You can find the lectionary gospel reading for Sunday 15th March, which was the text for this reflection here I did promise, several weeks ago, that we’d dip into John’s gospel as we move through the season of lent, and so here we are. Actually last week’s lectionary reading, which we did not hear, was… Continue reading Going with the flow
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Leaving a light on…
On Sunday 22nd March we held the last service at St. Peter's for at least the next four weeks, although we were voluntarily calling a halt to our gatherings at that point. But after the announcement yesterday we all know that we are entering full lockdown and isolation tomorrow, and many of us are feeling… Continue reading Leaving a light on…
Trivia Quiz Night… July 1st
St Peter's will be holding it's annual Trivia uiz night on Saturday July 1st. A night of serious fun... staring with a shared meal at 5pm and the straight into the questions. With our wonderful quiz master Owen 'just the facts' Jones. The event is a fundraiser for the church, but first and foremost just… Continue reading Trivia Quiz Night… July 1st
Combined Easter Service April 16th 2017
On Easter Sunday at St Peter's there was a combined service with Antioch Korean Presbyterian Church, that holds it services at the Church on Sunday Afternoons. It was a wonderful occasion and a chance to get together and celebrate the Good news of jesus resurrection. It was a multi-cultural event, Easter greetings "He is Risen,… Continue reading Combined Easter Service April 16th 2017
mainlymusic 2017
On Wednesday mornings St Peter's is full of excited and happy preschoolers jamming to music, singing, dancing, playing drums, shaking bells, and doing other fun things and after a much-needed and well thought out and preapred morning tea having a chance to play together in our great children's facilities. On Wednesday mornings St peter's is full of mums and dads… Continue reading mainlymusic 2017
The story behind St Peter’s Memorial stain Glass Windows…
These memorial windows were originally in the Ellerslie Presbyterian Church in Kalmia St, Ellerslie. When we sold that church to the Tongan Methodist Congregation in the 1980s we took the windows to the new church in Harrison Rd. We replaced them with plain glass windows at the Kalmia St church, with the agreement of the… Continue reading The story behind St Peter’s Memorial stain Glass Windows…
AGM reports 2016
On October 16th St Peter's will be holding its AGM after the 9:30am service here at St Peter's... here are the AGM reports. Thanks to Isaac Carter for formatting them and Gay Kee for assembling the hard copies... Also attached as a seperate item is a pdf of our budget for 2016-2017. agm-draft-final budget-2016-2017
The Prayer Journal
October at St Peter's is our Season of Prayer. A time wehre we encourage our congregation to grow in their Prayer lives. In this weeks Message called "Content: Prayer as Speech ACTS" our minister Rev Howard Carter invited us to try writting a Prayer Journal for the week. If you were not at Church on… Continue reading The Prayer Journal
A simple celebration of 135 years of St Peter’s Ellerslie/Mt Wellington
It was as simple as a birthday cake, some reflections from Isobel Clarihew, who has been part of St Peter's for over 75 years, a prayer and of course some photos. But on September 11th we celebrated 135 years of the faith community that has become known as St Peter's Ellerslie Mt Wellington.
New Hymn for Communion Sunday Septemeber 6th
Just to give folk a chance to get familiar with this new stuart Townend hymn we are using for Sunday Communion... here is a link to you tube video....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACHPwx7EGQA
