FROM THE ARCHIVE: This booklet celebrates the Normanby, Okaiawa, and Ararata Presbyterian Church Centennial 1879-1979. This booklet provides a rear vision mirror to reflect a hundred years of devotion to the Christian way. A cavalcade of heroes and heroines whose constant, faithful efforts in the parish have given to those of us who must be the Church at the beginning of its second century a wonderful heritage and a strong challenge. The mirror of the present shows us ourselves as we are being fitted and enthused for the task that the eye-glass to the future shows us. How do we respond? Let us accept with joy the challenge of the legacy that we receive, use it with minds open to the needs of changing times. May God give us and those who follow the versatility and courage to link new understandings with the traditions we so greatly value.
Rev. Miss Raewyn. Elliot, Rev. Don. Baker, and Rev. Miss Lorna Aberley.
