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Thought For The Week 15 October
I have been asked to prepare a piece for the Illustrated Gospel Project looking at the story of Jesus and the Syrophoenician woman in Mark 7. It’s an unusual story. A woman finds out where Jesus is staying and comes begging Jesus for help. His first move is to turn her away with an insult: […]
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Thought For The Week 8 October
Welcome to our combined service today. Over the weekend around 80 people from all over the Alpine Presbytery (which stretches from the Waitaki River to the top of the South Island and the West Coast) gathered in Timaru to share stories, worship together, conduct business, be inspired and encourage one another in the call God […]
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Thought For The Week 1st October
Politics can be brutal! The largest party by a country mile doesn’t have the numbers to govern alone. Parties that once had a place in parliament have been pushed aside. Things said and done on the campaign trail will linger like fog around the negotiating tables. An impatient media want to know who is forming […]
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Thought For The Week 24 September
Phew! The election is over – time for the negotiations to begin to form a government. (Note: I’m writing this on Thursday prior to the election so am assuming no clear winner which is so often the case). It’s certainly been an enlivened election campaign. Last Saturday we held our annual spring plant sale at […]
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Thought For The Week September 17
Once again it is election season. Once again we have parties and candidates selling us their vision of a better New Zealand and a better world. Each one will assure you that they have the only right and true answer to our woes. Each one will assure you that the other lot are misguided and […]
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The LINK September – October 2017
Editorial Welcome to this edition of the Link; I hope you enjoy reading about the latest happenings in our parish life. Spring is in the air and for gardeners things start to get busy with planting and preparing for summer crops and ornamentals. Need something new in your garden? We can help! On Saturday the […]
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Thought For The Week September 10
Welcome to our worship services today. If you are like me you will be feeling a lift in your spirit as we move out of winter into spring. It’s lovely to have more light, colour, fragrance and warmth around us. Next Sunday at Trinity will be the annual spring flower displays which will fill the […]
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Worship Duty Roster 29 October
Combined Worship Duty Roster — 29 October 2017 Wai—iti Road Worship site Elder on Duty: Estelle Cormack Sound: Computer: Readings Estelle Cormack Prayer for Others: Ken Falconer Cleaning: Murray & Christine Facer Flowers: Kit Henshaw Door Duty: Christine & Murray Facer & Ken Linscott Morning Tea: Rose Hill & Sharon Gutsell
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Thought For The Week 3, September
One of the things that never ceases to amaze me is the love and care that so many people put into our church. Whether we’re like Mary, sitting at the feet of Jesus, or like Martha, hard at work in the kitchen, our efforts contribute so much to the life of the church, and to […]
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Thought For The Week 27 August
Whatever your political persuasion is there can be little doubt that this election season suddenly became very interesting with the resignation of various leaders. National looked like they were sleep walking into this election but have been jolted awake by the “Jacinda effect”; the Greens mis-calculated the effect their co-leader’s discloser of benefit and election […]
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