Kia Ora, There has been a call for our church, Hope Presbyterian – to get ready. This has sometimes been a little hard to articulate because the resounding question has been “what for?” As I reflect on this statement there are two things that jump out to me. Firstly the...
Reflections of a vulnerable Grandad on Day One of “lock down.” Scripture: Luke 4:1-13 Jesus in the wilderness. 1 Kings 19: 7-13. Elijah retreats to a cave. Our Context: One quarter of the world’s population is now in “lock down.” Global cases are over 416,000, with 18589 deaths. Italy...
Scripture: Luke 4:1-13. Our Context: At 11.59pm, 25th March 2020, New Zealand goes to Level Four Alert. Tomorrow we will be in Lock Down for at least four weeks. The Government has declared a state of National Civil Defence Emergency. Fifty new cases today bring the total of positive (and...
Reflections from a “vulnerable” Grandad confined to home. Context: 24th March 2020. On level three alert and preparing for level 4. The News Channels pump out the national and global statistics of the COVID -19 pandemic. The contagion in Europe is mind boggling. Italy, Spain and France seem to be...
WOW – how things move so quickly in this current climate of COVID-19!! Firstly, thanks so much for tuning into to our first ever live streamed service. We really value the time that people have taken to give a message of encouragement and people saying thanks. It provides a much-needed...
Kia ora Church, Well, we are now less than 24hrs away from Live Streaming our services for the very first time here at Hope! Along with the rest of the pastoral team, I am really looking forward to this new opportunity, and although it will feel a little different we’re...
Kia Ora, We wanted to reach out to you after todays announcement about the rapidly changing COVID19 pandemic that we find our lives caught up in. These are indeed unprecedented timesfor most of our generations and so together we are navigating our way through this storm. As a church we’ve...
As the leadership of Hope Presbyterian, we wanted to reach out to you amidst the developing COVID-19 pandemic and talk to you about how we are responding as a church. This is obviously a rapidly developing situation and so what we even had yesterday ready to send you now seems...
