Weekly Bulletin: Staying connected as a church - 10 November 2024

Kia ora St John’s whānau,
 
This Sunday our Bible reading is about Jesus is sniffing out hypocrisy. Can we imagine together what the opposite of hypocrisy looks like?

Our children and young people can go straight to their peer groups in the St John’s Centre at 10am, and we will all join together in the Church later for Communion.
 
At the conclusion of the service we will all share Morning Tea together, along with an Indonesian Food Stall fundraiser. Please bring cash to buy a delicious lunch!

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If you can’t gather in the city, and you want to join the worship service via Zoom, here are the details to access the live-stream:
 
Zoom Meeting ID: 370 260 759
Passcode: worship
 
The link to join the Zoom worship service is below.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/370260759?pwd=b2ZkajZ5d28rTy9EN1VKZDJUM3N4dz09
 
If using your phone: dial 04 886 0026 (Meeting ID: 370 260 759#, Passcode: 1560107#)

This is the link to the printable Service Sheet:

OTHER THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT…

JANIE PACK

We are saddened by the sudden death of Janie, a loved inspirational elder of our church whanau. We continue to pray for her husband John and son Samuel, that God will bring them comfort in their grief. We give thanks for Janie’s strong faith in Jesus Christ, her Lord and Saviour. She lived her faith for all to see, giving inspiring witness to her priorities in serving others.
Her funeral is at St John’s in the City on Friday 8th November at 10am.

FAITH THINKING

To register for this event click HERE:

MOVIE FUNDRAISER

Rating: PG, Run time: 103 minutes

Get your tickets Below: (The 66 tickets available are selling fast).

FELLOWSHIP GROUP

The next get-together is for the Advent service in the Church on Tuesday 26th November 2024 @ 11am.  Rev Allister Lane will lead the service.  The Fellowship Group committee will have prepared the food for lunch afterwards in the Centre.  No need to bring a plate.  A koha is invited towards the Christmas appeal for A&J.

CHRISTMAS CHOIR

Anyone who likes to sing is invited to join our special choir for Advent and Christmas services. Rehearsals will begin on November 10th after the morning service until 12.30pm each Sunday. They will be held in the Chapel. For more information please see our Music Director, Eleanor Carter.

CHRISTMAS IN THE COURTYARD

This year we are having Christmas in the Courtyard on Friday 13 December between 5:00 and 8:00 pm.
We already have one brass band and two choirs booked in for this event. 
We will be running a cafe, barbeque and food and craft stalls.
If you want to run a stall or want to volunteer to assist on the day please see Robert Anderson.
Above all we want you to come along and enjoy this event and to invite friends and family to also come along .
Money raised will be going to the DCM.

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"All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well"  (Julian of Norwich)
 
Mā te wā
Allister