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District News
Edition 29/1 -Autumn 2014
In this issue:
Combined service in Adelaide
New Year’s service in Redcliffe
Visit to Samoa
Silver Jubilee in Maryborough
From the Desk of District
Dear Brothers and Sisters in faith,
As Easter approaches once again we rejoice that we
understand its significance for us as God’s children.
Regrettably, even within the Christian community
worldwide there are ministers and members of various
denominations who do not believe or understand the
importance of God’s gift of His Son or of Christ’s sacrifice.
It would be unthinkable that our bearers of blessing did
not believe or understand this. This is something to be
thankful for.
Following on from Easter we have the time of
Confirmation where young New Apostolic children receive
the Confirmation Blessing on their vow to God as they
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attain spiritual majority. Whilst there is not Confirmation
in every congregation every year, it should still be a joy
for all brothers and sisters to welcome the Confirmands
into the congregation as adults and to be proud of them
as they take various responsibilities in the congregation
over time. We can all encourage them in our own ways
and thereby assist in their spiritual progress as they go
through the challenges of youth in today’s society.
Let us never underestimate the contribution that our
young brothers and sisters can make in our congregations.
There is a high degree of talent among our youth and this
should not go unrecognised or untapped. Many would
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cherish the opportunity to contribute their talents and
are only held back by the lack of such opportunity being
given to them. This applies equally within the church and
in daily life.
The young adults in our district have been invited to the
Young Adults Conference which will be held in Auckland,
New Zealand from 4 to 6 July this year. This is the third
year this conference has been convened and for this
occasion, which includes the Service for the Departed, our
Chief Apostle has commissioned District Apostle Helper
Frank Dzur of Canada to be our special guest. He is the
Youth Co-ordinator for Canada and his presence will
undoubtedly bring a special joy to those who will attend
there.
I wish you a blessed Easter festive period and send
greetings of love herewith.
Brotherly yours,
Andrew H. Andersen
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Combined Service in Adelaide
On Sunday 24 November 2013 the District Apostle conducted
a Divine Service for all members in South Australia. The
service took place in the Ascot Park church. On this occasion
he was accompanied by Apostle Lodewick, Apostle Williams
and Bishop Green.
During the service the District Apostle sealed two young
children. He also dispensed blessings on two couples on the
occasion of their Golden and Silver Wedding anniversaries.
These events are highlighted on our Celebrations page.
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Pr Kevin Rayson was commissioned as rector for the Elizabeth
congregation, and Pr Andre Fredericks commissioned as
rector of Hope Valley. The previous rector of Hope Valley, Pr
Charles Möller, was relieved of the rectorship at this time due
to a relocation to Queensland, while District Evangelist Ralph
Gosewinkel was relieved of the Elizabeth rectorship.
After lunch together, a Ministers and Wives Service took
place in the afternoon.
New Year’s Service
in Redcliffe
District Apostle Andersen conducted the first service for
the new year in his home congregation of Redcliffe (Qld),
and on this occasion he was accompanied by Apostle
Williams and Bishop Green.
development that is taking place among the younger
members of the congregation.
The service was attended by members from the Q4
subdistrict congregations of Caloundra, Morayfield,
Redcliffe and Windsor. In addition, the rectors of all South
East Queensland congregations were invited to the service.
During the service the District Apostle carried out a
number of ordinations; District Evangelist Uwe Hoffmann
was tasked with the role of district elder and Evangelist
John Thorne was given the district evangelist ministry.
In addition, Priest Russell Schulte, rector of the Windsor
congregation, was placed into the evangelist ministry.
A number of musical renditions from the Sunday School
children’s choir and orchestra highlighted the pleasing
At the conclusion of the service the congregation spent
time together sharing in some fellowship.
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Afiamalu congregation
Apostle Lodewick visits
American & Western Samoa
Apostle Lodewick visited the Samoan region during
November and December 2013. Despite leaving Australia
on Wednesday and arriving in Samoa on Thursday, he could
still have a Wednesday evening service in American Samoa,
as this is situated on the other side of the international
date line.
Of the 203 people present at the Wednesday evening
service in the congregation of Tafuna 76 were guests.
Being a territory of the United States of America,
Thanksgiving celebrations took place in American Samoa
on Thursday, 28 November. Apostle Lodewick conducted a
divine service in the Pago Pago congregation where 13 souls
were sealed. This was followed by a feast of thanksgiving
turkey!
The itinerary then took the Apostle to Western Samoa and
as he again crossed the international date line an entire
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day was lost, in spite of the flight taking only 35 minutes
between the two islands.
On arrival Apostle Lodewick travelled to the village of
Falefa where a new church building had been constructed
to replace the former structure. During the divine service
conducted in this church Priest Tepa Jeremiah was placed
into retirement.
The Sunday morning divine service was conducted in
the new congregation in Afiamalu where 36 guests were
present. Three priests and a deacon were ordained during
the service.
The remainder of the visit saw services conducted in
Mulifanua and Vailima congregations. In total 136 guests
attended a divine service and 15 souls were sealed during
the Apostle’s visit.
Pr (ret) Jeremiah & D/Ev Eves
Thanksgiving
feast
Apostle Lodewick with newly ordained Priests and Deacon
Falefa congregation
Falefa church before renovations
Newly built Falefa church
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Australia &
New Zealand
CD Project
Earlier this year District Apostle
Andersen announced the production
of a CD featuring the various choirs
and orchestras of Australia and New
Zealand. The aim is to complete this
project as part of the preparations for
the visit of Chief Apostle Schneider to
Sydney in September 2014.
The CD is not designed to be a
commercial product but rather a
promotional product showcasing the
talents that we have throughout our
region. The objectives of this project are:
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to increase the standard and the
participation rates of our music
programme across Australia and
New Zealand
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the ongoing development of our
choir conductors and organists
at the district level by giving
them broader accountability and
responsibility with this project
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to produce a product which our
members can be proud of and which
in turn leads to ongoing music
development at the congregation
level
and our district to our brethren around
the world.
Each district will be contributing three or
four items to the CD and these include
presentations from our choirs, Sunday
school children, soloists and orchestras.
to promote awareness of the New
Apostolic Church Australia by
means of making it available for
use by Christian radio stations
All members are invited to be a part of
this project, with the only prerequisite
being a heart of love and a commitment
to the rehearsal attendance of at least
80%. Practices are well under way and
recordings will commence in April 2014
and will be completed by May 2014.
This follows on from the very successful
CD recording that the choirs of Western
Australia produced in 2013.
It is
anticipated that we can use this CD to
promote our church to our community
It is anticipated that a number of these
items will be presented at a special
concert to be held in the Sydney Opera
House on the occasion of the Chief
Apostle’s visit this year.
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SE Qld choir practices for the CD
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Dedication Service in 1983
Dedication Service in 1983
Anniversary Service
Anniversary Service
Address from
the Mayor
Maryborough City Hall
The original church
Maryborough church today
Silver Jubilee in Maryborough
Divine services first commenced in the
1920s in Maryborough. Initially these
services were conducted in the Fleischer
residence.
When the Fleischer family moved to
Brisbane services were held at the
Gamer residence and later at a number of
different halls in the area.
In 1926 a small wooden church was
dedicated for use by the members in
Tansey, some 120km south-west of
Maryborough. By the mid 1940s there
were sufficient members in Maryborough
to warrant a building of their own,
however, because of the Second World War
materials for the construction of a church
were not readily available. Consequently
it was decided that the church at Tansey
(which was no longer needed as most
members had moved away) would be
relocated to Maryborough.
Many members assisted in this enormous
task, and the church building was rebuilt
at 10 Premier Street, Maryborough. The
dedication occurred in early 1951 and
served as the place of worship for thirtyseven years.
In 1957 District Apostle Otto Gerke
conducted a combined service for all
congregations of Queensland in the
Maryborough City Hall. This became an
annual event on the church calendar and
continued for some 40 years.
Over the years the Maryborough
congregation expanded and eventually
outgrew the small church. Enquiries were
made about the possibility of purchasing
a catholic church located on the corner
of Pallas and Premier streets, however
it was not for sale. After some time the
building on this property was relocated,
and the land was offered to the New
Apostolic Church.
After many months of building the new
church was dedicated on 5th November
1988 by District Apostle Rosentreter.
The Maryborough congregation has been
served by many rectors over its long
history, including Pr Henry DeLisen, Pr
(later Ev) Ken Cunningham (who served
in this role for over 21 years), Pr Paul
Cunningham and Ev Bernie Sickinger. In
2012 this task was handed to Ev Warren
Riddle, who makes the 3 hour trip from
his home in Brisbane multiple times a
month.
Celebrations held in early December
included a community concert by
members of the South East Qld Concert
Choir, an Anniversary Service conducted
by Apostle Trevor Williams and an
afternoon of Advent Singing. The morning
divine service was attended by the Fraser
Coast Regional Council Mayor who
addressed the congregation and made
some very touching remarks. During the
service Ev Merv Maeyke was relieved
of the rectorship of the Bundaberg
congregation, and this task was given to
Pr Trevor Schulte. Additionally, Deacons
Sonny Hall and Warren Teale were
placed into the priest ministry for the
Maryborough congregation.
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1. Combined Service in Natalau, Fiji
2. Sunday School breakup in Hallam (Vic)
3. Redcliffe (Qld) children’s orchestra plays
at their Sunday School breakup
4. Braybrook (Vic) congregational outing to
Hanging Rock
5. Braybrook (Vic) Sunday School breakup
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6. Fellowship after a District Apostle service
in Silkstone (Qld)
7. North Ipswich (Qld) Sunday School
breakup
8. Sunday School breakup in Caloundra (Qld)
9. Sunday School picnic in Victoria
10. Youth from Rivervale & Koondoola (WA)
enjoyed abseiling on an outing
11. South Australian Sunday School children
gathered for a combined breakup
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Celebrations:
1. Holy Baptism of Sis Jody Hewitt in
Beckenham (WA)
2. Holy Sealing of Jay-Dee Lemmetjies of
Hope Valley (SA)
3. Pr (ret) Norman & Sis Stephanie Berney
received Golden Wedding blessings in
Ascot Park (SA)
4. Br Herb & Sis Lil Ludecke of Windsor (Qld)
received Golden Wedding blessings
5. Pr Lawson & Sis Claudette Jackson
received Silver Wedding blessings in St
Marys (NSW)
6. Sis Anita Appleton of Kingston (Qld)
celebrated her 70th birthday
7. Sis Esther Gardner of Kingston (Qld)
celebrated her 95th birthday
8. Holy Sealing of Evie Rose McSherry of
Hallam (Vic)
9. Br Dale & Sis Carol Daniels of Beckenham
(WA) received Ruby Wedding blessings
10. Br Thys & Sis Miemie Pieterse of
Brentwood Park in South Africa received
Golden Wedding blessings
11. Adoption of Sis Ruby Tyler in Kingston
(Qld)
12. Pr (ret) Archie Schulte of Caloundra (Qld)
celebrated his 80th birthday
13. Br Owen & Sis Valma Marney received
Wedding Blessings in Hallam (Vic)
14. Holy Sealing of Elijah Murray of Hahndorf
(SA)
15. D/Ev Ralph & Sis Cathleen Gosewinkel
received Silver Wedding blessings in Ascot
Park (SA)
16. Pr (ret) Udo Gosewinkel of Hackham West
(SA) celebrated his 75th birthday
17. Sis Doris Eggerling of Bundaberg (Qld)
celebrated her 70th birthday
18. Holy Baptism of Joshua Garvey in Ascot
Park (SA)
19. Pr (ret) Graham & Sis Sheila Isaacs
received Golden Wedding blessings in St
Marys (NSW)
20. Holy Baptism of Tristan HammacherFormoso in Croydon (Vic)
21. Adoption of Br Michael Hartley in
Hackham West (SA)
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For your
Information
Ordinations / Retirements:
Chief Apostle Schneider’s schedule
Apr 2014
May 2014
Jun 2014
13: Sault Ste Marie,
Canada
18: Santana, São Tomé
1: Toulouse, France
20: Hilversum,
Netherlands
25: Freetown, Sierra
Leone
8: Munich, Germany
29: Basel, Switzerland
15: BerlinWilmersdorf, Germany
22: Mbuji Mayi, Congo
29: Nairobi, Kenya
District Apostle Andersen’s schedule:
Apr 2014
May 2014
Jun 2014
6: Mackay, Qld
4: Melbourne, Vic
1: Adelaide, SA
13: Papua New Guinea
11: Redcliffe, Qld
22: Caloundra, Qld
18: Windsor, Qld
29: Hobart, Tas
29: Nairobi, Kenya
20: Buranda, Qld
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Upcoming Events:
Apr 2014
May 2014
13: Palm Sunday
11: Mother’s Day
18: Good Friday
25: WA Youth
Convention
20: Easter Sunday
29: Ascension
27: NZ Youth
Convention
31: Qld Youth
Convention
Jun 2014
8: Pentecost
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Br Josateki Lomaca & Br Senivalati Vido were ordained as deacons
for Ba-Veisaru, Fiji
Br Eparama Buluvale was ordained as deacon for Veisari, Fiji
Dcn Tausi Simii was ordained as priest for Funafuti, Tuvalu
Pr Kevin Rayson was commissioned rector of Elizabeth (SA)
Pr André Fredericks was commissioned rector of Hope Valley (SA)
Pr Tepa Jeremiah was placed into retirement & Pr Shannon Kuoi
was commissioned as rector for Falefa, Samoa
Pr Trevor Schulte was commissioned rector for Bundaberg (Qld)
Dcn Warren Teale & Dcn Sonny Hall were ordained as priests for
Maryborough (Qld)
Dcn Alfred Vito Lewer was ordained as priest for Vailima, Samoa
Dcn Konelio Saupo & Dcn Lafoga Mauigoa were ordained as
priests and Br Leati Saupo as deacon for Afiamalu, Samoa
Pr Stephen Kogler was confirmed in his ministry for Croydon (Vic)
Dcn Nicolass Wright was ordained as priest for Albany (NZ)
Dcn Christopher Matthew was ordained as priest for South
Auckland (NZ)
Pr Justin Stephenson was confirmed in his ministry as priest for
North Ipswich (Qld)
Dcn Ken Collins was ordained priest for Silkstone (Qld)
Br Caleb Schulte was ordained deacon for North Ipswich (Qld)
Ev Bernie Sickinger of Silkstone (Qld) congregation was placed into
retirement
District Evangelist Uwe Hoffmann was ordained district elder for
sub-districts Q1 – Q5
Evangelist John Thorne was ordained district evangelist for subdistricts Q4 - Q5
Pr Russell Schulte was ordained as evangelist for Windsor (Qld)
Pr Graham Herbert was placed into retirement in Scoresby (Vic)
Pr Tony Rhode was confirmed as priest for Seven Hills (NSW)
Pr Ian Smith was confirmed as priest for Beckenham (WA)
In a historic service on 2 February Dcn Michael Anderson of Darwin was
ordained into the priest ministry for the (newly formed) congregation
of Darwin (NT). This is the first time Darwin has had a resident rector
Ev Mervyn Maeyke was placed into retirement and Pr Berney
Probst commissioned as rector for Riverleigh
Dcn Ronald Sullivan & Dcn Ashley Hermanus were ordained as
priests for Hallam (Vic)
In Memoriam:
Sis Sylvia Burniston of Ballarat, Vic
Br Peter Paulsen of Redcliffe, Qld Br Jurgen Kohler of Morayfield, Qld
Br Raymond Farmer of Kingston, Qld
4 Jan 2014
8 Jan 2014
17 Jan 2014
4 Feb 2014
Contact Details:
New Apostolic Church
Office address
1A 3 Deakin Street, Brendale, Qld. AUSTRALIA
Cover Photo: Nick Kenrick (Flickr). All other photos used by permission
Postal address
PO Box 5903,
Brendale BC. Qld 4500, AUSTRALIA
Phone: +617 3480 0400 Email
Fax: +617 3480 0444
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