Aug 15, 2025 | Weekly e-news
E-NEWS 15TH AUGUST 2025 Talofa lava. What a beautiful day this Friday morning is. I hope you’ve all had a good week and are keeping warm, steering clear of the winter colds, flus, and sniffles. Some of us have been a bit under the weather but are now on the mend....
Aug 8, 2025 | Weekly e-news
E-NEWS 8TH AUGUST 2025 I had to take a funeral this morning out at Harbour City Funeral homes in Kilbirnie and then the interment at Makara Cemetery. Leaving Kilbirnie I followed the Hearst and it drove 20k all the way to Makara avoiding the incident in the Terrace...
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...
