Penultimate Pew News
Next week’s pewsheet will be full of thank-yous, so let me dedicate this, my penultimate pewsheet, to my hopes and prayers for this community.
May you find God in this place. May you experience the deep peace, the holy discomfort, the inexpressible joy, the beauty and wisdom and love of God here. May you connect with the divine through the beauty of architecture, and the encouragement of parishioners, and the arresting weight of scripture, and the rhythm of the liturgy, and the majesty of the music, and in the connections with others both known and unknown.
May you find here enough encouragement to nourish your journey, and enough challenge to lead you ever deeper into trusting God. May you have the discipline and joy of private times with God that open up a broader picture of yourself and your God than you thought possible.
May you love Jesus, and keep the main thing the main thing. May you continue to integrate faith and life, taking the command to go to love and serve the Lord spoken at the end of the service seriously.
From the Vicar
Parish Officers
Parish Governance
The executive team of Vicar, churchwardens and treasurer meet constantly on parish business.
Parish Groups
Worship leaders, lay readers, servers, ushers, greeters, flower arrangers, cleaners, counters, intercessors and cup bearers all join together to support the service.
“May the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the Love of God and the Fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us all. Amen” (NZPB p52).
Will we make the choice to live as those who love the way of God and therefore find the depth, refreshment from the true source of life? Or do we choose a life of being blown around in the breeze avoiding the true source of life that provides us with rootedness, security and life?
Isaiah has been called by God to bring the people to account for their actions. They had turned away from God and that was being shown in how they were treating their brothers and sisters. Isaiah recognises his own faults and he is forgiven by God.
Community Fair bringing affordable toys, books, china, vintage clothes and more from the Opawa - St Martins Parish.