Don’t be Afraid, God is with You                                        25 December 2019 The Baby Still Alive Giving us Courage Reading: Luke 2:8-14 Today/tonight we gather to celebrate a birth. But why gather to celebrate a birth? After all it’s a birth a long time ago in an animal feeding trough. It is a birth to a poor […]

Advent 2 –Room for Us All                                                         8 December 2019   Readings: Romans 15:4-13; Matthew 3:1-12   Loving God open the Bible to us in a fresh and exciting way, in Jesus name we ask it. Amen   Two weeks ago we enjoyed the preschool and good news club nativity play. They have become world famous […]

Advent Sunday 2019   One of the great treasures of our church is our prayer book. On this advent Sunday 30 years ago A New Zealand Prayer Book: He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa was launched. I was asked to write a hymn to celebrate this occasion. So I want to introduce each verse, get you […]