Touchstone October 2021

Lesoni; Same 24:1 A nei Jiova ko Vuravura kei na ka kecega sa sinai kina. A vei vanua kei ira era sa tiko kina. Scripture; Psalms 24:1 The earth is the Lord's and all that is in it, the world and those who live in it.

Christian World Service is pleased to be supporting the ‘Get One Give One’ appeal, initiated by Anglican Missions.

Upholding of our membership in prayer throughout the nationwide lockdown has been important for everyone.

The Nephew (an apprentice electrician) sent me this message that his mate received from his employers. I was gobsmacked.

We are in a critical time in terms of our health and life in general because of the spread and threat of the Covid pandemic.

Dr Murray Sheard, Chief Executive Officer of cbm New Zealand, has worked in international development for over 15 years. He reports on an initiative that is changing women’s lives in Nigeria.

Author: Rebecca Macfie Publisher: Wellington Awa Press, 2021. 410 pages.

I le agaga faafetai tele e faafeiloai atu ai I le paia o le tatou Sinoti, susu o susuga I le Aufaigaluega ma faletua, Taitai ma faletua, tama malolo, faletua malolo, tuaa sinasina, le mamalu o le Sinoti i ona tulaga faalupelupeina seia oo lava i alo ma fanau laiti. E talitonu o loo taufai manuia tutusa i tatou uma i le alofa tausi vaatele o lo tatou Atua.

In lockdown, Aotearoa is confined. Yet, in lockdown, any of us can travel.

Social connection is a fundamental human need. We are hard-wired to be social and interact with each other, to live in families/whānau and communities that interact with each other.

Barbara Peddie is the Methodist representative on the Interchurch Bioethics Council. In this article she explains the role of the council.

Once again, we find ourselves in uncharted waters. Last year, a truncated Conference allowed us to do the basic business of the Church.

In August, Hon Kris Faafoi, the Minister of Justice, presented a bill to parliament to ban conversion therapy practices in New Zealand. The measures proposed were aimed at ending conversion practices that don’t work, are widely discredited and cause harm to rainbow communities and the wider community.

New Zealand Lay Preachers Association