It’s a long time since I did an update on here, – so, a little catch up We have been very busy over the last month E-waste used our carpark as a collection place for most of those items you can’t put in your rubbish bag, recycle or take to the tip. They will be […]
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I went to a meeting yesterday that was arranged by the Presbytery for Ministers who were either already retired or who would be in the next decade or so. It was led by a finance group who shared all the ins and outs of the Presbyterian superannuation fund and how it applies to Ministers. The […]
I’ve just spent about five hours going through the material I have in preparation for writing a sermon to be presented this Sunday. This sort of research is normal in a week for me and takes so long because there’s always so much to read, digest, and then understand in such a way that the […]
A couple of Thursday evenings back, Ministers and representative Parish elders met at the inaugural southern regional meeting of the Northern Presbytery. The Presbytery as a whole covers from Cape Reinga down to Te Kauwhata which as you can imagine, is a huge area. There are over 70 individual parishes within that region which can […]
Warrick found an interesting article a little while back, written by the NZ Executive Director of the NZ branch of the Willowcreek organization. It is a large international organization which has a fairly significant impact on many areas of Christian mission around the world. After some recent travels around NZ, he made these observations amongst […]
I’ve just finished a book called ‘The Cross of Christ’ written by John R.W. Stott. Stott has died now (1921-2011), but in his time, he was probably one of the most influential, evangelical thinkers around, and without doubt has had a huge impact on many other famous Christian speakers and teachers of his day and […]
Evonne and I started back at work this week after having the blessing of a two-week holiday. We spent one of those weeks at a Bach in Tairua and a few days in a small Waikato village near Pirongia mountain. May seem quite an unusual mix but in fact, we chose those places purposefully for […]
Evonne and I are heading away for two weeks annual leave starting on Monday. Although it’s winter it should still be a time for us both to regroup from the busy year so far and enjoy some restful peace and quiet. I plan to read as many books as I can and do a whole […]
IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM THE OFFICE The Office will be closed during the first week of the holidays—from Tuesday 11 July to Friday 14 July. If you have any urgent issues please contact an Elder—their names are on the back of this newsletter Trisha will be back in the office as usual on Tuesday 18th July […]
Last week was full on for me. At least it felt like that at the end of it as I kept a low profile (the lawns could wait!), on my Monday off reading a book and have a great sleep in the day. Six days in a row had I had some form of church […]