WELCOME & NOTICES

 

CALL TO WORSHIP:

When we love one another. God is with us.

When we sing and pray, God rejoices through us.

When our spirits are renewed. God is at work in us.

God is present in love, in song, in renewal.

God is present in all things.

 

HYMN: These Hills (Tune: Kaikoura)

These hills where the hawk flies lonely,

beaches where the long surf rolls,

mountains where the snows meet heaven, these are our care. Pastures where the sheep graze calmly, orchards where the apples grow, gardens where the roses cluster, these are our prayer.

 

Forests where the tree ferns tower, rivers running strong and clear, oceans where the great whales wander, these are our care.

Race meeting race as equals, justice for age-old wrong,

worth for every man and woman, these are our prayer.

 

Cities where the young roam restless, lives brought to deep despair, homeless and powerless people, these are our care.

Places where the Word is spoken, hands held in serving love,

faiths of our many cultures, these are our prayer.

 

All that the old world gave us, all that the new world brings,

language, ideas and customs, these are our care.

Life finding joy and value, faith seeking truth and light,

God heard and seen in all things, this be our prayer.      ©Colin Gibson (FFS)

 

OPENING PRAYERS:                                  Allison Blackler

 

 

TIME WITH THE YOUNG AT HEART ~ Fern Wakefield

 

HYMN: If I Were a Butterfly by Brian M Howard

If I were a butterfly I’d thank you Lord for giving me wings
If I were a robin in a tree I’d thank you Lord that I could sing
If I were a fish in the sea I’d wiggle my tail and I’d giggle with glee
But I just thank you Father for making me, me
For you gave me a heart and you gave me a smile
You gave me Jesus and you made me your child
And I just thank you Father for making me, me
If I were an elephant I’d thank you Lord by raising my trunk
If I were a kangaroo you know I’d hop right up to you
If I were an octopus I’d thank you Lord for my fine looks
But I just thank you Father for making me, me. For you gave me…

If I were a wiggly worm I’d thank you Lord that I could squirm
If I were a fuzzy, wuzzy bear I’d thank you Lord for my fuzzy, wuzzy hair
If I were a crocodile I’d thank you Lord for my great smile
But I just thank you Father for making me, me. For you gave me…
© Mission Hills Music

 

BIBLE READING: Psalm 104 (Leslie Brandt)          Fern Wakefield

 

REFLECTION: Audrey Dunnachie

 

A TIME OF QUIET

 

OFFERING (Together): You have gifted each one of us, living God. Some with an observant eye, some with a generous nature, some with warm compassion. Bless our gifts of personality, the gifts that make us who we are. Bless these gifts of money and food, that together all these things may advance the way of Jesus, in our church family and in this city. Amen.

 

HYMN: Blest Be the Tie that Binds (Tune: Dennis)

Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love;

The fellowship of kindred hearts is like to that above.

 

Before the Father’s throne we pour our ardent prayers;

Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, our comforts and our cares.

 

We share our mutual woes, our mutual burdens bear,

And often for each other flows the sympathising tear.

 

When for awhile we part, this thought will sooth our pain,

That we shall still be joined in heart, and hope to meet again.

 

This glorious hope revives our courage by the way,

While each in expectation lives, and longs to see the day.

 

From sorrow, toil, and pain, and sin we shall be free;

And perfect love and friendship reign through all eternity.

(Baptist Hymn Book 355)

WE GREET ONE ANOTHER

 

PRAYERS FOR THE PEOPLE:                   John Shanks

 

HYMN: In the Bulb There is a Flower

In the bulb there is a flower; in the seed, an apple tree;

in cocoons, a hidden promise: butterflies will soon be free!

In the cold of snow and winter there’s a spring that waits to be, unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.

 

There’s a song in every silence, seeking word and melody.

There’s a dawn in every darkness, bringing hope to you and me.

From the past will come the future, what it holds, a mystery, unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.

 

In our end is our beginning; in our time, infinity;

in our doubt there is believing; in our life, eternity.

In our death, a resurrection; at the last, a victory,

unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see. ©Natalie Sleeth

BLESSING:

May your roots go deep into God’s marvellous love: may you grow day by day in his blessing. For God so loved the world that he gave His only Son to show us his Father’s love. How long, how wide, how deep, how high, how steadfast, enduring His love really is.

O may Christ dwell in you so you may know His love and the fullness of God be yours.

 

BENEDICTION

 

NOTICES:

A very warm welcome to all who worship with us this morning. Please stay for morning tea following the service. Many thanks to Audrey Dunnachie and the Worship committee for leading our worship today.

 

2017 FUNDRAISING CALENDARS now available. $20. An excellent Christmas gift and perfect for posting overseas. Please see Charlotte Houston or Judith Mackay.

 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE PARISH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING will be on Sunday 18^th September following worship.

 

WEDNESDAY WALKERS 14^th September Blossoms in Hagley Park:  Meet 9.30am by Armagh Street Bridge near Park Tce. Suggest parking  in area nearest the Hagley Tennis Courts and walk back to the road bridge. Barbara and Rob will host you for Coffee as a Mission fundraiser.  All welcome. Barbara 379 1474.

 

CRAFTY CRAFTERS: Thursdays 10am-12noon. $3 per session at Beckenham Methodist. To find out more, speak to Lyndsey 388 1264. New faces always welcome.

 

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD shoeboxes now available from June Service. Have fun filling a box for a needy child. Must be returned by Sunday 16^th October please.

 

RISINGHOLME SINGERS CONCERT  “SPRING IS IN THE AIR”: TODAY Rudolf Steiner School Hall, 19 Ombersley Tce at 3pm.  Tickets $15 at the door.  Enquiries to John Shanks.

 

PARISH OFFICE: Wednesday & Thursday 9am – 12 noon, Fridays 9-11am Ph 332 6192. Email:stmartpresch@xtra.co.nz. Website:www.stmartins.org.nz.

Please make sure Anna has any notices by 9am Thursday.

INTERIM MINISTER: Rev Dugald Wilson 380 5024; dugaldwil@gmail.com

 

BIRTHDAYS  THIS WEEK: Tue 13^th Peter; Fri 16^th Bob (80!)

St Martin’s Presbyterian Parish

4 September 2016 –  Pentecost 16

Coming Together as part of God’s Family

WELCOME:

CALL TO WORSHIP: 

Gather us in, the lost and the lonely

The broken and breaking, the tired and the aching

Who long for the knowing they belong, found at your feast.

God of belonging, gather us in,

The aged and the young’uns, the puzzled and the pondering,

The faithful and the doubting, the rich and the poor,

All who long for the company found at your feast.

God of belonging, gather us in,

from back row or limelight, from mansion or hovel,

From fears and obsession, from tears and depression,

From untold excesses, from treasured successes,

To meet, to eat, be given a seat,

Be joined to the vine, be offered new wine,

Be offered a place and see God’s love face to face,

Here we are found at the feast.

God of belonging, gather us in,

We gather in the presence of our grace filled God.

 

HYMN: Sing to God as Sings the Ocean (Tune: Converse)

Sing to God as sings the ocean, sing as birds that greet the dawn,

sing as windswept trees in motion, sing and let your song be drawn

from God’s vast and whole creation,

from your faith and doubt and fears,

from rebirth and re-creation, from life’s wealth of joy and tears.

 

Sing the heart’s deep sighing sorrow to the Lord who hears lament,

who at midnight sees tomorrow when the dark at last is spent.

Sing to God who in our sadness brings the news of coming light,

ample hope to waken gladness and sustain us through the night.

 

 

Sing the great, glad joy of Jesus! Sing the gospel that Christ brings.

Sing the way Christ heals and feeds us,

Sing the song that Easter sings:

Christ is risen, Christ is living, Christ among us, Christ within,

Christ the spring of endless giving where new songs of faith begin.      (Thomas Troeger)

 

OPENING PRAYER:

TIME WITH OUR YOUNGER MEMBERS ~ Gillian Cree

 

SONG: Jesus’ Hands Were Kind Hands (Tune: Au Clair de la Lune)

Jesus’ hands were kind hands, doing good to all,

healing pain and sickness, blessing children small;

Washing tired feet, and saving those who fall;

Jesus’ hands were kind hands, doing good to all.

 

Take my hands, Lord Jesus, let them work for you,

make them strong and gentle, kind in all I do;

let me watch you, Jesus, till I’m gentle too,

till my hands are kind hands, quick to work for you. ©M B Cropper (CH4 351)

 

Listening to a Word from God

READING:  Luke 10:1-9  Jesus sends his disciples out into a world that is often hostile.  They are sent with nothing – there are no experts and no programmes, just a simple trust in God’s provision.  They are to simply engage with people they meet and talk about what makes for peace in our hearts and lives….                                                                            June Service

 

ADDRESS:             The Future

 

Responding to God’s Word

A TIME OF QUIET:  In the stillness listen for what God is saying to you

PRAYING: Our thanks and our concerns

OFFERING:                   

Celebrating the Lord’s Supper

 

HYMN: Welcome, Welcome (Tune: Amazing Grace WOV 56)

Welcome, welcome! The door’s open, there’s room for all who come,

The table’s laid, the meal prepared enough for everyone.

 

Welcome, welcome! This is God’s feast, a meal like no other;

Where rich and poor, and great and least, are sister and brother.

 

Welcome, welcome! Come join the throng, enjoy the wine and bread;

We eat and drink as friends of Christ, our hearts and souls are fed.

 

This is God’s feast where we are loved, your fears, your sins, release;

So come and share with heads held high,the welcome of God’s peace.

 

THE WELCOME:

This is the Lord’s Supper.  We gather here because God calls to us. As many different people, men, women and children, we come together.

We come because we believe in God’s amazing love.  God knows each of us by name and God rejoices in each one of us.  God has a place for all people and invites us to come ‘just as we are’.

 

GREETING EACH OTHER BY NAME:

 

THE PREPARATION:

This is a special meal given to us by Jesus…in tune with God.

We human beings are often small minded and blind to God’s way, but the good news of Jesus is that God will not give up on us.

Jesus was killed on the cross …seen in Jesus.

We are here because we want to be followers of Jesus. We want God’s life to touch all people and fill the earth.   In our lives we believe that goodness is stronger than evil, that light is stronger than darkness, that truth is stronger than lies, and love is stronger than hate.

So we share this meal together…that heaven and earth will be one.

 

THE THANKSGIVING:

Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord.

Creator God, thank you for creating this amazing earth, our home;

Thank you for good food, clean water, the sight and smell of the new life springing forth around us.  

Thank you for the birth of Jesus Christ, our Saviour,

who lived to show us the Way of true life, and died that we might know your eternal love.

Thank you for the gift of the Spirit,

the gentle encourager, the flame of truth, the wind of freedom, the song of hope in every age.

Thank you for the gift of our own lives, for your love for us, for the Spirit alive within us.

Thank you for calling us to be your people and for your invitation to work together to shape a new earth.

With those who have gone before us and those who will come after us, we worship you in songs of never-ending praise:

Wondrous God, heaven and earth are full of your glory.  Praise be to you, holy God.  Come fill us with your life.

 

PRAYER OF CONSECRATION

THE SHARING OF THE MEAL:  You are invited to come forward and share this meal by taking bread and dipping it into the wine.

 

Going Out to Reshape the World

 

THE DEDICATION:  

Christ our life: You are alive in the beauty of the earth, in the wonder of spring’s abundant new life.

Christ our life: You are alive in the tenderness of touch, in the heart-beat of intimacy, in the insights of solitude.

Christ our life: You are alive in the creative possibility of the dullest conversations, the dreariest of tasks, and the most threatening event.

Christ our life: You are alive to offer re-creation to every unhealed hurt, every damaged heart, and to every deadened place.

The dance of your Spirit soars and surges throughout the whole of creation.

So we go from here as your people, your body to truly live!

 

SAYING TOGETHER:  The Lord’s Prayer

 

HYMN: Let us Talents and Tongues Employ

Let us talents and tongues employ, reaching out with a shout of joy; bread is broken, the wine is poured,

Christ is spoken and seen and heard.

Jesus lives again, earth can breathe again,

pass the Word around: loaves abound!

 

Christ is able to make us one; at his table he sets the tone,

teaching people to live to bless, love in word and in deed express…

 

Jesus calls us, sends us out bearing fruit in a world of doubt,

gives us love to tell, bread to share: God-Immanuel everywhere!…                                            © F Kaan (WOV 658)

 

BENEDICTION:

WE SING: Joy Be In Thy Heart (sung through twice)

Joy be in thy heart, Peace be in thy spirit,

Compassion be thy journey, Love be in thee.

 

Joy be in my heart, Peace be in my spirit,

Compassion be my journey, Love be in me.

 

WORSHIP SERVICES THIS MONTH (ALL 10AM)

11^th & 18^th Sept Mineral & Lapidiary Club Hall 110 Waltham Rd

25^th Sept Combined Service at Beckenham Methodist

 

 

NOTICES

A very warm welcome to all who worship with us this morning. Please stay for a cuppa following the service. It would be helpful if everyone could wear their nametags too!

 

FOOT CLINIC TOMORROW 1-4pm at Beckenham Methodist.

 

2017 FUNDRAISING CALENDARS now available. $20. An excellent Christmas gift and perfect for posting overseas. Please see Charlotte Houston or Judith Mackay.

 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE PARISH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING will be on Sunday 18^th September following worship.

 

WEDNESDAY WALKERS 31^st August: Meet in the car park of the Wigram Airforce Museum 9.30am, 45 Harvard Avenue. Coffee will be in their cafe.

Queries: Barbara and Alan 021 126 3801 or Sonya 027 253 3397. All welcome

 

CRAFTY CRAFTERS: Thursdays 10am-12noon. $3 per session.

 

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD shoeboxes now available from June Service. Have fun filling a box for a needy child. Must be returned by Sunday 16^th October please.

 

RISINGHOLME SINGERS CONCERT  “SPRING IS IN THE AIR”: Sunday 11^th September, Rudolf Steiner School Hall, 19 Ombersley Tce at 3pm.  This will be a wonderful afternoon of entertainment and fun, with everything from Bach to Pocahontas!  Tickets $15 at the door.  Enquiries to John Shanks.

 

REPORT FROM PRESBYTERY….

• Rev Sylvia Purdie’s call to the Cashmere Parish was sustained by the Presbytery recently.  Silvia will be inducted at Cashmere on Sunday 9^th October at 7pm.
• Trustees for the new Alpine Mission Fund were appointed with the appointments to be ratified by the full Presbytery by email vote.  The Alpine Mission Fund will be available to all parishes to fund mission work.
• “Sandpit Ministries” are a new venture that we are currently discussing with Principal Steve Taylor from KCML.  These will be new ministry initiatives and experiments as we look to create new expressions of church.  We are looking to have one new sandpit ministry in Christchurch next year. 
• Presbytery has approved a new position offering pastoral care to members of St James Parish Christchurch after their closure on September 11^th. The Very Rev Bruce Hansen will provide this pastoral support.
• Rev Dr Blair Stirling was approved as the Presbytery nomination to the Presbyterian Support Upper South Island (PSUSI) Board, to take effect from October this year.

 

PARISH OFFICE: Wednesday & Thursday 9am – 12 noon, Fridays 9-11am Ph 332 6192. Email:stmartpresch@xtra.co.nz. Website:www.stmartins.org.nz.

Please make sure Anna has any notices by 9am Thursday.

INTERIM MINISTER: Rev Dugald Wilson 380 5024; dugaldwil@gmail.com

 

BIRTHDAYS  THIS WEEK: Mon 5^th Anneke; Lyndsey.

FROM 4th SEPTEMBER: Our worship will be at 10am

at the Mineral & Lapidiary Club Hall

110 Waltham Rd

 

BECKENHAM METHODIST FUNDRAISING CONCERT TODAY 2pm in the Church. Cost: $10  All welcome.

 

2017 FUNDRAISING CALENDARS now available. $20. Please see Charlotte or Judith.

 

PARISH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: Sunday 18^th September following worship.

 

WEDNESDAY WALKERS 31^st August: Meet 10am at South Library car park for a walk around to PMH.  Coffee at Red Cafe.  Lorraine 021 045 0578 or Sonya 027 253 3397  All welcome.

 

MEN’S GROUP will meet at Merchiston at 6 pm on Thursday 1 September for a shared tea. Rob Meier will be talking about his recent adventures in Cuba and other places.    All welcome – Tony 332 0554.

 

CRAFTY CRAFTERS: Thursdays 10am-12noon. $3 per session.

 

PURGING CARBON….DOLLAR BY DOLLAR….

Monday 12^th September 7pm Church of St Michael and All Angels

Rod Oram,  international business journalist, will speak with hope of effective actions each of us can take to mitigate climate change and build a sustainable economy. Beginning with banking and the power of how we spend our money Rod will outline steps already being taken, including the role of the Anglican and other churches.

Bishop Victoria will give an introductory talk about our responsibility to “be good kaitiaki of the Earth; it is not an optional extra.

2016 QUAKER LECTURE: ‘A Peaceful World: How can we make it so?’

Former Disarmament Minister and Associate Minister for NZAid Marian Hobbs will speak on Thursday 8^th September 7.30pm at The Atrium Netball Centre, 455 Hagley Ave. Entry by koha.

 

 

PUBLIC LECTURE – IMPLANTS & UPGRADES, CYBORGS & CELL PHONES: STAYING HUMAN IN THE 21ST CENTURY Friday 9 September 7.30pm Cashmere Presbyterian Church. Presented by lecturer and theologian Nicola Hoggard-Creegan. Entry by koha.

 

THE CASHMERE CONFERENCE:

WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?

Saturday 10 September, 9.30am – 3.30pm. Cashmere Presbyterian Church, Subsidised cost $25. Topics include: digital technology, environmental change, living longer, the city’s future, and the role of the church. To register: www.cashmereconference.weebly.com or phone 332 7129.

 

ADDINGTON HISTORIC CEMETERY CLEAN UP: The Addington Neighbourhood Association and St Mary’s have organised  a clean-up and BBQ for Keep NZ Beautiful Week, Saturday 17^th September, 9.30 – 11.30am, starting with a safety and tasks briefing from CCC park staff. Wear suitable clothing and gloves, tools not required. All ages welcome. If the weather is unsuitable it will be cancelled. Any queries, call 967 7036.

 

PARISH OFFICE: Wednesday & Thursday 9am – 12 noon, Fridays 9-11am Ph 332 6192. Email:stmartpresch@xtra.co.nz. Website:www.stmartins.org.nz.

Please make sure Anna has any notices by 9am Thursday.

INTERIM MINISTER: Rev Dugald Wilson 380 5024; dugaldwil@gmail.com

 

BIRTHDAY  THIS WEEK: Sat 3^rd Charlotte.

WELCOME: Tena Kotou katoa/Welcome. Greetings to you in the name of Christ. Greetings also to you.

 

NOTICES & BIRTHDAYS

 

CALL TO WORSHIP:

Conversation ~ Barbara & David

 

HYMN: One More Step (Tune: Southcote)

One more step along the world I go,

one more step along the world I go;

from the old things to the new keep me travelling along with you.

And it’s from the old I travel to the new;

keep me travelling along with you.

 

Round the corners of the world I turn,

more and more about the world I learn;

all the new things that I see you’ll be looking at along with me:

 

As I travel through the bad and good,

keep me travelling the way I should;

where I see no way to go you’ll be telling me the way, I know:

 

Give me courage when the world is rough,

keep me loving though the world is tough;

leap and sing in all I do, keep me travelling along with you:

 

You are older than the world can be,

you are younger than the life in me;

ever old and ever new, keeping me travelling along with you:

©Sydney B Carter (CH4 530)

 

Conversation ~ Barbara & David

PRAYER:

 

A MOMENT IN SILENCE – put aside the busyness of life and allow God room in to be God.

 

THE LORD’S PRAYER:

 

TIME WITH THE YOUNG AT HEART ~ Gillian Cree

 

HYMN: How Much Am I Worth?

How much am I worth? What value’s in me?

Do I count, if I stand or I fall?

If I’m weak or I’m strong, if I win or I lose,

Am I someone, or no one at all?

I am worth everything, everything, everything,

I am worth everything in the eyes of God;

You are worth everything, everything, everything,

We are worth everything in the eyes of God.

 

I am that bird that dropped to the ground,

That tiniest bird of them all,

And nobody knew, and nobody cared

But our Father, who cares for us all.

We are worth everything, everything, everything,

We are worth everything in the eyes of God;

We are worth everything, everything, everything,

We are worth everything in the eyes of God.

 

I am that stone that fell from a ring,

That was precious beyond all compare;

And they hunted the house, till they cried out with joy

When they saw it, still gleaming, down there.                                    

I am worth everything, everything, everything,

I am worth everything in the eyes of God;

You are worth everything, everything, everything,

We are worth everything in the eyes of God.

 

I am that child who felt lost and afraid,

When she saw just how far she had roamed;

But they scoured the hills till they found her again,

And rejoicing, they brought him safe home.

We are worth everything, everything, everything,

We are worth everything in the eyes of God;

We are worth everything, everything, everything,

We are worth everything in the eyes of God.

 

How much am I worth? Do I matter at all?

When I’m thinking it through may I see that I’m worth all the love of the Son of God, who laid down his life just for me.                                                   ©Colin Gibson

 

BIBLE READINGS:

INTRODUCTION                                                       Allison Blackler
Deuteronomy 15: 7-11 There will always be the poor people in the land

 

Luke 4: 16-21 Jesus reading in the Synagogue                 Tony Blackler

 

SHORT DRAMA: ‘The Church and the World’

 

REFLECTION: ‘How can we begin to address the issue of those living in poverty and with family violence in Aotearoa New Zealand?’

 

AN INVITATION FOR YOU TO RESPOND: Discuss in groups of two or three, then place your response on the noticeboard. Barbara & David have paper and pens and will assist you. Thank you.

 

HYMN: Wounded World (Tune: Abbot’s Leigh) ©Shirley Murray (1992)

Wounded world that cries for healing – here we hold each other’s pain, wounded systems, bruised and bleeding bear the load, the scars of strain; dollars ration out compassion, hard decisions rule the day – Jesus of the healing Spirit, free us to another way!

 

Through our nation’s pent frustration, through the corridors of stress may there move a kindlier wisdom all may feel, and all may bless;

tax and tithe are for a purpose shared to shield the poor and weak: past the symptoms of our sickness let the voice of justice speak.

Honour those whose loving spirit nurses hope, restores and heals. Towel and basin used in service like the Christ who come and kneels: in the tending, in the mending may we see the right and fair,

in our common quest for wholeness heal each other by our care.

 

OFFERING (Together): God of all people, rich and poor, free and oppressed, we come now with our offering. We offer to you ourselves; our giftedness, food, money, our time and energy in your service. Amen.

 

PRAYER FOR OTHER PEOPLE: Barbara, David & Lyndsey

 

HYMN: Putting People First

Speaking up for those who cannot speak, reaching out to the poor and the weak, changing systems that prison the mind, bringing hope and liberty; putting people, putting people, putting people first for a change.

 

Standing tall with those who stand alone, in solidarity;

it is the work of Jesus Christ, it is the work for me…

 

Working hard for change, not charity, making the blind ones see;

it is the work of Jesus Christ, it is the work for me…

 

Letting go that others may enjoy, teaching true community:

it is the work of Jesus Christ, it is the work for me… ©Colin Gibson (1995)

 

COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY (together): We go now out into God’s world knowing that God goes with us, Jesus Christ being our Guide and that the Spirit of God will empower us. May we know the freedom to seek opportunities each new day and serve with compassion, imagination and courage.

 

BLESSING: Go in peace and love. May God go on creating within us, may Jesus Christ be in our midst and the Spirit lead us in the dance of life.

SUNG BENEDICTION:

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, our Father, and the fellowship, the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us for evermore, for evermore, for evermore. Amen.      ©St Aidan’s, Launceston.

 

ST MARTIN’S NOTICES 14^th AUGUST 2016

A very warm welcome to all who worship with us this morning. Please stay for morning tea following the service. Many thanks to Rev Lyndsey McKay for leading our worship today.

 

WELCOME to Rev Dugald Wilson, our Minister for the next few months, working on a part time basis. dugaldwil@gmail.com or 380 5024.

 

*****NEXT SUNDAY: 10 am at St James’, Spreydon.*****

 

Sunday 28^th August:  we will be joining Cashmere Presbyterian at 10am.

 

WEDNESDAY WALKERS 17^th August: Meet 9.30am at Meet Madras St by the repaired clock tower by the river.  Plenty of parking, either Madras St, or across the road by the Oxford Tce Baptist site or exit from Margaret Mahy playground as you come back on to Madras St.  Coffee at Table at Monks cafe. Janette and Cyril 021 161 1178 or Sonya 027 253 3397

 

BOARD OF MANAGERS meets this Wednesday 7.30pm at Merchiston.

 

CRAFTY CRAFTERS Thursdays 10am-12noon. $3 per session.

 

PARISH OFFICE: Wednesday & Thursday 9am – 12 noon, Fridays 9-11am Ph 332 6192. Email:stmartpresch@xtra.co.nz. Website:www.stmartins.org.nz.

Please make sure Anna has any notices by 9am Thursday.

 

ALPINE PRESBYTERY NEWSLETTER is on the noticeboard in the Lounge.

 

ANGLICAN PARISH OF OPAWA-ST MARTINS is holding a Quiz Night at the Speights Ale House Ferrymead Sunday 28^th August 5.30pm. Contact Anna at the Office for tickets ($10 pp or $2 for children).   How about entering a team from St Martin’s???

 

PRAYING FOR CASHMERE: This Thursday, 18 August: a combined churches informal evening for prayer and fellowship,

in the Cashmere Presbyterian Church lounge, at 7.30pm (2 Macmillan Ave, off Dyers Pass Rd). Supper provided. All most welcome.

A rare opportunity to relax, share and pray together as Christians.

 

BIRTHDAYS  THIS WEEK: Sun 14^th Thomas; Wed 17^th Sam; Thu 18^th Andreas, Doug