Weekly Bulletin: Staying connected as a church - 19 May 2024

Kia ora St John’s whānau,
 
This Sunday we celebrate Pentecost – the Birthday of the Church! 
 
Red is the recognised colour for Pentecost, so please come wearing something RED for the occasion: t-shirts, scarfs, hoodies, …even a red flower.

The special choir will have musical offerings as we celebrate Pentecost.  And students, staff and families from Glasgow House will join us for worship – the Scots students will set the example by wearing red on Sunday!

Our youth will stay in for the whole service, and our children will have their peer group time during the second part of the service, going out after the Sung Blessing.

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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.

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...

COMBINED PENTECOST WORSHIP

St John’s in the City is hosting the combined Pentecost service on Sunday 19th May at 7:00pm.
At Advent it worked really well to share our denominational traditions that express meaning for our faith today – so, as the host, we will share something of our Presbyterian traditions.

SOUPER SUNDAYS

These lunches are back by popular demand! You are warmly invited to share in a bowl of hot soup after church on any of the following dates. 
 
May 26
June 30
July 28
August 25
 
You are welcome to bring a small plate of something sweet to share with our tea or coffee.  Come and share in the warm fellowship, we’d love to see you.

WHANAU NIGHT

Our next Whanau Night is on Sunday 26 May.
Come along for some kai, connection and being community together. We are very grateful to our wonderful St J's Indonesian community who will be cooking for us on this special evening. 
Building on our 2024 theme of Restoration, this whanau night is all about 'restoring relationships'. We will have an all age bridge building game involving marshmallows before we split into heads/ hearts/ hands for some interactive group activities.
No need to RSVP, just turn up, and please do invite your friends!

FELLOWSHIP GROUP

Pip Rea, director of community services of the Wellington City Mission will share with the news about Whaka Maru, their new building to house all of their community services at Oxford Terrace near the Basin Reserve.
Fellowship Group will meet on 28th May at 11am in the Hall.

UNDERSTANDING THE BIBLE

A series of evening workshops with Martyn Day.

Sun 16th June - Can we trust the Gospels?
Mon 17th June - Taking God’s Word for it
Tue 18th June - Get into the Gospels!
Wed 19th June - Lifting the lid on the book of Revelation
 
6:30 – 8:30pm in the St John’s Centre, on the corner of Dixon and Willis Streets
 
Martyn Day pastors the South Harbour Vineyard Church in Auckland.  A British export to NZ, Martyn is passionate about helping people to love, learn and live God’s Word.  He is an outstanding communicator and this series will be of great interest to anyone curious about useful tools for reading the Bible. This series offers fresh understanding of the rich meaning in God’s Word available through classic interpretive techniques that ‘connect the dots’!
 

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1417153395671117/

Eventfinda: https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2024/understanding-the-bible-with-martyn-day/wellington

YOUTH FRIDAY AFTERNOON CHILL SPACE

ST JOHN’S QUIZ NIGHT – FRIDAY 14th JUNE

STUDENT STUDY SPACE

Next month university students start their exam season. This is a time where having a quiet space to study can be difficult to find. We are reaching out to students to offer them a space here at St John's in the City, to help them get through this stressful time. We will need some volunteers to help supervise this!
We need a minimum of 2 people for 2 ½ hour time slots (1-3.30pm and 3.30-6pm) from the 4th-6th and 10th-13th June. We have WIFI available so if you want to work from church while providing supervision you are more than welcome.
On Sunday there will be signup sheets available but if you want to get ahead of the rush of volunteers feel free to contact Hannah (h.north@stjohnsinthecity.org.nz) to sign up for your preferred day and time. 

The fiery presence of the Holy Spirit be with you.
 
Allister