So when they had come together, they asked him, ‘Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?’
He replied, ‘It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.’
When he had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.
While he was going and they were gazing up towards heaven, suddenly two men in white robes stood by them.
They said, ‘Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up towards heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.’ Acts 1:6-11
The date for the consecration (ordination) of the Rev'd Justin Duckworth as 11th Bishop of Wellington has been confirmed as Saturday, 30 June 2012, at 1.30 pm, in Wellington Cathedral of St Paul.
Media coverage continues
Positive news media coverage of Justin's appointment as Bishop continues. Read the latest New Zealand Herald interview here.
The restoration of the church will surely come from a new monasticism which has in common with the old only the uncompromising attitude of a life lived following Christ according to the Sermon on the Mount. I believe it is now time to call people together to do this.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
(Extract from a January 1935 letter to his brother, Karl-Friedrich Bonhoeffer.)
About 20 years ago, a few fired-up young Wellingtonians chose to get downwardly mobile. They moved from the suburbs into the meanest streets of the inner city. Justin and Jenny Duckworth, for instance, made the move in three stages, moving deeper into Wellington's netherworld each time. They linked up with other young Christian activists, and together they pledged themselves to three goals: to deepen their intimacy with Jesus Christ; to journey together – and to give their best for the least. And they formed Urban Vision.
Archbishop David Moxon, Primate and Senior Bishop of the New Zealand Dioceses, announced today
“I am delighted to announce that The Reverend Justin Duckworth has been chosen as the next Bishop of Wellington.
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The Rev'd John Walker, Vicar of St Matthew's from 1915-1922, was made of stern stuff.
In 1908, while still Vicar of St Thomas's, Newtown, Wellington, he accidently let a candle get too close to an open window and the curtains caught fire.
He tore the curtains down and used his bare hands to roll them up to extinguish the flame. In doing he severely burned his hands, which were badly blistered.
Being a sensible man and it being January he headed for the Wairarapa to recuperate, the bandages on his hands making him look as if he was headed for the boxing ring.
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Construction will soon begin on a cardboard cathedral to temporarily replace Christ Church Cathedral.
The designer, Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, will turn the soil on the cathedral's planned site on the former parish of St John's, on the corner of Hereford St and Madras St, next week.
It is expected the 700-person-capacity structure will be completed by December.
Ban revealed his design last August, quoting the construction cost at $4 million.
A sequence of tapestry projects at Molesworth Street's Wellington Cathedral of St Paul is proving hugely popular, with 100,000 contributors in four years, according to The Wellingtonian.
Wellington Cathedral dean Frank Nelson and his wife Christine brought the needlework prayer tapestry idea to the cathedral. Dean Nelson said people often needed something practical to do with their hands while they reflected and prayed.
"Many churches offer the opportunity to light candles, as we do," he said. "The tapestry gives the option of adding a few stitches to something much bigger than one person."
Resurrection of Christ and the women at the tomb, Fra Angelico
Christ bearing the cross to Calvary, Andrea di Firenze, 1365-68
