The Combined Anglican and Presbyterian Churches of Akaroa & Banks Peninsula 

Sunday 20th August 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

God of compassion, you love every person without exception. Turn our hearts so that we may love our neighbour. Remove from us everything we use to exclude our sisters and brothers. Guard the door of our lips so that what we say may be worthy of our calling as your people. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

MIKE’S MESSAGE

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

Bad religion perpetuates the belief that I’m OK, but You’re Not OK. Is that the message that people believe about us as Christians? We are saved, therefore we are OK, but everyone who … Read More »

The Combined Anglican and Presbyterian Churches of Akaroa & Banks Peninsula

Sunday 6th August St Peter’s  Transfiguration – 9.30am

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

God of glory, you gave the vision of your Son to those who watched on the mountain; grant that by our glimpses of him we may be changed into his glorious likeness; for he is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever. Amen

MIKE’S MESSAGE

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

What does the Transfiguration of Jesus mean to us today? I believe that the first disciples caught glimpses of God’s glory in the person of Jesus. Glory is an attribute of God. Glory both attracts us … Read More »

 The Combined Anglican and Presbyterian Churches of Akaroa & Banks Peninsula
Sunday 16th July 2017 – 9.30 am St Peter’s
A warm welcome to parishioners and visitors alike.
Please join us for refreshments and fellowship in St Peter’s lounge following our service this morning.

THE COLLECT
Farmer God. Good soil brings forth a hundredfold of grain.  May we be that soil; vibrant, deep and teeming with life.
This we ask in God’s name, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, who lives and reigns, one God, now and forever.  Amen

MIKE’S MESSAGE
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
I am very aware of many people within our community who are currently in need of our prayer. On Wednesday’s at 10.30 in St Peter’s lounge, I find myself dedicating all the half hour of prayer to praying for those who are sick, or facing various trials and difficulties. I really appreciate your … Read More »

 The Combined Anglican and Presbyterian     Churches of Akaroa & Banks Peninsula
Sunday 23rd July 2017 – 9.30 am St Peter’s
A warm welcome to parishioners and visitors alike. Please join us for refreshments and fellowship in St Peter’s lounge following our service this morning.THE COLLECT
God of all wisdom; yeast, mustard and weeds with such as these Christ taught your ways.  Grant us wisdom to teach with the common things of life than none may elude your call, who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one, God, now and forever, through Jesus Christ our Lord.   Amen

COMING UP THIS WEEK
Monday 24th July
10 am  Mainly Music – Trinity Hall
Wednesday 26th July
10.30 am Prayer Group – St Peter’s lounge
11 am  Holy Communion – St Peter’s lounge
Friday 28th July
11.30 am Community Lunch – Trinity Hall
Sunday 30th July
11.00 am     Okains
3.00 pm    Trinity Hall – Community Service – … Read More »

        The Combined Anglican and Presbyterian Churches of Akaroa & Banks Peninsula
 Sunday 2nd July 2017
A warm welcome to parishioners and visitors alike. Please join us for refreshments and fellowship in St Peter’s lounge following our St Peter’s Patronal Festival service this morning
9.30 am  St Peter’s
No Bays’ service this week

THE COLLECT
Gracious God, you inspired Simon Peter to confess Jesus as Messiah and
Son of the living God; keep your church firm on the rock of this faith,
that in unity and peace we may proclaim the truth of your gospel;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen

MIKE’S MESSAGE
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
Today we remember the faith of St Peter, who recognized God at work
and present in Jesus. He was one of the first disciples to realise that
Jesus was the true Messiah (meaning that he was God’s anointed
servant). As we celebrate … Read More »

 The Combined Anglican and Presbyterian Churches of Akaroa & Banks Peninsula
Sunday 9th July 2017
A warm welcome to parishioners and visitors alike. Please join us
for refreshments and fellowship in Trinity Hall following our service this morning
9.30 am  Trinity
11.30 am Duvauchelle

THE COLLECT
Unpretentious God, you call us as we are; and in our weakness you find
strength.  Help us so to delight in who we are, that we are set free to
dream of all that we could yet become; through the grace of our
Saviour, Jesus Christ.  Amen

MIKE’S MESSAGE
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
Our collect today (see above) asks God to help us to ‘delight in who we
are’, and to set us ‘free to dream of all that we could yet become.’ In
my sermon today I mention Erik Erikson’s theory of human
development. It proposes that there are 8 stages beginning in the first
months of life with … Read More »

The Combined Anglican and Presbyterian Churches of Akaroa & Banks Peninsula
 Sunday 25th June 2017

A warm welcome to parishioners and visitors alike. Please join us for our Combined Churches’ Midwinter Lunch in Trinity lounge following our service this morning
10.30 am  Trinity
No Bays’ service this week

THE COLLECT
Caring God, even a sparrow is protected by you.  Imprint upon our hearts, that because we belong to you, no one can pluck us from your hand; and because we fear you, we need fear no other.  All this we ask in Christ’s name and the power of the Holy Spirit, who with the Father and the Son, live and reign, one God, now and for ever. Amen

MIKE’S MESSAGE
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
Today’s readings raise for us not only the compassion of God but also the wildness of God. We do not follow a God … Read More »

The Combined Anglican and Presbyterian Churches of Akaroa & Banks Peninsula

 Sunday 18h June 2017

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

9.30 am   St Peter’s Outreach Service

11.30 am No Bays service this week

THE COLLECT

Teach us, O God, that as members of your Church we are all involved in its mission to share the good news of Jesus.

Show us what this means for each of us personally: by loving our neighbour, and bearing witness to the gospel where we live and work; and serving Christ here in our community, and in supporting its work by prayer and giving; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

MIKE’S MESSAGE

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

Today is Outreach Sunday. We are acknowledging in our service today what we do … Read More »

The Combined Anglican and Presbyterian Churches of Akaroa & Banks Peninsula

  Sunday 4th June 2017

A warm welcome to parishioners and visitors alike. 

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

9.30 am                St Peter’s – The Day of Pentecost

11.30 am               Little Akaloa

 THE COLLECT

Holy God, blowing through creation: No door can keep you out.  Unlock our hearts, breathe on us anew; that we may speak God’s words of life, through Jesus our Redeemer and in the power of the Holy Spirit who with the Father and the Son, live and reign, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

 MIKE’S MESSAGE

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ

Following last year’s Diocesan Synod, Bishop Victoria Matthews asked each parish to hold a discussion about same-sex relationships in preparation for voting this year on whether our church … Read More »

The Combined Anglican and Presbyterian Churches of Akaroa & Banks Peninsula

            Sunday 28th May 2017

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

9.30 am                Trinity

11.30 am               No bays service today

 The Collect

Holy Father,

you have not left us alone, but promised your abiding protection.

In all we face, grant us such a knowledge of your presence and abiding care, that nothing can destroy our trust in Jesus Christ and the strength of the Holy Spirit, for ever and ever. Amen.

MIKE’S MESSAGE

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ

Today is Ascension Sunday when we remember Jesus’ return to the heavenly realm. He leaves his disciples with the command to pray, as they wait for the gift of the Holy Spirit. Last year the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, initiated a … Read More »