Just Thinking…
Kia ora e hoa mā,
I'm super excited to share about a new event that RBC is organising for easter this year. Our hope is this will be a great way to connect with our community, and possibly a future regular event for us. To explain what we are doing, below I've inserted part of the blurb, which we will be sharing on our Facebook page later today:
"Can you find all the hidden Easter Eggs? Remuera Baptist Church is super excited for the Easter season, and to celebrate, we are going to be running an Easter Egg Hunt from Saturday 9 April to Saturday 16 April for our community. Look out for daily clues on our Facebook page during the week leading up to Easter to help you find the eggs hidden at Waiatarua Reserve. Take a picture of yourself with each egg you find. There are edible prizes up for grabs for everyone who managed to find multiple or all of the hidden eggs. Then come collect your prize and join our Giant Easter Egg hunt on Saturday 16 April in Little Rangitoto Reserve at 2 pm. Get ready to get searching, and use the hashtag #RBCEasterHunt2022 when posting your pics. More details to come..."
Now, if after reading that, you're as excited as I am about our Easter Hunt, we need your help! There are three ways that you can get involved with the RBC Easter Hunt 2022. Firstly, we need Easter Eggs! If you want to pick up some small individually wrapped packets of Easter Eggs to donate, that would be greatly appreciated. Please drop them into the church office by 12 April. Secondly, you can come along to church this coming Sunday and help us paint some wooden eggs that we will lay out in the community. We will be doing this following the service this Sunday, 3rd April. Thirdly, spread the word! Easter is coming quickly, so we need to share this event with people in our community. Some ways to spread the news are to repost this event on Facebook, download the attached poster/flyer to give out, or just start by telling your neighbour!
Aroha nui,
Matt
This Sunday…
This Sunday: Confusing Grace, How Strange The Sound
Kids Programmes
There will be no Blaze or Spark's programmes running due to covid restrictions.
RBC Youth
Join our yr 9-13
Youth Group!
Time: 7-8:30 PM
Date: Every Wednesday during school term
Location: @RBC
Ignite
Join us for Ignite, our youth group for yr 7-8!
Time: 10 am (during the Sunday morning gathering)
Date: Every Sunday during school term
Location: @RBC
Bible Study Connect Group
Our next Look at the Book series will be an in-depth look at the book of Psalms. This will be starting 10:30am next Thursday, 7 April in the church. People can also choose to participate via zoom. Note, this is a repeat of a course done a number of years ago.
Worship This Sunday: Gathered AND Online
It was so exciting to be back together in our church building again! We will be doing it again this week at 10am (with masks and vaccine passports)!
There will also be an online service available to view, and a link will be sent out to you at 10am on Sunday morning.
Prayer Connection Points
Come along to a prayer gathering at the church lounge Thursdays from 11:30am-12:00pm. Masks and vaccine passports are required. Also, On Mondays from 12:00 – 12:30pm there will be an Online Prayer Gathering for half an hour via zoom. Contact the office if you would like the meeting link and passcode.
BMF
The missionary prayer group will be restarting on Wednesday, April 13 at 10
am. All who are interested in praying for overseas workers are welcome! Further details next week.
Book Club
The Book Club has chosen their first book - "One Soul At A Time" - a biography of Billy Graham, and will be getting together online on April 4 to engage with it. If you would like to be involved, please contact the office for more information.
Men’s Breakfast
These are usually held on the first Saturday each month at 8am in the church lounge. Covid regulations have resulted in these breakfasts not being held for some time but we are hoping that the traffic light setting will change after things settle, so we have tentatively planned a breakfast for Saturday 7 May at 8am. Our speaker will be Lindsay Marriner. Lindsay will be speaking about the history of our men’s breakfasts as well as some other thoughts. So men please set this date aside and we hope to see you there (Covid permitting). If there is any change we will let you know. Please feel free to invite other men.
Mainly Music
Our outdoor sessions at 10am on Tuesdays at Little Rangitoto Reserve, (55-71 Upland Road, Remuera) are getting bigger and bigger! If you know anyone who has little kiddies, tell them to bring their picnic blankets, some morning tea, and get ready to boogie! If the weather looks soggy, a cancellation notice will be put in the RBC Facebook page and an online session made available
Connect Groups
Thursday Morning Bible Study Group
Every Thursday morning at 10:30pm in the church lounge. We are currently running a four-week intensive on the book of Isaiah. Please email the church to be added to the Facebook page, and check Facebook for updates of what we have going on. We'd love for you to join us! Please note that masks and vaccine passes are required.
Thursday Prayer Group
Every Thursday in the church lounge from 11:30am - 12:00 pm. Contact the office for more information. Please note that masks and vaccine passes are required.
Monday Zoom Prayer Group
From 12:00 – 12:30pm on Zoom. Contact the office if you would like the zoom link to be sent to you.
Thursday Night Book Club
Every Thursday from 7:30pm via Zoom. Contact the office if you would like the zoom link to be sent to you.
Home Groups
Young Adults Home Group
Every Sunday evening at 7:30pm. Please email the church to be added to the Facebook page, and check Facebook for updates of what we have going on. We'd love for you to join us!
Wednesday Night Home Group
Home Group at the home of Paul and Ruth Ungemuth every second and fourth Wednesday at 7:30pm. Each week we share in supper, do a bible study and pray for each other. Will begin on Wednesday 13 February. Contact the office for more information.
Thursday Morning Home Group
Home Group in the church lounge on the third Thursday of the month at 10am. After morning tea we do a bible study and pray together. Contact the office for more information.
