SUNDAY 22 October 2023, 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Readings: Exod 33:12-23; 1 Thess 1:1-10; Matt 22:15-22

Let us pray for the church and for the world, giving thanks for God’s goodness.

SUNDAY 22 October 2023, 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Readings: Exod 33:12-23; 1 Thess 1:1-10; Matt 22:15-22

Let us join in prayer for the needs of the world, and for the church.

The sun came out on Sunday afternoon as we celebrated the ordination of Amy Ross as Vocational Deacon.

Everyone is invited to attend one of three discipleship workshops with Caesar and Tina Kalinowski in Wellington, Christchurch and Whanganui in early November.

The Wellington City Mission will soon be operating support services from the newly built Rolleston housing complex in the Mount Cook suburb of Wellington.

The young people of St Alban’s Pauatahanui recently led a service on the topic of fast fashion and what we can do to make a difference.

Bishop Justin encourages us to attend the the Leading your Church into Growth hui on 17-19 October.

Pastor Wahu Wanjiku of Nairobi Chapel Ongata Rongai has a dream of setting up an after-school study centre in the informal settlement of Kware.

Through the non-profit organisation Educational Aid for International Development, set up by Whanganui Parishioners John and Mary Rowan, funds are now being sought to help this dream become reality.

EfM (Education for Ministry) is a programme of study devised primarily for lay people and offering four years of tertiary level study.

The group study learning format allows for an action reflection through weekly group meetings.

SUNDAY 1 October 2023, 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Tuesday 3 October and Thursday 5 October, Days of Prayer for the Care of Creation

Readings for Sunday 1 October: Exod: 17:1-7; Phil 2:1-13; Matt 21:23-32

When St Mary’s Raetihi held a working bee recently, they took the opportunity to ask children from Ohakune Primary School to lend a hand.

The living wage movement is reaching into school communities, calling for all school cleaners, caretakers, canteen staff, and groundskeepers to be paid a living wage.

Amy Ross writes about her calling to be ordained as a Vocational Deacon, which takes place on 24 September.

The Word Street Spirit Hui held last week in Naenae zeroed in on the inseparable nature of justice and mercy in our fidelity to Jesus’ mission.

A new coalition of faith, climate and construction groups launched the Don’t Subsidise Pollution campaign last week, calling for an end to free carbon credits and introduction of a Carbon Border Mechanism to decarbonise Aotearoa’s emissions intensive industries like concrete, steel, and aluminium.

SUNDAY 24 September 2023, 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Readings: Exod 16:2-15; Phil 1:21-30; Matt 20:1-16

Let us pray for God’s people and for the whole family of the church.

Readings: Exod 14:19-31; Rom 14:1-12; Matt 18:21-35

Let us pray for the church and for the world, giving thanks for God’s goodness.

The rain was holding off, the coffee was Fair Trade and Living wage, the coffee caravan a small local business, and the conversation political, as the St Paul’s Waiwhetu whānau hosted their Meet the Candidates event on Sunday.

In March St Margaret’s in Taihape held an art exhibition and sale in conjunction with the Taihape Art Society and other local artists in the church hall.

In the Bishop’s News for August 2023, Bishop Justin reflects on his recent time in Israel-Palestine while on sabbatical and the call for us to be ‘living stones’.