Our  St Giles Minister

Rev.  John  Hunt

Author of We Spirited People and

We Well People - personal, enriching, and uniquely New Zealand books of Celtic Christianity.

I am concerned to nurture a caring, celebrating community.

I am concerned to affirm every person is important and loved by God.

I am concerned to provide people with opportunities to identify, offer and develop their gifts.

I am clear that in the Scripture God has for us the good news that we are loved, and pathways for our well-being on our life journey.

My reading in Celtic spirituality and my time on Iona studying with John O'Donohue, affirmed for me God's goodness and love in the natural world, in my neighbours, and in my own heart.

I like John O'Donohue's prayer:

'O God, you look upon us with tenderness, with compassion, sometimes even with delight.

Help us to look upon ourselves in the same way.'

Rev. Hunt may be contacted at the Church office:  (03) 352 6197