Weekly Bulletin: Staying connected as a church - 30 June 2024

Kia ora St John’s whānau,
 
This Sunday we continue our four week series exploring the practice ‘Care for Creation’.
 
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This continues our emphasis of putting our faith into practice, and will focus on our desire for knowing God more through intentional practices, relationships, and experiences.
 
We will all gather in the Church at 10am and our young people will go out part-way to their peer groups.

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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...

INSURANCE

With escalating insurance costs, the St John’s Session and Council are exploring sustainable options.  A significant amount of research has been done and there are some recommendations to bring for consideration by everyone at St John’s.  Background information has been prepared in an easy-to-read guide (available on the St John’s website).
This information is made available in advance of a forum on Sunday the 30th June in the St John’s Centre following the service.
There will then be a Congregational Meeting the following week Sunday 7th July held in the church following the service, for all members to vote on a preferred option.

SOUPER SUNDAY

This Sunday is another opportunity to share a bowl of hot soup in our series of Souper Sunday lunches over winter. You are warmly invited to lunch in the St John’s Centre, following the Morning Tea and Forum about insurance.
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.

LETTER FROM THE MODERATOR OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

The Moderator Right Rev Rose Luxford has published an update on The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care. This can be read below:

DAILY BIBLE READING

We continue to encourage one another in spiritual practices that grow our faith.  31 Days of Truth is a suggested resource for daily Bible reading from the Bible Society, which includes a reflection from Martyn Day, who recently lead the series of workshops on the Bible at St John’s.  Could this be something you try in July?

CHURCH CAMP

We’re excited to let you know there's a church camp happening this year!
It's at Paekakariki Holiday Park from Fri evening 20 Sept till Sunday 22 Sept.
We’ll be aiming to keep costs down and you can choose to sleep in the lodge, pitch a tent or stay in an onsite cabin (more details will be available at a later stage.)
(FYI - El Rancho/Forest Lakes and Kaitoke were booked for this date.)

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E-RECYCLING FUNDRAISER

BOOK FAIR KARORI

‘You are like trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in its season.’   Psalm 1
  
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