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

NOTICES:

A very warm welcome to all who worship with us this morning. Many thanks to Rev Alan Webster for leading our service today. Next Sunday Dugald Wilson will be with us.

Fireside meeting on Monday 13th May from 2pm.  We welcome interested women of the congregation and their friends to join us.  Barbara Meier will tell us about the recent visit that she and Rob made to Chatham Islands, which is not a part of NZ that many of us have visited so this is a chance to hear someone who has. Margaret 366 8936.

Wednesday Walkers 15^th May: Meet 9.30am near Birdwood Café for a walk around the area. Coffee at the Café. All welcome. Thea 027 339 6361.

Contributions are now being sought for the winter edition of the ‘Messenger’. Please email Sally (hooty@xtra.co.nz) by 22 May. Thank you.

Next Movie night Saturday 25^th May 2024 5.15pm – ‘Lili’: Based on a Paul Gallico story, the film unfolds in the bright atmosphere of a travelling French carnival. Here Lili (Leslie Caron) becomes a waitress, but she is fired after one night for spending too much time watching Jean Pierre Aumont, the handsome magician with whom she is infatuated. Lili is grief stricken until a lame puppeteer (Mel Ferrer) uses his little friends to woo her from sorrow. Soon she is part of his act, childishly happy with the four puppets but unable to deal with their moody master, whom she calls “the angry man”. How Lili blossoms from the shy young orphan to womanhood with the puppets as her guides ….. a very special film for everyone.

Wanted – drivers to help with picking up and delivering home again several members of our congregation who either live alone and have no means of transport – and/or folk who are now residing in rest homes and rely on a friend or family member to collect them and bring them to church. Irene would love to chat with you.

THIS WEEK AT ST MARTINS                 

Monday 2pm                  Fireside (lounge) Margaret 366 8936

Tuesday 10am              South Elder Care (lounge) Jeannette 332 9869

Tuesday 7.15pm           Meditation Group (lounge) Dugald 021 161 7007

Wednesday 9.30am      Walking Group: Beckenham Thea 027 339 6361

Wednesday 10am         Scottish Country Dancing (lounge) Irene 332 7306

Wednesday 7-9pm       Cantabile Choir (lounge) Rose 027 254 0586

Thursday 10am             Crafty Crafters (lounge) Sally 332 4730

Thursday 1.30pm          Sit & Be Fit (church) Anneke 021 077 4065

Friday 9.30am               Sing & Sign (lounge) Becky 022 086 2211

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 this morning. Many thanks to Rev Don Fergus for leading our Communion service today. Next Sunday Alan Webster will be with us.

We give thanks for the life of Roger Allen and we pray for Gaynor and the family as they mourn. Roger’s memorial service will be here at St Martins on Friday 10^th May in the afternoon (time to be confirmed). Volunteers to serve afternoon tea would be appreciated – please see Irene if you can help.

Wednesday Walkers 8^th May: meet 9.30am in Botanic Gardens Armagh St carpark by the footbridge. Coffee at Bunsen. All welcome. Beth 027 651 8333 or Sonya 027 253 3397. Let’s hope the weather’s better this week!

Men’s Group invite anyone from the congregation who would like to attend: This month’s meeting will be visiting the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple in Riccarton Rd at 10am on Thursday 9^th May. A 10 minute talk will precede a tour of the Temple. Coffee afterwards at their café. Parking is best in Harakeke St (approach from Kilmarnock St). Meet 9.30 at church to car pool or phone Rob Connell 384 4320 if you would like a ride.

Contributions are now being sought for the winter edition of the ‘Messenger’. Please email Sally (hooty@xtra.co.nz) by 22 May. Thank you.

Next Movie night Saturday 25^th May 2024 5.15pm – ‘Lili’: Based on a Paul Gallico story, the film unfolds in the bright atmosphere of a travelling French carnival. Here Lili (Leslie Caron) becomes a waitress, but she is fired after one night for spending too much time watching Jean Pierre Aumont, the handsome magician with whom she is infatuated. Lili is grief stricken until a lame puppeteer (Mel Ferrer) uses his little friends to woo her from sorrow. Soon she is part of his act, childishly happy with the four puppets but unable to deal with their moody master, whom she calls “the angry man”. How Lili blossoms from the shy young orphan to womanhood with the puppets as her guides ….. a very special film for everyone.

THIS WEEK AT ST MARTINS                 

Tuesday 10am              South Elder Care (lounge) Jeannette 332 9869

Tuesday 7.15pm           Meditation Group (lounge) Dugald 021 161 7007

Wednesday 9.30am      Walking Group:Botanic Gardens Sonya 027 253 3397

Wednesday 10am         Scottish Country Dancing (lounge) Irene 332 7306

Wednesday 7-9pm       Cantabile Choir (lounge) Rose 027 254 0586

Thursday 10am             Crafty Crafters (lounge) Sally 332 4730

Thursday 1.30pm          Sit & Be Fit (church) Anneke 021 077 4065

Friday 9.30am               Sing & Sign (lounge) Becky 022 086 2211

A very warm welcome to all who worship with us this morning. Many thanks to Rev Dugald Wilson for leading our service today. Next Sunday Hugh Perry will be with us.

Wednesday Walkers 24^th April: meet 9.30am at the Lancaster Park Memorial Gates in Stevens Stfor a walk around the stadium and Phillipstown. Morning tea at Daily on Suffolk on the corner of Suffolk & Tuam St, opposite Mathesons Rd. All welcome.  Janet or Sonya 027 253 3397.

THE PARISH OFFICE IS CLOSED this Thursday (ANZAC Day)

Thursday 25^th April 11am-3pm ANZAC Day model and memorabilia display from both World Wars, including four large dioramas.  St Nicholas Church, 231 Barrington St. Free entry.

ANZAC Day Service for St Martins/Waltham/Opawa. 9.30am Thursday 25^th April at the Waltham Park Memorial Gates, cnr of Waltham Road and Fifield Terrace. Honouring and remembering the lives of 43 local young men who died in WWI. More information phone Rev Dr Richard Waugh 022 5339400

Movie Night Saturday 27^th April: ‘HACKSAW RIDGE’ is the extraordinary true story of Desmond Doss who, in Okinawa during one of the bloodiest battles of WW2 saved 75 men without firing or carrying a gun. BYO takeaway tea from 5.15pm. Hot drinks provided. Enquiries to Irene 332 7306.

Wanted – drivers. To help with picking up and delivering home again several members of our congregation who either live alone and have no means of transport – and/or folk who are now residing in rest homes and rely on a friend or family member (some of whom live a long way from St Martins) to collect them and bring them to church. Irene would love to chat with you. Thank you.

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

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

NOTICES:

A very warm welcome to all who worship with us this morning. Many thanks to Rev Alan Webster for leading our service today. Next Sunday Dugald Wilson will be with us.

Wednesday Walkers 17^th April: meet 9.30am in Heathcote St near Ferry Rd McDonalds for a stroll around Woolston. All welcome. Fern 332 4725.

ANZAC Day Service for St Martins/Waltham/Opawa. 9.30am Thursday 25^th April at the Waltham Park Memorial Gates, cnr of Waltham Road and Fifield Terrace. Honouring and remembering the lives of 43 local young men who died in WWI. More information phone Rev Dr Richard Waugh 022 5339400

Movie Night Saturday 27^th April: ‘HACKSAW RIDGE’ is the extraordinary true story of Desmond Doss who, in Okinawa during one of the bloodiest battles of WW2 saved 75 men without firing or carrying a gun. He was the only American soldier in WW2 to fight on the front lines without a weapon, as he believed that while the war was justified, killing was nevertheless wrong. As an army medic, he single-handedly evacuated the wounded from behind enemy lines, braved fire while tending soldiers and was wounded by a grenade and hit by snipers. Doss was the first conscientious objector awarded the Congressional Medal of Honour. The film comes with a Restricted 15 label and depicts graphic & realistic war scenes. The film was a winner of 9 Aacta Awards included Best film, best Director and Best Actor.

BYO takeaway tea from 5.15pm. Hot drinks provided. Enquiries to Irene 332 7306.

Well done and thank you to Peter Saunders for all his work laying new stones in the riverbed garden.

A new Sunday roster is available – please check to see if there is a copy for you in the foyer. Anna.

As disciples of Christ we pray that we learn to recognise and respond to Jesus’ invitation to love without reserve.

As disciples of Christ, may we never be afraid of proclaiming the Good News and to care for those we see to be in need.

May our hearts become a home for the word of God.

THIS WEEK AT ST MARTINS                 

Tuesday 10am              South Elder Care (lounge) Jeannette 332 9869

Tuesday 7.15pm           Meditation Group (lounge) Dugald 021 161 7007

Wednesday 9.30am      Walking Group: Woolston Fern 332 4725

Wednesday 10am         Scottish Country Dancing Irene 332 7306

Wednesday 7.30pm      Parish Council meeting (lounge)

Thursday 10am            Crafty Crafters (lounge) Sally 332 4730

Thursday 1.30pm          Sit & Be Fit(church) Anneke 021 077 4065

Friday                             NO Sing & Sign

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

NOTICES:

A very warm welcome to all who worship with us this morning. Many thanks to Rev Dan Yeazel for leading our service today. Next Sunday Alan Webster will be with us.

Fireside meeting Monday 8th April 2pm – We have asked Margaret Holloway to share with us memories of her times on the Scottish island of Iona with the community established by St Columba.  Questions about this are welcome and our Fireside group welcomes all women to join us.

Wednesday Walkers 10^th April: meet 9.30am in Prossers Rd, St Martins near number 43 for a walk around St Martins/Opawa to view the autumn colours.  Coffee at Lyn Steele’s. All welcome.  Sonya 027 253 3397.

ANZAC Day Service for St Martins/Waltham/Opawa. 9.30am Thursday 25^th April at the Waltham Park Memorial Gates, cnr of Waltham Road and Fifield Terrace. Honouring and remembering the lives of 43 local young men who died in WWI. More information phone Rev Dr Richard Waugh 022 5339400

South West Baptist church are helping a former refugee family from Afghanistan to resettle here. They are seeking a 3-4 bedroom home for family of six with maximum rent of $750/week in Hoon Hay, Addington, Halswell, Somerfield, Beckenham. Contact Nick Regnault 0225408811 if you can help.

THIS WEEK AT ST MARTINS                 

Monday 2pm                  Fireside (lounge) Margaret 366 2939

Tuesday 10am              South Elder Care (lounge) Jeannette 332 9869

Tuesday 7.15pm           Meditation Group (lounge) Dugald 021 161 7007

Wednesday 9.30am      Walking Group: St Martins Sonya 027 253 3397

Wednesday 10am         Scottish Country Dancing Irene 332 7306

Thursday 10am            Crafty Crafters (lounge) Sally 332 4730

Thursday 1.30pm          Sit & Be Fit(church) Anneke 021 077 4065

Friday 9.30am               Sing & Sign (lounge) Becky 022 086 2211

Easter

As though some heavy stone were rolled away,
You find an open door where all was closed,
Wide as an empty tomb on Easter Day.

Lost in your own dark wood, alone, astray,
You pause, as though some secret were disclosed,
As though some heavy stone were rolled away.

You glimpse the sky above you, wan and grey,
Wide through those shadowed branches interposed,
Wide as an empty tomb on Easter Day.

Perhaps there’s light enough to find your way,
For now the tangled wood feels less enclosed,
As though some heavy stone were rolled away.

You lift your feet out of the miry clay
And seek the light in which you once reposed,
Wide as an empty tomb on Easter Day.

And then Love calls your name, you hear Him say:
The way is open, death has been deposed,
As though some heavy stone were rolled away,
And you are free at last on Easter Day.                 Malcolm Guite