May 1, 2020 | Weekly e-news
Kia ora e te whanau Thank you for your warm, welcoming emails. I appreciate them very much, especially in these lockdown days that mean we haven’t had the opportunity to meet. Thanks, too, to everyone who’s participating in and assisting with the YouTube services....
Apr 24, 2020 | Weekly e-news
Kia ora e te whanau We had some major technical issues recording this week’s service but with the skills of Thomas Gray and Laetitia Brunell, it will all come right in the end. Thank you, Tom and Laetitia! I write this on the eve of Anzac Day, which will be quieter...
Apr 17, 2020 | Weekly e-news
Kia ora e te whanau Well, I have reached the end of my first week with you at St Andrews on The Terrace. I am honoured and happy to be with you: honoured because of St Andrew’s reputation for good community, progressive scholarship and engagement with the wider...
Apr 9, 2020 | Weekly e-news
Kia ora e te whānau, Am I the only one who doesn’t quite know how to talk about ‘resurrection’? I find myself mulling over what it might mean for us, today, as progressive and post-theistic Christians. We celebrate Easter in autumn rather than spring, and this year...
Apr 3, 2020 | Weekly e-news
Kia ora e te whānau, I wonder how your week has been, and whether things are starting to feel more like the new ‘normal’? It was a wonderful service last week on video, and we had such lovely feedback for Ellen and team, what a reassuring thing it was to see familiar...
Mar 31, 2020 | Weekly e-news
Dear members of the St Andrew’s community We have spent all week working on bringing this morning you the first videoed service with music. Ellen Murray prepared the Order of Service and various others had input. The OOS is now up on our...
