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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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Newsletter

COMMUNITY CHURCH OF AKAROA AND THE BAYS

 

THIS SUNDAY JANUARY 4th  

10 am at St Peter’s Church, Akaroa – Epiphany

Leader and Preacher :  Rev James Ullrich
Communion Assistant : Sarah

Music : Rachel

 

Projector : Ken

Welcomer : Chris F and Rose

Sides Person : Eleanor
Readers : Chris F and John McK (Ephesians 3 : 1 – 12, and Matt 2 : 1 – 12)
Prayers : Simon
Morning Tea : Fiona (and helpers)
 
NEXT SUNDAY JANUARY 11th
 
10 am at Trinity Church, Akaroa – Baptism of Jesus

Leader and Preacher : Rev Pauline Hampshire

Music : John D
Projector : Margaret C
Welcomer : Rodney
Sides Person : Graeme
Prayers : John McK
Readers : Rodney and Alethea (Isaiah 42 : 1 – 9 and Matt 3 : 13 – 17 and John 1 : 29 – 42)
Morning Tea : Maryn (and helpers)
 
 
PRAYER MEETING 
“When two or three gather in my name, there I am with them” Matthew 18:20
The Wednesday prayer group have been meeting in Trinity hall regularly every week for several months.
We have seen wonderful answers to prayer for the church and the church family, community and friends. 
It is so encouraging when we bring requests and see healing and guidance. We see God move in ways we hope for and sometimes ways we least expect. In the scriptures we find words of assurance, direction and sometimes challenge as the Spirit leads us, always giving thanks and praise to our Lord and Saviour. We are so blessed in this country to be able to meet freely  without fear of persecution. 
Our first meeting for the year will be this Wednesday 7th January 9.15-9.45am.
If you feel you would like to join us this year or have a specific prayer request please contact Annette 021 104 2754. 
 
 

ROSTER FOR SERVICES IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH

We have a fantastic team of over 30 members of the congregation who take turns each Sunday in ensuring that our services run smoothly. If you would like to join the team, please speak to Rachel, who will shortly be putting together the roster for our Sunday morning services in February and March. You can help in any of the following ways :
 
Welcoming, Music, Projector, Sides Person, Prayers, Readings, providing Morning Tea. 
 
Rachel can be contacted on 027 358 7049.

PLEASE CHECK OUR WEBSITE – https://akaroacommunitychurch.org.nz/

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 deposited at any stage. Most of our members have arranged direct credits to the Community Church bank account :  02 1268 0174313 000

 
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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