Weekly Updates

It’s been a full week. Sunday afternoon saw me engaged in a series of pastoral visits – something, since being out of Parish ministry, I haven’t engaged with this intentionality in years. I loved it! My heart was grieved in visiting a woman in a locked ward in Hillmorton Hospital – who told me she’s

Kia ora e te whanau Sunday saw me at that the official opening of a new ancillaries building attached to the Ellesmere Co-operating Parish in Leeston. It was very well done. And, it was a joy to be part of an event that demonstrates that CVs continue to believe in themselves, in their own future,

Kia ora e te whanau Adverse weather has caught many off guard – in places where we may have previously thought ourselves to be ‘safe’. This has included some of our folk. You are in our prayer. I look at the images and think, “O, these are strong people – look at what they are

Kia ora e te whanau Every year the calendar clicks over – and it’s just done it again. I’m officially a year older. It becomes clearer each year, that there are far less years ahead, than those behind me. The tragedy is that it’s only now, as the clock is clearly and obviously running down,

Kia ora e te whanau I trust your Easter experience has been enriching. This was one Easter where I stayed away from church. This is a very rare thing – where Easter, particularly Good Friday, tends to have been the most focussed day in my ecclesiastical year. Good Friday found Lynne and I in a

Kia ora e te whanau I’d guess many have little time for newsletters while in the busyness of Holy Week. I realised that I needed to be reminded that the primary call on my life was not to save the world, but to abide in the one who does. It’s out of this relationship that

Kia ora e te whanau I’m on holiday! Sitting in the peace and tranquillity of Naseby – a beautiful, somewhat rustic, historic village in Central Otago. I’m putting this out, as I awoke early with a ‘caffeine deficit’ headache, and am typing away while the cheap coffee settles in my system. Leadership & Personal Development

Kia ora e te whanau We know we’re ‘getting on a bit’ when we’re attending the golden (50th) Wedding Anniversary of a sibling – especially one close in age. I’ll be away next week, so there will be no newsletter. Andrew Howley, UCANZ Executive Officer, wrote an article for the latest edition of the Methodist