Dear All As you are aware Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield have announced that from Wednesday 8 September our part of New Zealand has dropped to Covid-19 Delta Alert Level 2 (albeit with some changes). The new normal will include: Face Coverings mandatory i.e. wear a mask. Scan everywhere you go, especially… Read More A message from David van Oeveren
I will keep this epistle short. We will not be worshipping in person this week, we will continue online in the manner we have been. Over the next few days Alister, Tracey and I will work through the Diocesan Guidelines as to the ability to meet in person from next week onwards. Please give us… Read More A message from David van Oeveren
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) Mark 8:27-38 Questions A priest asked a rabbi, ‘Why do Jews always answer a question with a question?’ The rabbi replied, ‘Why shouldn’t we?’ Jesus was given to doing that…Dear Friends Thank you for joining us. We are pleased to offer worship resources online again this week, your copy is attached to… Read More A message from David van Oeveren
A message from Ven. David van Oeveren This week we return to the Gospel of Mark and hear Jesus’ 2nd major speech.Jesus is first speaking to the Pharisees and some of the Scribes, the audience changes to the crowds,and then he speaks to his disciples… Dear Friends As we move through this second week in… Read More Doers of the Word
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)John 6:56-69 An Outrageous Claim It’s an outrageous claim. “Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I inthem. Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of theFather, so whoever eats me will live because of me’This is John’s take on… Read More A message from David van Oeveren
