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CONGRATULATIONS
to
Neil Campbell on becoming a Grand-dad. ELDERS
AND VISITORS Invitations
and magazines are ready – in the lounge foyer. Please deliver this week. TODAY
Shared
lunch
following the Morning Worship Join
us! .
TUESDAY March 9th
To
Leaves
St Giles 11 am Returns
approx Bring
money for lunch, and $10 entry
for museum SPACE
FOR 20 ONLY NAMES TO GEOFF TYSON today
Ph 354 1064 THE
ST GILES INDOOR BOWLING CLUB
will be starting again on
the evening of the 10th of March at 7.15pm and on Friday afternoon the
12th of March at 1.15pm, a reminder for existing members and we would
also welcome new members at both sessions. Any enquiries to Varna Day,
Secretary, Ph 352 4938 FUND
RAISING FILM EVENING Friday
12th March at Baby
shower
for Theo Dalton:
Friday, March 19th ☺
An invitation to all the women of the congregation: ☺
An opportunity to welcome wee Theo into the St Giles community, to talk
to Jo and to chat with friends. ☺
Morning tea will be provided. Please bring a small gift for Theo. BIRTHDAYS
Here
at St Giles we like to celebrate the happy
events of our life journey together. Birthdays are a part of this. If
you would like yours included, please check that Margaret has it on the
office list! Congratulations
to our Gardening Crew, proud
recipients of a 2010
Shirley/Papanui Community Board COMMUNITY
PRIDE GARDEN AWARD …
Noel, Keith, Stuart and Bill have certainly had a busy Spring and
Summer! We are all
enjoying the beautiful colours of their wonderful planting
programme.
This season the team has
been able to raise some plants from seed; the rest have been purchased.
Sprays and fertilizers have been bought too, to encourage things along a
bit. A
grant of $100 from St Giles Indoor Bowls Club greatly helped the budget
, but there is still a shortfall. The
Crew appeal now to your generosity; the ‘green bucket’ will be in
the foyer this Sunday and next, ready to receive your donations. Thank
you, Noel, Keith, Stuart and Bill. WOMEN’S
JOURNEYING In
April our regular meeting night falls in Holy Week.
There will be at St Giles on that evening the Maundy Thursday
Reflection and Footwashing, at And
so we will gather next on May 6th, at OFFERING
MUSIC ‘I
heard a forest praying, the trees were cold and bare, what
was the forest saying – let me repeat its prayer – Trees
make a playground for children, they shade a lover’s lane, shelter
the tired and the weary – bidding them hope again. Man
turned the fields and the forest into a battlefield grim. Man
took a tree, an innocent tree, and made a cross for Him! I
heard a forest praying, I heard the heavens weep, just
as the dawn was greying and
night went home to sleep.’ Words:
Sam Lewis Music: Peter de Rose An Affirmation We
believe that God is present in
the darkness before dawn;
in
the waiting and uncertainty where
fear and courage join hands, conflict
and caring link arms, and
the sun rises over barbed wire. We
believe in a with-us God who
sits down in our midst to
share our humanity. we
affirm a faith that
takes us beyond the safe place: into
action, into vulnerability and
into the streets. We
commit ourselves to work for change and
put ourselves on the line; to
bear responsibility, take risks, live
powerfully and face humiliation; to
stand with those on the edge; to
choose life and
be used by the spirit for
God’s new community of hope. (Written
by in
Lent and Easter
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PO Box 5030 Christchurch 8542 Email: stgiles@xtra.co.nz Website: www.stgiles.info Minister: The Rev.John Hunt 03 3181 364 Ministry Associate: Margaret Holloway 332 4935
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St Giles Office Hours: Tuesday - Friday 9.30 - 12.30 |
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