Here’s our Zoom link –
Topic: St Martin’s Sunday Worship. To Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81508696154?pwd=cnErZFM5VG5OQVhsZkxYc0dxOHdvUT09
Meeting ID: 815 0869 6154
Passcode: 712158
A very warm welcome to all who worship with us today, and many thanks to Rev Alan Webster for leading our service. Please join us for morning tea afterwards.
Wednesday Walk 25th February: meet 9.30am in Papanui on the corner of Langdons Road and Sisson Drive for a walk through Bridgestone Reserve and coffee at Braintree Wellness Centre. All welcome Sonya 027 253 3397.
Contributions to the next ‘Messenger’ are now being sought. Please email any articles, photos etc to Sally (hooty@xtra.co.nz) by 8th March. Thank you.
Donations: if you are able to support the ministry at St Martins our bank account is: 03-1598-0011867-00. Please include your name as a reference.
Garage Sale, Saturday 14th March. Doors open at 9am and close around noon. Contributions may be delivered to the church on Friday after 12 noon and those volunteers working on stalls or helping may assist on Friday afternoon or from 8am on Saturday. We are looking for cakes and sweets, excess fruit and vegetables, books, and other good quality, no longer required items that are taking up space in your homes. Please no clothes or shoes. These should be taken to “Op Shops” or clothing bins. Please no magazines. These should go into your yellow recycling bin. Any questions ask Warren or Sue.
Thank you to everyone who filled in the ‘ballot’ paper on what you would like to hear Nardia preach!
THIS WEEK AT ST MARTINS
Monday 10am Tend cuppa & chat (lounge) Emily 022 094 1492
Monday 4.15pm Meditation Group (lounge) Dugald 021 161 7007
Tuesday 7-9pm Mums n Tums (lounge) Livvy 027 327 6369
Wednesday 9.30am Walk: Papanui Sonya 027 253 3397
Wednesday 7-9pm Cantabile choir (lounge) Rose 027 254 0586
Thursday 10am Crafty Crafters (lounge) Sally 332 4730
Thursday 1.30pm Sit & Keep Fit (church) Anneke 021 077 4065
Friday 10am-12 noon Mums n Tums (lounge) Livvy 027 327 6369
Saturday 10am Pathways study group (lounge) Sue 960 7657
Bibles Wanted: Kevin Hapi, from our mission and ministry, P? Whakaoranga, Aranui, Christchurch, is looking for spare Bibles that people may have. They have a demand from people wanting Bibles who can’t necessarily afford to purchase a brand-new one. Can you help? Please contact Kevin – kevin@alpinepresbytery.org or 021 254 5717.
From February’s Parish Council meeting:
- Noted that the cash offertory has increased since the plate has been passed around again.
- The Parish Council will meet on 4 March to discern which suggestions from the What Now? discussion will be possible.
- Sue is to arrange a roster for providing MenzShed morning tea – thank you to those people who have volunteered to bake.
- If you able to help with the Garage Sale on 14 March please let Sue know.
A Prayer for Lent
E te Atua,
In this season of Lent, open our ears and our eyes.
Help us slow down enough to notice and hear
your Spirit alive and moving –
in birdsong, in wind through the trees,
in the rhythms of the land and the ocean.
Guide us, so that what we hear and see of your Spirit in creation
will shape how we live, how we care, and how we act.
May this season deepen our gratitude
and attune our hearts and minds to your living presence,
woven through all things.
?mene.
Hot Cross Buns: $5.20 for a pack of six delicious buns, available in traditional, chocolate, and cranberry. If you would like to place an order, please let Anna know before 13 March. Delivery date is 29 March. This is a fundraiser for St Mark’s Anglican Church, Opawa.