Service for Lent 5 29 March 2020 Covid emergency lockdown During the 2020 Covid emergency lockdown ARCC could not meet at St Matthews but we continued to meet online via Zoom. Here is the Powerpoint we used zoom service lent 5
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We are loved, we belong
Rev Sandy Robertson Homily on 25 August 2019 Woman, you are set free from your ailment. Take your place in the centre of the heart of God There is a certain type of person who is obsessed with rules and the following of them – not only for themselves but also for everyone else they...
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Time For Love – Documentary
The Bible and Same Sex Attraction A documentary featuring interview commentary from various New Zealand Theologians, Scholars, Ministers about homosexuality. Being raised in a Christian family which became more and more fundamentalist as I grew older I was aware that my attraction to other boys was not something I could mention to my family. In...
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The leadership debate
Do you think it’s right to let homosexuals have leadership/servant roles in the Church? This post was written as a response to a question in a group on Facebook March 2019 I have to say yes. I grew up in a Christian home, missionary parents, heart for the Lord, would have been a Minister but...
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Newsletter August 2018
Archived newsletter You can view our August 2018 online or download it from HERE. Newsletters have been largely replaced by our Facebook group.
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Easter Day & Baptismal Service
Homily Sunday 1 April 2018. by Peter Lineham Readings : Acts 10: 34-43 | 1 Corinthians 15: 1-11 | John 20: 1-18 [This talk preceded the baptism of Alex]. Introduction Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being...
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Keep awake therefore
Rev Sandy Robertson Chaplain at Diocesan School for Girls Homily Sunday November 12, 2017 Readings : Amos 5: 18-54 | 1 Thess 4:13-18 | Matt 25: 1-13 Keep awake therefore In our lectionary, we are in those happy weeks leading up to Advent when the readings foretell doom and the end of the world. In...
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Spotlight on Peter Joyce
Peter Joyce: Gay Maori Christian. Interviewed by Julian JR Victor. We had arranged to meet at the Family Bar, the Secret garden would be usually quiet at 5pm on a Sunday and conducive to the interview that I had planned. I got there a little early but the open air Garden was cold and wet,...
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To be a Christian
Community reflections Philippians 2:1-13 : 2 Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one...