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Weekly Notices 7 June 2020
Eatwell Fruit & Vege Co-op: Market-fresh fruit & vegetables. Packs $15 or $10. Text or phone 022 123 3663 or Facebook: facebook.com/eatwelltimaru & message to order, for a pack each Thursday for pick up on the following Tuesday. Thank you. Youth Group: Starts Sunday 7 June from 5.30-7.30pm at St Stephens. Games and a catch-up. […]
Continue ReadingThought For The Week 7 June 2020
Hi folks! It is wonderful to be back face-to-face, sharing fellowship and worshiping together. We have been through quite a journey, and there will be many of us feeling ready to go back to “normal” and many who are feeling a little nervous about what our “new normal” might look like. Over the next few […]
Continue ReadingThought For The Week 31 May 2020
This Sunday is Pentecost Sunday. We are emerging slowly out of lockdown. At Level four we basically had to stay at home, doing things around our house and garden. We had to find different ways to connect with our family and friends to retain the level of relationship that we had always had, but in […]
Continue ReadingThought For The Week 17 May 2020
Covid 19 Alert Level 2: Important information As our nation emerges from the constrictions of level 3 lockdown it is important to realise that we are not out of the woods entirely and there is still a risk that this corona virus can be spread around our community. But we are heading in the right […]
Continue ReadingConnections to Magazines
Please find below email connections to the magazines normally available on the Table at Trinity and St Stephen’s Churches. 24.06.2020 samaritanspurse.org.nz grapevine.org.nz tearfund.org.nz Our Daily Bread The June/July/Aug Booklet is now available from the Office which will re -open Tuesday 19th May if you would like one. The Word For Today The May/June/July is now […]
Continue ReadingLINK report from Parish Council
Parish Council report for the Link Judith Begg shared the devotion from Psalm 40: I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. We can take heart that God keeps his promises. Trust that God is with us and will guide us. Financial: The Timaru Presbyterian Parish has applied for […]
Continue ReadingThought ForThe Week 10 May 2020
As we get ready to move from Lockdown Level 3 to Level 2, we are aware that we are living in very unusual times. It has been disruptive and restrictive, and to a certain extent we will still not be able to go back to life as normal, whatever our new normal might be. I’d […]
Continue ReadingThought For The Week 3rd May 2020
Today I had a moment of excitement. The Courier community newspaper had arrived. I’m not an avid newspaper reader by I am in the habit of flicking through the Courier and I guess I have missed this over the past month or so. Having the Courier back seems like a step towards a return to […]
Continue ReadingModerators Appeal for Vanuatu
Greetings It is with great sadness that I write to you. Tropical Cyclone Harold has taken a great toll on the people of Vanuatu. Those on affected islands have lost homes, livelihoods and the means to sustain their families. Category Five Cyclone Harold hit Vanuatu’s northern islands on Monday, 6 April. The damage was severe, including on […]
Continue ReadingModerators ANZAC Day Message 25 April 2020
Greetings “Love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends.” (John 15:12-14) The words of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ ring and echo loudly in our situation today. In fact, as we all attest to this […]
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