Supporting Your Mental Health
Are you or someone you know struggling right now? We have more information, suggestions and inspiration that may help...
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Remember that we are at Alert Level 4: We have moved back into non-contact forms of worship, check out our website for options. Make sure you follow Government Advice to keep yourselves and others safe.
Opportunities for daily prayer can be found on our Prayer Resources web page.
Ko Te Tonga kei te Karaka - The South Calling: ISSN 2744-6514
Contents
In the nick of time - a Mulled Evening in Nightcaps
Under the shadow of a midnight return to Alert Level 4 on 17 August, around 15 souls gathered in Nightcaps for more spirited conversations.....
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Children's Activity Booklets
For this week we have two options for booklets depending on what you are celebrating this coming Sunday (for this week's Gospel) of the Children's Activity Booklet put together by our Child, Youth, and Family Educator attached.
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Kia Kaha te Reo Māori
This year our virtual Māori Language Moment is back and bigger than ever! This year we are encouraging you to make The Lord's Prayer your Te Reo moment and to sing it today at lunch time...
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Coronavirus Covid-19 Update: Level 4 Information and Links to advice
We are at Alert Level 4 from midnight 17 August 2021 provisionally until 11.59 pm on Tuesday 31 March. While Church buildings are temporarily closed, the Church as the people of God continues. The main message is to save lives, stay at home...
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) For Levels 3 and 4
We are working to keep you updated with information as it comes to hand. There is a summary chart for Levels 4 and 3 (attached below) that indicates what you can and can't do. We moved to Level 4 on Wednesday 18 August 2021.
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Southern COVID-19 Vaccination Information
Now all people over 12 can book for a vaccination. Below is some information on how to get a COVID-19 vaccination in Otago and Southland.
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Christian World Service appeals for Haiti and Afghanistan
CWS have recently launched two appeals for the emergencies in Haiti and Afghanistan.
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Upcoming Events
Have a look at a range of events throughout the Diocese and beyond...
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10 Steps to Less Waste in 10 Months
One of our Five Marks of Mission is to strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and re-new the life of the earth. Here is Step 10 of the challenge for the month of November
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Get one. Give one. Campaign
The Get one. Give one. Campaign is an opportunity for Anglicans in Aotearoa New Zealand to pay it forward to others as we receive our vaccines for free (and now all over 12 years can book in!). Over $126k has been given so far to the Get One. Give One. campaign ...can you help increase this even more?
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Hoani Parata 2nd Annual Lecture 8 September 2023
Selwyn College Te Maru Pūmanawa in association with the Otago University Theology Programme and the Dunedin North Parish present the second annual Hoani Parata Lecture to honour Reverend Canon Hoani Parata (1881–1928), the first Māori resident at Te Maru Pūmanawa.
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3 Day Centering Prayer Retreat En Hakkore Retreat Centre, Orangapai, 2-4 October 2021
An intensive retreat with teaching and practice in the Christian contemplative prayer practice called Centering Prayer.
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