At Messy Church yesterday we celebrated Pentecost a little early. Thanks to Noortje Bruins for the photos at the end of this post — sorry some are a little blurry — taken on her iPad. For more info about our bi-monthly Messy Church services, click here.
We had an excellent turnout of people of all ages, and I mean all. The youngest under 2 years, the oldest ?? let’s say late 80s. Messy Church is inter-generational quality time, Continue reading
Messy Church will take place again this Sunday—music, Bible stories, crafts, baking and a shared supper to end. Everyone is welcome. Details in the poster below. See you there.
This is the last in a series of excellent articles from liturgy.co.nz by Rev’d Bosco Peters. Like the earlier ones in the series, it contains much practical wisdom Continue reading
A little reminder…
This Saturday (May 10), 9.00am–1.00pm
Parish Hall
7 Church St, Amberley
New and second-hand goods, including homemade produce, will be for sale—just in time for Mother’s Day. Click here to read more.
Items being donated may be brought to the church hall on Friday afternoon (many thanks in advance!).
Meeting with the risen Christ on the road to Emmaus is the theme at our All Age Morning Worship service this Sunday (4th May, 9.30am at Holy Innocents’, Amberley).
Get in touch with worship leader Liz Dickson if your children / grandchildren would like to help in the telling of this wonderful story – through reading or acting. If you don’t know Liz, use the Contact Us page on this site.
See you there!
Click here to read the 6th instalment in a thought-provoking series of posts by Rev. Bosco Peters on his blogsite liturgy.co.nz We have been re-blogging the series from the beginning. This one is about well-formed leadership. It would be wonderful to see some comments from followers here.
This parish in Manchester has provided a list of things we can do to help spread the joy of Eastertide for the fully 50 days. To see the list, click on ‘View original’ link to read their original post.
The Easter Season lasts 50 days. Significantly it is 10 days longer than the season of preparation for Easter – Lent.
Now, in Lent some of the things we do are consider our lifestyle (what we are ‘giving up’), deepen our faith and prayer (what extras we will take on in church) and think about our beliefs (what we will read).
So what about EASTER?
How will we keep the glorious fifty days of celebration for the Resurrection of Our Lord? This was the question Fr Ian invited us to consider at the end of Mass on Easter day.
Easter is a season of glory, a time to broaden horizons of faith and life, to share our joy, to be open to prayer, silence and wonder. The Easter season finishes on Pentecost Sunday (this year on May 27th).
In this glorious season our worship is of great praise and joy…
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On liturgy.co.nz you can read this tribute by Rev. Bosco Peters to Jim Cotter and the liturgical treasures he has left us. We are blessed that some of these are in our own A New Zealand Prayer Book (He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa).
The angels of God guard us through the night
and quieten the powers of darkness.
The Spirit of God be our guide
to lead us to peace and to glory.
[And guide you, Father Jim, on your way.]
Our March 2014 parish newsletter is a mixture of articles, reports, notices, and a concise schedule of services for the next three months.* If you don’t receive this by post or email – or you’ve lost/deleted yours – read on! Take a look at the main menu at the top of the page and you will see we have added a new page: ‘Newsletter’. Here you can view the latest newsletter as a pdf or print it if you prefer.
*Occasionally the service schedule is changed, so it will pay to check the ‘Church Services’ page on this site or the Link sheet handed out each Sunday in church.
Jesus rides in on Dave the Donkey
This Sunday (30/3), as well as a morning service hosted by St Barnabas, Woodend (click here for more about that), Amberley parish will also gather for Messy Church in the afternoon. Everyone is welcome – you don’t need to be a regular at our church or any other church.
This fun, hands-on church for children and adults is held in our Hall at 7 Church Street, Amberley. Doors open at 4.15pm; we start at 4.30 and end with a shared supper at about 5.30pm. Our theme this time is The First Easter.
Just what is Messy Church and what do we do? Click here to find out more.
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