Tautua: Rev Fitifiti Luatau

Rev. Fitifiti, Ta'ita'i o le Fono Samoa 2012 - 2014.  Officially opened our conference with a powerful message on being a good servant - Tautua.  His explanation of someone who serves is very clear, sharing about village and family life of a Samoan. Also linking to the valuable truths in people like Toreka and Pita in the Bible.  O tagata na tautua ma le faamaoni.

Feedback from our Rep Shelby Fatialofa;
Leadership camp 2013 "O LE ALA ILE PULE O LE TAUTUA - met so many new people, and now I surely can say I have a new family, and more brothers and sisters ♥
I miss everybody already.... lol... But yes mean time with you's. 
But that one quote that stood out was...
"ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU BUT ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY" ♥ BE YOURSELF AND LEAD NOT TOMORROW BUT START TODAY!

Fa'afetai Fa'afetai Shelby...

Reflections from the Conference

We are currently processing videos to upload to this blog.  In the meantime we've come across fantastic reflections being posted by Manukau PIPC youth and their leaders.  Rather than try and explain what they share we are going to posting them here on our blog for you all to see.  We've checked that it's ok with their FB administrator and we received a resounding 'Yes!'.

Our posts following this will be reflections accompanied by video footage from our weekend.

Bless you Manix for the wonderful follow up you are so obviously carrying out.  A good model for the rest of us to follow up on.   This is an amazing page to check out Tupulaga.  All their events and happenings are displayed and advertised here.  It's a great way to find out what this part of the body is up to - heaps!!  Thank you Manukau for the great job you do in sharing all you have.

Thanks also to those of you who have completed our online evaluation and survey - it truly does help us to plan and prepare for our next Tupulaga Fono.  Bless you for taking the time.  If you haven't yet completed yours, simply click on the link above.

Thanks to the creative team from Manix for the image displaying our Fono and the themes and focus for the weekend.  Watch this space for video snippets of our blessed time together.

Faamolemole - faaoga lenei avanoa e faasoa i le tatou aiga lautele o lo'o nonofo ma tapua'i mai i le tatou galuega fai faitaasi mo le Atua e ala i le PIC.  Leave a comment :)

Ia saga faamanuia atu le Atua i lo outou galuega aua le ola manuia o tatou Tupulaga Samoa.

O le ala i le pule o le tautua

We've just finished out Tupulaga Fono PIPC  Samoa for 2013.  It was an awesome time together with church leaders of different ages and generations present.  We were blessed by many speakers during this Anzac weekend.  They presented many different truths for us to digest as we grow together as a leadership group for this special part of the PIPC.  We will post part by part of the Fono here on this blog for you to work through and share with family and friends.  Please leave your comments here as this is a means of archiving this special weekend - milestone for our dear PIC.

One of our first activities was to sit and talk about why youth should join our youth groups.  What can you offer?  What do you do well?  What are some special features of your group? Find out as you watch the five movies that were produced by the different regions.  This belongs to Sasa'e.

Autalavou/Tupulaga Taaloga 2013

We are excited to share with you here on our official Tupulaga o Aotearoa blog!  The games have been a huge success with one more day to go!  Our brothers and sisters from the Sisifo Matagaluega have done a splendid job.

Fellowship via the sports has been magnificent.  Wherever you look there have been smiling faces, reunions of friends and family they have been apart for way too long.  Everyone we have asked about these games have only responded with hugely positive support for this event.

The reintroduction of  PIPC Taaloga is an answer to many prayers of the Tupulaga, their families, their Komiti, their leader at the time Fualole Lealiifano and her colleagues such as Rev. Makesi.

For a good number of years the Tupulaga report to the Fono tele has highlighted at top priority the need of these sports tournaments to return.  This includes the need for professional development of our leaders via conference specifically aimed at leadership for Tupulaga.  It was often put aside for further discussion.  It was this desire of the Tupulaga and Autalavou that led Matu in previous years to run a tournament that was hugely appreciated by those who took part.

The great news is - both these issues have been given the official go ahead at our most recent Fono hosted at Ranui PIPC 2012.  Thanks to the Sisifo Komiti who have taken the lead and run this year's games.  You have been awesome!

So here we are - a great big tick for the games.  The next to check off will be our Tupulaga Conference that will be held in April - 25th - 27th 2013.  This will be at Wesley College.  It is for Tupulaga and their leaders aged 15 years and older.  The cost will be $70.

As support to our Sisifo hosts of this year's games, please leave your feedback here for them to see.  If you prefer you are welcome to email your feedback privately to tupulagapipc@gmail.com.  We will pass your feedback onto this years Taaloga Komiti.

God's blessings be upon us all as we continue to walk and set out paths for our precious Tupulaga/Autalavou of today and tomorrow.

Andrea Tele'a on behalf of the Tupulaga Komiti NZ
We will be posting photo and video highlights on this blog soon, watch this space!