Weekly Notices - 14th December 2025
This week, we welcome the children of Mainly Music and others in our community, to a Children’s Service hosted by Rowena Pottinger and her Team. So much work has been put in by these faithful ladies to bring our children into God’s wonderful presence, and we hope that you will all enter the joy of laughter and song which only young children can provide.
You are invited, together with the children, to bring a small Christmas present to be place under our tree and which will then be taken to the Christchurch City Mission over the next couple of weeks.
During the week, I had the opportunity to call in on 2 of our St Aug’s stalwarts: Chris Kissling at Christchurch Hospital and Elizabeth Heard at Rosecourt Resthome. Both are comfortable and bearing up well, although missing the warmth of fellowship within our Sunday services.
Another couple however, have chosen to ‘resign’ from St Aug’s: Ron and Dorothy Parry. Sadly, because of mobility limitations, they can no longer attend our services. The Parrys moved into Lady Wigram Retirement Village a couple of years ago and I have visited them in their new setting regularly.
However, earlier this year, they signed up to having their main meal of the day in the facility dining room, which means that they now have less time for ‘drop in’ visits.
Many of you will remember Ron and Dorothy with fondness; they were a huge part of this parish for many years, carrying out many roles.
Eg, Ron - People’s Warden, provider of many great photos still being used today, setting up the sound-desk and operating it for years. Dorothy - part of the 11am music team for years, assisting with flowers etc).
It is sad to know they will not be in our midst anymore.
I thank Lois Allen, Liz Hay, Rowena Pottinger and others who continue to keep in touch with the Parrys.
May God bless St Aug’s,
Your Friend and Vicar, Kofe.
Vicar Kofe
This Sunday’s Service (14th December)
‘Children’s Service’ (Combined 10am)
With our Christmas Tree glittering in our church space and filling us all with the spirit of Christmas, may we ask that parishioners bring in Christmas presents for us to take to the Christchurch City Mission please.
Each small item must be clearly labelled with its age;
appropriateness, and 'Boy / Girl.'
Let us work together to bring Hope and Joy into the lives of underprivileged
children around us.
Thank you all for your kind generosity.
From this Sunday onwards (December 14th) and through to the end of January we will only be holding one Combined 10am Sunday Service.
Our mid-week (Wednesday 10am Service) will continue until December 24 and then re-start in February 2026.
Recently some of us witnessed Cirũ being ordained at the Cardboard Cathedral.
It was a beautiful service and an honour to witness.
Alongside Cirũ André Muller and Bruce White were also ordained (you may remember Bruce was one of our guest preachers in our ‘Mission Month’ in September).
FROM THE PRAYER WORKING GROUP (Christine, Jenny and Liz)
Memories of our 2025 24-Hour-Prayer event continue to warm our hearts & feed our spirits! A big thank you to all who participated!
Now, we focus on “where to from here”, we’re beginning to look towards prayer goals for 2026. We’d love to increase the numbers in our Email Prayer Team.
Many of you have received prayer through this team, or through the Prayer Box, and from the 11am Pray-ers at the end of services.
We invite you, along with all parishioners, to seriously consider joining the seven
intercessors who currently make up the Email Prayer Team.
In joining, you commit to pray regularly for as long as you like, and in any way you like, for prayer requests that are forwarded firstly to Christine, then on to the team.
This ministry is one that older parishioners can so easily be part of!
Give it a go, and see how this special ministry will bless you and bless others
through you!
Just email Christine at cdesenna@gmail.com to join up!
Messy Church
We are aiming to run one sometime in Term 1 next year.
See the photos below to see what our previous ‘Messy Church’ session looked like!
What is ‘Messy Church’? Messy Church is a church for everyone who may not feel comfortable attending a ‘normal’ church service and who don’t yet belong to a church. It typically includes a meal, hands-on activities such as arts, crafts, meeting God in the outdoors, science activities and more, which are suitable for all ages.
Check out the NZ ‘Messy Church’ website! www.messychurch.nz
The church is currently being opened to the public each Thursday afternoon between 1 - 3pm.
This is a great opportunity for you or others you may know to walk through our beautiful doors and sit in the quiet holiness of our space.
Everyone is welcome, and we thank Kristine & Mick McKey for this ministry.
Please be warned that with the commencement of our roof repairs we have LOTS of scaffolding around the place to be aware of. In particular this affects parking near the Hannan Centre ramp.
Be careful out there!
(And here are a couple of shots of the team in the skyline)
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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.