Vicars Letter 5th june 2026

Rev Guy Benton

Kia ora, All Saints

I am really excited for us as a community to be launching into our new bible series titled "The Big Picture" This is a series that is going to take us all the way from now until Advent.

What is really stirring the excitement in me is that this is a powerful journey for us all, no matter how long we have been on the Jesus waka, through the overarching narrative of God's big story. 

We will trace our way through the Bible, taking in what God's big plan is, and all the different ways that plan has played out throughout history. I encourage you all to grab a booklet for deeper study with one another. If you are not in a bible study or House Church, there are options for you.
We have several groups that meet across the area, and we also have an inter-generational group that meets at the All Saints Centre each House Church Sunday for a deeper dive into the study together. Anyone is welcome to join this group; each week, the larger group divides up into smaller groups for the study time. 

If you haven't got a study guide yet, please either download one here or pick one up from church this Sunday. 

Our hope by walking through this study together is that we begin to under gird ourselves with the foundations of what a powerful and redemptive story we are a part of! How, at the end of the day, this is not about meeting standards and ticking boxes, but living a life that is laid down for and honoring the God of the universe who, from nothing and with total freedom, creates! US! for relationship! 

I look forward to joining you for worship this Sunday. 

Much love,