Stephanie is the Clinical Manager of the Integrated Care Team and provides Medical Counselling and specialised medical input into Dove’s Palliative Care and Respite Unit.  Dr. Graeme is a GP in Howick with a special interest in Palliative care and metaphysics who has worked for Dove for 15 years.

 

Dove's services are very patient centred to support and enhance any conventional treatments people may be receiving, while aiming to promote emotional and spiritual wellbeing. With a strong focus on holistic wellness, they include whanau, carers and those who are bereaved. 

 

​At Dove Wing, the inpatient unit, they provide quality palliative care for those requiring respite and end of life care.

 

 

It is understood that the Sergeant has some mean fines waiting to be levied against those not dressing for the occasion!

Wednesday November 30th and Wednesday 7th  December will be the last two opportunities to help with the Sallies Food Box Packing, a true Rotary project interacting with other clubs; the essence of Rotary!

           

If you can volunteer for a few hours, 0900 - 1200, your assistance will be much appreciated.  Call Murray H to register and to obtain full details.

 

 

Rotary St Johns, your club, is responsible for hosting this important event so your support is needed by coming along for a great time.  The programme is still being finalised but so far it is a wonderful mix of social/networking events and incredibly inspiring speakers.  Being close to home it is easy to get to, and the venue is impressive as anyone who has been to Karaka Bloodstock will attest to.  So register your place today, especially as you will want to get along to the full programme (Friday night dinner is limited to the first 120 registrants).

 

Friday: Foundation Dinner and charity auction 

Saturday: Conference 

Saturday: Past District Governor Cocktail Hour 

Saturday: Awards Dinner 

 

To date we have sold over 130 tickets, but there are still plenty to be sold.  Most of the unsold tickets are in books distributed to members, but details of sales have not yet been captured.

 

If you are sitting on tickets yet to be sold - now is the time that we need you to turn unsold tickets into "SOLD"

 

To those members who have sold tickets - thank you!  To those who have not yet sold all tickets in your possession - closing a sale now and returning payment to Miles would be much appreciated.

 

This is an important fundraiser for the club so we need everybody to get behind this.

 

Many thanks

 

Miles Cain;  cainmandm@gmail.com

 

Nil to report this week.

 

Alex McKenzie - 1st Dec - 24 years

Kevin Kevany - 2nd Dec - 18 years

Mary-Ann Davison - 3rd Dec - 13 years

Gary Key - 3rd Dec - 30 years

 

Mark & Sarah Hillman - 4th Dec

 

 

There were two brothers who were really close – but also really, really bad all the way through their lives. They did every rotten thing you could think of causing upset and fear to everyone they knew and came into contact with.

Then, one day, one of the brothers suddenly fell ill and died.

The surviving brother went to his local priest; and, although neither brother had ever attended church, he asked the priest if he would speak at his brother’s funeral as there was no-one else who would.   The priest, at first, was hesitant as he knew the bad things both brothers had done throughout their lives. His first thought was to refuse; but he relented in the spirit of the Christian belief in forgiveness and agreed

                “One request” said the surviving brother, really pushing his luck. “I don’t care what sort of service you conduct or what sort of tribute you pay my brother when you speak about him;  but I want you to call him a saint.”

The priest was horrified and recoiled at the thought.

But before he could answer, the brother quickly added that he would donate a sizeable sum of money from their ill-gotten gains to the church if he would. And he named the not insubstantial amount.

The priest thought about it for a few minutes and then finally agreed. Money upfront.

The brother paid the priest the large sum and the date was set for the funeral.

On that day, the church quickly filled up – more than it had ever done. It was full and overflowing. But it was made up entirely of people who were rejoicing in the death of the man and revelling in the suffering that his brother was enduring.

When it came time to speak about him, the priest stood before the gathered congregation. He turned towards the coffin and spoke.

                “Before you, you see a man in a coffin who was rotten, through and through. He did every nasty, horrible, vicious, mean, debauched thing you could ever imagine. He was the manifestation of pure evil and nastiness.  He was a true rotter - rotten to his core.”

The priest paused and looked around.  The congregation gasped.  The brother sat shocked – mouth open.

                “But,” continued the priest, “compared to his brother, he was a saint.”