The Brooklyn Twilight Festival is on this Saturday from 2 - 9 pm on Harrison St and the grounds of the Brooklyn Community Centre.
A statement from the Archbishops of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia at the time of Archbishop Justin Welby's resignation as Archbishop of Canterbury.
Anglican Bishops of Wellington, Ngāti Toa Rangatira and the Parata whānau unequivocally oppose the Treaty Principles Bill currently before Parliament.
In October, David and Maria Cross and their children, returned to the Philippines to visit the urban communities they had once lived and worked in.
The Brooklyn Twilight Festival is on this Saturday from 2 - 9 pm on Harrison St and the grounds of the Brooklyn Community Centre.
Common Grace Aotearoa are organising to gather submissions on the Treaty Principles Bill.
They seek representatives from local parishes or mission units to inform people about the Bill and help write submissions.
Notices and Events
We're sure you're planning for Advent and Christmas is well underway, but here are some of the space and new ideas curated by Strandz.
Wellington Cursillo is taking a break from holding a weekend next year as we spend some time looking at revisioning the movement in our diocese.
The EfM (Education for Ministry) programme teaches us to reflect from our faith perspectives on issues that are important in our daily lives.
The Theology Programme at the University of Otago offers the opportunity to think more deeply about Christian faith. Christian students have found our papers to be constructive and helpful; such study can enrich, broaden and deepen your understanding of your faith.
Archbishop Statements
A statement from the Archbishops of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia at the time of Archbishop Justin Welby's resignation as Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Archbishops of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia, last week, joined the international condemnation of the forced closure by the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) of the Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza.
Our People
Bishops Justin and Anashuya ask us to join in prayer for the friends and family of Reverend Gerald Tisch who passed away recently.
Bishops Justin and Anashuya ask us to join in prayer for the friends and family of Venerable Dr Ray Muller, who died on Sunday 6 October.
Bishops Justin and Anashuya ask us to join in prayer for the friends and family of Reverend Richard Garner, of Carterton, who died on Saturday 21 September.
Bishop Justin is pleased to announce the appointment, and continuing ministry, of Guy and Summer Benton as Co-Vicars in the Parish of All Saints Hataitai.
Bishops Justin and Anashuya ask us to join in prayer for the friends and family of Rev. Philip Gibbs who passed away recently.
Bishop Justin is pleased to announce the Reverend’s Andy and Emily Spence to the role of Co Vicar in the Parish of Miramar.
Bishop’s News
As we consider our calling as a transformative movement of local faith communities, how are we forming ourselves as people with spiritual disciplines that help us thrive?
We do not need to be afraid. God is faithful. God goes ahead of us. If we have faith to believe that to be true, then we will faithfully seek where God is already at work.
I can see that we as humanity tend to follow at least one of three coping mechanisms or behavioural responses when faced with an engulfing tide of threatening or disturbing events.
The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel (which means “God with us”).
Matthew 1.23
I had a moment last month where my past caught up with me. I walked into Thorndon New World and saw an elderly gentleman. I thought “I know who you are, but it can’t possibly be you.”
Bishop Justin encourages us to attend the the Leading your Church into Growth hui on 17-19 October.
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’.