Thought for the week
Thought For The Week 18 February 2018
Welcome to our combined service today at Trinity and a special welcome to Rev Shona Bettany from Knox Waimate who will be leading the worship. Rory and I are at Pleasant Point today for the commissioning of their new ministry student intern, Donald Gordon. Rory is the interim moderator for this parish and I’m the […]
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Thought For The Week 4, February 2018
Thought for the week— Waitangi Day 2018 Ko taku reo taku ohooho, ko taku reo taku mapihi mauria My language is my awakening, my language is the window to my soul The whole point of the Treaty, as I see it, was to form a partnership between two peoples – a partnership which valued the […]
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Thought For The Week 28 January 2018
A few weeks ago our son Oliver turned twelve years old. The night before his birthday Andrea and I were looking back over photos from the last year. I suppose that I already knew, on some level, that 2017 had been a busy year. Looking at the photos of all the comings and goings in […]
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Thought For The Week 10, December 2017
Welcome to our services today as we commence the second week in Advent which focuses on peace. On Thursday the breaking news story was Donald Trump’s announcement to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The reasoning is to recognize that Israel has always considered Jerusalem its capital city and it […]
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Thought For The Week 3, December 2017
Last Sunday was a wonderful day in the life of the parish. We came together in worship to celebrate our Stir-Up Sunday to make our hearts and minds ready for this Christmas season, we celebrated the ordination of Steph Holland as an Elder among us, and we had a resoundingly successful vote at our […]
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Thought For The Week November 26
Welcome to our special combined service this morning. We will be ordaining Steph Holland to the office of Elder. Elders are ordained, not appointed, in recognition of the special call and gifts of God on a person’s life to be responsible for spiritual oversight and pastoral care of the local church. When the Apostle Paul […]
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Thought For The Week 12 November
Welcome to our services of worship today. I trust you will be encouraged, inspired and perhaps challenged as we explore our Matthew reading on the parable of the wise and foolish virgins. The liturgical season preceding Christmas has its focus on the return of Christ which is reflected in the readings for the next 3 […]
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Thought For The Week 29 October
Green shoots….. As we near the end of spring we celebrate God’s creation once again in the beauty of the green shoots popping through the ground, on the trees and shrubs, along with the budding roses and so many beautiful flowers we see everywhere. Just as we glory in the springtime, we can look forward […]
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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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