Issue 24: 9 February 2006
Nga Rangatahi o Te Pihopatanga o Aotearoa News

Out Into the Harvest
Te Māra Rangatahi Ministry School Nurturing Manu Karakia in Challenging 2006 Programme

Manu Karakia are rangatahi aged 16-40 responding to God’s call to ministry within Te Pihopatanga o Aotearoa. The Te Māra Rangatahi Ministry School team are focused on the challenge of building this programme in 2006.

Ven. Hirini Kaa, the Archdeacon of Kahui Rangatahi, is responsible for the overall development of the programme. “The harvest is great, and the labourers are few. Rangatahi ministry is the greatest challenge facing Te Pihopatanga o Aotearoa. Our target is to have 100 Manu Karakia licensed and commissioned by the end of the year. However even half that number labouring in the harvest would have a huge impact on our Church and Maori communities.” 

The Manu Kokiri (Youth Enablers) continue to play a vital role identifying and nurturing Manu Karakia. Don Tamihere in Te Tai Rawhiti; Kersna Cherrington and Tapu Laulu in Te Tai Tokerau; and Raymond Hina and Terry Timutimu in Te Wai Pounamu will be joined later this year by Manu Kokiri in Te Upoko o Te Ika and Te Manawa o Te Wheke.

Te Māra aim to bring forward Manu Karakia for commissioning in Te Tai Rawhiti by March, and has begun identifying more Manu Karakia candidates in Te Tai Tokerau and Te Wai Pounamu for commissioning in September.

The year ahead holds many hui across Aotearoa to build this ministry, from regular renewal retreats to help refresh the Manu Karakia in their ministry through to Core Ministry Skill training wananga. There are six Core Ministry Skills to enhance Manu Karakia ministry: Spiritual Formation and Discipleship; Evangelism and Mission; Karakia; Mihinaretanga; Safe Practise; and Tikanga.

The Te Māra team are all also heavily involved in local and Hui Amorangi ministry, supporting local and regional rangatahi ministry initiatives. All of this combines into a serious workload for the Te Māra team in 2006, but it is a challenge they relish.

Over the next few issues Te Kupu will profile some of the Manu Karakia and the ministry they are undertaking. Or visit the Te Māra website www.rangatahi.org.nz

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Youth Yeah! Resources
TORU: Anglican Centre for Youth Ministry Studies have developed an awesome resource for use in your Whare Karakia on Sundays. These prayers are based on the readings for Sunday, and have been written by youth groups from across the whole Church. You can find these free resources by visiting the Youth Yeah! site at www.youthyeah.com/resource.htm

One of the exciting workshops held at the Tikanga Youth Exchange 06 was a Creative Workshop that brought together talented young people from across our church. They combined their skills into a selection of songs that have been recorded and are now available on the TORU: Anglican Centre For Youth Ministry website at  http://www.toru.org.nz/tyemusic.htm

Te Māra Calendar 2006
To find out what’s up around the motu this year, visit the Te Māra Calandar at the Te Māra website
http://www.rangatahi.org.nz/temara/CALENDAR.HTM

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Super Size My Pay
http://supersizemypay.com
Led by Unite the union for workers from McDonalds, BurgerKing, Starbucks, Pizzahut and KFC, this website gathers support for a fair $12 minimum wage, the end to youth rates, secure hours and other minimum entitlements. With good information, this site is empowering for rangatahi in paid employment.



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Te Kupu is published fortnightly by Te Māra Rangatahi Ministry School. Feel free to copy this and distribute it to your networks. For more information visit the Te Kupu website at RUIA, www.rangatahi.org.nz. Contact the editor Nikii O’Callaghan on nikii@rangatahi.org.nz