The Combined Anglican and Presbyterian     Churches of Akaroa & Banks Peninsula    

Sunday 24th December – 9.30 am – Trinity – Advent Carol Service                                                         

 5.00 pm – Little Akaloa

7.00 pm – Le Bons

11 pm Midnight Service – St Peter’s

 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 COLLECT

Lord God of the universe, your prophets of old

foretold that you would one day

send your Messiah into the world.

You fulfilled this promise in Jesus Christ.

Prepare us this Christmas, to greet him

as Emmanuel, God with us, with joyful hearts;

who is one with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

now and forever.          Amen

MIKE’S MESSAGE

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

While the festival of Christmas is celebrated yearly, the truth of Jesus’ birth is something that is real every … Read More »

The Combined Anglican and Presbyterian Churches of Akaroa & Banks Peninsul 

     Sunday 17th December – 9.30 am – St Peter’s 3rd Sunday in Advent

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, you show us the joy of life,

We rejoice in this season of Advent.

In watching and waiting prepare us

to receive the gift of your Son,

who is one with you and the Holy Spirit,

now and forever. Amen

MIKE’S MESSAGE

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

John the Baptist was a herald of God’s anointed One. When people asked him ‘Who are you?’ He answered first by saying who he was not: “I am not the Messiah.” Then he answered positively, as to his understanding of his vocation, “I am the voice of one crying in the … Read More »

The Combined Anglican and Presbyterian     Churches of Akaroa & Banks Peninsula

     Sunday 10th December – 9.30 am – Trinity

                                                     11.30 am – Duvauchelle

                                                                                    2nd Sunday in  Advent

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 COLLECT 

God for whom we wait and watch,

you sent John the Baptist

to prepare for the coming of your Son;

give us courage to speak the truth

even to … Read More »

The Combined Anglican and Presbyterian Churches of Akaroa & Banks Peninsula 

                  Sunday 3rd December – 9.30 am – St Peter’s

                Advent Sunday

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 Hope, when Christ your Son appears may he not find us asleep or idle, but active in his service and ready. This we ask through Christ our Saviour.  Amen

MIKE’S MESSAGE

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

Today is Advent Sunday, and in today’s gospel reading Jesus urges us to be watchful as we wait for the Second Coming of Christ. Jesus uses the image of a householder being away, and leaving his servants in-charge of the running of the house. … Read More »