Kia Ora All Saints,
As we continue to explore what it means to be an authentic community, we know that at the very core of who we are as a people of God is prayer. As we pray with one another, our hearts align to God’s heart as a community, not just as individuals. Today marks the beginning of our 48 hour prayer vigil where we as a parish will be praying round the clock for people in our lives who do not yet know Jesus and the transformation that comes with meeting Him. If you haven’t yet signed up for a slot, please do, or you can also just come when you’re available and pray alongside whoever is holding the space. Let’s lean in together as a body and allow God to show us what can happen through the power of prayer. This Sunday is Pentecost, and Cassandra has been working hard to plan quite the celebration for us! Join us Sunday for a combined service at 10 am where we celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit and the birthday of the church. Another part of authentic community is celebrating the uniqueness and diversity of those of us in our community. Cassandra has envisioned our Pentecost celebration to be a picture of the church throughout the entire world and we have many cultures represented at All Saints. So please come dressed in any special cultural clothing you might have (or just come dressed ready for a party!) and bring a dish (again from your culture if you’d like) for a shared lunch afterwards. Let’s celebrate together! Love, Summer Kia ora All Saints Whānau
Thy Kingdom Come as on earth as in heaven. Yesterday marks the start of the Thy Kingdom Come global movement of prayer from Ascension Day until Pentecost Sunday (9th-19th May). We join with millions of others around the world in simply praying for two things: Thy Kingdom come (TKC) on earth as in heaven, we want to see God break through in our communities, and we are also praying for five friends/family to come to know Christ. Who are you praying for? This week, we have both of our Central Gatherings at 9 and 10:30. We are excited to have the Director of European Mission Fey Cotter share with us. Gather your House Churches and others and come and hear what God is doing in other parts of the Kingdom. I have recently been asked a lot about why All Saints is thriving. The perception from others is that All Saints is "winning." I found myself on a Zoom with the Diocese of Nelson, where they asked me to talk about life and ministry at All Saints and how we see God moving. The first thing I lead/led with in these conversations is that there are only two genuine silver bullets: 1) prayer! and 2) is the truth of the Gospel/Good News. So, as we come into a period of focused prayer and petition, let us lean in together as we pray for the Kingdom to break through around us and in the hearts of those we know and love. Also that, we would stand firm in the truth God speaks to us and know the transforming power of Christ in our own hearts. Something I always find myself coming back to over and over again is reading Romans 8 We have a number of ways for you to engage in prayer throughout TKC. 17th- 19th May | All Saints 48 Hour Prayer Vigil. Join us for our 48-hour prayer vigil here at All Saints. Sign up for an hour or more across the 48 hours. Gather your friends and family. There will be several guided prayer stations, and you can also pray your own way. Sign up to a prayer slot here. 6:30 am Morning Prayer | 15mins Jump online and pray with others in the morning before you start your day. This format is light prayer liturgy and space for praying for our 5 and others. 10 am Morning Prayer | 30mins Join a group online who pray and read scripture together each morning. This time of prayer follows a more formal Liturgical Prayer format You can link into both of these spaces by clicking here. Check out our other notices in the newsletter. They include dates for our building conversations, Parish Weekend away, Matariki Working Bee, and shared dinner. Click here to see Notices Much love, Guy Kia ora All Saints whānau,
It has been great to delve a bit deeper into our value of Authentic Community at our gatherings over the past few weeks. I started us off chatting about knowing and meeting one another's needs, then Guy brought us a message about being a community that reaches outward, followed by Summer talking about the perils of shame and the power of vulnerability, and this week we have Andy bringing us the message about being a people of God - we can look forward to that. You can find these messages on our website if you want to catch up or re-watch them. Ultimately we are praying together that our focus on this value of Authentic Community this year will draw us closer to understanding and fulfilling the words of Jesus: "“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” - John 13:34-35 May you find solace, support, encouragement and also challenge from your Church family (as 3-year-old Leon happily refers to you all) and may we draw each other nearer to our Creator, Redeemer and Giver of Life. God bless you all, Emily |
Past News
May 2024
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