THE COMBINED CHURCH OF AKAROA AND THE BAYS

Sunday 14 October 2018

9.30am St Peter’s

11.30 Duvauchelle

We welcome you all, parishioners and visitors, to our services this morning. We are really pleased to have you with us and hope that you will join us for morning tea in the lounge after the service.

TODAY’S PRAYER

God of the possible, and the impossible;

when we come to you with questions

and struggle with your answers,

grant us faith in believing as we await

the treasure from heaven,

which is your promise;

through Jesus Christ our Redeemer.  Amen.

MIKE’S MESSAGE

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ

We often turn to the Bible for comfort. When we are distressed and hurt we seek words of compassion from God. Hebrews 4:12-16 says that God’s Word (Logos) is “living and active” and sharper than a scalpel. God’s word cuts to the truth of who we are – often bringing … Read More »

THE COMBINED CHURCH OF AKAROA AND THE BAYS

Sunday 7 October 2018

9.30am St Peter’s

11.30 Little Akaloa

 We welcome you all, parishioners and visitors, to our services this morning. We are really pleased to have you with us and hope that you will join us for morning tea in the lounge after the service.

Welcome

While Mike Baker is at a Franciscan retreat, we welcome Rev Glenda Hicks back to Akaroa and thank her for taking our services today.

CHURCH FAIR – TWO WEEKS TO GO!

Trinity is filling up fast with items for the fair. Contributions of special food, wine and toiletry items for the baskets to be raffled would be welcomed and can be left in the kitchen at St Peter’s. If you would like to drop anything off, please phone Rachel (304 8920), as both Trinity and St Peter’s lounge are being kept locked. … Read More »

THE COMBINED CHURCH OF AKAROA AND THE BAYS

Sunday 9 September 2018

9.30am Trinity 11.30am Duvauchelle

We welcome you all, parishioners and visitors, to our service this morning. We are really pleased to have you with us, and hope that you will join us for morning tea in the hall after the service.

TODAY’S PRAYER

Healing God, you speak into the hurting and wounded places;

empower us to speak your vision of wholeness,

and turn us to action in the face of injustice,

that empowered by the Spirit we may be agents of your healing love;

through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

MIKE’S MESSAGE

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ

Our first reading today is from the Book of Proverbs chapter 22. Proverbs was something of a manual for living a godly and upright life. Modern scholarship has found similarities to what we hear today with a three-thousand-year-old Egyptian text called Instruction … Read More »

The Combined Anglican and Presbyterian Churches of Akaroa & Banks Peninsula

                  Sunday 26th November – 10.30 am – Trinity

The Reopening of Trinity Church

  A warm welcome to parishioners and visitors alike. Please join us for a shared lunch and fellowship in Trinity Hall following our special service this morning.

THE COLLECT 

Great is your faithfulness, O God our Father, and great is our joy as we reopen this church after its rebuild. We thank you for its witness over many years, and we rededicate ourselves as your living church for the spread of the Gospel and the witness of your love in Akaroa and Banks Peninsula. Lead us forward in the power of your Spirit and in the name of your Son, Jesus Christ.  Amen

MIKES MESSAGE

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

Following an excellent fair last weekend, we had … Read More »

It’s Fair Time 12 November 2017

Don’t you love a good fair?

The word ‘Fair’ is derived from the Latin ‘Feria’ meaning feast or holiday. The ironic thing is that once the church got hold of the word ‘feria’ they gradually changed its meaning from feast and holiday to any ordinary day of the week, a day when there was no celebration or a saint’s day.

But in Europe and Britain, fairs and fetes continued to be celebrated as holidays during the year, when a village came together with market stalls, entertainment, sports, and drinking and cavorting. (We mustn’t forget the drinking and cavorting – for ordinary people needed a break from the drudgery and dangers of life!)

Fairs were usually held on a holiday and a saint’s day associated with that particular region or church. Now some of these celebrations were called ‘Fetes’ … Read More »

The Combined Anglican and Presbyterian Churches of Akaroa & Banks Peninsula

Sunday 12th November – 9.30 am – St Peter’s

11.30 am – Duvauchelle

A warm welcome to parishioners and visitors alike. Please join us for morning tea and fellowship in St Peter’s lounge following our service this morning.

THE COLLECT

Grant to us, O Lord, the grace of inward happiness and the serenity which comes from living close to you.  Daily renew in us the sense of joy and let your Holy Spirit dwell in us, filling every corner of our hearts with light and grace, so that we face life with the infection of good courage and meet all ills and accidents with an inner peace, giving thanks to you always for all things, through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Ame

MIKE’S MESSAGE

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

Only six more days before our … Read More »

The Combined Anglican and Presbyterian Churches of Akaroa & Banks Peninsula

All Saints’ Day Sunday 5th November – 9.30 am – St Peter’s – Holy Communion                    

                                                                             11.30 am – Little Akaloa 

A warm welcome to parishioners and visitors alike. Please join us for morning tea and fellowship in St Peter’s lounge following our

All Saints’ Day service this morning.

THE COLLECT 

Almighty God, your saints are one with you in the mystical body of Christ; give us grace to follow them in all virtue and holiness until we come to those inexpressible joys which you have prepared for those who truly love you.  We ask this … Read More »

The Combined Anglican and Presbyterian Churches of Akaroa & Banks Peninsula

Sunday 15th October – St Peter’s– 9.30 am
Guest Preacher – Rev. Kirstie MacDonald

A warm welcome to parishioners and visitors alike. Please join us for morning tea and fellowship in St Peter’s lounge following our service this morning.

THE COLLECT
Kind and generous God, you prepare a feast for all people. May we prepare for your banquet by putting on the garment of love that springs from a pure heart, a clear conscience and a genuine faith. Help us to bring the lost and lonely, the poor and those in need, to your feast where all are fed. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

COMING UP THIS WEEK
Monday 16th October
10.00 am Mainly Music – Trinity Hall

Wednesday 18th October
10.30 am Prayer Group – St Peter’s lounge
11.00 am Holy Communion – St Peter’s … Read More »

Un accueil chaleureux aux paroissiens et aux visiteurs. Joignez-vous à nous pour le thé du matin et une confrérie au salon de St Peter qui suit notre service ce matin.

Dimanche 8th Octobre – St Peter’s– 9.30 am
(A warm welcome to parishioners and visitors alike. Please join us for morning tea and fellowship in St Peter’s lounge following our service this morning.)
THE COLLECT
Loving God, yours is the vineyard and the harvest. Help us to recognise the one you send and to follow him. Make us willing workers in your vineyard, so that we may offer you an abundant harvest. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

…………the apostles come to Jesus and say, “Why do you speak in parables?” Matthew 13:1

COMING UP THIS WEEK
Monday 9th October
10 am Mainly Music takes a break for school holidays
Wednesday 11th October
10.30 am Prayer Group … Read More »

The Combined Anglican and Presbyterian Churches of Akaroa & Banks Peninsula

Sunday 20th November 2016

Welcome to parishioners and visitors alike.

Please join us for refreshments and fellowship in St Peter’s lounge following our 9.30 am service this morning.

OTHER SERVICES TODAY

Our 11.30am service at Wainui is to be followed by a community lunch.  Please bring a plate for the shared lunch.

At 5pm the choir from St Peter’s in Upper Riccarton will be singing

during Evensong at St Peter’s Akaroa.

Please bring a plate of suitable finger food for

a shared supper after the service.

MIKE’S MESSAGE

Dear friends in Christ,

Once again I wish to thank you for all the effort and good-will that went into this year’s fair. We have made so far about $7900 and money has still been coming in. (If anyone knows who bought some glasses but never collected them, please tell … Read More »