Category: Christchurch Cathedral
Parish newsletter 20 August 2017
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 »
Parish Newsleter 6 August 2017
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 »