Thought for the week
Thought For The Week 11 April 2021
We welcome to our pulpit today Carolyn Cooper, who is the CEO of Presbyterian Support South Canterbury who will be raising our awareness of the work they are doing in our community. As a leader in the church, I regularly hear comments about what the church should be doing. For example; what is the church […]
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Thought for the Week – 4 April 2021
MODERATOR’S EASTER MESSAGE: Light will triumph…it is the nature of God Easter marks the resurrection of Jesus three days after his death by crucifixion. In New Zealand, we focus on the Easter Weekend (Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday) with Monday being a public holiday. In another perspective, we focus on the Easter Season. […]
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Thought For The Week 28 March 2021
Welcome to our Palm Sunday services today. Putting together a worship service for Palm Sunday is a little challenging; there is a sense of joyful exuberance about it. Crowds shouting ‘hosanna’ and laying down branches and clothing in acknowledgement of Jesus’ kingship- a son of David come to claim his throne. Yet, with the benefit […]
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Thought For The Week 21 March 2021
After a long wait, the planned kitchen upgrade at the Trinity Community Centre is underway! It is exciting to think that we will soon have brand-new, purpose built kitchen facilities to support our worshipping life and our community facing ministries. While this is new and exciting, it is also the culmination of years of foresight, […]
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Thought for The Week 14 March 2021
In Numbers 21:4-9 the story is told of Moses lifting the bronze snake on a pole so that whoever looks at it will be healed of the plague that was sweeping through the Israelites, caused by venomous snakes which we are told God sent in response to the people’s complaints and ingratitude. The cure came […]
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Thought For The Week 7 March 2021
Last weekend Andrea, the boys and I had a great time helping Brent & Catherine shifting house. It’s a big job, but as the saying goes, many hands make light work. It occurs to me that there are two things that make a day like last Saturday worthwhile: There is the satisfaction of the work itself […]
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Thought For The Week 28 February 2021
Welcome to our service of worship today. I’m so glad you have taken the time to join with God’s people to participate in the worship that is ever going on in heaven. Last Sunday Rory made the comment in his sermon that Lent involves stripping away the things that are un-necessary in our lives so […]
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Thought For The Week 21 February 2021
Tomorrow will mark 10 years since the tragic events of February 22nd, 2011. Just when we thought things were starting to go back to normal after the September earthquakes, everything was turned upside down all over again. I visited Christchurch as part of the support and relief effort 6 weeks after. What I saw in that week […]
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Thought For The Week 14 February 2021
Welcome to our services of worship today, which happens to be Transfiguration Sunday, where Jesus is affirmed on the mountain as God’s Son and is given status above Moses (representing the law) and Elijah (representing the prophets). This is why Jesus is given the ultimate authority, he being the ‘image of God’ (2 Cor 4:4). […]
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Thought For The Week 7 February 2021
Royal Commission of Inquiry into historical abuse. The government is currently conducting a Royal Commission of Inquiry into historical abuse in government institutions and faith-based care. The scope of this inquiry is very broad and it includes all allegations and complaints that have been made to churches about abuse that might have taken place in situations where […]
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