Our annual Day of Giving will be Sunday, 29 September 2019, the day when we request your assistance to help fund our various parish activities. Letters will be available for you to pick up next Sunday, otherwise they will be posted. We ask that you prayerfully consider the request and return your envelope on Sunday, 29 September.
Claire and David (Wardens)
Every school holidays the wonderful mainly music wash and check the toys used during the term.
However the team is a bit thin on the ground for the coming school holidays (due to people being away etc) So they would be VERY grateful for any offers of help!
Their ‘toy wash’ day is Thursday Oct 3rd from 9am-11am
This year’s appeal is focusing on two NZCMS Mission partner families:
The Miller family believe that God is continuing to quicken the Church in Latin America to send thousands of people in a missionary movement to the most unreached people in the world. Andy & Shona see their role as working alongside this move of God through mobilising, networking, training and interpreting.
Cambodia is a youthful nation with a rapidly rising urban population and rate of development. Still in recovery from its recent turbulent past, this predominant Buddhist nation is in desperate need of the Good News of Jesus. Neill & Rebekah are excited to see what God has in store as they serve and disciple members of the developing Church.
THERE ARE NO SEPARATE APPEAL ENVELOPES THIS YEAR. INSTEAD:
To donate to both or either of these causes, either include your donation with your regular offertory envelope – with a note on the outside indicating ‘what is to go where’.
Or place a separate envelope in the offertory plate (remember to include your name if you want this amount included in your annual tax receipt).
Or, you can do this on-line via internet banking. (Again indicate ‘who it is for’ in the reference/code fields.)
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Ciru Muriuki as ‘Childrens’ & Families Worker’.
Ciru will begin her role on October 2nd for an initial six months.
She will be responsible for “mainly music” and “The Ark programme”.
Ciru brings a wide range of experience in children’s ministry and we welcome her appointment.
IRD Numbers! Thank you SO MUCH to those of you who have elected to place your tax rebate(s) into the Church’s bank account!
(This choice can be made when you are completing your tax return(s) Simply enter the Church’s bank account number (see below) into the return instead of your own… This is a simple (and relatively painless!) way of increasing your giving to the Church…)
However; IF you have done this, AND you want this action treated by us as an additional donation to the Church; – then you need to supply us with your IRD number. As all IRD will release to us is your IRD number – NOT your name… (Some of you have already supplied your IRD number from previous years, if so check you can check with Paula in the office to see if she already has your number in her records.)
Again MANY MANY thanks to those of you who have already elected to do this!! (And just in case – here is our bank account number for any who still want to consider this option J : 06 0801 0052951 00)
Please can you check if you have any books from the library from away back? There are a few missing.
We went through the books late last year and made a list; this list will be put at the library.
If you have any of these please can you mark it off on the list as to where it is and return it when finished? The books are all marked with a coloured sticker near the base so easily identified.
Many thanks
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:
After eleven sharp events
3rd Feb – tea and coffee, then 2.30pm afternoon tea and cakes at Matthew and Claire’s
10th Feb – shared lunch, immediately after service at 12.00pm in Hannan Centre
17th Feb – tea and coffee
More dates and events to follow
Claire Bickers Vicar’s Warden (& Synod Representative)
David Heard Peoples’ Warden
Alexa McPherson (& Synod Representative)
Thelma Kent
Joan Haliwell
Lerk Stedman
Russell Stedman Treasurer
The Prayer Chain prays for peoples’ needs.
Now the Prayer Chain needs more people to help pray in this special ministry.
If you feel this is something you can be part of and would like to join the team, please contact Elizabeth Hitch: 332-6288
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