A question with Bishop Steve, recorded at Peter Mann House on 20 May 2020.

Our Child, Youth and Family Educator has created some activity sheets for children for the celebration of Ascension Day.

This has been a series by Michael Godfrey over the Easter Season, read on for the last reflection. The reflections will return after a short break with a focus on daily mass readings.

Below are links to the Pandemic Response Framework and Diocesan Policy for Worship at all Alert Levels.

We moved to Alert Level 2 at 11.59 pm on Tuesday 7 September 2021. This has meant some adjustments for faith communities, with a requirement for contract tracing, up to 100 people only indoors and encouragement to wear face coverings. The Diocesan office is open Monday to Friday 9 to 3 pm, please let us know if you want to visit (03 488 0820) and bring your face covering with you.

We are continuing to update our list of on-line worship opportunities, many you can use any day. We also have a link to an excellent Tear Fund resource if you - or others you are supporting - are feeling stressed.

Supporting children who have a special need in Fort Portal, Uganda Africa. Please read on for an urgent appeal for food relief supplies....

It is with great sadness that we learn of the death of the Venerable Neil Hansen former Archdeacon of Southland.

Of interest to the whole New Zealand Church is the latest biography by Judy Mills, of Napier.

At Level 2, some staff have returned to the Diocesan office and some are continuing to operate mostly in a remote capacity. We can continue to help with setting up your virtual meetings......

The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence runs from November 25 – the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women to December 10 – International Human Rights Day. It is a global campaign to focus our efforts towards working to eliminate violence against women in our families, our communities and our world.

The Theology Programme at the University of Otago is offering another series of “Faith Thinking on Zoom” - one hour FREE sessions on Zoom, generally led by one of the staff of the Theology Programme. These will involve input on a topic followed by facilitated discussion.

Resources are now available to use. Please read on for more information.

With the increasing plight of many in our communities and the demand on foodbanks, this is an ideal way to offer assistance when goods can't be collected in our parishes.

Not the most exciting of topics (for many!) but it's really important to try and get statistical returns back by the end of this month. This will help us get everything together for our Synod and Year books. Other time frames are noted in the link below.