Our Message
We offer a range of resources including programmes and messages designed to help you on your spiritual journey.
Sunday Messages
We offer our messages from recent weeks’ services in numerous ways. You can:
- Come along and hear them live at a church service.
- Read them as a written resource.
- Download as an MP3 to listen to later.
- Find all our Video Messages here
Recent Messages
Running The Race
Kia ora koutou, greetings church family. It’s certainly been an exciting sports weekend in both the rugby and rugby [...]
Encouraging Bold Faith Within
Kia ora koutou, greetings church family. Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, or Māori Language Week, is a language for all New [...]
The Gospel Is Our Narrative Of Hope
Malo e lelei. It’s Tongan language week so Malo e lava mai greetings church family. Goodbye winter and welcome spring. “New Zealand [...]
Jesus Is The Same Wherever We Are
Tena koutou, and greetings church family. The other day I was listening to a conversation by a group of people about ‘what [...]
The Place We As Christians Call Our Spiritual Home
Tena koutou, and greetings church family. Those of you interested in sport will know that in the last few months the country [...]
Sharing Faith With Those Around You
Tena koutou, and greetings church family. Last week my wife Felicity and I and my sister-in-law Jennifer went for a walk to [...]
Fellowship 21st Century
Tena koutou, and greetings church family. Fellowship is so important, and it was great to have another small group hosting our luncheon [...]
Guidance Of The Holy Spirit In Our Daily Lives
Tena koutou, greetings and a special kia orana for Cook Islands language week. This week we had our house inspection for the [...]
For The Lord is Good and His Love Endures Forever
Tena koutou, and greetings church family. Last Sunday morning was a wonderful intergenerational celebration of families! Five families committed themselves to the [...]
Living Out Christ
Tena koutou, and greetings church family. Last week we all experienced the new public Matariki holiday, and it was interesting to see [...]
Matariki Together This Year
Tena koutou, and greetings church family. What a wonderful family service we had last week, great fellowship culminating in lunch after church. [...]
My independence is my dependence on the Lord
Tena koutou, and greetings church family. It was lovely to see many of our new church family become full members of St [...]
Pay attention to our condition
Tena koutou, and greetings church family. As an avid sports follower, last week was the pinnacle of the Super Rugby Pacific championship [...]
Ready on the spot
Tena koutou, and greetings church family. Yesterday Felicity and I visited some friends in Omokoroa and then took the ferry across to [...]
Friends sharpen Friends
Tena koutou, and greetings church family. While praying about the pastoral message for this week the words that came to mind were: [...]
The Ebenezer stone
Tena koutou, and greetings church family. What a rainy wet King’s Birthday weekend we had. The sun was barely seen and the [...]
Practise Fellowship often
Tena koutou, and greetings church family. I love the fellowship and social gathering we have following the church service on Sunday morning. [...]
Honour Jesus in my life
Tena koutou, and greetings church family. I woke up this morning talking to Jesus about my day. I started by asking the [...]
Risen and Ascended
Tena koutou, and greetings church family. As I look out at the blue sky and sun streaming into my study it is [...]
The 40 Days to Pentecost
Tena koutou, and greetings church family. What a wonderful week of celebrations and blessings we witnessed last week. Praise the Lord! A [...]
Let the Children come
Tena koutou, and greetings church family. Last week Felicity and I had four of our 10 grandchildren from Auckland to stay for [...]
What happened after the Resurrection?
Tena koutou, and greetings church family. Happy Easter! The Lord has risen. On Sunday our church family celebrated this very statement, with [...]
Passion Week
Tena koutou, and greetings church family. What a wonderful Palm Sunday church service last week. It was great to see everyone waving [...]
Jesus a model for Prayer
Tena koutou, and greetings church family. As we continue our journey into the fifth week of Lent (started on 22/2 Ash Wednesday [...]
Dig a little deeper
Tena koutou, and greetings church family. We are now in our fourth week of lent leading up to Easter and my encouragement [...]
God is Just and Upright
Tena koutou, and greetings church family. We are now in our third week of lent leading up to Easter and my encouragement for [...]
Lent Bible Reading Plan
Tena koutou, and greetings church family. Recently I spoke to a friend who has been a Minister for a decade about Lent [...]
What is Lent?
Tena koutou, and greetings church family. Well what a week this has been! As I write this the sun is shining over [...]
How do we Strengthen our Faith?
Tena koutou, and greetings church family. This week I have been dwelling on faith building and how we strengthen our faith. Hebrew [...]
Proceed to the Route
Tena koutou, and greetings church family. My encouragement for you this week is based on 1 John 4. “Proceed to the Route” [...]
Happy New Year
As I write this first edition of my Pastoral Message for 2023, I am reminded of how great is our God and His love that endures forever (1 Chronicles 16:34).
Christmas Blessings and a Happy New Year
Christmas blessings and Happy New Year to all our church members. What a blessed and hope filled time of the year Christmas is as we remember how God sent his son Jesus to save us and give us eternal life.
Giving Thanks
As we celebrate God’s greatest gift to the world we remember His blessings to us during the year. Felicity and I want to thank St Peters congregation for welcoming us to the St Peters church family.
What Is the Candle of Love?
What Is the Candle of LOVE? The love candle also known as the Angel candle, represents purity. Here are some scriptures to meditate on as we come to the end of Advent season: For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16
What Is the Candle of Joy?
The joy candle is also known as the Shepherd’s Candle, to highlight the joy the shepherds experienced when they received the good news about Christ’s birth (Luke 2:8-20). They received the joy that comes through Jesus’ arrival, and through the salvation he has gifted us. Philippians 4:4-5 captures the JOY that is gifted to us for his glory in sharing the Good News with our neighbours.
What Is the Candle of Peace?
How did you get on with your wreath and candle organisation? It is not too late to join in. Start this week with the second candle of PEACE. Join with the rest of the church family and take part.
Hope, Peace, Joy, Love and Light (Christ Jesus)
We will celebrate the four Sundays with three activities. Felicity and I invite you and your family and friends to journey with us together in this season of Hope, Peace, Joy, Love and Light (Christ Jesus).