Jul 25, 2025 | Weekly e-news
E-NEWS 25TH JULY 2025 LONG LEAVE During the coming week our minister, Fei, will be returning to the Parish after three months on Study Leave. We will be interested to hear of her experiences and insights. During my 39 years of full-time ministry, I had two periods of...
Jul 18, 2025 | Weekly e-news
E-NEWS 18TH JULY 2025 Tis winter! Maybe it’s old age, but everything seems to slow down. The Scottish term “cowrie in against the cold” comes to mind. And yet skiers are rushing down hills in the snow and it is glorious when the sun comes out. Here is a poem of a...
Jul 11, 2025 | Weekly e-news
E-NEWS 11TH JULY 2025 Greetings folks, When thinking about what e-news you might find interesting I came across an article in the Magazine NZ Geographic by James Frankham citing two momentous events (my interpretation) occurring in NZ. One of RJ’s...
Jul 4, 2025 | Weekly e-news
E-NEWS 4TH JULY 2025 Written by the staff in the St Andrew’s on The Terrace office...
Jun 27, 2025 | Weekly e-news
E-NEWS 27TH JUNE 2025 Focus this Sunday is on those who “go down to the sea in ships.” We are looking at the work of “The Sailors’ Society”. If you have ever been on a sailing ship, or a cruise ship, you might have a small memento of the...
Jun 20, 2025 | Weekly e-news
Kia ora e te whānau o Hato Anaru, Matariki ahunga nui – The great mounds of Matariki. According to Rangi Matamua, Matariki is a time when food like kumara is stored in large piles and shared widely. This proverb speaks of hospitality, togetherness and the sharing of...
