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St Andrew’s welcomes gender affirmation surgery cap being lifted
St Andrew's on The Terrace welcomes the news that gender affirmation surgery has had the financial cap on it lifted away. We have heard the stories of how long it would take under the existing cap for those in transition to get the surgery they need. The timelines...
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Weekly Newsletter for Friday 12th October
Hello everyone Lynne and I are back from the parallel universe which was GA 2018. We’ll be talking about it on Sunday. As a prelude, however, let’s background two major items. One was the Church’s response to the End of Life Choice Bill. This is an emotive subject,...
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Weekly newsletter for Friday 16 September 2018
Hello everyone, The Progressive Christianity Conference last weekend, which many of you attended, was a great success. The Evaluation forms read pretty happily and we didn’t have too many hiccoughs in the programme. We were fortunate to get a generous slice of time...
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Scintillating Seminar Paradise Lost – Paradise Restored?
Over the weekend Friday 22 to Saturday 23 June, SATRS ran an absorbing and fascinating seminar with great speakers. Go to the SATRS website to see details of the speakers and their backgrounds and writings. On the Study Trust's website, http://www.satrs.org.nz ...
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Gender Identity Night well attended
The Gender Identity Night held at St Andrew's on The Terrace was well attended with over 60 people coming out on a dark wet and wintry evening. Mani Mitchell psychotherapist and Alia, together with Susan Jones (minister at St Andrew's) formed a panel telling their own...
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SATRS midwinter seminar: Paradise Lost – Paradise Restored?
Years ago Bob Eyles and then Lloyd Geering wrote about the Greening of Christianity - calling the church to be more conscious of caring for creation. The 10 principles in Lloyd's monograph form the framework for a stimulating seminar at St Andrew's on the Terrace,...
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