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PARISH PROFILE
ST MARTIN’ @ ST CHAD’S
Anglican Church, Auckland Diocese
• St Martin’s @ St Chad’s
• Corner Sandringham & Taumata Roads
• Sandringham , Auckland 1041
• “Caring and sharing God’s love for all
the community”
• Www.stmartinstchads.org
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Birthday celebration
Cross culture service
Combined Service
Page 3 S T M A RT I N ’ @ S T C H A D ’ S P RO F I L E Table of Contents Who we are. Page 4 What happens here now. Page 5—7 What needs attention? St Martin’s @ St Chad’s History. Page 8—9 Priorities for Mission & Ministry. Page 10 Practical Details. Page 11 Our New Priest-in-Charge—Is that you? Page 12 Map of Parish Boundaries. Page 13 APPENDIX 1—Parish Finances Page 14
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ST MARTIN’S @ ST CHAD’S— Who we are.
Our patron Saint is St Martin who split his cloak and shared what he had with
a beggar.
Our Mission Statement is “Caring and sharing God’s love in the Community”.
We are a congregation who value the feeling of community, of being part of
God’s family and sharing our resources with those around us. Caring for people
with prayer and compassion, extending fellowship and friendship to all who come
to our place, offering and sharing worship and hospitality and generously
supporting, through the Lovelink Food Bank, others who are struggling.
Our worship style is traditional with hymns sung with an organ accompaniment be-
cause we are blessed with two organists. We enjoy active lay participation in our
services with lay liturgists
leading and assisting at
worship.
Currently our premises are
used by two other
congregations which reflects
in part the multiracial nature
of the Roskill Sandringham
community. Our hall is rented
by BigJudo from Monday
until Saturday at 5pm. The
judo mats are down during
that time and the hall is used
for various Judo Groups.
We have developed the
crypt as a Parish Lounge and
the Mosaic Group has under-
taken mosaicking the walls of
the crypt toilet. We also
have another office in the
crypt.
Page 5 ST MARTIN’S @ ST CHAD’S— What happens here now. Sunday Services: 3 congregations use our Church 6.30am Ethiopian Service 10 am Traditional Anglican Service 12.30pm Cook Island Church The two other congregations pay a rental to- wards the upkeep of the parish and there are shared services quarterly. During the week: Monday [wkly] 6.30pm Mosaic Group in the Crypt Tuesday [wkly] 10am Service @ Hillsborough Heights Retirement Village Wednesday [2 wkly] Service @ Dominion Rest Home Saturday [1st of mth] 10am Ladies Book Club In the Hall Because the Hall is rented to Big Judo during the week it is only available for hire on a Saturday evening by other groups. As a result of COVID19 this has been disrupted and we will need to review the contract in the new year if they are not using the Hall every afternoon.
Page 6 What happens here continued: What needs attention: At our Parish Consultation the following list was compiled: • Grow congregation • Increase presence in Mt Roskill • Youth Ministry • Provide for Older people in our community—establish a Selwyn Centre • Financial stability • Improved Pastoral Care • Maintenance of Plant • Utilise overhead projector / screen • Outreach • Prayer ministry • New notice board • “Drop in” ministry for new migrants
What happens here continued: Page 7 Through the year: Shared Pot Luck lunches after Church Annual Patronal Festival Service and Lunch — November. Study group during Lent Pancake Sunday [last Sunday be- fore Ash Wednesday] Collect Toys for ATWC at Christmas. Regularly gather food for the Lovelink Food Bank. NB: The Parish ran a Seasons Programme for approx. 10 years but we closed this during 2019.
Page 8 ST MARTIN’ @ ST CHAD’S– HISTORY
List of Highlights:
1915 St Chad’s Edendale Chapel opened in St Alban’s Parish
1924 Mt Roskill Parochial District established in Hillsborough
1926 –7 St Chad’s shifted to its present site
1942 St Chad’s under St George’s Kingsland
1947 St Martin’s army hut placed in Mt Roskill
1954 St Chad’s extended
1961 Parish divided into 3 new parochial districts—St Margaret’s
Hillsborough, St Martin’s Mt Roskill, St Chad’s Sandringham.
1962 St Martin’s dedicated
1974 St Martin’s consecrated
2001 St Chad’s closed
2004 St Martin’s deconsecrated; congregation relocates to St Chad’s.
2006 St Martin’s purchases St Chad’s
In 1961 the large borough of Mt Roskill was divided into 3 parochial districts St
Chad’s Sandringham, St Martin’s Mt Roskill and St Margaret’s Hillsborough each
with their own priest.
During the succeeding 40 years the fortunes of each parish ebbed and flowed. In
2001 St Chad’s closed its doors because its numbers had dwindled.
With the changes in the area’s demographics during those years St Martin’s added
a good number of new immigrants to its worshipping congregation. However the
need for a motorway through the area which would not encroach on the slopes of
Mt Roskill found St Martin’s in its path. In 2004 the decision was reluctantly made
to sell the St Martin’s Church to Transit New Zealand as the new motorway on
ramps would pass within eight feet of the church and all access to Dominion Road
would be removed.
Thus St Martin’s returned to the now empty Church of St Chad’s. Ultimately in
2006 St Martin’s purchased St Chad’s and the new entity of St Martin’s @ St
Chad’s was formed. The parish now covers the geographic boundaries of both
Sandringham and Mt Roskill parishes. At this time the then Vicar Rev Max Cranch
decided to retire and the parish had lost both Church and priest. At this time a
number or our Indian parishioners joined St Thomas Mar Thoma Church and also
other Indian Churches which have developed in the city.
Inevitably this presented an enormous challenge and in 2006 a priest developer
Rev Grant Robertson was installed with an initial tenure of 2 years to help the
parish decide on its best future.
History continued: Page 9 During the subsequent years many changes have occurred in the catchment area. Property prices have risen astronomically in the Sandringham area with many old- er villas being extensively renovated. Hand in hand with this the Wesley Estate with its cluster of State houses has become home to many new New Zealanders including the settlement of several refugee groups. Sandringham Roskill is now ethnically diverse with Mt Roskill being home to the largest group of immigrants from India in the country. With the arrival of these new New Zealanders from many parts of the globe comes diversity in their religious affiliation and cultural tensions arise. Five years ago Rev Tony Surman was appointed and Parish music experienced some revitalisation. Tony also supervised 2 St John’s College students. Sadly this was for only a short time until Tony was called to St Mark’s in Remuera. Over the past 3 years we have operated with a priest work- ing half time [Rev Jacynthia Murphy]. Rev Murphy, a Maori priest ,has supervised students from St John’s College from the Pacifica Tikanga. As they have already been priested we have benefited from their wider perspective as well. However we have not added any Maori or Pacifica members permanently to our con- gregation. We remain Pakeha / Indian in our ethnic makeup. Our Parish office is tenanted by an Advocate, Aarif Rasheed [Just Community] who deals with conflict between Muslim and Christian people as a large part of his work. The ethnic diversity within the Roskill Sandringham area has increased and building regeneration , particularly in Mt Roskill is extensive with an urban rede- velopment by the Government well under way on the South side of Mount Ros- kill. Details of the ethnic makeup can be found in the Government Census Data.
Page 10 ST MARTINS @ ST CHAD’S— Mission & Ministry priorities
The following priorities still stand but we are hampered by being an
older congregation with much of the work falling to the same small
band of people who are tiring. It is increasingly harder to compete
with the many demands that life has place upon whanau with external
activities both in their communities and schools. Thus those demands
push involvement and commitment in parish life to the margins. We
need to find a new way of fulfilling these priorities.
At our Parish Consultation we discussed and formulated the following
priorities for fulfilling our mission of ‘Caring and Sharing God’s love for
all in the community’:
• Establish a new parish team—Priest and Congregation together to
grow the congregation and Sunday School.
• Increase the presence of St Martin’s @ St Chad’s within the Roskill
Sandringham community.
• Extend our Community Outreach with a ‘Drop In’ for the diverse
community around us and establish a Selwyn Centre for older
people within the area.
• Improve the utilisation of Technology with use of overheads and
screen and the sound system.
• Develop a Prayer Ministry and Pastoral Care team.Practical Details for the area: Page 11 St Martin’s @ St Chad’s is located at the corner of Sandringham and Taumata Roads and consists of the church itself which seats approximately 120 with another 20 in the choir stalls if needed. Under the Church, in the Crypt, we have established a Parish Lounge with basic amenities and an office which is currently shared by the Mosaic Group and the Priest-in-Charge. We have a hall with a stage area, Kitchen, toilets and another office which is currently rented. Under the Sandringham Road end of the hall is the area referred to as ‘The Op Shop’ which is ripe for redevelopment. In front of the hall is a large flower garden which is enjoyed by church and community. We have a good sized car park. The whole complex has a commanding position with visibility to traffic coming up Sandringham Road to the Mt Albert Road junction. We are approximately half a kilometre from the village of Sandringham with its collection of ethnic restaurants and foodstores. Most banks can be found in the Mt Roskill Shopping Centre [5 minutes away by car] or Stoddard Road Shopping Centre and mall shopping is available at St Luke’s Mall 5 minutes beyond the San- dringham Shops.
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OUR NEW PRIEST-IN-CHARGE—Is that you?
Are you:
• A good communicator who speaks clearly.
• Able to unify a parish with a diverse range of Christian
viewpoints within the Anglican Tradition.
• Can you preach / teach about faith issues and how they
connect with everyday life.
• Do you have an empathetic interest in people and their
Christian journey—not just an administrator.
• Someone with a good Biblical Knowledge who is aware of
the advances in human knowledge since the Bible was
written.
• Are you interested in shepherding, guiding and developing
our multi-racial parish family to fulfil God’s purpose here in
Sandringham / Mt Roskill.Page 13
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APPENDIX 1—Parish Finances
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE FOR LAST 4 YEARS
Year 2016 2017 2018 2019
REVENUE
Donations &
Fundraising 36,610 40,156 46,101 34,553
Grants & Be-
quests 4,000 2,000
Rental & Hall
Hire 16,495 23,413 35,160 34,210
Interests &
Dividends 15,715 11,392 11,413 11,096
Other income 746 360 1,446 1,531
Transfer from
Cash Fund 44,000 44,000 44,000 44,000
Total Revenue 113,566 123,321 138,120 127,390
EXPENSES
Stipends &
Ministry Costs 38,280 61,333 47,821 51,141
Staff costs 30,664 36,821 26,365 27,336
Property costs 23,247 55,466 29,399 20,060
Interest costs 45 68 5 17
Operating
costs 11,403 7,948 4,481 5,621
Diocesan Quo-
ta & Levies 4,794 6,473 1,321 3,942
Mission & Giv-
ing 1,600 1,782 2,014 3,783
Total Expens-
es 110,033 169,891 111,406 111,900
Difference 3,533 -46,570 26,714 15,490You can also read
