Weekly Notices - 18th October 2026
We often find ourselves clutching on to ‘stuff’ that is well past its use-by-date, or as a memento of some we have lived dearly but who has been called by God into His Kingdom of eternal rest.
Some times, this grasp can last for years, even decades. We watch several TV programs on hoarding - as a disease and a serious mental dilemma.
In between the lines of this weeks Gospel, God is giving us a gentle nudge to let go of those things that also creating barriers between ourselves and Him.
What things of this world should we be releasing back to this world so that our focus canremain on God?
What are the fences we must bring down so that our paths into God’s Kingdom is clear?
On the flip side - what should we be holding onto and offering to God as faithful Christians?
God is inviting us to give to Him our hearts and our minds, bound in faith and prayer.
Our families, our church, indeed our whole selves.
And in doing so, we give back to the world what we hold on to so needlessly - our addictions, our divisive attitudes and everything that holds us back from true worship and humble faith.
My hope is that we can hold on to each other and continue to support each other as we filter through our lives and discard back into the world, those restrictive practises and beliefs that isolate us from God.
May God always bless St Aug’s
Your Friend and Vicar, Kofe.
Vicar Kofe
This Sunday’s Service (18th October)
Theme: God as supreme King, reigning with Justice throughout history..
Sentence: Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.
Matthew 22:21
Collect:
God of all nations,
help us to reflect and share the goodness that surrounds us.
Enable us to seek and to win justice for poor and rich alike,
and bring trust and friendship to all our different races;
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Amen
Readings: 1 Thessalonians 1: 1 – 10 & Matthew 22: 15 – 22
We are starting to look ahead to our Christmas services and would like to invite you to be a part of our
9 Lessons & Carols service to be held at 10am, Sunday 20th December.
This is a very special service, and is thoroughly enjoyed by all who attend. If you want to be a Reader, let Kofe know. We are looking for 9 gracious people to read and take us through the beautiful story of Creation through to Christmas.
Our ‘Meet the Candidates’ night last week
was well attended with some great discussion.
PRAYER TEAM UPATE
For about a year now, a group of anywhere between 5 and 10 parishioners have gathered monthly to pray primarily for our parish. This group makes up our parish Prayer Ministry Team, and includes the Sunday Intercessors, the Email Prayer Requests Group and the Prayer Working Group members. Our fellowship is always so positive and so enriching!
We have decided it’s now time to open this Prayer Meeting up to the whole parish.
YOU ARE INVITED!!!!!!!!
WHAT? Monthly Parish Prayer Meeting
WHEN? First Saturday of the month from 10-11am
WHERE? In the Hannan Centre
WHY? Our parish has big and significant decisions to be made in the near future e.g. the possible combining of our Sunday Services, the direction of our Youth and Children’s Ministry, Alpha in the near future, our finances, to name a few
Above all this is Christ’s call to share his Gospel and message of love with our families, friends and community. Through prayer, we as a parish receive direction as to how best to do this. Building his Kingdom is our privilege!
We want to assure you that, for those who feel uncomfortable with praying aloud, there will be no pressure to do so! It will be quite ok if you just listen to the prayers being offered and participate by joining in in silence. Your presence alone will be an encouragement to us – and will delight your Father God. Just as you love to spend time with your children, you can be sure that God loves to spend time with you!
Recently, the announcement was made that our Sunday morning services will be merging into a combined service each week, at 10am.
This has been a difficult decision for Vestry to make, and we ask your prayers over each other as we come together. With a couple of combined services scheduled for November, we will making the change-over on Christmas Day.
Our musicians are working together to ensure that the calibre of worship music is not lost - through an alternation of the organ and the 11am band.
We are also planning for Communion to be offered to you every Sunday.
Click here to view the timeline which brought us this far.
Please continue to hold St Aug's closely in prayer.
City Mission Food Basket:
A GREAT BIG THANKS to those who are regularly donating to our Food Basket at the back of the church (and the recent generous donations). Every little bit counts! Your valuable contributions help the poor and needy in our city survive. Keep it coming!!!
A call for empty, clean 2L milk bottles please. This is for an exciting venture Francie & Robin Shulz are putting together. Please drop off your empty bottles to the parish office during the week, or bring them with you on Sundays.
Helpful info
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Groups
It’s easy to connect and get involved with some great social and faith-focused groups that meet regularly across the parish. You can find out about all our regular groups on our Groups page. If you have any questions, just click the contact button to connect with the group’s organiser.
Need prayer?
We’d love to pray for you. See the ‘Prayer Support’ section on the Help & Support page for more information on how we can help with your prayer needs. There are confidential and anonymous options available.