Weekly notices - 3 Dec 2023
Welcome
It’s great to have you join us this morning. A special welcome to you if you are new here. We hope you’ll stay around after the service and say hi.
Kia tau te rangimarie,
Carolyn.
Today’s service
You may have seen today, the wreath surrounding 5 candles at the front of the stage.
The candles represent the light of God coming into the world with the advent of Jesus Christ. Over the next 4 weeks of Advent we will light each candle and reflect on what they represent.
Week 1 - Hope / Tumanako, Week 2 - Peace / Rangimarie, Week 3 - Joy / Koa, Week 4 - Love / Aroha. The white candle in the centre is Christ’s Candle and represents Christ.
This Sunday we look at a passage from Isaiah chapter 4, and we are called to remember what God has done in the past, so when you look to the future, you can do so with hope.
That is the invitation of this season, a longing for God to be with us, but a knowledge that God is with us, and can transform us right now.
Notices
Advent
Today marks the beginning of Advent - the countdown to the coming of Jesus - not just a countdown to presents and feasting!
Get creative with some fun and free printable Advent illustrations with both English and Te Reo words at strandz.org.nz
You can find a short prayer for each week of Advent on our prayers page.
Christmas Holiday Church Services
From the 31st Dec to 21st Jan 2024, we will only be having 9am services at All Saints.
10.30am service with kids programme resumes 28th Jan2024.
31st Dec, Guest Speaker - Carolyn Swift. Join our wonderful Deacon Carolyn in the last Eucharist before the New Year.
7th Jan, Guest Speaker - Dawn Harris. If you haven’t heard her before, this is a great opportunity to come to listen to a service by our many hatted Pastoral Care Coordinator.
14th Jan, Guest Speaker - Lukas Thielmann, is home for the holidays, taking a break from his Diocesan training for ordination in Auckland, to take our first service in the New Year.
21st Jan, Carolyn Robertson. Carolyn is back !
28th Jan, 9am and 10.30am service with kids programme.
4th Feb, 1st and 3rd Sunday services at St Marks resume.
Christmas Holiday Office Hours
The office will be closed from Friday 22nd December to Monday 22nd January.
Please feel free to email the office during this period and we will get back to you when we reopen in the New Year.
Giving
We are so grateful to all those who contribute financially to the life of the church. You are helping to ensure that All Saints can continue to thrive and grow for future generations.
If you would like to join those who give regularly, you can find all the details you’ll need on the Giving Page.
What’s on this week
There is a wide range of groups happening every week, you can see the full list on the What’s On page.
Readings for next week
Isa 40:1-11 Ps 85:1-2, 8-13 2 Pet 3:8-15a Mark 1:1-8
Need prayer?
We’d love to pray for you. Just fill in this quick online Prayer Request form