Auckland Community Church
Te Hahi Waka Huihui i Nga Tangata o Tamaki Makaurau
Family Circle December 2006
People news
-
Jo Draper National Library Fellow for 2007
-
John Carbutt Cerebral Palsy advocate
On the move
-
Glen & Steve return from North America
Coming Events
Christmas Eve - Join St Matts for 11:00 PM
Christmas Day - 5:00 PM at Deborah and Andrew Leys
Advent Carols
Our service on 3 December combined St Matthews morning congregation
Retreat camp
Saturday 20th January, at Vaughn Park: keep your diaries free
Book recommendations
Bates, Stephen. A Church at War : Anglicans and Homosexuality: Hodder & Stoughton, 2005. compelling reading
Hensley, G. C. Final Approaches : A Memoir. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2006. He was on the staff of the Commonwealth Secretariat at its beginning in London. Head of the PM's department under Muldoon and Lange and then Secretary of Defence, It gives a fascinating insight behind the scenes of international and NZ political life.
Hochschild, Adam. Bury the Chains : Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. an account of the campaign to end slavery within the British Empire, in effect the world's first human rights campaign. An inspiring story of how a small determined group of people can change the world.
Merlis, Mark. An Arrow's Flight. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. a great twist on the Trojan War. Achille's son is a hustler in the big city. It deals with the huge issues of internalized homophobia, gay shame,and heterosexual privilege, and I couldn't put it down.
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. London: Bloomsbury 2005. Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts as Lord Voldemort becomes ever more powerful with his followers increasing day by day in this continuing battle between good and evil.
Film recommendations
Lee, Ang, Diana Ossana, James Schamus, Larry McMurtry, Rodrigo Prieto, Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Randy Quaid, Annie Proulx, Focus Features, and Roadshow Entertainment (Firm). Brokeback Mountain. [Pyrmont, N.S.W.]: Roadshow Entertainment [distributor], 2005. story about a forbidden and secretive relationship between two cowboys and their lives over the years.
Pollak, Kay. As It Is in Heaven. Sweden, 2004. A successful international conductor suddenly interrupts his career and returns alone to his childhood village. … The choir develops and grows. He makes both friends and enemies. And he finds love.
Scott, Ridley. A Good Year, 2006. A British investment broker inherits his uncle's chateau and vineyard in Provence, where he spent much of his childhood. He discovers a new laid-back lifestyle as he tries to renovate the estate to be sold.
Vallée, Jean-Marc. C.R.A.Z.Y. London: Soda Pictures, 2006. Zac, born on Christmas day 1960, the fourth boy in a family of five boys shares his story of being different and trying desperately to become "one of the boys."
Ian Dixon - in memoriam
Ian had a long career in the Presbyterian Church, he was a chaplain with NZ forces during WWII. He went to Hiroshima soon after it was bombed. In an assembly soon after the war he seconded a motion (which was lost) to enable women’s ministry. He trained for ministry about the same time as Lloyd Geering and Alan Brash. I think he had ministry placements in the South Island, and was Professor of Pastoral Theology at Knox college when David Clark was studying there. He had one good story about DC – who frequently walked out of classes – as David was approaching the exit, Ian called out to him “Don’t forget to slam the door, Mr Clark”. David recalls during the 1951 Waterfront lockout Ian actively supported the workers.
Ian was a great support for his nephew, Leighton, who was part of Auckland Community Church in the early nineties. Ian and Leighton were both aware of their sexuality since their teens. However they were both married and good fathers. Celebrating his 90th birthday a few years ago, he asked all of us to suppress any republican tendencies so he could get a telegram from the Queen.
In later years Ian volunteered for the Aids Foundation in Christchurch, and campaigning for his local MP Tim Barnett.
His preaching and theology were lively. He had a keen appreciation of the virtues and faults of church communities, and always encouraged the ministry of Auckland Community Church to be both pastoral and prophetic. He was increasingly disappointed with the changing tide in the Presbyterian Church. His friend Murray was with him at the end.
Contacts:
by email: info@aucklandcommunitychurch.org.nz
by phone: Cathy and Liz (64)(09)578 1292 or Hugh Dyson (64)(09)579 1850
by snail mail: c/- 187 Federal Street, Auckland, New Zealand.
This date was last updated on 18th May 2006 - the page may have been updated later than this!
copyright © 2007-2008 Auckland Community Church
Hosted by Rainbow Net Ltd
