Mar 27, 2020 | Weekly e-news
Kia ora e te whānau, What a week! I hope you’re all feeling safe and taken care of wherever you are this week. I’ve been thinking a lot about connections, moving my office from work to home, meeting via zoom, facetime and on the phone, with technology and internet...
Mar 27, 2020 | Orders of Service, Weekly e-news
The Order of Service for Sunday 22nd March 2020 is now on our website. Follow this link: https://www.standrews.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2020-03-22-Lent-4.pdf Sadly, we haven’t been able to organise any accompaniment this week, but we plan to do so...
Mar 13, 2020 | Weekly e-news
Kia ora ē te whānau, Living in a global community brings such richness and challenge – in these weeks we are reminded of the horrific events of 15th March 2019 at two Christchurch mosques, as well as watching news of the spread of the COVID-19 virus through...
Mar 6, 2020 | Weekly e-news
Two special visitors this weekend This weekend we have the pleasure of meeting Jim Symons and his wife Patty Compeau. Since retiring in 1999 from full-time ministry in a number of Presbyterian faith communities in different parts of the United States Jim has now on...
Feb 28, 2020 | Weekly e-news
Kia ora e te whānau o Hato Anaru, I was lucky enough to walk just behind the queer young people leading the hikoi to the Out in the Park fair on Saturday. My children had been invited to be near the front of the hikoi so I went with them, “2,4,6,8 – don’t assume your...
Feb 21, 2020 | Weekly e-news
Last time I was in Dunedin, I visited the Smith Gallery in the Otago Settlers Museum. I found myself surrounded from floor to ceiling with portraits of hundreds of dour Scottish faces. These imposing patriarchs and matriarchs were settlers from pre 1865. This...
