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Community breakfast is fun

Do come along to our community breakfast on the third Sunday each month. We meet in the hall instead of the church. A social time over food.

We were in Christmas party mode

What a fun few days as we counted down to Christmas! From our conversations workshop on 6 December, we headed into the Northcote Christmas craft afternoon on 8 December. That included afternoon tea. Then on to the last mainly music session for the year (presents and food) and the Thursday group lunch. Thursday group is […]

Navigating challenging conversations

On 6 December we hosted another of our restorative thinking workshops, this one a bespoke session entitled ‘Navigating Challenging Conversations.’ The presenter was Erica Fairbank. Once again, a diverse range of people attended and generously brought their experience and spirit of enquiry to the occasion. This hands-on workshop encouraged conversations and sharing. It covered topics […]

A delightful quiz night

The Mad Hatter’s Quiz Night on 17 November filled our hall with church members and guests. People took enormous care over their hats – some handmade. The winning hats worn by a team of six ‘Planeteers’ were carefully folded from newspaper and adorned with plants. Ten rounds of questions over two hours challenged twelve teams […]

Children’s church and more

Children are welcome at all our gatherings and services. In addition, first Sunday of the month is Children’s Church. Bible-based fun and social time: music, games, activity and thinking about our place in God’s world. All young people are invited. Morning tea to follow.

Restorative thinking workshop

On 20 October, a diverse group of 22 people gathered for a four-hour workshop hosted by Greg Morgan (Onewa Christian Community) and kindly supported by ANCAD. Meeting costs were met from a grant Onewa Christian Community received from the Justice-Compassion Trust. The workshop was a chance to get a discussion going and to test possibilities […]

Co-created ageing research

At our community breakfast on 15 October, Professor Burholt spoke about a new centre at the University of Auckland that has the mission to focus on developing co-created ageing research. Research must address the needs and aspirations of older people for improved health, wellbeing and human flourishing. Involving older people in the research at every […]

‘It’s a small world’ celebrated

The annual floral affair fundraiser on 14 October again drew an appreciative audience. The these this year was ‘It’s a small world.’ Guests enjoyed spring-time floral displays, a concert and high tea. Thanks to everyone who supported the parish, including all who provided the catering, the flowers, the music, hospitality and a wonderful social time. […]

AGM, September 2023

Thanks to everyone who attended our AGM on 21 September. The meeting started with shared food, a guest speaker and some congregational recognitions before we reviewed our activities in the 2022-23 year. Guest speaker Jan Rutledge QSM spoke. Jan is the General Manager of De Paul House, and discussed its vision and work as a […]

Valuing what we value

Professor Niki Harré’s talk on Values and what we really care about (on 7 September) began with a game. The people in the room thought quietly and then contributed three things they care about very much: ‘in any dimension – an emotion, relationship, part of the natural world, a quality, an object.’ People read these […]