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Hot off the Manfred’s Tour of NZ we are excited at welcoming the lead singer Paul Jones and his wife Fiona Hendley to St Augustine’s Church. They will share their testimonies, sing some songs and present the Gospel message, in an amusing and humorous way.  A special evening not to be missed.

Tickets in advance $10, on the door $12 from the Church office 03 332 6627

For a preview of what to expect please see:

https://app.frame.io/presentations/9ec2fb78-9a41-4ee6-9af9-e162de738c7f

PRESS NOTICE

PUBLICITY WARNING! The company which is organising The Manfreds’ tour has

contractually stipulated that there can be no public advertising of our church appearances until after the tour ends on the 9^th of April.  However, they have no problem with any

notification to your membership, or that of any other churches or Christian organisations.

If after the 9^th you’d like to do any advertising in local media, we’d be happy to help – and we could, when in Christchurch on March the 30^th, do an interview for local radio or print media, as long as it wasn’t broadcast or published before April 9^th.

Sunday 31^st March 10:00am

Come and join us next Sunday at our All Age Combined Harvest service followed by Pot Luck Lunch.

This is also an opportunity to extend help to the Muslim Community by donating supermarket or fuel vouchers.

(There is a labelled box at the back of the Church for these.)

Additionally you are welcome to bring offerings of non-perishable foods in a box (shoe box size ideal) for the City Mission.

Then after this service, Janet Lockyer and Crystal Munro will be running a “Bring and Buy” of jams, relishes and baking and they invite parishioners to bring along baking and add any excess garden produce they may have.  Funds raised from the ‘Bring & Buy’ will be split between Easter Camp and CMS.  We hope you will support us in this endeavour. Many thanks, Janet and Crystal.

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This year we have three projects lined up:

* Christ Anglican School in Nazareth:  Improving the communication system in this school considered an oasis of peace, a place of dialogue  and living together for Christians and Muslims (The Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem)

* Holy Land Institute for Deaf and Deaf Blind students in Salt, Jordan:  Serving the needs of deaf, hard-of-hearing and deaf-blind children and their families in Jordan. (The Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem)

* Water for All in Fiji:  Providing water tanks in five communities and one school in Fiji (The Diocese of Polynesia)

( Appeal envelopes available at the back of the Church)

This year St Augustine’s will host the Maundy Thursday service and Cashmere Presbyterian will host the Good Friday service.

Good Friday will run as follows:

– 10am meet at St Augustines for the Cross Walk

– 10.15am service at Cashmere Presbyterian, followed by hot cross buns & a cuppa in the Rata Lounge.  For those not wishing to walk up from St Augs there will be organ music and quiet reflection in the Presbyterian Church from 9.45am

Dear St Augustine Friends                 Ref: 052109

“Wow . . . thank you for your generous gift to FEBC – Klassen Tour 2019 – Liang You, which will help keep Gospel programs on the air … reaching potential listening audience of 3 billion every day! This is from one of our listeners . . .

“I was very happy to listen to your radio Bible dramas for the first time, even though my family is very hostile towards Christianity. Your programs help me understand the Gospel. I believe Jesus is my Lord and my faith in Him grows every day.  Thank you”

Your ministry partnership helps reach people through AM and FM radio.  MP3 Speaker and TV Boxes, Smartphone Apps or the Internet, while others can tune in through satellite broadcasting or shortwave.  But the message is always the same: God’s gift of salvation through Jesus Christ is available to all who believe in Him. Now that’s a message worth sharing!

I’m so grateful for the impact you’ve made possible in the life of this listener.  We’re so grateful to be partnering with you in this work of the Lord.

Many Blessings for 2019 Cassandra James (Financial Officer)

St Augustine’s received a receipt for $715:00

We need more readers for the 11am Service to help spread the load.

If you feel this is an area where you could offer your support then please email Susan Johnson as soon as possible.

We look forward to hearing from you. Susan@johnsonsemail.com

Our Book Group kicked off the New Year this month with a social and discussion on book choices for 2019.  We read  novels/autobiagraphies etc. one month followed with a book which has a more Christian or faith element the next.

We meet once a month, usually on the first Wednesday and our meetings are informal and fun.

Would you like to join us?  We are looking for new members.  You do not need attend every month or worry about what you can contribute.

We are a group who love reading and want to learn more about our relationship with God.

Please talk to Rev Claire for more details.

The eleven sharp service – welcoming, contemporary and informal

What is eleven sharp? 

The 11.00am service, eleven sharp, is being relaunched following a congregation meeting last week.  It will be a welcoming contemporary informal worship service lasting an hour, with music, youth and children’s programmes, opportunities to listen to God, applying and discussing the Bible and relevant issues, prayer and hospitality.  To do this we all need to be working and serving together building God’s kingdom.

When is eleven sharp?

We’ll meet each Sunday at eleven sharp having grabbed a coffee if you want, from 10.30am. We’ll finish at 12.00pm and have refreshments, or a shared lunch or sharing hospitality with one another.

How will eleven sharp be run?

We want to establish a core team to work together to plan and help shape the eleven sharp community.  Talk to us about being part of the core team

So how else can you be involved in eleven sharp?

Sign up to serve one another (perhaps once a month) as part of, or as co-ordinator, in the following areas:

• Welcome team
• Prayer team
• Children’s work
• Music
• Refreshments
• Home groups
• Sound Desk Team

After eleven sharp events

3^rd Feb – tea and coffee, then 2.30pm afternoon tea and cakes at Matthew and Claire’s

10^th Feb – shared lunch, immediately after service at 12.00pm in Hannan Centre

17^th Feb – tea and coffee

More dates and events to follow

Claire Bickers                              Vicar’s Warden

Derek Alan                                   Peoples’ Warden

James Johnson

Alexa McPherson

Kevin McDonnell

Mark Lewthwaite