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The Connexional Office has started a webinar programme aimed at topics relevant to the Connexion.

Professional Development Grants Poipoia te kākono, kia puawai, “Nurture the seed and it will blossom” Please note: Applications for the June funding round are due to the Secretary by 15 May

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Do we have a progressive tax system where those who earn more pay more and lower incomes pay less?

This year we will be verifying that our buildings meet legislative requirements. Some of these items you have heard about before, and some of them may be new to you. Here is how we are going to check up on our buildings.

This climax of Holy Week in the Christian calendar came from Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral, Auckland. Interwoven with te reo Māori, the Eucharist is presided over by the Reverend Ivica Gregurec, the Cathedral’s Precentor. The music was provided by the Cathedral choir under the direction of Peter Watts.

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is celebrated in the Southern Hemisphere between Ascension Sunday and Pentecost Sunday, thus from 21 to 28 May in Aotearoa New Zealand for 2023. The theme for this year is “Do good; seek justice” from Isaiah 1:17.

A service will be live Streamed from Takapuna Methodist Church, 427-429 Lake Road, Takapuna Auckland. The Rev Tony Franklin-Ross is Cordinator for the Auckland Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Supper and refreshments will be served after the service.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia: The Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) organised a two-day national training programme on 30–31 March 2023 that equipped a group of Cambodian Christian youth leaders with essential knowledge and leadership skills to work towards combating the HIV epidemic in the country.

The first quarter of 2023 has seen a flurry of activities across the region. From the Republic of the Marshall Isalnds to Nauru and Kiribati, the Pacific Conferenece of Churches has been involved in a series of activities. These included the training of trainers in Child protection methods and creating safe churches in the region. A concerted effort has been made to involve the Northern Pacific churches in regional activities in a greater way.

CWS invites you to stand with refugees on World Refugee Day, June 20.

The ACT Alliance Appeal has raised over US$4.5 million for the response in Syria.

Thank you to those who organised and participated in the World Day of Prayer Aotearoa New Zealand Annual Service.

Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6

The World Choir Games, the largest choral festival and competition on the globe, is coming to Auckland in July 2024