sela Havili 10.30 Morning tea 11.00 Session 2 “The hands who have come before.” Hold on for a ride through ...
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or crochet your own neon whare A Virtual Theology Chat 20 July 2023 with Lissy and Rudi Robinson Cole https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zwmpXJjo-w, Through the magic of the crochet hook, two artists have infused and connected whakapapa (geneaology), wairua (spirit) and experiences as Māori and Pākehā into their unique mahi toi (art works). Artists Lissy Robinson-Cole (Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Kahu) and Rudi Robinson (Ngāti Paoa, Ngaruahine, Ngāti Makirangi, Ngāti Tu) have been using their creative energies to explore mātauranga Māori and their personal whakapapa through crocheted sculptural forms over the past eight years. Their mahi brings together bright, neon colours and traditional toi whakairo shapes ...
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The Revd Bettina Maxwell, Convenor of the Council for Anglican Women’s Studies, appointed as the Vicar General for Te Hui Amorangi o Te Manawa o te Wheke Liturgy of Thanksgiving, and Hui Whakahirahira at Torere Marae 27 May 2023 What a magnificent day to celebrate the new Vicar General , the Revd Bettina Maxwell . Torere Marae was sparkling in the sun, the sea birds were calling from the calm sea waters, and the green hills surrounded us with warmth and aroha. As the administrator of the Council for Anglican Women’s Studies, I was honoured to attend this celebration. Ceridwyn ...
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Who are we and what are we here for? The Venerable Mere Wallace explores Te Oranga Ake. How do we understand ministry and mission? Hui Amorangi in Te Wai Pounamu is going through a process of articulating who we are and what we are here for. We describe this as Te Oranga Ake. This is how we understand our ministry and mission. How do we have a thriving and flourishing ministry? What are the actions that we need to take in order for that to happen? In this article I outline aspects of Te Oranga Ake and how this covers ...
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“For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2: 10 Bolivia Smith is an impressive young Samoan woman. She has a chiefly title, she was the Youth Coordinator in the Diocese of Polynesia at the age of 15, and in her professional life as an IT specialist she has a staff of 15 . Bolivia lives in Samoa and will share her malaga or journey, in this Virtual Theology Chat. Name: Galumalemana Bolivia Smith Parents: Rev. Dr Le Vaotogo Frank & Tulimata’i Smith Employment: Team ...
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