Reflections of a Family Reunion

Reflections of a Family Reunion

By Anna Smart Anna par­ti­cip­ated in NZCMS’ gap year program in 2019. She is now in her fourth year of her Bach­elor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws, and is involved with the Karuwhā Trust on a vol­un­tary basis. She respon­ded to an invit­a­tion to the Karuwhā Trust...
2023 Annual Report

2023 Annual Report

By Rosie Fyfe, NZCMS National Director It seems appro­pri­ate to send out our NZCMS Annual Report on Maundy Thursday. This is the day we remem­ber Jesus washing the feet of his disciples. After living in the Middle East, I have a per­sonal...
Introducing our New Youth Missions Enabler

Introducing our New Youth Missions Enabler

By Cassie Lee NZCMS Youth Mis­sions Enabler Kia ora koutou, Cassie here the new NZCMS youth enabler. I have now been working with the NZCMS team for one month so we thought it would be a good idea to intro­duce myself. My ancest­ors are from...
Old Partnerships Made New

Old Partnerships Made New

By Ven Dr Lyndon Drake Lyndon (Ngāi Tahu) serves as Arch­deacon of Tāmaki Makaurau in the Māori Anglican bish­op­ric of Te Tai Tokerau. He is married to Miriam, and they have three children. Way back in March 2018, I presen­ted a vision of Māori...
Introducing the Co-Mission Partner Initiative

Introducing the Co-Mission Partner Initiative

By Rosie Fyfe NZCMS National Director  Co-Sending Mission Part­ners with AsiaCMS This year, NZCMS started a new ini­ti­at­ive with Asia CMS to ‘co-send’ Mission Part­ners together. AsiaCMS is part of the global CMS network. They were founded 10...
Commissioning our Newest Mission Partners

Commissioning our Newest Mission Partners

On Sunday, 12 Feb­ru­ary, a crowd gathered at the Church of the Holy Sep­ulchre in Grafton, Auck­land, for an ordin­a­tion service and to com­mis­sion J&Z, NZCMS’ newest Mission Part­ners. J&Z’s home church, St James Anglican Church in Māngere Bridge, is part...