THE COMBINED CHURCH OF AKAROA AND THE BAYS

Sunday 21 October 2018

10.30am St Luke’s Little Akaloa

4.00pm St Peter’s Evening Worship

 We welcome you all, parishioners and visitors, to our services today. We are really pleased to have you with us and hope that you will join us for morning tea after the service at St Luke’s and in the lounge after the evening service for shared refreshments.

Today’s Prayer

Almighty God,

you inspired Luke the physician to proclaim

the love and healing power of your Son;

give your Church grace through his teaching

to strengthen the afflicted, heal the desolate

and bind up the broken-hearted;

through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

 Mike’s Message

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ

Much is happening over this Labour Weekend. A tremendous thanks for all who contributed material and time to our Fair yesterday. A big thank you to Rachel Tipping for coordinating it this year, … Read More »

The Combined Church of Akaroa Banks Peninsula

Sunday 8th July 2018 – 9.30 am – Trinity – Morning Worship

                                                           11.30 am – St John’s – Duvauchelle

Sea Sunday

A warm welcome to parishioners and visitors alike.  Please join us for morning tea and fellowship in Trinity Hall following our Sea Sunday service this morning.

TODAY’S PRAYER

O Lord, from whom all good things come: grant to us your humble servants, that by your Holy inspiration we may think those things that are good, and by your merciful guiding may perform the same; through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen

MIKE’S MESSAGE

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

Today is Sea Sunday. Like many of you, I have a love of the sea and enjoy living near it. We are not called the ‘blue planet’ for nothing – 70% of the earth’s surface is covered with water. Furthermore, … Read More »

The Combined Anglican and Presbyterian Churches of Akaroa & Banks Peninsula

Sunday 10th June 2018 – 9.30 am – Trinity – Morning Worship

                                                  11.30 am – Duvauchelle – Holy Communion

 A warm welcome to parishioners and visitors alike.  Please join us for morning tea and fellowship in Trinity Hall following our service this morning. If anyone would like to attend the Communion Service at Duvauchelle, please let us know and we can arrange transport.

PRAYER OF ST IGNATIUS

Teach us, Lord, to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost; to fight and not to heed the wounds; to toil and not to seek for rest; to labour and not to ask for any reward, save that of knowing that we do your will, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

MIKE’S MESSAGE

My brothers and sisters in Christ,

I hope you … 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 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 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 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 »

The Combined Anglican and Presbyterian Churches of Akaroa & Banks Peninsula

                  Sunday 26th November – 10.30 am – Trinity

The Reopening of Trinity Church

  A warm welcome to parishioners and visitors alike. Please join us for a shared lunch and fellowship in Trinity Hall following our special service this morning.

THE COLLECT 

Great is your faithfulness, O God our Father, and great is our joy as we reopen this church after its rebuild. We thank you for its witness over many years, and we rededicate ourselves as your living church for the spread of the Gospel and the witness of your love in Akaroa and Banks Peninsula. Lead us forward in the power of your Spirit and in the name of your Son, Jesus Christ.  Amen

MIKES MESSAGE

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

Following an excellent fair last weekend, we had … Read More »

The Combined Anglican and Presbyterian Churches of Akaroa & Banks Peninsula

Sunday 12th November – 9.30 am – St Peter’s

11.30 am – Duvauchelle

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

Grant to us, O Lord, the grace of inward happiness and the serenity which comes from living close to you.  Daily renew in us the sense of joy and let your Holy Spirit dwell in us, filling every corner of our hearts with light and grace, so that we face life with the infection of good courage and meet all ills and accidents with an inner peace, giving thanks to you always for all things, through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Ame

MIKE’S MESSAGE

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

Only six more days before our … Read More »