Weekly Notices - 6 April 2025
"Dear brothers and sister in Jesus, E te whanau kariti
I confess to you that I come to you a little more battered and bruised than I thought when I left West Africa.
Last Sunday when Ross from the West Melton family prayed so wonderfully for the church & the world etc, I burst into tears like a boil bursting. So please forgive me if I don't meet some of your (unintended) expectations to be a normal priest.
I identify strongly with Captain Hawkeye Pierce (Mash 4077)(except for his womanising!) Triaging everything into obvious priorities...
Jesus 1st, 2nd and 3rd and you lot 4th and don't you ever forget it :) So visiting you all, to get to know you, especially your journey with Jesus, letting you get to know me and question me too :D
Hatching, Matching and Dispatching and pressing over the Sacraments are next on my "surgical" list. You need to know that I am fiercely passionate that we cannot keep on doing what we have done for centuries, because we will get what all the traditional churches across this land have got: loss instead of growth. Because we have somehow failed to bring our neighbours to met Jesus, despite various programmes decade after decade, I believe we have some serious repenting to do.
Maybe the parallel is that if we don't vote we are part of the problems that follow if you see what I mean?
During Holy Week Monday to Friday I will be at St Columba's to Celebrate Holy Communion at noon in the Iona Room.
It's always the Holy Spirit who draws us to Jesus. Pray that you can be set free to come. It was a hell of a week for Jesus: weeping over Jerusalem, angrily cleansing the temple, His confronting style reaching a high even as his death was sealed by untrustworthy friends and a "church" set on doing what they have always done.... "
I look forward to worshiping with you today and doing it well because we love him.
Patrick
Daylight saving starts on 6 April 2025. Clocks go back 1 hour
We welcome Rev Glenda Hicks who will be at St Columba’s, Hornby and St Saviour’s, Templeton this week. Rev John Sheaf will be at St Paul’s.
Today’s service
Sentence: Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow. (Lamentations 1:12) [NZPB, p. 579]
Prayer of the Day: Look graciously on your whānau/household, we implore you, O God, that by your great goodness we may be governed in body and, through your protection, kept safe in mind and heart; through Jesus Christ, who is alive with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Readings: Philippians 3:4b-14 & John 12:1-8
Parish News
Lenten Discussions: Tuesday 8 April 2025
St Saviour’s Church Hall: 9.15am. Come and join us on the journey to Easter.: read Luke 15 v11—32 The prodigal son. For more details ph Justine 021 072 9660
From the Lent Studies...The Parable of the Fig Tree—Luke 13:1-9. An emphases on bearing fruit. # If someone asked you to tell them about God , what words would you use?
LETS PRAY
Christ, Gods mercy walking amongst us , Grant us true repentance this Lent; Make us fruitful so You are revealed through our lives.
Time 4 U
Tuesday 15 April from 1.30 to 3pm. Guest speaker: Stay well man, Mark Webster our local pharmacist. St Columba’s Church Hall.
Parish Monthly Prayer Meeting at St Saviour's Church - 9:15am on last Tuesday of the month: 29 April 2025
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
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Helpful info
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Recycling
Used batteries can be placed in the boxes in each church or taken to Mitre 10
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