The Miracle of Gratitude 19 March 2023 St Luke’s Harvest Thanksgiving 9.30am Reading: John 6:27-35, Deuteronomy 8:6ff One of the lessons my parents tried to impress on me was the importance of saying thank you. On Boxing Day, they would make me sit down and write to all the relatives who sent me […]
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Lent 3 – Jesus who Quenches our Thirst 12 March 2023 Reading: John 4:5-42 Loving God, in Jesus you satisfy our deep thirst. Help us to bring others to the well of your eternal life. In his name we ask it. Amen On the census form this week I noticed a question […]
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Lent 2 – I’m still growing, are you? 8 March 2023 Reading: John 3:1-8 Open the Bible to us, O God, in a fresh and exciting way. In Jesus’ name we ask it. Amen Every New Zealander knows the story of how Sir Edmund Hillary climbed Mount Everest, the highest mountain in […]
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Lent 1 26 February 2023 Resisting the Temptations that Stop Us Knowing We are Beloved of God Reading: Matthew 4:1-11 It is interesting the questions people ask you at parties. Near the top of the list is what do you do? I was at a party and the inevitable question came up. What […]
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