Te Pouhere
This Sunday is the 12th in Ordinary Time and also Te Pouhere. Te Pouhere is the celebration our life as a three Tikanga Church.
In 1990, and with the inclusion of the Diocese of Polynesia, the Anglican Church formed a new constitution, Te Pouhere, that would bind us together as one church in Christ, yet living in Three Tikanga or cultural streams.
The intent was to find a way that within the church, no one race or culture would dominate resources and power. In practical terms the right to veto was made available to ensure that balance of power is maintained.
Any change that involves the sharing of power and resources is never going to be without tension, but Christians are committed to the mission of God, which is that of reconciliation both between God and humanity, and between ourselves. The result has been that in reality the Anglican Church has 30 years of co-governance between Maori, Pakeha and Pasefika. Although it is not without tension and there is always “room for improvement” it is a way that decision making can become more just.
On Thursday we celebrated the Day of thanksgiving for Holy Communion (Corpus Christi). It is in the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist (Holy Communion) that we receive the life of Christ, the body and blood, given by Christ and received by faith. It is Christ that unites us all
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