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Mainly Music

STARTING AGAIN MONDAY 27 JANUARY!  Monday Mornings – 10am – 11.30am – Trinity Church Hall. You and your pre-schoolers and babies are welcome to come along! Any questions – please  contact Sue Church at akaroamainlymusic@gmail.com – or phone Sue on 304 7114

Mainly Music is a weekly session for pre-schoolers and their parents or caregivers, involving children and adults in singing, moving to music and playing percussion instruments. Monday mornings: 10am-11.30 at Trinity Church Hall, Akaroa. An experienced leader takes the children through a fun-filled half-hour of music, followed by a time for everyone to have a snack, children to play freely and adults to chat together. Mainly Music has proved to be really beneficial for children and adults in many churches throughout New Zealand, and has been run in Akaroa for 20 years. Monday mornings: 10am-11.30. Contact Sue Church on 304 7114 or email akaroamainlymusic@gmail.com

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Church leadership

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Pauline Hampshire as our new Minister – the first Minister of the new Community Church. She began her ministry with us on Sunday 29th June, with an induction service and a celebration of the establishment of the Community Church of Akaroa Banks Peninsula. Please read more  details of Pauline and her family on our Home page. 

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SERVICE SUNDAY MARCH 22
10 am at Trinity Church, Akaroa – “Equipping us”
Leader and Preacher : Rev Pauline Hampshire
Music : Ann
Projector : Ron
Welcomer : Sue
 Church Sides Person :  Eleanor
     Prayers : Carolyn
Morning Tea : Marilyn
Reader : Craig (Eph 4 : 7-16)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 
COMING UP THIS WEEK
Monday – Mainly Music at 10 am in Trinity Hall. Thank you to Sue Church and her team for providing such an enriching time for our tamariki. All whanau are warmly invited.
Wednesday  – Prayer Meeting at 9.15 – 9.45 am in Trinity Hall. All welcome. If you have a specific prayer request, please contact Annette 021 104 2754
Good Book Club – 11.30am Trinity Hall
 
 
COMING UP SOON – SENIORS’ SOCIAL GROUP – Thursday March 19, 10.30 am in Trinity Hall. $5 includes a midday meal. RSVP Wendy 027 622 4061.
 
 
EASTER SERVICES
Sunday 29 March, Palm Sunday at Wainui
10 am Meet at Wainui Hall with procession to Bush Chapel, where service will start at 10.15 am. Jesus, the Prophetic, Peaceful King
 
Thursday 2 April, Maundy Thursday, 7 pm at St John’s Duvauchelle
The night of the new commandment – Love one another, as I have loved you
 
Friday 3 April, Good Friday
10 am Trinity Church, Akaroa. “Who do you say I am? Jesus from the Gospel of John”
5 pm Knox Church, Pigeon Bay. “The greatest sacrifice, to lay down one’s life for friends”
 
Saturday 4 April, Easter Saturday
5 pm St Andrew’s Church, Le Bons Bay – “Jesus leads us from darkness to light”
 
Sunday 5 April, Easter Day
8am Sunrise Beach Service at Okains Bay
10 am St Peter’s Church, Akaroa – Meet the risen Jesus (includes Holy Communion)
2 pm St Luke’s Church, Little Akaloa – Easter Communion, Anglican Prayer Book service
5 pm Knox Church, Pigeon Bay – Finding new life – A Family fun time
 
 
ROSTER FOR SERVICES IN APRIL AND MAY
Rachel is starting to put the rosters together for our services in April and May. 
If you have not already received an email from her about it, but would be happy to help once or twice during this period as a welcomer, musician, powerpoint operator, sides person, reader, leader of prayers or provider of morning tea, please email her on tipping@xtra.co.nz
Services will include our regular Sunday morning services, as well as services on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday.
 
 
WEEKLY OFFERING – Please note that we do not collect offerings during the service. There is a wooden box at the back of both of our churches where cash offerings can be left. Most of our members have arranged direct credits to the Community Church bank account : 02 1268 0174313 000
 
 
PLEASE CHECK OUR WEBSITE – https://akaroacommunitychurch.org.nz/
 
CONTACT DETAILS
Our minister, Pauline Hampshire, can be contacted from Saturday to Wednesday. Her days off are Thursday and Friday. Her contact details are 
Wardens can be contacted on Pauline’s days off. Their contact details are
wardens@akaroacommunitychurch.org.nz       Annette Moore 021 104 2754 and Ken Paulin 027 604 7002
Our treasurer, Chris Figg can be contacted on
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Okains Bay

St John’s Church, Okains Bay is restored after major damage in the 2011 earthquake. 

Congratulations to the builders, the local Trust and all helpers who made this possible. 

Watch this space for news of a re-opening ceremony.

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Garden Service

On Sunday February 13th – 11 am we will be holding a Garden Service at Ken and Fiona Paulin’s, 281 Beach Road, to be followed by a shared picnic lunch. Please bring a chair, a drink of your choice and some finger food which can be shared. (This was postponed from 23rd January)

We would love to encourage members of our Bays congregations to join us for this occasion, which will be a farewell  to Ken and Fiona’s garden prior to their move to Rue Balguerie.

There will be someone at the bottom of the Paulins’ drive, showing you where to park.

In the event of wet weather, the service and shared lunch will take place at Trinity, at the same time of 11 am.

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Community lunches

COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS LUNCH CANCELLED

In view of the uncertainty caused by the spread of the Delta virus, we have regretfully decided to cancel the annual Community Christmas lunch which was to have been held at Trinity Church Hall on Friday 26 November. In past years, many members of our local community have enjoyed attending these Christmas lunches, which come complete with ham and other Christmas goodies, as well as singing Christmas carols.

We sincerely hope that the Community Lunches will be able to resume again next year once the situation has settled down, as they have always been a popular community event.

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The Marriage Course

Are you married or in a permanent relationship? Would you like to enrich your relationship? to have a weekly ‘date night’ with your partner, a great meal and a chance to have some good confidential talk together each week for seven weeks? 

Over seven weeks the Marriage Course provides talks on relationship matters, and opportunities for each couple to talk together privately after each talk. It is a confidential process, with no-one else involved as couples talk together. Each evening is organised as a “date night”, with an delicious dinner, soft lights, and good music. It is not for those who have serious relationship problems.

This year’s courses have finished, but there will be others next year. To find out more, please contact the Vicar on 03 304 7051

 

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Home Groups

Would you like to meet with a small group of others who want to explore what it means to be a follower of Jesus? In a small group we can all experience encouragement on our Christian journey, the opportunity to learn from God’s Word and from each other, and lots of laughter along the way. Currently there are two home groups which meet fortnightly, one in the daytime and one in the evening. The programme consists of a social time over food and drink, discussion of a Bible passage or Christian topic of interest, and prayer. To find out more, please contact Simon Tipping 03 304 8920

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