1. Waitangi Day As we approach Waitangi day, I think it’s important to continue to consider what this means for us as individuals, as a nation, and as a church. Christians played an important role in initiating the Treaty, and Christians today play an important role in honour and upholding these Read more…
Plan for Sunday services The leadership team and pastoral staff have been prayerfully considering our Sunday gatherings under the traffic light system. As you will understand, this is a challenging time to navigate amidst a range of different health needs and personal perspectives within our church. We are seeking to Read more…
It’s been a while since I sent one of these “Three things” pastoral emails. But as we continue through changing times where regular communication is critical, I felt that this would be a helpful way to do this. From next week “Three things on a Thursday” will also include regular communication on Read more…
A snapshot My recommendation at the beginning of the traffic light system, is to remain with online services and small group gatherings until the end of January. I would like to avoid vaccine certificates, whilst working within government guidelines, even though this is very restrictive, and means we can’t have Read more…
This post seeks to provide questions for personal consideration and discussion, following on from the Views on vaccination reflection. For any medical advice, I recommend that you consult your doctor. The aim of these questions is to encourage thought provoking reflection, as we work towards unity. These questions were offered Read more…
We’re very grateful for the responses to our recent survey. This has helped us to gauge some general opportunities and concerns relating to lockdown, gathering and local mission. Although the new “roadmap” toward Level 2 will now look different and more distant than we hoped, the survey results have still Read more…