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 14 October 2018

9.30am St Peter’s

11.30 Duvauchelle

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.

TODAY’S PRAYER

God of the possible, and the impossible;

when we come to you with questions

and struggle with your answers,

grant us faith in believing as we await

the treasure from heaven,

which is your promise;

through Jesus Christ our Redeemer.  Amen.

MIKE’S MESSAGE

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ

We often turn to the Bible for comfort. When we are distressed and hurt we seek words of compassion from God. Hebrews 4:12-16 says that God’s Word (Logos) is “living and active” and sharper than a scalpel. God’s word cuts to the truth of who we are – often bringing … 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 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 2 September 2018 – 9.30am St Peters

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 lounge after the service.

Message from the Bishop-Elect Rev’d Dr Peter Carrell

Dear Friends, I am delighted to be able to write to you in my capacity as Bishop-elect of the Diocese of Christchurch. Many people have been praying for the election and Teresa and I have received many messages of assurance of prayer from within the Diocese and beyond: we thank you all for your prayers and ask you to continue praying. A bishop’s role is always challenging but recipients of e-Life know that we face significant changes in the Diocese through the coming … Read More »

The Combined Church of Akaroa & The Bays

Sunday 1st July 2018 – 9.30 am – St Peter’s – Holy Communion              

St Peter’s Day                                     

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.

TODAY’S PRAYER

God of grace, your Church is built on Peter’s faith,

grant that we like him forgiven and restored,

may overcome our weaknesses and serve you without wavering

now and forever. This we pray through Jesus Christ our Redeemer. Amen.

MIKE’S MESSAGE

There is a tradition, that goes back to the early church, of dedicating churches to the care and patronage of a saint. Today is the patronal festival of Saint Peter – one of the first disciples, a … Read More »

The Combined Church of Akaroa & The Bays

Sunday 24th June 2018 – 10.30 am – Trinity – Morning Worship    

followed by our mid-winter combined lunch.                                       

A warm welcome to parishioners and visitors alike.  Please join us for our mid-winter lunch in Trinity Hall following our service this morning.

PRAYER

God who speaks in silence; help us to wait in quiet patience.

When you seem absent, grant us the faith to know you are there,

and you wish to bring all you have started in us to fulfilment;

through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

MIKE’S MESSAGE

My brothers and sisters in Christ,

A warm welcome to you all on this weekend closest to the shortest day. Despite the wet and overcast weather, winter is an opportunity for socialising and … Read More »

 The Combined Anglican and Presbyterian Church of Akaroa and the Banks Peninsula

Sunday 17th June 2018 – 9.30 am – St Peter’s – Holy Communion                               

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.

PRAYER

Creator God, you created the world and all that is in it, you planted us as seeds into that world; May we flourish and grow, and in turn sow seeds of love and compassion, justice and truth, hope and faith; through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen

MIKE’S MESSAGE

My brothers and sisters in Christ,

This week is VOLUNTEER WEEK, during which New Zealanders are encouraged to celebrate the contribution of volunteers in all regions of life. It is claimed that … Read More »

The Combined Anglican and Presbyterian Churches of Akaroa & Banks Peninsula

           Sunday 13th May 2018 – 9.30 am – Trinity – Mothering Sunday

                                                          11.30 am – Duvauchelle

A warm welcome to parishioners and visitors alike.  Please join us for morning tea and fellowship in Trinity Hall, following our Mothers’ Day service this morning.

THE COLLECT 

Ever-loving God, your care for us is greater, even than a mother’s love for her child; teach us to value a mother’s love and see in it as an expression of your grace, that we may ever feel more deeply your love for us in Christ Jesus our Saviour. Amen

MIKE’S MESSAGE

My brothers and sisters in Christ,

Mary the mother of Jesus is considered by many Christians to be the ‘Mother of the Church’. By her full and free acceptance of God’s gift of maternity, and her special … Read More »

The Combined Anglican and Presbyterian Churches of Akaroa & Banks Peninsula

           Sunday 6th May 2018 – 9.30 am – St Peters – Holy Communion

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 

Oh, God, you have prepared for those who love you such good things as surpass our understanding:  Pour into our hearts such love towards you that we, loving you in all things and above all things, may obtain your promises, which exceed all that we can desire, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.

MIKE’S MESSAGE

My brothers and sisters in Christ,

As a church we are still reflecting upon what it means to be living in the light of Jesus’ resurrection. The ripples are still washing over us two thousand years later. In our … Read More »