Thought for the week
Thought For The Week 19 July 2020
It’s a good feeling to be able to get back into our usual routine of worship after such a disrupted year. Our goal this year in our mission plan has been “Making Space” for new things to emerge. Well, we’ve certainly been making space! There are also signs that delicate new things may be emerging in […]
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Thought For The Week 12 July 2020
Welcome to our 7th consecutive combined service. Remember, next Sunday we will be meeting at our usual times of 9:30am (Trinity) and 10:30am (St Stephen’s). This morning Lois Shipley will be preaching the sermon. The parable of the Sower from Matthew 13 reminds us that every living thing comes from seed. And every living thing […]
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Thought For The Week 5 July 2020
Kia ora whanau, I don’t know about you, but I am looking forward to having a well-earned rest over the school holidays. Looking back over the changes we’ve experienced over the last few months it is hard to see where we had the chance to breathe in between! I’d like to thank you once more […]
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Thought For The Week 28 June 2020
Have you ever experienced the welcome of a stranger? We routinely experience welcome in our lives; when we enter a shop, restaurant, club and so on. Most churches (ours included) pride themselves on being friendly and welcoming to strangers and even have people assigned the task of ensuring people feel welcome. You may well have […]
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Thought For The Week 21 June 2020
This week I had the privilege of leading the service of worship celebrating the life of June Mitchell. My thoughts and prayers are very much with Berry and the rest of the family as they grieve her passing. June was a friend. A woman whom I admired and enjoyed being around. I will miss her, as […]
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Thought For The Week 14 June 2020
Welcome to our service today, we’re so glad you have come. It feels good to be re-establishing a pattern of gathering together- something I really missed during our autumn hibernation. We are slowly getting back to normal although we will be having combined services for a while; At St Stephen’s through June and the first […]
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Thought 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 […]
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Thought 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 […]
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Thought 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 […]
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Thought 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 […]
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