Vicar’s Address Confirmation Welcome to our monthly Messenger. Over the past couple of months we have been running a few groups relating to our worship services and also exploring what Christian Discipleship really means. Firstly we had a group of 11 young people gathering each Friday for five weeks as we worked through the book […]

Vicar’s Address The Season of Creation September brings us to the season of spring. It’s a season when we see the arrival of new life and hope as the lambs and calves are born and yet the rain keeps falling. Yes, our climate certainly is changing all too quickly. At the moment Bob and I […]

Vicar’s Address BEING WITH GOD AND GOD IN US Some of our people who are preparing for confirmation are working through Rowan Williams’ Book on Discipleship. Of course this study series is open to anyone who is interested. Please let me know if you would like to be part of this group. Discipleship is something […]

Vicar’s Address Now to the Ordinary Time in the Church Calendar As we have journeyed through the special Sundays of the church year: Lent, Easter, Ascension, Pentecost, and Trinity — we have had the privilege of very thoughtfully created and very thought-provoking displays in the church. These have been greatly admired by parishioners and church […]

Vicar’s AddressChrist is risen, he is risen indeed! Alleluia!Well the great celebrations of Easter have been but the season of Easter has just begun. In the church calendar Easter continues through to Pentecost Sunday on 14 June. During the Easter Season our readings concentrate on the time between the resurrection and the Ascension on Thursday […]

Vicar’s AddressEASTEROn April 14 we celebrate Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, but the mood of that city soon changes as we move into Holy Week and begin to journey through Holy week to Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and on to Easter day and the great celebration of Christ’s Resurrection. On Easter morning, we are reminded that […]

Vicar’s Address What difference will Lent make to your life this year? Well, our year is well underway with most groups having already met by now. The Oasis children’s group is being very well attended with parents grateful to have somewhere to take the children after the long summer holiday — and it has certainly […]

Vicar’s Address New Year, New Beginnings, New Visions and New Plans Welcome to 2019 — even though one month of it has almost gone. We have certainly had some beautiful weather and also some much-needed rain. I do hope it has been sufficient for the gardeners and the farmers. It is a reminder to us […]

Vicar’s Address Peace, Joy, Hope and Love Isn’t that the message of Christmas? Yes we about to enter the Season of Advent again. A season of busyness, parties and celebration with work colleagues, friends and classmates as we anticipate that long awaited summer holiday — or is it? Our response to that partly depends on […]

Vicar’s Address “St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Pukekohe” I sometimes stop and think, when we hear those words as members of the St Andrew’s Church family, as members of the Pukekohe or Franklin Community, as part of the Diocese of Auckland and the Anglican Church of Aotearoa New Zealand: What words would we like to spring […]