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The heartbeat of Ngu0101 Pou Amorangi (NPA) can be found in the whakatauku012b, u201cKo te amorangi ki mua, ko te hu0101pai u014d ki muri.u201d It refers to the pu014dwhiri process running well when the spiritual leaders are at the front and the workers behind.
The whakatauku012b recognises that the upfront leadership roles and the behind-the-scenes roles are equally important for the community to thrive. For NPA, learners will be found in the classroom and the kitchen as often as speaking at the front, as they learn how to organise and lead every aspect of pu014dwhiri (year one), wu0101nanga and other hui Mu0101ori (year two) and communityu2011wide strategic development initiatives (year three).
The following stories suggest something of our diversity and unity as a learning community. We are young and old, speakers of te reo Mu0101ori and complete beginners, experienced in Christian ministry and novices, graduate students of theology and those just starting formal theological training. Each one has something to teach the community and learn from it.
We are united by our desire to serve in Mu0101ori and bicultural contexts in ways that will draw others to want to know God and give him all honour and glory.
Ngu0101 Pou Amorangiu2014the details
Ngu0101 Pou Amorangi is a Mu0101ori leadership initiative designed to equip Christians to serve confidently in Mu0101ori contexts and beyond.
While new to Carey in 2019, NPAu2019s roots lie much further back in the work of Baptist Mu0101ori Ministries (now Manatu016b Iriiri Mu0101ori) and Te Whare Amorangi whose leaders are some of the foundational pou amorangi (spiritual leaders) for this learning community.
NPA is nestled within the wider Carey community, running alongside Careyu2019s formal NZQA programmes. In 2020, NPA can be taken as either a one-year certificate or a three-year diploma.
Both require commitment to four wu0101nanga per year and mentored ministry placement plus formal theological education (minimum of one theological paper per semester towards an NZQA qualification). Auckland-based learners also commit to attending weekly hui and Carey chapel services. Each year, two NPA wu0101nanga are opened to those outside of NPA to join us.
Applications to join the NPA learning community are invited from people of any ethnicity who feel called by God to serve within te ao Mu0101ori or a bicultural ministry context.
If you, or someone you know, would benefit from being a part of Ngu0101 Pou Amorangi, please visit the college website for more information or email the Kaiu0101rahi-Rangahau Mu0101ori at Carey.
Nau mai, haere mai ki Ngu0101 Pou Amorangi 2020.
Our whu0101nau understand the Bible betteru2014Kiwii Taranaki
Kiwii (Tainui) is training full-time for pastoral leadership through NPA. In 2019 he was a first-year student in the threeu2011year Bachelor of Applied Theology at Carey and a full-time NPA trainee undertaking mentored ministry at Te Rongopai, a Baptist fellowship that meets at Puna o te Ora, Pukekohe.
When I first went into the Carey library, I thought, u201cCrikey, I donu2019t think Iu2019ll ever be able to read all those books. Where do I start?u201d I thought I had to read them all. Now after one year, Iu2019ve learnt a huge amount and I know I can pass the three years, but without Ngu0101 Pou I donu2019t think I would have made it this far.
With Mu0101ori being here at Carey it has helped me feel settled. I can find comfort in learning even though I donu2019t have much schooling in my background. In class, while Iu2019m trying to form a question, other Mu0101ori students just pop out the questions and it is things Mu0101ori that they ask, and I like the answers the lecturers give. Mission of God, Pastoral Care and Thinking Theology have really taught me a lot. I like the Old and New Testament courses too because theyu2019ve taught me how to exegete the Bible. I learned that the Bible is not just one book. Itu2019s more, so much more, and thatu2019s what Iu2019ve been telling the whu0101nau now.
From NPA Iu2019ve learned more te reo and understanding whatu2019s happened to us Mu0101ori as a people. In my life Iu2019ve blamed others but now I canu2019t do that anymore. I have to stand up and lead services, preach and also speak at tangihanga and I can do that. Iu2019m prepared. My training has helped me to understand Scripture and use it properly, not just put anything in there. I am more confident to stand and do karakia, mihimihi and whaiku014drero. Ngu0101 Pou has helped me understand a lot about how to be pastors in a Mu0101ori context from a Mu0101ori lens. Weu2019re able to express the Word of God to our whu0101nau in a way where they understand it. Having this education and sharing what I learn is helping our whu0101nau understand the Bible better.
Food for my soulu2014Val Goold
Val (Rangitu0101ne o Wairua) is one of more than 60 people who attended one of the three NPA wu0101nanga held during 2019.
One of the great joys of this year for me has been the opportunity to join in a few of the Ngu0101 Pou Amorangi wu0101nanga weekends. It is such a privilege to be able to soak in learning from people who have such mana and passion to share what God has taught them though life and communities.
It was inspiring to see a community of the hard-core Ngu0101 Pou Amorangi students embrace all the immersive learning and to be so willing to share what they are learning with all who were able to come. The character of this learning community is one of commitment, depth, grace and creativityu2014and it is food for my soul to be included as part of the wider Ngu0101 Pou Amorangi whu0101nau.
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Manaakinui was in his final year of the Bachelor of Applied Theology programme when he joined NPA. This year he starts a Masters of Applied Theology while completing two further years with Ngu0101 Pou Amorangi.
Kia ora, ko Manaakinui James Te Kahu ahau, he uri ahau nu014d Ngu0101 Puhi, Ngu0101ti Paoa, Ngu0101ti Kahungunu ki Wairoa, Ngu0101i Tahu. Ko ahau tetahi tauira o Ngu0101 Pou Amorangi. Tihei mauri ora.
Ko Ngu0101 Pou Amorangi u0113nei e tuhi whakaiti nei. Anei mu0101tou e tu016b ana kia whakanui te mahi o te Atua: hapaingia ki ngu0101 hapori, manaakitia ki ngu0101 tangata, tu012bkanga ki te whenua, whakaako ki ngu0101 tu012bkanga o ngu0101 tu012bpuna ka tu016b maia, ka tu016b mana hoki.
Ko tu0113tahi tauira, ko te whaiku014drero. I te timatanga o te tau I noho tahi mu0101tou ki wu0101nanga e pu0101 ana ki ngu0101 mea o te whaiku014drero, te karanga hoki. Ko te nuinga o mu0101tou, he iti te puna matauranga, he iti te wheako hoki. Engari, i tu016b rangatira i o mu0101tou pouako a matua Sam ru0101ua ko Whaea Mate kia tohungia he huarahi pai ma mu0101tou. I a mu0101tou kaore i te paku mohio ki te tu016b ki te whaiku014drero, u0101, kua ku016b ngu0101 kereru, kua rere ngu0101 kupu ka whai i te ku014drero. Poho kereru ana ahau ki te tu016btaki ki ngu0101 tane katoa! I tu016b ngu0101 tane katoa ki te whaiku014drero...mai i te hu0101hi iriiri! Ka mau te wehi! I puta mai te hu0101 o tu016b me te hu0101 rongo hoki! Ara, kua rere ngu0101 mihi ki te whakanui te Atua.
Koira te mea nui ki ahau: kia whakanui te Atua i te ao Mu0101ori, me u014dna tu012bkanga.
A seed for indigenous theologyu2014Wendy Emsley
Wendy (Ngu0101ti Raukawa, Ngu0101ti Toa Rangatira) is a registered Baptist leader living in Rotorua. She attended NPA wu0101nanga and through NPA was mentored by a kaumu0101tua in her role as a hospital chaplain.
Ngu0101 Pou Amorangi is like a seed from which an indigenous theology and way of doing and being u2018churchu2019 can emerge as opposed to the pot plant that has often been transplanted into the whenua of Aotearoa.
NPA stimulates, challenges and confronts my understanding and experience of who God is to me. Being part of NPA has allowed me to explore and examine an expanding theology and its application in a safe space.
At a personal level, NPA has been an anchorage whilst I have been inhabiting a liminal type of space. During this season, I have been asking some really big questions about who God is. I was able to belong and fit in with NPA and, at the same time, sit with and process these big questions without feeling like I was a heretic. In this transitional time I had also been experiencing some concerns about being Baptist. NPA has been able to hold me in a u2018Baptist spaceu2019 when, for a time, I wasnu2019t feeling particularly Baptist.
In this last year especially, NPA has been a spiritual lifeline for me. NPA for me is a puna wai ora, a place of revival and refreshment.
The convergence of worldsu2014James and Natua Kaa-Morgan
James (Tainui) and Natua (Ngu0101ti Whanaunga, Ngu0101ti Pu016bkenga) are Carey graduates now working towards their Masters of Applied Theology. As tuakana (older siblings) to our undergraduate students, they were an integral part of NPAu2019s weekly hui in 2019.
E tautokohia ana ngu0101 mihi kua mihia me ngu0101 whakamiha kei tua o te arai. Ko James mu0101ua ko Natua Kaau2011Morgan tu0113nei. Tu0113nu0101 tu0101tou!
We are descendants of whale riders and war dogs, wayfarers on waka, voyagers sailing on stingray and karakia to bring many worlds together. Our eyes carry the night sky, our skin carries earth, our tongues carry incantations that still carve the Pacific Islands. We are the bounty that arrived on the shores of Hawaikiu2011Tautau (Aotearoa). We are the prayers that were sown when our ancestorsu2019 waka first encountered this land. We are the harvest of that which has been gestating in Te Pu014d long before us, and the gestation of those in Te Ao Mu0101rama who await us. We stand in both worlds. We are tu0101ngata whenuau2014the people of this land.
Ngu0101 Pou Amorangi (NPA) is one of the few spaces whereby the Christian world and the Mu0101ori world, in all their ecosystems and existence, intentionally converge. Be it through weekly meetings, quarterly wu0101nanga, or daily interaction with one another, NPA invites the Mu0101ori world and the Christian world to develop a robust and true relationship with one another. Itu2019s a space much like the ones our ancestors occupied, where we must navigate upon unknown seas for the sake of finding new territories that will provide a better life for many generations to come. Although taniwhu0101 come, karakia breaks forth. Although storms come, the journey endures. Although the night comes, the day is guaranteed. This is the nature of two worlds converging, and we stand in both worlds. We are tu0101ngata whenuau2014the people of these lands.
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