Message from the Bishop—11 August 2021

…natural disasters should not be downplayed let alone ignored https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/aug/09/humans-have-caused-unprecedented-and-irreversible-change-to-climate-scientists-warn. Each of us as individuals, families and local communities should be asking with renewed urgency, what we can do to…

Message from the Bishop—1 September 2021

online service or providing resources for worship in parishioners’ own home. On this Diocesan webpage https://anglicanlife.org.nz/news-and-announcements/virtual-services-in-the-diocese/ we list the online or alternative services we have been provided information about. Thank…

Message from the Bishop—27 May 2020

…Rev Josh Taylor, Barbara McMillan, and Fr. Philip Suelzer. Click on the image or this link: www.soundcloud.com/spankymoore/four-images-meditation-for-pentecost Last weekend, Teresa and I were privileged to be in South Canterbury where…

Message from the Bishop—20 May 2020

…sign of inter-faith solidarity and compassion in our region. Food for Thought—here are a couple of articles you may be interested in reading https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/western-intellectuals-dreaming-christian-dreams/ https://democracyproject.nz/2020/05/17/fr-joe-grayland-is-the-governments-de-facto-ban-on-religious-services-a-form-of-prejudice/ With respect to the

Message from the Bishop—2 December 2020

the ruins in our lives, our Church, and our world—and seek God’s direction as we rebuild what has been destroyed. See further here re ordering and details about cost: www.theologyhouse.ac.nz/resources/rebuilding-ancient-ruins….

Interfaith Picnic

…among your community and invite your friends. We have created a facebook event also which can be found here. Please share if you can. https://www.facebook.com/events/309937983031908/ Matthew Gardner (on behalf of…

Message from the Bishop—19 August 2020

…Something to read in a crisis: a lengthy, theologically-oriented review of Thomas Piketty’s Capitalism and Ideology, by Nick Spence at https://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2020/07/28/use-worldly-wealth-to-gain-friends-thomas-pikettys-capital-and-ideology. Spence makes a powerful case that Piketty’s secularist approach…

LIVESTREAMING of Cathedral Site and Worker Blessing

the live streamed service: https://www.facebook.com/pg/reinstateChristChurchCathedral/videos Please come and join us for this service that will signal the beginning of physical work on the Reinstatement of the Christ Church Cathedral. ,…