THE COMBINED CHURCH OF AKAROA AND THE BAYS

 Sunday 10 November 2019

9.30am Trinity

11.30am Duvauchelle

Welcome to our services today.

Please join us for morning tea after the service.

Visitors and newcomers are especially welcome.

Today’s Prayer

God of new beginnings,

you hold life and death in your hands;

may our hope in your power and love

strengthen us to live creatively,

not fearing the future,

but knowing that in the end all shall be well;

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen

 Mike’s Message

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

There are many today who do not believe in resurrection. Neither did the Sadducees who in today’s reading from Luke question Jesus upon the law of Moses (Luke 20: 27-38). The Sadducees were from priestly families and were mainly interested in maintaining proper religious conduct centred around the Temple. Resurrection had little interest to them. A question in a form of a story is posed to Jesus. … Read More »

THE COMBINED CHURCH OF AKAROA AND THE BAYS

Sunday 3 November 2019

9.30am St Peter’s

11.30am Little Akaloa

Welcome to our services today.

Please join us for morning tea after the service.

Visitors and newcomers are especially welcome.

A Message from Bishop Peter to be published in Parish Newsletters for the next three weeks.

You will be aware that the Royal Commission on Abuse in Care (www.abuseincare.org.nz) is up and running (its first hearings were, 29 October 2019.) The purpose of the Commission, as found on its website is this: “The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care is looking into what happened to children, young people and vulnerable adults in care between 1950 and 1999.” The focus of the Commission is on ‘Abuse in Care’ with reference to:

state-run institutions
faith-based institutions.

The extent of (2) includes our care of children, young people and vulnerable adults in our churches, schools, orphanages, elder … Read More »

 THE COMBINED CHURCH OF AKAROA AND THE BAYS

 Sunday 27 October 2019

9.30am Trinity

Welcome to our service today.

Please join us for morning tea after the service.

Visitors and newcomers are especially welcome.

The Jesus Prayer

Lord, Jesus Christ,

Son of God,

Have mercy upon me,

A sinner.

 Mike’s Message

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

Following from last Sunday’s gospel, Jesus continues to teach about prayer (Luke 18: 9-14). He tells a parable about two people praying to God. One of them, pleased with his moral behaviour, gives thanks to God, assured of his own righteousness. Whereas the other is reticent before God and acknowledges his contribution to the pain and injustice his community, calling himself a ‘sinner.’ Jesus seems to be pointing out the importance of our attitude in prayer. Elsewhere Jesus says, “Do not judge others, so that you may not be judged. For with the judgement you make … Read More »

 THE COMBINED CHURCH OF AKAROA AND THE BAYS

 Sunday 6 October 2019

9.30am St Peter’s

11.30am Little Akaloa

4.00pm Messy Church Trinity

Welcome to our services today.

Please join us for morning tea after the service.

Visitors and newcomers are especially welcome.

Today’s Prayer

Lord God, king of the universe;

it is your strength, not the size of our faith

that supports us in all of life’s difficulties;

May we be content to simply serve,

and, when our labours are done,

all gather as equals around your table,

with Christ, in the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen

Mike’s Message

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

In today’s gospel we hear the disciples pleading with Jesus “Lord, increase our faith!” (Luke 17:5). They have just been told, if someone offends them (sins against them), and that person repents (turns back to them and is sorry) then they must forgive them. And, even if they keep offending us seven … Read More »

 THE COMBINED CHURCH OF AKAROA AND THE BAYS

 Sunday 29 September 2019

4.00pm Trinity

Welcome to our service today.

Please join us for a shared meal after the service.

Visitors and newcomers are especially welcome.

Today’s Prayer

God of resurrection,

Where there is death, you bring new life;

Challenge our attachment to wealth and power,

So that we may release others from the chains

of poverty, hunger and injustice,

and the whole earth live to praise your name;

through Jesus the Risen Christ. Amen

 Mike’s Message

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

Today we welcome Rev Hamish Galloway who will lead our 4pm service. Today is also the feast of St Michael and All Angels. Angels in the Bible are intermediaries between God and humanity – often with the task of bringing God’s word to people. Michael is considered in the Book of Daniel as the protector of Israel (God’s people), and in the Book of … Read More »

 THE COMBINED CHURCH OF AKAROA AND THE BAYS

 Sunday 22 September 2019

9.30am Trinity

Welcome to our service this morning.

Please join us for morning tea after the service.

Visitors and newcomers are especially welcome.

Today’s Prayer

Lord God, Sovereign of the Universe,

may we be faithful in things both small and great,

and serve the needy and the poor,

so that finally we can be entrusted with your true riches;

through Jesus Christ, the one who challenges and enables us to be faithful. Amen

 Mike’s Message

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

Jesus preached in parables, and the stories he used were often not obvious in their full meaning. Today’s gospel is such a case (Luke 16:1-13). He once said, “This is why I speak to people in parables, because seeing they do not perceive, and hearing they do not listen, nor do they understand” (Matthew 13:13). Like any work of literature or … Read More »

 THE COMBINED CHURCH OF AKAROA AND THE BAYS

 Sunday 8 September 2019

9.30am Trinity

Welcome to our service this morning.

Please join us for morning tea after the service.

Visitors and newcomers are especially welcome.

PRAYER:

Holy and eternal God, in you we live and move and have our being.  In all our cares and occupations, guide and govern us by your Spirit, that we may both remember and reveal your presence; through our Saviour Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Message:

Welcome to church this morning, especially if you are visiting!  We especially welcome Rev David Coster who will lead and speak at this morning’s service.

Today is my final Sunday here as interim priest.  It has been a wonderful privilege to live and minister among you during Mike’s absence.  I pray you have been greatly encouraged as we have delved into God’s Word, seen Jesus, and experienced the Holy Spirit working … 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 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 3rd June 2018 – 9.30 am – St Peter’s – Holy Communion

Queen’s Birthday Weekend

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

Eternal God, you have exalted your Son to be Lord of all; Send your Holy Spirit to strengthen us, so that we may labour for the coming of your kingdom on earth; For the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

MIKE’S MESSAGE

My brothers and sisters in Christ,

On April 21st this year, Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth celebrated her 92nd birthday.  Some of you may have already celebrated this in your own way. However, in New Zealand, her official birthday falls on the first Monday in June, which makes this weekend an … Read More »