Weekly Notices - 12 October
Rev David Hastings was laid to rest on Thursday 9 October 2025 at St Columba’s Church. Even in David retirement years he was still active in ministry by taking services at all three of the churches in our parish when our regular minister/s were unavailable. David and Dot were regular parishioners at St Saviour’s, Templeton and David ran the projector system for the services along with other duties. Our thoughts are with Dot and their families and friends.
The Hastings family are so thankful. To everyone who helped with Rev David's funeral. Cleaning, preparing seating, moving tables, helping set out food, doing the dishes and cleaning up afterwards. Thank you all so much.
2 Timothy: The Second Epistle to Timothy is one of the three pastoral epistles traditionally attributed to Paul the Apostle. Addressed to Timothy, a fellow missionary, it is traditionally considered to be the last epistle Paul wrote before his death.
The original language is Koine Greek.
While the Pastorals are attributed to Paul, they differ from his other letters. Since the early 19th century, scholars have increasingly viewed them as the work of an unknown follower of Paul's teachings. This perspective arises from the fact that the Pastorals do not focus on Paul's typical themes, such as believers' unity with Christ, and they present a church hierarchy that is more organized and defined than what existed during Paul's lifetime.
Nonetheless, a number of scholars still defend the traditional authorship of 2 Timothy.
-from Wikipedia
Launchpad.kiwi - (Bibles in Schools) https://launchpad.kiwi
We submitted a Launchpad package to Templeton Primary school last month, requesting us to do presentations to the children. We are now waiting for the School Board to approve it. Once it is approved, we will be able to do presentations in Templeton Primary School. If you, or you know someone who may be interested in being a presenter (with online training), please contact Tru, 022 69 20113 for further information.
Today’s Sentence and Prayer
Sentence: "Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David - that is my gospel" 2 Timothy 2:8
Prayer of the Day: O God, we pray that your grace may always precede and follow us, that we may continually be given to good works; through Jesus Christ, who is alive with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen
Readings: 2 Timothy 2:8-15 & Luke 13:22-30
Parish News
Time 4 You
Tuesday 21 October, 1.30pm. Details to be confirmed. Gold coin donation to cover costs. All welcome. Contact Gina on 027 766 5073 for more information.
Templeton Community Games Night!
Hosted by St Saviour’s Anglican Church, Saturday 11th October
Come along to play some fun board games and meet your neighbours. There will be a range of classic and modern board and card games such as Monopoly Deal, Ticket to Ride, Rummikub and more. Snacks and hot drinks will be provided. Doors open at 6:30pm in the hall right next to the historic church (50 Kirk Rd). Bring your neighbours! For more information, contact office@hornbyanglican.org.nz
Next Prayer Meetings
Templeton will be held on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday mornings of the month -
9:15am: at Jean’s place.
Hornby will be held on Wednesdays mornings -
Wednesday 10.30am, prayer gathering at Bolton's place
Anglican Parish of Hornby, Templeton and West Melton & Beyond…
Prayer for Leading Your Church into Growth
God of mission, who alone brings growth to your Church, send your Holy Spirit to give vision to our planning, wisdom to our actions, joy to our worship, and power to our witness. Help our parish churches to grow in numbers, in spiritual commitment to you, and in service to our local community. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
News from around the Diocese
See Anglican e-life: http://anglicanlife.org.nz/publications/e-life/
Helpful info
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.
Recycling
Used batteries can be placed in the boxes in each church or taken to Mitre 10
Soft plastics can be dropped off at participating store locations. This is any plastic you can fold up in your hand.
Pastoral Care
Need meals or other in-home pastoral support? Please contact the Parish Pastoral Care Co-ordinator.
In-Home Communion
If parishioners can't attend church but would still like to have communion, this can be brought to you at your home or rest home. Please get in touch with the Home Communion Co-ordinator to organise this.
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.
