Weekly notices - 17 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
Advent Week 3 - Joy / Koa
Today we continue our advent journey, lighting the third candle - looking forward with longing to Christmas - but even more to that day when everything will be put right in the world and Jesus' peace and justice will reign.
At all of our Christmas services we will be taking up an offering for the work of Nick and Tessa Laing in Uganda.
The initiative of OneDay Health captures the longing that one day everyone will have access to affordable health care. It is great to partner with them by helping to support them financially.
Notices
OneDay Health
To dontate to OneDay Health
Account: 01-0797-0059738-00
Ref: Uganda
OneDay Health is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organisation in the United States.
All donations are 100% tax deductible.
You can find out more about their work at www.onedayhealth.org
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 our What’s On page.
Readings for next week
Isa 9:2-7 Ps 96 Titus 2:11-14 Luke 2:1-14
Need prayer?
We’d love to pray for you. Just fill in this quick online Prayer Request form