April 29, 2018
WELCOME TO ST ANDREW’S ON THE TERRACE
A Gathering to commemorate the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in Wellington Harbour on 29 April 1840
GATHERING
This is the day two peoples signed a treaty in this very harbour
Surrounded by the hills of this land, pen was put to parchment
On this day we remember that moment
And we reflect on how the relationship has been since
We ask for the ability to do better
We ask for the courage to be true Treaty partners
PROCESSIONAL HYMN AA 128 ‘Tama ngakau marie’
Tama ngakau marie
Tama a te Atua
Tenei tonu matou
Arohaina mai
Murua ra nga hara
Wetekina mai
Enei here kino
Wakararu nei
Tama ngakau marie
Tama a te Atua
Tenei tonu matou
Arohaina mai
WELCOME Susan Jones
Kia ora tatou.
Kia ora.
PRAYER AND LORD’S PRAYER SUNG IN MĀORI
led by the congregation of Te Kakano o te Aroha
E to mātou Mātua i te rangi,
Kia tapu tōu ingoa.
Kia tae mai tōu rangatiratanga.
Kia meatia tau e pai ai ki runga ki te whenua,
Kia rite ano ki to te rangi.
Homai ki a mātou āianei he taro mā mātou mo tēnei rā.
Murua o mātou hara, me mātou hoki e muru nei
I o te hunga e hara ana ki a mātou.
Aua hoki mātou e kawea kia whakawaia;
Engari whakaorangia mātou i te kino.
Nou hoki te rangatiratanga, te kaha, me te kororia,
Āke, āke, āke,
Amine.
LIGHTING THE RAINBOW ROOM CANDLE
TIME WITH CHILDREN Susan Jones
BLESSING THE CHILDREN (All stand)
We send you to the Rainbow Room programme to hear stories, ask questions
and have fun together. We bless you. Amen.
PASSING THE PEACE
Feel free to pass the peace with those nearby or move to greet others further away. Passing the peace consists of shaking hands and saying “Peace be with you.” The response is “Peace be with you” or just “And with you.” Or, simply saying “Hello” is a good idea. Also feel free to simply observe if you wish!
THE WORD IN TEXTS
Hebrew Bible Genesis 17:1-7, 9-10a read by John Morgan
Contemporary reading “Te Wharepouri” read by Tuparahuia Pita
Te Wharepouri, a local rangatira who signed both the Deed of Sale for the Port Nicolson Block and Te Tiriti o Waitangi, when later asked was reputed to have said to Colonial Wakefield.
“... I thought you were telling lies, and that you had not so many followers. I thought you would have nine or ten, or perhaps as many as there are at Te Awaiti [a whaling station at the head of the Marlborough Sounds]. I thought that I could get one placed at each Pa, as a white man to barter with the people and keep us well supplied with arms and clothing; and that I should be able to keep these white men under my hand and regulate their trade myself.”
Despite this Te Wharepouri carried his hopes for unity to his death bed and it is said his dying message was;
"I muri nei kia pai ki aku taonga Maori, taonga Pakeha, kia tae ake te haruru o to reo ki ahau i Te Reinga”
“After my departure, let the future of Māori and Pākeha be positive, that word of it will resonate with me in Te Reinga”
RESPONSE
For the Word in scripture,
for the Word among us,
for the Word within us,
we give thanks
REFLECTION Honiana Love
HYMN ‘Whakaria Mai’
NZ Folk Song to tune “How Great thou art”
Oh Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder
Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder
Thy power throughout the universe displayed
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art
Whakaaria mai
Tōu rīpeka ki au
Tiaho mai
Ra roto i te pō
He kona au
Titiro atu ai
Ora, mate
He au koe noho ai
REFLECTION ‘Covenant, God-style’ Susan Jones
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH (we say together as much of this as we can)
We are a cloth of diverse colours,
made from many gifts and graces.
We are the people flowing forth from the Creator,
surprising ourselves
with the things which can be done.
We are raw material
for rewarding relationships
as our lives interweave,
contributing one to the other,
holding each other firm
when one is weak or breaking.
We are each worthy of being respected and cared for,
essential to the pattern,
skilled in our appointed tasks,
vehicles for unexpected wisdom and skills,
sources of laughter and sharers of tears,
working with each other that, one day,
this world may be a place
where all people live in justice, freedom and peace.
This is our hope, this is our faith,
Christ Jesus will be our company
and the Spirit gives life to the weaving
Dorothy McRae McMahon The Glory of Blood Sweat and Tears
OFFERING PRAYER (said together)
We give thanks for what we have received
and ask that these gifts will be received by those who needs them
So may it be
AMEN
We recognise and bless the gifts brought to the table, and those which wing
their way electronically from our banks to the church’s account.
LIFE IN THE COMMUNITY OF ST ANDREW’S
People share notices and visitors are welcomed. If you have a notice not already in the order of service, please move to the front row, ready to speak briefly from the lectern.
For the benefit of newcomers, please introduce yourself before you begin.
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE Linda Wilkins
CIRCLE OF PRAYER
We think today of the people of Egypt and the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Egypt. In New Zealand, we remember those in Parliament. Today we name list MPs Priyanca Radhakrishnan and Eugene Sage. Here in Central Presbytery, we pray for leaders and people of Hutt City, Uniting Congregations, Lower Hutt.
PRAYER FOR ST ANDREW’S on card
THANK YOU AND INVITATION TO LUNCH Susan Jones
HYMN ‘The Treaty came here for the signing’
Words: Susan Jones © 2017 Music: AA 85 ‘Let justice roll down’ Colin Gibson
The Treaty came here for the signing
From Waitangi to the Cook Strait
And Williams called for rangatira
To make their mark in their place
How do we live as two peoples?
Sharing the land and the sea?
How do we honour the Treaty
And legislate for sovereignty?
The twenty-ninth day of that April
The year eighteen forty, they signed
The thirty-two-strong rangatira
With multiple questions in mind:
How do we live as two peoples?
Sharing the land and the sea?
Will these men honour the Treaty
And maintain our sovereignty?
The harbour surrounded the party
Its hills as yet unmarked with homes
The chorus of birds loud and lovely
Trees growing, green, living poems
How do we live as two peoples?
Sharing the land and the sea?
How can we honour the Treaty
And care for this land and this sea?
Today others too now have joined us
Skin colour is of every hue
This land and this sea must support us
How can we care for them too?
Our history’s not one we are proud of
The Treaty’s been a battleground
Ignored, forgotten, dishonoured
But now we are turning that round.
Let all treat each other with justice
And care for this land and this sea
Let all of us honour the Treaty
So all can be equal and free
BLESSING (in Maori and English) Heather Mataamua
SUNG AMEN
THANK YOU Bruce Cash