Vicars Letter 12th june 2026

Kia ora, All Saints

This Wednesday and Thursday, I was privileged to host 10 other clergy from around the country for 2 days. It was an incredibly inspiring time together as we shared about the joys and challenges of leading similar congregations around the province. One of the things that I walked away inspired by was the hope this group had at the way their congregations were full of hope for their communities by rooting themselves in biblical truths and person hope in Christ which in turn empowers them through the spirit to reach out for nothing more than to see people know the love of God through Christ! 

I felt inspired and excited by our journey together as a community to dive deeper into the bible! I was encouraged by the thought of our historic commitment to mission and commitment to biblical truths. 

I also found myself again retelling the story of how we go about House Churches here at All Saints, to which I found those asking were inspired to try similar things in their own congregations. 

This led me to reflect on the Hebrews passage 10:24-25 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

Sometimes we can forget why we do what we do or how we got there. Let us continue to encourage each other and continue meeting together, reading and chewing over scripture, confessing together, repenting together and walking into freedom, rejoicing together. 

This Sunday we have 9am and House Churches. If you are coming to 9am, I will be following up on last week's sermon with some more depth. If you are going to a House Church, a reminder to read through Ephesians 1:1-14 and work through the booklet for week 1 as you come to your group on Sunday. 

If you are not in a House Church, please feel free to come to the All Saints center, where there will be a group meeting. 

For those of you asking about the Podcast I was listening to last week with John Lennox in it, please find that attached here. 

Much love,