Weekly Notices 9 March 2025

Special Services:

16 March

10.00am Worship @ Trinity with Girls & Boys Brigade Parade

(No Worship at St Stephens)

23 March

10.00am  Worship & Communion @ St Stephens

30 March

10.00am Worship @ St Stephens & AGM

Bucket Mission:

Thank you for your donations to the Bucket Mission last week.  A total of $177.10 was raised for Radio Rhema.

Journey 21:

Meet C-Bay carpark, 9am, Sunday 16 March. The theme for March is ‘The Meaning Of The Cross’.  All     welcome. Contact: Ellen ph 027 772 3146.

Timaru Presbyterian Women Lunch Group:    The monthly meeting of the Lunch Group will be held on Wednesday 19 March at St Stephens, Wai-iti Road starting at 12.30pm with a shared lunch.  Sales      Table. Speaker: Lois Shipley on her experiences in the Simpson Desert, Australia. Apologies or rides please  contact Dianne 686 0440, Dawn  686 0595, or Robyn 688 1948.

Winter Lunches:   

Bev Quigley has stepped down from organising these lunches.  Thank you Bev for the many years you have done this.  Therefore we are looking for someone else to take over.  These lunches are held May to August on the fourth Tuesday of the month, with a Christmas one in November each year.

Enquiries to the Office, ph 686 0981 or email:  oneoffice@timarupres.org.nz

Trinity Community Garden needs you!!!!   We need people to take a turn to be at the gardens on a Tuesday 2.30pm. Weeding, planting, watering are the tasks, we just need a few people to give 90 minutes of their time once a month!!!  Contact Helen if you can help ph 021 768 973.

Claim for Donation Rebate:

If you want any extra envelope offerings/donations to come in this Tax financial year ended 31 March, so you can claim your    donation rebate, you will need to deposit the money into our bank account, details below, or drop them into the Church Office by Wednesday 26 March.

Harvest Table:  Our current Harvest Table is raising funds for the local Alzheimer’s Group, but this will change on Sunday 16 March when the Red Cross will be the recipient of our sale’s table. This will be the final round for the season and will finish on Sunday 13 April. Keep up the buying and supplying to help these very worthwhile causes.

All users of our Churches, Hall, Foyer, Lounge and Rooms at St Stephens and Trinity:

If you are the last person in your group to use the rooms, please make sure that the lights and heaters/heat pumps are turned off, and all the windows are closed, including those in the toilets.  Thank you.

Christian Superstore: 

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

The Community Club:

Community Club meet Tuesdays, 1.00-3.30pm at St Stephens for Cards 500.  New   members welcome. Contact:  Marian ph 684 4351 or Dorothy ph 686 2265.

Correspondence for the Parish Clerk:

If you have correspondence or other parish business, please send to the Parish Clerk’s email address:

parishclerk@timarupres.org.nz  rather than her private email address.

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

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

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