I do use social media, particularly Youtube and Facebook. This year I have noticed a somewhat disturbing trends. Some users are posting things that seem deliberately misleading, so that a lot of people feel that they have to correct them. This means that there are many comments under the posts, driving them up the algorithm.…

As part of our recent holidays we splashed out on a two-night cruise aboard the Milford Wanderer through Doubtful Sound. It is a highly recommended experience. On one of the nights some of the other guests on board the ship took the two guitars that were available and began to strum some songs, with a…

If you have received a newsletter this week – there is a mistake in it. The date for the Parish Zoom Prayer Meeting is Wednesday, October 16th, at 7pm. This is because the printed date in the newsletter has passed. The link for the Zoom Prayer Meeting is: Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us05web.zoom.us/j/83257220597?pwd=SjXv1ommkkYIm3hCvoIRVTZEnLUivq.1 Meeting ID: 832 5722…

In 1859 Rev John James of Reading, England, granted ten acres of land adjacent to Papanui Road to the Church Property Trustees for Ecclesiastical purposes in the Province of Canterbury. He had purchased 100 acres in the Province of Canterbury, but it seems that he never actually made it to New Zealand. He did however…

Earlier in the year Gareth Bezett, the Director of Theology House, led a study series on church history and heresies. We talked about why some teachings have been rejected by the Church as heresy, as false teachings that are harmful to the true faith and led people astray. Many of the heretics were people that…