THE COMBINED CHURCH OF AKAROA AND THE BAYS

Sunday 25 November 2018

9.30am Trinity, All Age Service

11.30am Pigeon Bay

Welcome to our service this morning, particularly if you are visiting Banks Peninsula. Please join us for morning tea in the hall after the service. Visitors and newcomers are especially welcome.

Today’s Prayer

Majestic God, ruler of all creation,

Your kingdom is not of this world.

Christ revealed a new truth.

Raise up truth in our lives, that as servants of your kingdom

we may see your glory, sing your praises, and live a new way of life.

In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen

Mike’s Message

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ

Bob Dylan came out with a song which said, “You’re gonna have to serve somebody. It may be the devil, or it may be the Lord, but you’re gonna have to serve somebody.” Jesus put it this way, “You cannot serve two … Read More »

THE COMBINED CHURCH OF AKAROA AND THE BAYS
Sunday 4 November 2018
9.30am St Peter’s, Akaroa
11.30am St Luke’s, little Akaloa
Welcome to our services this morning, particularly if you are visiting Banks Peninsula. Please join us for morning tea in the lounge after the service. Visitors and newcomers are especially welcome.
Today’s Prayer
Almighty God, we are your saints, each of us is a unique part of the church. Today we give you thanks for all your saints – holy and ordinary, living and past who together make up the mystical body of Christ.
Give us grace to grow in virtue and to seek you daily;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
Mike’s Message
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ
Today is All Saints Sunday, when we remember and give thanks for all the saints of the church. It easy only to think of the saints as those whom the … 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 26 August 2018 – 9.30am Trinity

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.

Message from the Diocesan Manager

Dear Friends, It has been a momentous week for the Christchurch Diocese. The Electoral College went very well. Archbishop Sir David Moxon, who was the President of the College, and Bishop Ellie Sanderson, chaplain to the College, presided at the opening Eucharist attended by 192 members of the Electoral College. Proposers, seconders, and supporters spoke in favour of their own respective candidates during the conference on Saturday and all discussion was respectful and encouraging. I was impressed that a number of periods of silence and prayer were … Read More »

The Combined Anglican and Presbyterian Churches of Akaroa & Banks Peninsula

Sunday 18th March 2018 – 11 am – Garden Service

Rodney & Alethea Laredo’s home – 85 Grehan Valley Road

Welcome to our “service with a difference” this morning. It is great to have you with us, and we hope you enjoy being part of our Banks Peninsula Church family

THE COLLECTGod of Light and Love, you come into the world not to condemn but to redeem; enter our lives again, with your love, bringing new life, eternal and abundant, so we your servants may show light and love to others. Through Jesus Christ Our Redeemer.  Amen

WHY DID JESUS DIE?

Tuesday morning’s home group had another stimulating discussion this week. Here is a controversial but thought-provoking quote from the sermon by Rev Richard Bonifant which we studied.

“The notion of peace is incredibly threatening to … Read More »

The Combined Anglican and Presbyterian Churches of Akaroa & Banks Peninsula

Sunday 25th February 2018 – 9.30 am – Trinity – Morning Worship

                                                           11.30 am – Pigeon Bay

A warm welcome to parishioners and visitors alike.  Please join us for morning tea and fellowship in Trinity Hall following our service this morning. The Parish Council meeting will follow morning tea.

Please hand in your questionnaires today.

THE COLLECT 

Servant God, grant us opportunity, give us willingness

to serve you day by day; that what we do

and how we bear each other’s burdens,

may be our sacrifice to you;

through Jesus Christ our Redeemer.

Amen

MIKE’S MESSAGE

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

In today’s gospel, Jesus says “If any want to become my followers, they must deny themselves, take up their cross and follow me.” Prior to this he has explained that he must suffer, be rejected and killed, … 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 1st January 2017

9.30am                        St Peter’s – Holy Communion

11.30am          Little Akaloa

 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.

 MIKE’S MESSAGE

 Dear brothers & sisters in Christ,

It was lovely to join with you in the worship of our Lord Jesus this Christmas. I thank everyone who contributed to our Christmas services from the Children’s service on Christmas Eve to the services in Akaroa and the Bays. I have heard wonderful reports about the services in the Bays – well done!

Today we remember the naming of Jesus that occurred at his circumcision after eight days from his birth. The name Jesus was given by the angel Gabriel, and is derived from the Hebrew for ‘Joshua’, and … Read More »

The Combined Anglican and Presbyterian Churches of Akaroa & Banks Peninsula

Sunday 18th December 2016

9.30am                 St Peters – Holy Communion and Baptism

7pm                       Akaroa Community Carols

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.

MIKE’S MESSAGE

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

The gospel today makes me worked up. What a vulnerable situation for Jesus to be conceived and born into. It was within Joseph’s rights to have Mary his betrothed publicly humiliated, if not possibly stoned, once he found out that she was pregnant to someone else. It says something of Joseph’s character that he was willing to release her from their commitment to marriage without making a scene. Perhaps in his mind it was giving Mary a chance to marry someone else whom she truly loved. Nevertheless … Read More »

The Combined Anglican and Presbyterian Churches of Akaroa & Banks Peninsula

Sunday 11th December 2016

            Services today: 9.30 am      Trinity – 9 Lessons and Carols

          11.30am       Duvauchelle 

A warm welcome to parishioners and visitors alike.

Please join us for refreshments and fellowship in Trinity Hall following our service this morning.

MIKE’S MESSAGE

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

In today’s gospel Jesus says “Blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me” (Matt 11: 6). For Matthew ‘blessing’ is a central theme to the good news of who Jesus is. It relates to the power of faith to bring about fullness of life and positive transformation of this world. Jesus often pronounces the words ‘blessed’ – as in the Beatitudes (Matt 5: 1-11). He uses it to give people assurance of happiness and satisfaction through God’s grace and mercy.

Jesus says that the opposite of … Read More »