Weekly Notices 4 May 2025

Services:

 11 May

10am    Worship @ St Stephens

18 May

10am    Worship @ St Stephens

Bucket Mission:

This morning we will be raising funds for Meat Supplies for the Presbyterian Support food bank. Join in the Bucket of Fun.

From the Mission Group:  The Harvest Table sales have finished for the season, and we will resume again when our gardens start producing again in September.  The final collection was for the Alzheimers’ Society and we raised the excellent amount of $312.  A big thankyou to our regular supporters.

Link Deadline: 

Please send copy for the May/June Link to: link@timarupres.org.nz or drop into the Church Office by Friday 9 May.

Need personal prayer?

TPP Prayer Chain Branch contact: Rosalie 684 5878.  All requests confidential.

Changes of Address etc:  Please advise the church office of any changes.

Daily Devotionals: 

Pick up your copy from the Foyer:

à The Word for Today

à The Word For You Today

Plant & Bake Sale:

Please keep the date of Saturday 13 September free as this is when we are holding our Sale at St Stephens.  Any questions, please contact Murray ph 686 1629

Boys & Girls Brigade: 

Kindling available all year round, for sale $10 a sack.  Contact:  Fiona   688 0375 or see me at church.

Offering/Donation Receipts:

If you have made offering donations during the year, your receipt can be picked up from the office Tuesday to Friday from 9am to 3pm.

Bible Society Prayer Day: We will meet at the Church St Bible Chapel lounge  from 12 to 1pm on Friday 9 May. Bring your own lunch, tea and coffee are provided.

Grapevine Magazine:  There are several copies of the Grapevine Magazine on the table in the Foyer.  There are lots of interesting articles in it.  Take and read.

Lost Property:

If you have lost something at one of our church complexes, please check with the Office as sometimes items are handed in.

Christian Superstore: 

The website:  ChristianSuperstore.co.nz  is an online shop for what is available within our Cantabrian stores.

Mothers Day is coming up and is a good time to show your mum love and   appreciation for all she does for you.  We have a great variety of Gifts, Books, Bibles and other specials items to show your mum how much she means to you.

South Canterbury Youth Orchestra and Timaru District Chamber Choir concert:

Have you heard the great news of our next concert on the 10 May 2025. The South Canterbury Youth Orchestra along with the Timaru District Chamber Choir will host a “Celebration of Music”. Offering a special performance by Grace Shaw presenting Hoffmeister’s Viola Concerto in D Major. This concert entitled “Celebration of Music” will resound with music from many different decades with a varying selection of genres. Come and join us for a fun, celebratory evening of music with supper afterwards. Tickets are sold at the door or from concert members. Adults $15, Students $8 and Children under 12 yrs free of charge at 7pm on the 10 May at Trinity Presbyterian Church on College Road, Timaru.

We look forward to seeing you there. Let us celebrate our talents and share in the joy of music.

Keep up to date with the latest information on our website:  www.timarupres.org.nz

Live Streaming:  10.00am service at St Stephens

Giving  Everything that we have is a gift from God.

You can contribute financially in the following ways:

• Cash or envelope in the offering plate, thanks.
• Automatic Payment or internet banking – Acc no: 03-1714-0405434-01

Please use either your name or Envelope number as a reference.

Or if you have any queries, please email us at:  finance@timarupres.org.nz

Need more Offering Envelopes?  Contact the church office 686 0981