Author Archive: Rose Hill

Payer Meetings in August

Worship Duty Roster 23 August 2026

Wai-iti Rd     Worship site Elder on Duty:  Grant Holland Prayer for Others:  Bernadette Knewstubb Bible Readings:  No readings today Flowers:  Val Hargraves Welcomers:  Neville & Robyn Rawstorn Computer:  Yvonne Gray Sound/Cameras:  Warren McRobie Morning Tea:  Elaine Goodfellow & Dianne McKay Communion Set-up:  Jim Pearce

Thought for the Week 16 August 2026

Welcome to our service today where we continue with our series  looking at sport; today we dive into the dark side! We’ve established that sport brings many benefits to our lives- health and wellbeing, entertainment, character formation and so on. But like all human     endeavours, sport is tainted by what the bible calls ‘sin’, which […]

Weekly Notices 16 August 2026

Upcoming Services: 23 August – 10am Worship & Communion @ St Stephens 30 August – 10am Worship @ St Stephens Weekly prayer meetings for about 30 mins: Tuesday 18 August, 9am – Room 2, Trinity Community Centre Thursday 20 August, 3pm – Room 2, Trinity Community Centre Sundays 9am – The Chapel, St Stephens Wayfinder […]

Presbyterian Link August-September 2026

Please click on the Link below to open the August-September Link: Link 2026 8 Col (1) min (1)  

Worship Duty Roster 16 August 2026

Wai-iti Rd     Worship site  Elder on Duty:  Gloria Turner Prayer for Others:  Nicola Williams Bible Readings:  No readings today Flowers:  Joy Elliott Welcomers:  Christine & Murray Facer Computer:  Neville Walker Sound/Cameras:  Grant Holland Morning Tea:  Janie Hart & Evi Frank Communion Set-up:  N/A  

Thought for the Week 9 August 2026

At this month’s parish council meeting we celebrated Murray Facer’s long tenure on the council coming to an end.  Murray shouted us tea (pizza) and Judith made her family’s famous cream horns. Murray joined St Stephens in 1980 when he and Christine came to Timaru and were looking for a church for their young family. […]

Weekly Notices 9 August 2026

Upcoming Services: 16 August 9am Journey 21 @ C-Bay carpark 9am  Prayer Meeting @ The Chapel, St Stephens 10am Worship @ St Stephens.  BudgetPresentation to follow service.    There are a few copies of the DraftBudget on the table in the Foyer. Weekly prayer meetings for about 30 mins: Tuesday 18 August, 9am – Room 2, Trinity Community […]

Worship Duty Roster 9 August 2026

Wai-iti Rd     Worship site Elder on Duty:  Elaine Falconer Prayer for Others:  Juliet Crawford Bible Readings:  No readings today Flowers:  Val Hargraves Welcomers:  Dianne McKay & Helen Hayes Computer:  Warren McRobie Sound/Cameras:  Neville Walker Morning Tea:  Lyn Kirkland & Judith Begg

Thought for the Week 2 August 2026

Welcome to our service this week as we kick off our month-long series reflecting on the role of sport in our culture. Last weekend Catherine and I attended the Alpine Presbytery retreat in Hanmer Springs which was led by Sage Harris from Whakatu/Nelson. One of the topics he spoke about was the need for the […]