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Just Thinking…This week has been hard for people. I’m not sure why this week in particular has been difficult, and it may just be my own contact with a small subset of people, but it seems to be a ‘struggle-week’. It reminds me of a prayer that I have often found helpful: “Dear Lord So far…

Just Thinking…I heard a true story recently from the battle of El Alamein – one of the decisive battles of the Second World War. The battle was raged during the fiercely hot hours of the day when the heat was most intense on the sands of North Africa. When it seemed that the British had nearly…

Just Thinking…Kiwi Baptist and chaplain, Paul Askin, writes the following (quoted from The Baptist Magazine of New Zealand) A global pandemic! It’s a crisis for sure. No one knows how the future is going to unfold. Predictions vary from gloomy to catastrophic. Uncertainty is the only certainty. This is true for everyone, including leaders in Christian…

Just Thinking… Paul writes these words, ‘Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervour, serving the Lord.’ I don’t know about you, but sometimes the amount of zeal in my ‘zeal-tank’ starts getting a bit low. Paul’s words, however, function like the low-fuel gauge on our dashboards, reminding us that fervour can leak…

This Sunday…Hold it Together: Bible readings: Acts 4:32-5:11: There are some things that need to be held together. Tune in to hear three understandings of others, ourselves and God that we need to bring together and keep together for us to accurately represent Christ in our world.   Kids Programmes during LockdownThere will be not…

This Sunday…Pete’s TED Talk: TED talks are a cultural phenomenon of our time. Speakers are given a maximum of 18 minutes to speak in the most creative and engaging way they can about a topic of interest. If Peter, Jesus’ mate, were to give a talk, what would it look like? It just so happens that Acts 2 might give us a…

This Sunday…We Were Born for This!: We’ve all seen them – baby photos! And how fascinating is it to compare the person we know with their baby photo from yesteryear?! Acts 2 gives us a baby photo of the church – how do we compare now with what the church looked like then? Kids ProgrammesDue to covid…

January SpeakersCheck out the awesome range of speakers we have coming up at our Sunday morning services over January! Sunday 27 December – Murray Jenkins Sunday 3 January – David Lindsay Sunday 10 January – Murray Jenkins Sunday 17 January – Paul Ungemuth Kids Programmes In JanuaryKids Church has finished for the year and will…

Just thinking…What is the biggest problem people have at Christmas time? You might think it’s finding a car park or having to brave Auckland traffic to secure that last elusive gift. Or possibly getting the Christmas Day trifle just right for the Christmas Day lunch? Actually, the Bible says the biggest problem people have at…

Just thinking…You may have guessed that I’m journeying through advent using some devotions written by author and pastor, John Piper. Here’s another of his reflections which are worth dwelling on! When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. —Matthew 2:3. Jesus is troubling to people who do not want to worship him, and…