Weekly Notices 2 August 2026

Upcoming Services:

9 August

10am Worship @ St Stephens & Bucket Mission

16 August

9am Journey 21 @ C-Bay carpark

10am Worship @ St Stephens.  Budget Presentation to follow service.  There are a few copies of the Draft Budget on the table in the Foyer.

Link Deadline:  Please send copy for the August/September Link to:  link@timarupres.org.nz or drop into the Church Office by Friday 7 August.

Keep the date:  Wayfinder Commissioning Service 30 August 2:30pm, Enliven Centre, Botanic Gardens.  A special combined service to commission Steve McCoy into this new and exciting role.

Weekly prayer meetings for about 45 mins:

Tuesday 4 August, 9am – Trinity Community Centre

Thursday 6 August, 2pm – St Stephens lounge

New World’s latest promotion has started:–  kitchen knives this time.  Family Works tell me they will be very pleased to receive any of these for their clients.  So please leave any unwanted stickers in the box in the  foyer.

Plant & Baking Sale Sat 19 Sept at St Stephens:  Take home a bag of compost & topsoil, to plant a plant in it and bring back for the Plant Sale or take home some pots from the Foyer at St Stephens, and return with plants in them for the sale.

Quote for this week:

• ‘Plant with purpose. Grow with patience.’

Alongside our Annual Plant sale, we also have an amazing Baking/preserves table supplied with delicious goodies provided by you talented cooks.  Just an encouraging word to again start looking through your recipe books for your favourite treat to tempt us all.  We are also accepting of donations towards purchase of ingredients, or supplying of ingredients for cooks to use.  Feel free to leave ingredients in Church foyer or monies with Rose in Church office, or chat directly to myself if you have any questions.  Looking forward to your support.  Your contributions are always well received by our shopping patrons.  Thank you, Sandra ph:  027 688 3619

Resourcing for Others:  Thank you for participating in our display of old and interesting bibles.  This resulted in a most fascinating display.  Bibles that haven’t been collected are in the chapel at St Stephen’s.

August Bucket Mission Collection will take place at St Stephen’s on Sunday 9 August – Recipient – Christian World Service’s‘ Urgent Venezuela Earthquake Appeal.’

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 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

Boys & Girls Brigade:  Kindling available all year round, for sale $10 a sack.  See sacks in the St Stephens Foyer.  Contact:  Fiona 688 0375 or see me at church.

Correspondence or other parish business for the Parish Clerk:  Please send to the Parish Clerk’s email address:  parishclerk@timarupres.org.nz  rather than her private email address.

Church Lunch:  Sunday 16 August at 12.30pm at Armadillos (Richard Pearse).  A clipboard will be handed around during the service this morning.  Please add your name to it, if you would like to attend.  Organiser – Neville W.

Need personal prayer?  TPP Prayer Chain Branch contact: Rosalie 684 5878.  All requests confidential.

Live Streaming:  10.00am service each week

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, including changes to phone number.