Windsor Park Baptist Church 61st Annual Report 61st

Windsor Park Baptist Church 61st Annual Report 61st

Windsor Park Baptist Church
61st Annual Report
For the year ending 31st December 2011
Table of Contents
Windsor Park Baptist Church
550 East Coast Road, Mairangi Bay
p. 477-0002
e [email protected]
www.windsorpark.org.nz
www.equip.net.nz
www.smallfries.org.nz
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Staff and Governance Teams
2 - 3.
Senior Pastor - Pastor Grant Harris
4 - 5.
Children and Family Ministry (Aged 0 –Year 6) - Pastor Elke Keeling
6 - 7.
Youth Ministry (Year 7 - 13) - Pastor Ben Mathewson
8 - 9.
Young Adult Ministry - Pastor Amanda Pilbrow
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55+ Ministry - Pastor David Marriott
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Spiritual Formation - Pastor Rick Pierce
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Church Care - Pastor Sue Ogilvie
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Community Links - Jo Harris
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Windsor Park Hub Limited
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Equip Trust - Naomi Cowan
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Finance Report - Jim Morrison (Treasurer)
Windsor Park 2011 Paid Staff and Elected Governance Teams
Windsor Park Baptist Church
550 East Coast Road, Mairangi Bay
p. 477-0002
e [email protected]
www.windsorpark.org.nz
www.equip.net.nz
www.smallfries.org.nz
Windsor Park Baptist Church: Paid Staff:
Senior Pastor:
Grant Harris
Senior Pastor PA:
Debbie McCann
Receptionist:
Robyn MacKenzie
Children & Family Ministry:
Elke Keeling; Marelize Bester; Cindi Meyer; Hannah Petford
Youth Ministry:
Ben Mathewson; Bernie Cowan; Mel Pavis
Young Adults Ministry:
Amanda Pilbrow; Sam Burrows
55+ Ministry:
David Marriott
Spiritual Formation:
Rick Pierce
Church Care:
Sue Ogilvie; Michelle Spargo; Gayle van Hoffen
Property:
Bob Hines; Bryan Craig
Chaplaincy:
Barry Pearman (concluded 31st March 2011)
Community Liaison:
Jo Harris
cafewindsor (Manager):
Rochelle Binnie (+ a team of 12 staff)
Equip (CEO):
Naomi Cowan (+ a team of 60 staff)
Windsor Park Baptist Church: Elders:
Clayton Kimpton
Terry Burrows
Andy Wearn
Jacinda Staveley
John Tucker
Sarah Clark
Sonja Williams
Iain Bradley
Windsor Park Baptist Church: Officers:
Secretary: Russell Belding
Treasurer: Jim Morrison
Equip Trust: Trustees:
Bob Linton
Caroline Wearn
Athol Keeling
Paul Collins
Roz Sorensen
Trevor Poulgrain
Dennie Davidson
Lisa Haythornwaite
Kirsten Brown
Graeme Smith
Windsor Park Hub Limited: Directors:
Alan Barrow
Alan Ameye
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Senior Pastor: Pastor Grant Harris
From most people’s perceptions of Church, Windsor Park is a fairly complex organisation. Being a large faith community
with approx. 5,000 people on our database (even if we halve that number by acknowledging that people are coming
and going all the time, there’s still a good sized group of good folks) means that there is always plenty going on. It is
therefore difficult in an Annual Report to acknowledge every person and every activity that happens as part of our
operation; it would literally make a document too long! So first and foremost I want to thank every person that is
involved at Windsor Park for what you do, from those who can’t even get out but still intercede for us in prayer, we are
grateful for you. And to those who are involved in public ways and are seen regularly, we are grateful for you. And to
those who feel that you’re on the fringes, we are grateful to you too. It literally takes hundreds of people, paid and
unpaid, public and behind-the-scenes, loud and quiet, to make Windsor Park the dynamic environment it is. It is difficult
to measure the fruits of our combined labours, but this I know, lives are being changed by God is so many different
ways, from people coming to Jesus for the first time through to those who are grappling with serious challenges and
trying to see God in the midst of that, through to those seeking new directions within major life transition, God is at work.
I am incredibly humbled to be have been given the opportunity to lead Windsor Park. It is a challenge and a blessing.
Most of the time(!) I can’t imagine doing anything else as the various dynamics at work make for a very interesting
environment and one in which we continue to strive to attain our mission statement of ‘transforming communities one
life at a time (Romans 12:2).’ This 61st Annual Report merely contains edited highlights; it can’t possibly cover
everything, but I pray that as you read it you’ll continue to get the sense of the Spirit of God breathing His life all around
us in so many different ways.
Over the last three years of my leadership we’ve been working hard to look forwards and seek God’s direction for the
next season of Windsor Park. This has meant a reasonable amount of change as we’ve gazed forward to look at the next
5 years, and longer. During 2011 we spent a significant amount of time developing a new focus on what we call
‘spiritual formation’, and I’m grateful to the staff and Elders who have been part of this development. We believe we’re
heading in the right direction with this, and incorporating theory and ideas into a ‘working community’ is the challenge. I
also spent a significant amount of time looking wider than just Windsor Park. I love Windsor Park, but I have to confess I
love the Kingdom of God more! For years I’ve thought (& read) about how Baptist churches could be more effective
together than apart, and how I believe that our autonomy is actually not conducive to good stewardship and local
mission. The result of this is that in 2012 we’re launching SYNC, an initiative whereby we’re ‘syncing’ with both
Northgate Baptist in Silverdale and Belmont Baptist in Belmont. We’re doing this in a number of ways with the objective
being to glean off each other and to more effectively contribute to bringing the Kingdom of God to relevance across our
demographic.
2011 has also been a year of building, literally. The construction of Small Fries Christian Childcare Centre is virtually
finished with an anticipated opening date of early 2012. This is a considerable investment into our future as we have
leveraged ourselves to enable this to happen. It is a big step of faith and one that I lie awake at night ‘thinking’ about
sometimes! But I have a clear sense of God being in the middle of this. Our ability to be able to make a difference in the
lives of families both from Windsor Park and in our wider community is at the heart of Small Fries. Reflecting that the
childcare industry is a growth industry within NZ, we simply want to be part of that from a Christian perspective and have
the chance to be able to put God in the middle of the family. I see Small Fries as a legacy project; most likely the fruit of
this project (financially) will not be visible for a number of years, but it’s important that those of us enjoying the season of
leadership that we’re now in put in place structures and ideas that will benefit the next generation of leaders that we’re
currently discipling in windsorKIDS. I want to thank those who have been involved in the Small Fries project; it’s been a
steep learning curve for us all and one that we’ve invested considerable time in to and it will be nice to be able to put this
phase behind us and look forward to filling the buildings with kids and families so that the real fruit can begin to mature people experiencing the goodness of God.
I am grateful to those I serve with; a dedicated team of Elders who are not ‘yes’ people and who hold me back when I
need to be held back and encourage me to press on when I need to be encouraged to press on; a committed and
passionate staff team who ‘live the dream’ at our place of work; a large group of volunteers who are truly the backbone
of Windsor Park in little and large ways; and to my family to live with my idiosyncrasies all the time and even laugh at my
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Senior Pastor: Pastor Grant Harris (con nued)
There are several teams that I directly oversee that have volunteers who pour in copious amounts of time that aren’t
otherwise mentioned in this report:
The Worship Team:
AJ Binnie took on the responsibility of leading this team at the beginning of the year. In 2011 we’ve spent a lot of time
working through vision and technical dreams. Some of them are being instigated and some of them are yet to come; but
overall we’re on a good track. Members of our various worship teams pile in the hours and we’re grateful for their
commitment—and not just the musicians; there are plenty of people that work on projection computers and sound
desks all through the week at various gatherings and events. Thanks AJ, who has combined this task while having a fairly
demanding international travel schedule for his work, which means I get emails from him at all hours while he’s awake
and I’m asleep, and vice versa!
Beyond the Walls Team:
This team has been capably led by Darren Tolmie over the last two years. During 2011 we spent a lot of time reengineering how we look after the people and projects that we invest in and I thank Darren for his effort and commitment
to this task. We now have a great team of people who have the responsibility to ‘relationships manage’ one area each,
which means contacting folks regularly and getting updated information about what they’re doing and how our support
is being used. We feel that this is a positive and sound way to be good stewards of our resources. Darren is well
supported by some dedicated and capable people with an interest in what God is doing ‘beyond the walls’ of Windsor
Park. We hope to be able to profile those we support more to you via the TV screen that was donated and installed in
the Theosart Gallery - I just have to find some time to finish the visuals, but they’ll be there soon.
The Lift Team:
2011 saw the launch of our quarterly magazine, LiFT (LLife Integrating Faith, Together). You would hear my excitement
each time a new edition is published. But truly, I love it! And I love it because it tells the stories of the people of our
community. We don’t use it to advertise stuff that is coming up, we don’t use it to cast vision, we use it to tell stories of
what God has done through a diverse range of people in a diverse range of situations. Our vision is lived out through
people’s stories. I’m grateful to Julie Belding who puts the puzzle together as Editor and the team of writers and
photographers who go out-and-about to get the stories. And I’m grateful to those who support its production through
placing ads in LiFT - may there be more of you! And may the rest of us continue to place LiFT before the eyes of others in
all sorts of places (airport lounges, doctors waiting rooms, cafes and office staffrooms etc.).
In summary, as I conclude my first three years of leading Windsor Park, I sense we’re laying some pretty solid
foundations for the future. God has used this church over many decades to make a difference in the lives of many and to
be a key influencer in the middle of the East Coast Bays for the Kingdom of God. Those of us involved now are entrusted
to continue this legacy as God leads for the next chapter. As we begin 2012 we’ll be moving through a series based on
exploring some spiritual practices that we see in Scripture and we know have been used for centuries to help people find
their being in Him. May we take the richness of the past as a foundation for pursuing God’s plans for our lives for today
and into the future so that we continue to grow and be changed to be more like Jesus. There’ll be plenty of opportunities
and plenty of challenges, but I know that if we keep loving and supporting one another through all that happens, keeping
Jesus in the centre of it all, He will be glorified in and through us.
Thanks for your support, prayers, generosity and for being a fantastic community to call home.
Yours in His service.
Grant Harris
Senior Pastor
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Children and Family Ministry (0 - Year 6): Pastor Elke Keeling
Children and Family Ministry is about transforming communities one child at a time, one family at a time, as part of the
Windsor Park mission. In partnership with parents we strive to:
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Lead children into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ.
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Enable and empower children to play an active role in God’s story of redemption and restoration
Children and Family Ministry includes Sunday morning programmes for children aged 1 through to Year 6 at school, an
annual Holiday Club, being involved in the organisation of events and pastoral care of children and families. We cater for
a community of about 450 children and their families, as well as families that we connect with through a varied number
of community programmes.
Our staff team consists of Elke Keeling (Pastor – Children and Families), Marelize Bester (Operations), Hannah Petford
(PromiseKids co-ordinator) and our latest addition Cindi Meyer (DiscoveryKids co-ordinator). We could not do all the
work alone and have about 150 amazing volunteers who serve in various teams in the ministry with commitment,
passion and love for children.
Cindi Meyer was a welcome addition to our team in May 2011. She has a teaching background and has had experience
teaching and developing curriculum in a Christian school environment. She is also involved in mainly music and has a
strong connection to various community programmes.
Once again we had a strong focus on the discipleship of Year 6 children to strengthen their faith and encourage
friendships to see them through their teenage years. Year 6 camp was a huge success with much fun and getting to
know each other. The Blast-off group was co-ordinated by Karen Mackay and hosted by the Turner family. Thank you so
much for investing in these special children.
Holiday Club 2011 was given a new lease of life with a new management team. The theme was sport to fit in with the
Rugby World Cup and special interest workshops were run by many experienced senior members of our community.
What a joy to see the children gain confidence in their newly learned skill and then present it at the final day concert to an
audience of hundreds of parents and grandparents. We had a BLAST!
2011 has been a year of building strong teams in all our areas. We have worked hard to find people who are passionate
about children and seeing them meet Jesus. We have spent many hours on training and resourcing these people well.
They have risen to the challenge and we are grateful to God for the amazing people he involves in the lives of children at
Windsor Park.
Partnering with parents is a strong value we are continuously developing. It has been about winning the trust of parents
and caregivers and offering you the resources that work for you and your families. This is still a work in progress. One
part that we are seeing some traction is with the number of families that are using the teaching series to have
conversations with their children who are learning the same themes. The feedback is encouraging and we look forward
to even more synchronisation between age groups so that faith can be actively lived out in homes and our community.
A huge thank you goes to our staff and their families for all they give to this ministry, to all our volunteers who give over
and above busy lives to invest in children. Thank you all, you are involved in passing the legacy of faith in Jesus to the
next generation. “Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his
commands.” Psalm 78:7
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Youth Ministry (Year 7 - 13): Pastor Ben Mathewson
If the youth ministry was a tree, then 2011 was a year where there was less growth above ground yet beneath the
ground the root system was expanding rapidly. Above the ground we added a few new ‘ministry areas’ while below
ground God was doing heart work in our people, opening our eyes to His power and expanding a passion for prayer.
The youth ministry prayer team had a significant year as the Lord unlocked a vision and desire for a move of prayer
through our community. We saw an increased empowering of His spiritual gifts, His healing power, deliverance and a
renewed desire to see prayer ministry overflow in to all our gatherings. This began to express itself in the lives of adults,
youth and young adults as His Spirit revealed his very real and tangible presence.
Baptisms are always a highlight and 2011 was definitely a peak for the number of people taking the plunge. As usual
most of our baptisms were freezing cold during the winter months with a total of 43 young people baptised in the
swimming pool out the back.
We launched two new ministry areas in 2011. The first was Nothing Much a ministry focused solely on teenage guys
with the intention of complementing Blossom ,our teenage girl ministry. This started under the leadership of Lewis Hurst
and since baby Lachie has come along, has been passed on to Sam Ogilvie. We also began Branching Out a ministry
designed to expose young people to serving outside the church walls. As part of this we got involved with supporting
the North Shore Hospital Chapel service, greeting patients and taking them to the chapel service on Sunday mornings.
6:30pm Church is always a significant part of our week and in 2011 we completed our first year of syncing our preaching
with all five services. Googling God and Values that Win were exciting topics to wrestle with both as a wider church and
staff team.
The youth ministry staff team also doubled during the year. Chloe Pryor and Jenna Binnie joined the youth team as
Volunteer Staff members. They are full members of the youth staff team and invest huge time and energy in to making
the youth ministry possible. Chloe gives two days a week and Jenna gives one day a week.
On the youth group front, Zeal the new Year 9 youth group was launched under the leadership of Phil and Ruth Cotton.
We said farewell to the Year 13 youth group Verb. Tribe (Year 7-8) also came to an end of an era with Glen Syred retiring
after 10 years of volunteering as Tribe Overseer. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Glen for his years of service and
the legacy he has left in the lives of many young people.
Camps are always a massive focus for us and 2011 was no exception. Summer Gaggle had its first year at a new venue,
Carey Park Christian Camp. This proved to be a huge success due to their excellent facilities and staff management
making the organisation of this camp a lot easier at a busy time of the year. We took 205 people to this camp.
Easter Camp entered its second year with our canvas tent city. We took 336 young people down to Mystery Creek
which was an increase of 56 people from the previous year. We believe the tent initiative has helped to grow this camp
into a key mission focus for the youth ministry.
Tribe Camp had another amazing weekend at Muriwai and D-Camp continued at Camp Adair with a focus on the
‘unseen’ spiritual world we live in. Both camps proved to be a significant time for our youth with relationships deepening
and many encounters with Jesus. A memorable moment occurred at D Camp with a spontaneous free worship set on
Sunday morning, sowing the seeds of what worship in spirit and truth could be.
We progressed our second year of Leadership Track taking another 30 young people on a journey of discovering what it
means to be a Christian leader. This means that we have now taken approximately 60 young people through this
Leadership Development Track in the last two years. 2011 was also the time to plan our second LA Exposure Trip
resulting in a new team of 18 people coming together to prepare for a 2012 trip to the Dream Center.
In sincere thanks - Praise the Lord for all the people who believe in Him and believe in Windsor Park Youth. Our leaders
and volunteers are everything and we cannot thank you enough for making the sacrifices necessary to invest in our
young people.
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Young Adult Ministry: Pastor Amanda Pilbrow
Sex, Values, Porn, Hope, Food, Fringe, Homosexuality, Tractors and God
In 2011 the Young Adults have looked, talked, debated and wrestled with a wide range of topics including the following:
What does it take to be a community?: Does encouragement need to be a priority? Do we really need to be vulnerable
and does that include me? How about respect? Surly how we communicate in our high tech culture has to be an issue?
Is Facebook a community? Does Twitter equate to short attention span? Texting the person sitting next to you, is it just
being too lazy to talk?!
The ever fluid understanding about relationships: Sex – do we really have to wait? Do we even want to? Why should
we? Friends are waiting longer to get married – is this a factor? What am I looking for anyway? Am I being too
idealistic? Are my standards not high enough? What type of character am I really looking for? Equally yoked – what’s
that about anyway? I really need to put my brave underpants on and just ask them out!
Porn: It’s not just a guy issue. Do impure thoughts about tractors count? How can I come back from it? What are the
wrong messages? Everyone does it right? What if others really knew? Bruce Pilbrow…can we talk more about this
please? … signed ‘the guys!’
How do we read the Bible?: Do I really need to know the context? How does the culture of their day and/or my day
influence my understanding? Meta-narrative what? Insect and the Buffalo who? Researching and study - who me? No
more spoon feeding – Noooooo!
How has the Church responded to homosexuality? Have we led with grace? Can we do better? Can you be born with
it, conditioned to it, culturally influenced towards it? Is it just another life style choice? What did Jesus say? What does
society say? What do Young Adults say and how will we now respond to this?
We have launched some new initiatives to encourage and develop community. Some have worked, others we have
tossed in the bin. All have been initiated to encourage community, belonging, spirituality, self-understanding and
discovering Gods character, while the end goal is ‘relationship with God, myself and others’.
‘Spiritual Gifts’ discovery workshops, both online and offline, have enabled many to understand better how God has
wired them for service, relationships, worship, vocation and community.
Discovering and understanding our ‘Individual Core Values’ has resulted in some real ‘Ahaa’ moments for many…“so
that’s what is important to me…now I get it.”
Cross-Eyed gaming nights. No not that kind of gaming! … PlayStation/Xbox gaming run by Ben ‘Vader’ Wilson…an outreach into the addictive world of on-line gaming.
Mid-Winter Christmas dinner…always a success. Where there is food…the Young Adults will follow, and common unity
is strengthened. Great night filled with laughter, items and amazing food.
Blood Drive. Well actually only 3 turned up but we are not binning this one just yet.
Love Languages…all to do with meeting the instinctive needs of others, being open with how ‘I’ tick, adding to
community and being aware of ‘phases’ of life and how God has made us for relationship with Him and others.
‘A Girl Called Hope’ night. Increasing awareness of self-harm, anorexia and bulimia. Not just a girl issue either. What to
look for, who to talk to, what to say, how to ask for help.
‘Fringe’. Our fabulous ‘rite of passage’ day for the year 13’s coming into Young Adults 2012. A great day of team
building, setting goals, food, core values, community and expectations from both them and us. These new Young
Adults are now in a Life Group (2012) run by Sam and Hannah.
The Young Adults service Sunday@5 has been an amazing place to do church in a ‘different’ way. We whole heartedly
believe belonging and community are paramount. We encourage interaction and creativity. Every week someone’s
story is shared which inevitably promotes openness and trust - the message is ‘I am not alone’. The message is ‘This is a
safe place to question, to doubt, to search without feeling faithless.’
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Young Adult Ministry: Amanda Pilbrow (con nued)
We seek out guest speakers that will challenge and encourage and provide different viewpoints. Often these guests are
from our own Young Adult community who are capable of challenging and being challenged. Sam Burrows is leading
our worship in an exciting direction with a strong emphasis on corporate/open worship. Space during worship is
deliberate so Young Adults are encouraged to share what God is doing in their lives, read out Scripture, poems, suggest
songs, pray, speak prophecies and interact openly. Sunday@5 is developing into a community where belonging,
commitment, spiritual depth and openness are continuing to develop, a place where we can encourage them to seek
answers for themselves, to search God out on their most pressing issues and hopefully provide direction when needed.
It is a pleasure to work with Sam Burrows, our team critical thinker, worship leader, blog and movie maker. And Debbie
Trent, our ‘keeping us accountable’ list maker, administrator and inspiring Life Group facilitator. Thanks guys – we make
an awesome team.
In saying all this we do see challenging times ahead. We are not only trying to keep those Young Adults we still have
engaged but also looking for solutions to stop the mass exodus of Young Adults from church. Interesting times to come.
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55+: Pastor David Marrio3
It is a privilege:
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To pastor those in the more senior years of life and to hear their stories of life and relationship with God.
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To talk with people about issues of ageing, illness, dying, death and funerals from a Christian perspective.
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To visit people in their homes, or in hospital following surgery or illness, and at times to share communion.
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To rejoice with people and to celebrate the good things of life when they are blessed.
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To share with people as they express concerns and disappointments about family or other aspects of life that they
wish had been or were different.
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To share with those who celebrate significant birthdays, wedding anniversaries, and other family events.
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To see God at work bringing change and maturity in the lives of older people, and to see His grace at work in
numerous ways.
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To pray with people about all of the above issues, and of course the many more that are not mentioned, and to
see God at work by His grace in response to prayer.
Thank you for trusting me with such great privileges.
Young@Heart is the social and fun side of the 55+ ministry. A variety of different and interesting activities are organised
and this past year has seen a car rally, an evening of music and singing in a home, a visit to the Navy Museum in
Devonport, a Sunday afternoon visit to a cafe in Coatesville and a couple of films namely Faith Like Potatoes and God’s
Farmer. I must admit to a level of disappointment at the apparent lack of interest and involvement from many, especially
those in the younger range of the 55+ age group - if there are any activities that you would like to do or be involved in
please pass those ideas on to me.
Thursday@Ten is the monthly communion and worship service for anyone of any age, not just for those from our own
church family. It is open to anyone to attend and worship God with us during this time. It is held on the third Thursday of
each month at 10 a.m. Last year I had a dream of a much bigger group of people meeting so we moved into the
auditorium to accommodate the growth, but the growth never happened. I still have that dream, but in the meantime we
have returned to the Totara Room which people seem to be a lot happier with.
A Significant Moment is a weekly devotional scripture and thought that I send out to everyone on my email data base.
From the considerable feedback that I get these seem to be a blessing to people and I plan to continue these.
Communication is always a challenge. I need to know when people turn 55 years of age so that I can then start
communicating with you. When you turn 55 years please let me know by giving me your name and contact details,
especially your email address. Also if you are new to the church and are in this age group please let me have these
details. That way you will feel included and informed about everything that goes on with this group. My email is
[email protected] or you can write it on a piece of paper and give it to me. If you do not have an email
address please check the Information Kiosk in the church foyer each Sunday so you are kept up to date with all these
things. The information you need will be in the plastic stand up holders on the desk.
Visitation. Most of my visitation is to hospitals, and in homes with those who have recently had surgery or are not well,
especially those who have been diagnosed with terminal cancer. However, please let me know if you would like a visit
for any particular purpose, or you know of someone who would like such a visit and I will be with you as soon as I can.
Through this past year several of you have informed me of certain visitation needs and that has been greatly appreciated.
Thank you for the privilege of serving you as we do, and I look forward to God doing great things in the future.
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Spiritual Forma5on: Pastor Rick Pierce
I still remember with quite some clarity the extensive excavation site that existed when construction of the Auckland Sky
Tower began back in 1994. The depth that was required to construct foundations that would support the tallest freestanding structure in the Southern Hemisphere was staggering. What amazed me the most was how long construction
continued before any visible signs of the building structure ever became visible above ground level.
When I reflect back on the last seven or eight months since my transition in May 2011 to the newly created role of Pastor
of Spiritual Formation, I see much the same happening – lots of time, energy, discussions (over good coffee!), prayer
and thought being invested in creating foundations which were necessary for our church community as we began
renewing a focus on Spiritual Formation. While a lot of this work was not immediately visible it was critical to the long
term fruitfulness of our community in this area as we continue to seek God’s leading in our journey of faith and life,
together. Spiritual Formation is not just about running programmes but creating a culture where people are hungry for
God and are pursuing him and seeking opportunities to grow and outwork their faith. Changing culture is often a long,
slow process brought about by focusing at this foundational level and as we move forward that’s what’s needed as we
relate to a changing world.
We are not alone in recognising the need for the church to re-focus on discipleship (or Spiritual Formation). Over recent
times the church (particularly in the West) has been challenged with the significant shift occurring in society and there is an
increasingly recognised need to refocus on discipleship in order for the church to rediscover its identity and its God
ordained mission. Through 2011 we had three gatherings for people involved in leadership, and others interested, to
help shape the thinking in this direction: What does it look like for the church to be the contrast community God calls it to
be but at the same time engaging with society? How do we become that kind of community? How do we bring about
the required change in the culture? The pastoral staff have also been working closely together to bring alignment to all
that we’re involved in as a church and making changes necessary to embrace the renewed focus and all that entails for
the journey ahead.
In September the journey to date culminated in a paper, ‘Spiritual Formation: shaping the future of our
community’ (available on mywindsorpark.org, under Content/Other), prepared for the purpose of communicating the
underlying thinking that shaped our journey over the previous four months and the resulting models which now form the
foundation of our Spiritual Formation processes as we continue moving forward.
Spiritual Formation is about developing in Christlikeness and occurs as we find ourselves in God’s big story of creation
and redemption. As a church, it’s about creating a culture where people are doing just that – growing in faith and having
a sense of being part of something bigger than themselves. The foundations have been put in place and as we head into
2012 we’ll begin to visibly see what’s taking shape as we continue our journey of faith and life with a renewed focus on
spiritual formation. God is doing a great thing in our midst – be hopeful!
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Church Care: Pastor Sue Ogilvie
Our aim is to weave threads of love and support around individuals and families
when they are in difficult situations, transitions and crises.
Church Care has had a very busy and productive year with many families and individuals supported and ministered to as
they move toward healing and wholeness. Together with my very capable team we endeavour to show the love of God
to those we work alongside by providing spiritual and practical support, care and help.
This past year we have been working with more people who are battling drug, alcohol and other addictions and now
have initiatives and contacts in place to effectively care in this area.
In line with what we see in the community around us, there are many families under our umbrella following separation
and divorce. To minister into this need we run several programmes and courses such as High Five (for kids), Refresh (for
mums parenting alone), Fresh Start (divorce recovery) and budgeting. As expected the effect of the recent recession has
continued to put further pressure on many of our families. The loss of income and on-going stress lead to crisis in
marriages and other areas including mental and physical health. Our response is a combination of spiritual and practical
help.
We regularly offer courses and programme’s to strengthen and bring healing into these homes and lives. Some of these
are the Careforce Valiant Man and Understanding your Valiant Man, Door of Hope (for female survivors of sexual abuse),
the Alpha Marriage Course. We are so blessed to have a dedicated team of people passionate about facilitating these
excellent courses. Our support isn’t just about courses though, it’s about the human touch and being the hands and feet
of Jesus and being physically present to pray, help and support. We continue to do those things that we traditionally
know as Pastoral Care such as new parent and family support, visits, food parcels, meals, funerals bereavement support,
budgeting help etc.
With the inclusion of the [email protected] gathering under Church Care I have another great team of volunteers to
encourage and work with. I acknowledge and thank this team for their dedication and commitment with special mention
to Dave and Robyn MacKenzie for the ‘extra mile’ support, love and care they pour in each week.
I am delighted to report that the Windsor Park Christian Counselling Centre now has our own rooms to work from. For
the past year we have been working out of Equip meeting rooms. My sincere gratitude to Grant and the Elders for their
support of this venture as it is a great asset to our work. We have four counsellors and 2 student counsellors working out
of the centre.
As well as always needing volunteer support across all of the facets of this ministry there is also a huge need for financial
support, not just to run some of the specialised programmes but also to have funds available to subsidise professional
counselling and other necessary supports. If you would like to partner with us as we care please contact me.
A special thanks to my staff and volunteer staff members for the time, love and care you pour into this work. Also to the
many other volunteers who give of their time, gifting(s) and love to serve Windsor Park and the wider community in
Church Care. Thank you all for your contribution and support in 2011. Thank you for your support and prayers for me
and my family over this past year. It’s a privilege and a pleasure to serve Windsor Park Baptist Church in Church Care.
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Community Links: Jo Harris
Linking with out wider community is as busy as it has ever been with our regular programmes; ICONZ for boys, mainly
mums, mainly music, Pages Bookshop, Toy Library, SOUL for teen mothers, soccer club, Sunbeams, food bank,
community garden, Christmas Hampers, Christmas lunch, Theosart Gallery and English conversation classes. On top of
our regular programmes in 2011 we have also run parenting seminars, held a garage sale, repeated the ever popular
Swap Shop for children's clothing, held a baby clothing sale and parenting toolbox groups.
In the second half of the year the ever capable Rochelle Binnie handed the reins over to me as she moved into the role of
cafewindsor Manager. The community links role is no doddle(!) – it stretches far and wide as we seek to help strengthen
families and their ties to the Church. We see ourselves as a stepping stone ministry where volunteers are equipped to be
involved in the lives of many people, sharing the love of God through words and actions. The great thing is that we hear
regular stories of people in the community who have built relationships with people from Windsor Park and in a very
natural way these people have progressed to becoming part of one of our ministries. cafewindsor is so often a great
starter point for these things to happen!
At the end of last year we gathered together those that are involved in community ministries for an evening of sharing
stories, meeting others and participating in a lovely supper. It was a good opportunity for people to get to know the
different ministries we have.
We were successful in seeking funding for a SOUL coordinator. A big thanks to the Tindall Foundation for supporting us.
We currently have two other applications in for funding and are awaiting the results. If you ever hear of any funding that
we could apply for please let me know.
Thanks to everyone that has given up time and resources to serve in community here at Windsor Park. Sometimes it can
be a big ask as so many roles involve a lot of time and effort but the blessing of being involved has put you in relationship
with people in the heart of our community on the Shore and for that we are very grateful.
There are lots of opportunities to serve in community ministries especially if you are available during the day – if
community is something you would like to be involved in I would love to chat to you.
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Windsor Park Hub Limited
Windsor Park Hub Limited is a charitable limited liability company that was incorporated during 2011 to be the legal entity
that holds the ‘trading arms’ of Windsor Park Baptist Church. Initially these will include cafewindsor, Small Fries Christian
Childcare Centre and the Windsor Park Christian Counselling Centre. Directors are appointed by the Elders & ratified at
the Windsor Park AGM. The sole shareholder is the Baptist Union of NZ where all Windsor Park assets are vested. While
no actual trading was transacted through this company in 2011 (therefore there are no financial accounts to view) the
following activities will be progressively transferred to the company during 2012:
Cafewindsor (Rochelle Binnie):
caféwindsor is now into its 5th year of operation and continues to be an increasingly important part of what we do at
Windsor Park. cafewindsor continues to be a very busy place with both families and groups who come. On average we
have 750 customer transactions per week, meaning several thousand people come through the doors. The exciting
part is that we still have time in all the good chaos to find time to chat to our families. Having the Pages Bookshelves is
also a great tool to helping us talk and get a little deeper with people.
The dream of having cafewindsor and then linking our customers with other areas within the Church is happening, with
several families attending other events and now their kids come to windsorKids on Sundays. There are more stories of
people blown away knowing we are a Church café and expecting us to be all religious ,and we aren’t. Customers feel
that cafewindsor is their community and love what we are doing for them and their families. It is great to be able to
change the stereotype of ‘Church”!
I took over the role of Manager when Gabby Hamblyn left to enjoy motherhood and I am really enjoying it. We keep a
large database of people and this is a great way of communicating with them each month. There are 13 of us in the team
and we work very well together and have a few laughs along the way.
As per usual if there any of you who want some work experience or would like to volunteer then I would love to speak to
you. I would love to say a huge thank you to Craig Little who comes and volunteers for 2 days a week to help us out you are amazing! Also a big thanks to Shirley Smith and Jo Little who offer themselves as community nurses a couple of
times a week -it’s a fantastic extra opportunity we have to connect with people.
Small Fries Christian Childcare Centre (Grant Harris):
After starting to dream about the possibility in 2009, undertaking due diligence and research in 2010 (& purchasing the
property), 2011 was one of construction and planning. The vision was to create an additional means of serving our
wider community as Small Fries took shape. The childcare industry in NZ is highly regulated and its been a steep and
intense learning curve as we planned for an early 2012 opening. I want to thank our architect Roger Langley for his
expertise, Bob Hines who devoted significant time to project-managing the construction phase and who also learnt a lot
about licensing (and there’s a lot to learn!) and Peter Coleman & Gavin Hazeldene from ECE Astute who provided
significant consultancy advice throughout the project. We look forward to all the hard work that has been sowed reaping
good fruit in 2012.
Windsor Park Christian Counselling Centre (Sue Ogilvie):
The Windsor Park Christian Counselling Centre is becoming more active as the service gains a good reputation for
achieving good outcomes with it’s clients. Physically the centre has utilised space within the Equip offices but due to
pressure on room bookings is currently being relocated to the office spaces that are between the main Windsor Park
reception and the Equip block. Recently the centre was granted a contract to be the preferred supplier of professional
counseling services to the Whenuapai Airforce Base; this is a reflection of the good work that the counselors are putting
in to people’s lives. Please contact us should you wish to discuss the services that we offer and please remember us
when you are talking about these matters with your friends; we firmly believe that putting Jesus in the middle of life’s
challenges brings the type of healing that nothing else can - and people’s testimonies support that!
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Equip Trust: CEO Naomi Cowan
Equip is an extension of Windsor Park and provides a range of cutting edge services that support people who experience
mental health issues. We deliver services to over 300 people across Auckland and employ around 60 staff on the
Windsor Park site. You don’t have to work in the health sector for too long to realise that it is in constant change with
reforms and this trend continues. However the current climate creates opportunities and Equip is in a very healthy
position, financially, by reputation, and by experience to maximize those. There is plenty of need to respond to. We are
seeing increasing homelessness here on the North Shore and a number who are struggling to put food on the table and
attend to the basics like paying for power. A number of people who are admitted to the inpatient unit at Taharoto
Hospital are kept there longer than needed simply because they truly have no-where to go to live. Housing, followed
closely by unemployment are our two biggest issues to assist people with.
During 2011 Equip was governed by a board of trustees comprising Bob Linton (Chair), Caroline Wearn , Athol Keeling,
Paul Collins, Roz Sorensen, Trevor Poulgrain, Dennie Davidson, Lisa Haythornwaite, and Grant Harris (ex-officio).
Some highlights of our operation in 2011:
Spirituality Co-ordinator. Carol Evitt has grown her role as someone clients can go to for support around addressing
spiritual issues. Not only has she linked them up with people at Windsor Park, but she has also found champions in
communities close to where our clients live. There are wonderful stories of people finding faith and true friendships in
their own community. Carol now has a waiting list.
Service reconfiguration. In late 2011 we were asked by the Waitemata District Health Board to reconfigure our Red
Beach service to a flexible community service where support goes up and down according to need and the support
follows the individual if they wish to change their housing.
Volunteers Programme: Bindi Radford is heading up this initiative and whilst it is in it’s early stages we have some
volunteers that have started and we are able to offer ‘extra value’ to the people we serve.
Community Gardens: In a joint venture with Windsor Park Church, we together carry on the great gardens that Di
Celliers and friends started. It is really encouraging to see people from the community come each week and really enjoy
learning new skills, meeting new friends and taking produce home with them. We were thrilled to host Maggie Barry
recently for afternoon tea in the gardens. A big thanks to Anne-Marie Burton and Jo Harris for ensuring the gardens go
from strength to strength.
Range of Services: Equip has a range of services that support adults and older adults across a continuum of care and all
our services have waiting lists. I am grateful for the superb team of staff that we have, who all go the extra mile to ensure
people get the best support we can give them.
As an organization we have several opportunities of growth that we are developing currently, which we hope to share
with you as soon as we are able.
As a team we work hard with Grant Harris and the Windsor Park team to keep Equip firmly anchored in Windsor Park and
are very grateful for Grant and the teams ongoing support and involvement. Together we are better and Equip and
Windsor Park Church are responding to every growing need in our community with Christian love. We value your
prayers and support.
Equip & Windsor Park staff lunch together
North Shore MP Maggie Barry enjoys time in the gardens with Equip staff and volunteers
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Finance Report: Treasurer - Jim Morrison
Following this report you will find the Financial Statements for the 2011 year. The attached report is a summarised
version of the full audited accounts – these are available from the church office for anyone who wants a set.
The Statement of Financial Performance shows how we have performed in terms of monies received and spent
measured against the budget set at last year’s AGM.
From this statement the main thing to note is that the General Operating Surplus line is showing an actual surplus of
$138,049. This means that the total general operating expenses are less than the total income received. This result is
$69,869 better than the budget General Operating Surplus of $68,180.
Total Income is $80,088 below budget (Unfavourable):
General Offerings for the period are $36,641 below budget (-2.5%). This is an average of $704 per week down on the
budget. General offerings have averaged $26,988 per week and this is an increase of $1,466 on last year’s average
weekly offering (5.4%).
Income received from the Recycle Appeal was $25,052 which is $44,948 less than the budget of $70,000.
Global Missions income was $14,167 below the budget target (-16.7%). This is also less than last year by $1,256
(-1.7%).
Total Expenses are $149,957 below budget Favourable) :
This is a 9.1% under spend to the total expenses budget.
This is primarily due to savings in staff related costs which have occurred as a result of the staff vacancies experienced for
large periods of the year. The vacancies have been in the following ministries that are showing significant under spends
to budget; Chaplaincy/Community Ministry, Creative Ministries, Children’s Ministries and Young Adults Ministries.
The Statement of Financial Position gives us a summary of the amounts we own or are owed (Assets) as well as the
amounts we owe to others (Liabilities).
From this the main items to note are that the book value of our Total Assets, which is primarily the land and buildings, is
$7.7M. This is an increase on last year of $1.4M and primarily relates to the further development of the Small Fries site.
Similarly there is a $1.4M increase in our Total Liabilities. This is primarily our mortgage commitments which now stand
at $4.1M (52% of asset values).
During the year principal repayments of $68,180 were made as a reduction to our borrowings.
Finally thank you to the team of volunteers that are involved each week in the collection, security and depositing of the
monies received.
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