Thought for the week
Thought For The Week 11 May 2025
Welcome to our service today. I have just returned from a busy 3 days in Christchurch and Rangiora attending the Alpine Presbytery gathering and a special dialogue meeting hosted by current Moderator Rose Luxford and previous Moderator Hamish Galloway, looking into the divisive issue of sexuality, biblical morality and leadership. This issue has dogged our […]
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Thought For The Week 4 May 2025
Last Sunday I had the joy of preaching at St Albans, Pleasant Point. This is an Anglican church which hosts our Presbyterian brothers and sisters who have worshiped there since the closure of the Pleasant Point/Albury parish around 2 years ago. Our parish has been given the responsibility of pastoral oversight to this group, and […]
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Thought For The Week 27 April 2025
Welcome to our communion service today. I am preaching at Pleasant Point, and you will be blessed to hear from Jason Shaw, from St Andrews in Geraldine. Jason is a locally ordained minister there assisting Alistair McNaughton in that busy and thriving parish. I was heartened by last week’s Easter services. Once again, the TCMA […]
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Thought For The Week 20 April 2025
Tēnā koutou katoa Throughout my ministry I have either participated in, or led, an Easter sunrise service, firstly at Mt Albert in Auckland, and more latterly at the Lookout in Oamaru. It is very uplifting to stand in the quiet darkness and then see the sun come up over the city/town and hear the words […]
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Thought For The Week 13 April 2025
I was faced with a choice this week over which readings to focus on; Palm Sunday or the liturgy of the Passion, which begins in the upper room and ends with Jesus’ burial. I’ve gone with the latter because although there are familiar words heard every time we have Communion, we often don’t get a […]
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Thought for the Week 6 April 2025
Last Sunday we held our belated AGM for the 2023/24 year which went very smoothly- thanks to those who attended. We made an important clarification to our nomination process for new parish council members and the agreed process will now be as follows: Suggestions are brought to Parish Council of prospective members of council to […]
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Thought For The Week 23 March 2025
I’m very pleased to welcome Steve McCoy once again to our pulpit to bring the sermon this week. Steve is a prayerful and thoughtful expositor of the scriptures, and it is a blessing to have him share in this way. Making space for people to exercise their gifts is one way we grow our church, […]
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Thought For The Week 16 March 2025
Boys and Girls Brigades are uniquely Christian youth organisations, and the Timaru Third company has had a long association with this parish. We are pleased to welcome both Girls and Boys to our special parade service this morning. The success and longevity of our brigades is due to the dedication of the team of leaders […]
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Thought For the Week 9 March 2025
Welcome to our service today being led by Lois Shipley as I take a weekend off after what has been a busy period of ministry. Part of this busyness has been doing quarterly home communion services for folk who are mostly residing in elder care facilities. One of these was someone who found themselves quite […]
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Thought For The Week 2 March 2025
Autumnal Letting-Go After a late burst of summer weather, we are beginning to feel the turn of the season. Mornings have begun to feel quite autumnal. I love that word! And I have to say that autumn is my favourite season. There is something about the softer days, the sense of gathering in, the changing […]
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