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Archive for April, 2020

Thought For The Week 3rd May 2020

Today I had a moment of excitement. The Courier community newspaper had arrived. I’m not an avid newspaper reader by I am in the habit of flicking through the Courier and I guess I have missed this over the past month or so. Having the Courier back seems like a step towards a return to […]

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Moderators Appeal for Vanuatu

Greetings It is with great sadness that I write to you. Tropical Cyclone Harold has taken a great toll on the people of Vanuatu. Those on affected islands have lost homes, livelihoods and the means to sustain their families. Category Five Cyclone Harold hit Vanuatu’s northern islands on Monday, 6 April. The damage was severe, including on […]

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Moderators ANZAC Day Message 25 April 2020

Greetings “Love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends.” (John 15:12-14) The words of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ ring and echo loudly in our situation today. In fact, as we all attest to this […]

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Thought For The Week 26 April 2020

Well folks, we are heading into our 5th weekend in Lockdown level 4, and there are two things on our minds: On Saturday we remember ANZAC Day.  A commemoration of the tragic waste of so many young lives on the altar of war.  We remember to give thanks for the people we have lost.  We […]

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Thought For The Week 19 April 2020

Hi folks, I wonder how the lockdown is going for you? As I write we are in the third week of this isolation and many predicted this would be the most challenging week. The first two weeks had a novelty factor as we came to grips with a new normal. Week four will be spent […]

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Parish Council Update

Here is the latest news from our Parish Council meeting held online via Zoom on Wednesday 1 April 2020.   The Rev. Rory Grant was our Moderator and he welcomed members to a new way of having meetings via video (ZOOM) most of us got it! He called on Lois for Devotions. She read from […]

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Thought For The Week 12 April 2020

We’re now more than 2 weeks in to lockdown level four, and even if we’re coping well in general, the most chilled out of us are starting to get itchy feet. And when we start to get itchy feet, then we start to get anxious or frustrated.  And when we get anxious or frustrated, then […]

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