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St Aidan ’s Lenten Study

St Aidan ’s Lenten Study. 2014. Mission in the marketplace F aith at work today. Pete will explore the role of a Kiwi Christian at work, in light of the 200th anniversary of the the people of Rangihoua meeting Samuel Marsden . 1 Peter 2:9.

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St Aidan ’s Lenten Study

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  1. St Aidan’s Lenten Study 2014

  2. Mission in the marketplace Faith at work today. Pete will explore the role of a Kiwi Christian at work, in light of the 200th anniversary of the the people of Rangihoua meeting Samuel Marsden

  3. 1 Peter 2:9 • 9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. • 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

  4. Prior Speakers • Summarising the last four speakers • +KitoPikaahu, + George Connor, Steve Maina, Carole Hughes • TeHari a Ngapuhi The dance of Joy • The Nation’s Faith Journey from 1814 to today • The NZ Church in Mission • The evolution of the three Tikanga • Dealing with issues to build a better future

  5. Pete’s Whakapapa

  6. Pete’s Whakapapa

  7. Pete’s Whakapapa

  8. Our Waka, the Rangitiki arrived in 1954

  9. Pete’s Whakapapa • From 1611 on my Macleod side (documented) • From the middle ages on both sides (oral) • My Parents • Schooling • Work • Family

  10. Disaster strikes

  11. Disaster strikes

  12. The Memorial

  13. The Memorial

  14. Action! • What Went so Wrong? • Move to the UK • Engage with the Issues

  15. Pete’s Faith • The Lord God, Father Son & Holy Spirit are welcomed and active in my life

  16. Jesus in the Marketplace Of Jesus’ 132 public appearances, 122 were in the marketplace. • Of 52 parables Jesus told, 45 had a workplace context. • Of 40 miracles in the book of Acts, 39 were in the marketplace. • Jesus spent his adult life as a carpenter until age 30 when he went into ministry in the workplace. • Work, in its different forms, is mentioned more than 800 times in the Bible • The disciples came from their jobs. They weren’t clergy. • God created work and He is a worker. “My father is always at his work to this very day, and I too, am working” (John 5:17).

  17. Being a Christian in a non-Christian workplace • Christian Best Practice in business • Showing compassion with firmness • Witnessing with sensitivity • Honesty and Integrity • Keeping up your prayer and bible reading • Shifting from Success to significance • Dealing with the The Myth – we never have been a Christian nation.

  18. Being a Christian in a non-Christian workplace • Integrate secular with sacred. • Revive the workplace. • Support Good Governance • See our work as our calling and ministry. • Bond with other Christians in the “work of the ministry.” Solidarity • Show the power of God in the workplace.

  19. Where to from here • Electronic media • Coping with the loss of Sabbath • linking the threetikanga and beyond • Social Entrepreneurship and Values Based economy

  20. What are your Calling(s) • We all have one or more • Are you listening for a change • How do we realise them.

  21. What to do NOW • Ascertain your calling(s) • Do this by prayer and discussion with other Christians who know you well. • Follow your calling • AMEN

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