THE COMBINED CHURCH OF AKAROA AND THE BAYS

 Sunday 17 November 2019

9.30am St Peter’s

11.30am Pigeon Bay

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;

as we look forward to your new creation,

save us in our time of trial,

so that we may not give-up,

but endure in your eternal embrace;

through Jesus Christ our Redeemer. Amen

 Mike’s Message

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

In today’s gospel Jesus speaks about the birth pangs of the Messianic Age, when God will bring forth ‘a new heaven and a new earth.’ His description of the end times is frightening, “Nation will rise up against nation…. There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences… and they will seize you and persecute you…” (Luke 21 :10-12). Yet amidst the expected trials, he urges … Read More »