Parish Newsletter 10 September 2017
Posted on September 8th, by Kate Clare in Alpha Course, Community Outreach, Le Bons Bay, Mainly Music, St Peter's, Trinity. Comments Off on Parish Newsletter 10 September 2017
The Combined Anglican and Presbyterian Churches of Akaroa & Banks Peninsula
Sunday 10th September – St Peter’s –9.30 am
Duvauchelle – 11.30 amA 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.
Duvauchelle – 11.30 amA 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
Gracious God, when two or three are gathered in your name you are there. Be present with your family, the church. Give us grace and maturity when we are in conflict. Help us to listen, to forgive and to live together in mutual love. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen
Gracious God, when two or three are gathered in your name you are there. Be present with your family, the church. Give us grace and maturity when we are in conflict. Help us to listen, to forgive and to live together in mutual love. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen
COMING UP THIS WEEK
Monday 11th September
10 am Mainly Music – Trinity Hall
Wednesday 13th September
10.30 am Prayer Group – St Peter’s lounge
11 am Holy Communion – St Peter’s lounge
Thursday 14th September
4 pm CPC Meeting – St Peter’s lounge
Sunday 17th September
9.30 am St Peter’s – Holy Communion/Lodge Service
Leader: Mike
Lay Reader: Mary
Organist: Rachel
Sides Person: Ken
Prayers: Clive
Welcomers: Graeme & Maryn
Projection: Gerald
Readers: Terry & Dennis
Morning Tea: Sue & Maryn
Leader: Mike
Lay Reader: Mary
Organist: Rachel
Sides Person: Ken
Prayers: Clive
Welcomers: Graeme & Maryn
Projection: Gerald
Readers: Terry & Dennis
Morning Tea: Sue & Maryn
Readings: Genesis 50: v 15-21 Matthew 18 v 21-35
COMING UP SOON
Monday 18th Sept
Mainly Music – Trinity Hall – 10 am
Monday 18th Sept
Mainly Music – Trinity Hall – 10 am
Wednesday 20th Sept
Prayer Group – St Peter’s lounge – 10.30 am
Holy Communion – St Peter’s lounge – 11 am
Holy Communion – Pompallier – 1.30 pm
Prayer Group – St Peter’s lounge – 10.30 am
Holy Communion – St Peter’s lounge – 11 am
Holy Communion – Pompallier – 1.30 pm
Thursday 21st Sept Vestry Meeting – St Peter’s lounge – 4 pm
Sunday 24th Sept
St Peter’s -Holy Communion/Baptism – 9.30 am
Pigeon Bay – 11.30 amSunday 1st October Richard Randerson Seminar – Euthanasia – a Christian perspective. 11am (after service)
St Peter’s -Holy Communion/Baptism – 9.30 am
Pigeon Bay – 11.30 amSunday 1st October Richard Randerson Seminar – Euthanasia – a Christian perspective. 11am (after service)
ALPHA
Our second Alpha begins on Wednesday 20th September at 5.30 pm with the Alpha dinner at the Tippings’ home, 20 Stanley Place. We will have food and conversation, the introductory video will be shown, people will speak briefly about their Alpha experience, and guests will decide whether they would like to do the whole programme. This is your chance to play a part in building up our church and introducing friends and family to the wonderful experience of following Jesus and being part of the church family.
For those who find it difficult to share their faith and witness to others (and who doesn’t!), this is your chance to do it the easy way. Just bring your friends to the Alpha dinner, and the rest is up to them. The dinner will not be a particularly ‘churchy’ event – no hymns, prayers or church jargon, so it’s suitable for your non-churchy friends.
For church members who haven’t yet taken part in Alpha, why not start now? It’s a free 12-week programme – one meeting a week, with each meeting consisting of food and a chat, a 30-minute video, and a discussion of the video at which any opinion can be expressed, and no-one is made to speak if they don’t want to. If you have to miss a session, that’s OK.
Our introductory dinner will be on a Wednesday evening, but the regular meeting time will be decided by consensus among those who want to take part.
Come and join over 20 million people who have done Alpha.
Our second Alpha begins on Wednesday 20th September at 5.30 pm with the Alpha dinner at the Tippings’ home, 20 Stanley Place. We will have food and conversation, the introductory video will be shown, people will speak briefly about their Alpha experience, and guests will decide whether they would like to do the whole programme. This is your chance to play a part in building up our church and introducing friends and family to the wonderful experience of following Jesus and being part of the church family.
For those who find it difficult to share their faith and witness to others (and who doesn’t!), this is your chance to do it the easy way. Just bring your friends to the Alpha dinner, and the rest is up to them. The dinner will not be a particularly ‘churchy’ event – no hymns, prayers or church jargon, so it’s suitable for your non-churchy friends.
For church members who haven’t yet taken part in Alpha, why not start now? It’s a free 12-week programme – one meeting a week, with each meeting consisting of food and a chat, a 30-minute video, and a discussion of the video at which any opinion can be expressed, and no-one is made to speak if they don’t want to. If you have to miss a session, that’s OK.
Our introductory dinner will be on a Wednesday evening, but the regular meeting time will be decided by consensus among those who want to take part.
Come and join over 20 million people who have done Alpha.
MONTHLY GROCERY DONATIONS
Please remember your grocery donations each month. If we all contributed one item per month we would have a wonderful amount to donate to Heartlands, for those in our community in need. Winter time can be especially difficult for those families who are under stress.
Please remember your grocery donations each month. If we all contributed one item per month we would have a wonderful amount to donate to Heartlands, for those in our community in need. Winter time can be especially difficult for those families who are under stress.
PARISH FAIR 18th NOVEMBER
We are now into Spring, and the garden beckons. Please remember the plant stall at the Church Fair. Time to spot those extra plants which could be potted up for sale. If done now they will be nice bushy plants by November. Please pot up those little extra pieces of plants now so they have time to grow into saleable plants to help us bolster our combined Churches’ funds to enable us to be more effective in the community. Also, as you are Spring cleaning, please remember the White Elephant stall at the Fair and give us your unwanted items to boost our funds to allow our churches to reach out into the community to support those who need our care. Please contact Allison on 304 8708 for more details.OUTREACH GROUP REPORT
Mainly Music continues to run well under Wendy’s leadership and with help from Shenae, Rose and Gerald. Community lunches have been varied and interesting during the winter. We are grateful to Wendy and her helpers for all they give to these two outreach ministries. Alpha #2 is due to start on the 20th September with an introductory dinner. Alpha depends on the whole church. Richard Randerson’s public seminar on Euthanasia will be a helpful discussion of this difficult subject. A Local Heroes event on 29 October (5th Sunday) will celebrate the History Keepers of Akaroa and the Peninsula. Invitees include Akaroa and Okains Bay museums, Akaroa Civic Trust and others who work to preserve our community’s history.THOUGHT FOR THE WEEKChurch is not an organization you join; it is a family where you belong, a home where you are loved and a hospital where you find healing. Nicky Gumbel (main speaker on Alpha)
We are now into Spring, and the garden beckons. Please remember the plant stall at the Church Fair. Time to spot those extra plants which could be potted up for sale. If done now they will be nice bushy plants by November. Please pot up those little extra pieces of plants now so they have time to grow into saleable plants to help us bolster our combined Churches’ funds to enable us to be more effective in the community. Also, as you are Spring cleaning, please remember the White Elephant stall at the Fair and give us your unwanted items to boost our funds to allow our churches to reach out into the community to support those who need our care. Please contact Allison on 304 8708 for more details.OUTREACH GROUP REPORT
Mainly Music continues to run well under Wendy’s leadership and with help from Shenae, Rose and Gerald. Community lunches have been varied and interesting during the winter. We are grateful to Wendy and her helpers for all they give to these two outreach ministries. Alpha #2 is due to start on the 20th September with an introductory dinner. Alpha depends on the whole church. Richard Randerson’s public seminar on Euthanasia will be a helpful discussion of this difficult subject. A Local Heroes event on 29 October (5th Sunday) will celebrate the History Keepers of Akaroa and the Peninsula. Invitees include Akaroa and Okains Bay museums, Akaroa Civic Trust and others who work to preserve our community’s history.THOUGHT FOR THE WEEKChurch is not an organization you join; it is a family where you belong, a home where you are loved and a hospital where you find healing. Nicky Gumbel (main speaker on Alpha)
Vicar – Rev Michael Baker – phone 304 7051 or padre_mike@hotmail.com
Presbyterian Contact – Ken Paulin – phone 304 7012 or paulinakaroa@xtra.co.nz
Newsletter – Chrissy Smith – phone 424 3592 or chrissyakaroa@gmail.com
Webpage – www.akaroachurches.co.nz
Presbyterian Contact – Ken Paulin – phone 304 7012 or paulinakaroa@xtra.co.nz
Newsletter – Chrissy Smith – phone 424 3592 or chrissyakaroa@gmail.com
Webpage – www.akaroachurches.co.nz
