All Saints' Gladstone Strengthening
All Saints' Church Gladstone is being pulled about - but in a good way. Vicar Richard Aitken gives an update on current strengthening work to bring the church building up to code.
Visit this articleRestoration is a theme this week as work continues on buildings and in communities with more mulled conversations planned.
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Remember that we are at Alert Level 1: Keep scanning COVID-19 tracer apps, stay at home (and get tested) if you feel unwell, be safe at church - no intincting (dipping) bread into wine and use the sanitiser provided.
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
A Restoration Helped by Friends...
The Rev'd David Crooke reflects on a major restoration project at St Peter's Church in Christchurch and meeting old friends from the Diocese of Dunedin.
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The Abbey 20-22 August 2021 - Youth Leadership Training
The Abbey still has beds free so get in if you wish to attend.
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Upcoming Events
Have a look at a range of events throughout the Diocese and beyond...
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Dunedin Combined 24
Dunedin Combined 24 Cursillo is all set to go from Friday 26 evening to Sunday 28 January mid-afternoon 2024 at Selwyn College. If you have not yet been to a Cursillo [which just means ‘short course’ in Spanish] this could be your opportunity to experience Christian community over this weekend.
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Minister of Women to speak at Leadership Hui: Anglican Women In Leadership Three Tikanga Hui 13-16 October 2021
All Anglican women, lay and ordained are invited to the upcoming Hui , 13-16 October 2021 at St Peter’s School, Cambridge. In spite of COVID-19, planning is well underway for a stimulating and creative range of events, all on the theme of Te Orokohanga o te Ao, The Earth as our Mother, Na Tina ni Vanua.
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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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Anglo Catholic Hui 2021: Food For The Journey, August 12-14 2021.
You are warmly invited to the third Anglo-Catholic Hui at St Michael and All Angels, Christchurch.
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Bible Explore
Strandz* have been doing some dreaming and thinking around how they could provide a resource where you can search for Bible passages, characters and stories... with a creative NZ twist.
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Social Justice Hui -POSTPONED
Due to current Alert Level settings, the hui on the weekend of August 27 – 29, 2021 is postponed until we can meet together safely.
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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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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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Staying ahead of COVID-19
Bishop Steve is encouraging all of us to stay ahead of the virus by setting good examples in our communities....
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Coronavirus Covid-19 Level 1 Update
At Level 1 we need to continue to take care of each other and ourselves. We have updated our Level 1 information to remind each other what we need to do....
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