HAVE YOU GOT YOUR TEAM TOGETHER? 23 SEPTEMBER 7 PM AT MARSDEN CULTURAL CENTER
Please email kate@karorianglican.org.nz to book your team. We will be auctioning some great prizes, which currently include beauty treatments from our local Marsden village, an amazing bach stay, an Interislander Travel Voucher, a Personal Trainer Session, Crystal and glassware, garden design consultation, and consult with Sunday Interiors! Get your friends/workmates together, it’s a great opportunity to involve the wider community and provide much-needed funds for Te Korōria while having a great time!
Teams can be 6-8 people, if you can’t get a whole team together then book in a part team and we can join you up with other “part teams”. There is a welcome drink on arrival, and guests are invited to bring any other drink they might want. Light snacks will be available for purchase.
If you are able to help on the night by welcoming/serving snacks and taking payments, Kate would love to hear from you.
HEIDI HAS A NEW OPPORTUNITY- FINISHES AT KARORI ANGLICAN 23rd SEPTEMBER
Congratulations to Heidi who has accepted a new role with a finance company, she will be finishing her role here on 23 September. We really appreciate everything that Heidi has brought to her position, her range of skills in administration, organisation as well as her faith and commitment to Karori Anglican. Heidi is really excited about her new opportunity and we wish her well in her future! We will of course continue to see her as an active part of our community (phew!). Unfortunately, Heidi is unwell at the moment and not able to work. Please contact Kate or Ian in her absence with urgent matters.
We are currently interviewing for the position and hope to make an appointment in the next two weeks.
RETURN TO MORNING TEA
This Sunday (11th) we will be returning to having morning tea, now that COVID-19 risk is reducing (Yay!). There will be volunteers providing this through a roster (as previously). If you are not in an housechurch and would like to help out with this (it’s fun, involves food, and a great way to meet everyone at church), then please let Ian know and we will put you into a group to serve together. House church leaders look out for the roster in your email box.
AUCTION OF HISTORIC FLAG – 15 SEPTEMBER
Dunbar Sloane will be auctioning our Historic Flag on the 15th of September, as agreed at our AGM. Please let anyone you know who might be interested to register to bid. Click here to go to Dunbar Sloanes website for full information. All proceeds go towards Te Korōria. TV3 Paid us a visit this week and are doing an article on the flag, currently scheduled for Thursday 8th’s news (at 6pm and 10.30pm). Please also keep this fundraising opportunity in your prayers.
SPRING WORKING BEE AT ECEC – SAT 17 SEPT 9 am – 3pm
Join us and ECEC parents as we spend some time sprucing up our Early Childhood Centre. Come for an hour or two, or the whole day! A whole range of jobs is available, no matter what your skill set! Please get in touch with Geoff Lee for more information, Geoff.lee@xtra.co.nz
LATEST TE KORŌRIA UPDATE
We have had all sorts of weather this week! It was too wild earlier in the week to put the roof on, but the material has arrived and will be installed over the next week. The exterior RAB lining is going on also, so it won’t be too long before the building is enclosed. We really appreciate all the amazing donations we have received so far. So far we have received over $53,000 donated towards fit out costs which is fantastic. There are still lots of items to fund if we really want to serve the community well. Keep those little orange books coming back, or contact Kate if you need more information on items or how best to contribute.
MANNA MINISTRY MEALS – SUNDAY 18 SEPTEMBER SAVE THE DATE!
Thank you so much to people who have already dropped off Mana meals for our freezer – love your work! Please keep Sunday, 18 September free after church to cook some meals to further stock the freezer. Cooking in housegroups is great fun, or just grab some friends together. . If you would like to be involved, but don’t have a group to join, then please let the office know and we can connect you with a group. Food containers and labels will be available to pick up in the church foyer.
FRIDAY NIGHT YOUTH ON TONIGHT
Meet at the Church at 6.30pm. Just let Ben know via Insta or Whats app that you are coming so we can make sure there is enough transport.
SEASON OF CREATION 1 SEPTEMBER – 4 OCTOBER
Together during the Season of Creation, Christians around the world unite in prayer and action to protect God’s creation. The Season of Creation starts on 1 September, the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, and ends on 4 October, the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi. Many Anglicans take this opportunity to reflect on their relationship with creation, and to consider how God may be calling them further into Anglican Communion’s fifth mark of mission: “To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation, and sustain and renew the life of the earth”.
Click here for resources and ideas to participate during this season
MIND HEALTH COUNSELLING SERVICES
We are pleased to advise that Counsellor Sarah Richards is now “I am Hope” registered/approved! This means that she can offer two free sessions of counselling to anyone 5-24 years old. Sarah works from our office from 9.30am-5.00pm each Monday. To book a counselling session with Sarah, or to find out more information about Mind Health, please visit the website. Sarah enjoys working with adults, teens and children. She is passionate about counselling and the power of the therapeutic relationship to bring healing and freedom. She has experience in the areas of: grief and loss, anxiety, abuse, self-harm, eating disorders, self-worth and school counselling. She likes psycho-education and resourcing her clients with practical tools.
NEW WINE 2023 19 – 23 JANUARY – DATE FOR YOUR DIARY!
Next year we will be heading to New Wine over Wellington Anniversary weekend as church Whānau. It’s back in its normal format, with international speakers (Mike Pilavachi is back!). For more information, and to register, head to their website – click here. There will be tenting and dormitory options in addition to AirBnB’s. Book the dates in your diary now!
THEME FOR THE YEAR:
‘You did not choose me but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit – fruit that will last.’ John 15:16