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Welcome to 'Conversations' ...
Worship, prayer, preaching, inspiration and song from Aotearoa New Zealand |
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Brought to you by Silvia Purdie from Christchurch, New Zealand Silvia is the Minister at Cashmere Presbyterian Church. Check out their website. |
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Normally at this time of year we do a winter holiday into the mountains. This year we have stayed home. I decided to tackle my 'file boxes' of old resources. I've been keeping things, you know. Keeping precious bits of paper, each a moment in my life, an old sermon, a cutting from a bulletin with a poem that touched me. Out! Out! It's all got to go! ... well maybe not all of it. And some of it is pure gold, and these are making their way into this website in a digital form.
So, there are new Wedding Resources HERE in the worship section
and Wedding Vows HERE in the 'Love' section.
And when I find an old sermon that I actually do want to keep, I'll scan it and attach it in.
Our recycling bin will be very full this week!!
So, there are new Wedding Resources HERE in the worship section
and Wedding Vows HERE in the 'Love' section.
And when I find an old sermon that I actually do want to keep, I'll scan it and attach it in.
Our recycling bin will be very full this week!!
Announcing ... a new project: "Letters about plastic" is something I've been wanting to do for ages and have finally got going on. I'm writing to businesses that I personally use to challenge them on their plastic packaging. Many companies in NZ are actively working hard to reduce plastic, and as consumers we need to be congratulating them on achievements and pushing them to do more.
Look me up on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/lettersaboutplastic
I'm posting on the Facebook page the letters I write and the responses I receive.
Join me - post your own letters there.
Look me up on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/lettersaboutplastic
I'm posting on the Facebook page the letters I write and the responses I receive.
Join me - post your own letters there.
True that ?!
Scripture and science, ecology and theology
A study written for Middleton Grange School ‘Authentic Christian Teachers’ programme
June 2019
Five themes on what the Bible says about the world:
1) Does God love the world? Should we?
2) 'world', 'earth' and the Bible. What words does the Bible use and what do they mean?
3) Sin, transgression and iniquity in relation to climate change
4) Ecosystems and the Trinity
5) the knowability of things ... the value of scientific method
Scripture and science, ecology and theology
A study written for Middleton Grange School ‘Authentic Christian Teachers’ programme
June 2019
Five themes on what the Bible says about the world:
1) Does God love the world? Should we?
2) 'world', 'earth' and the Bible. What words does the Bible use and what do they mean?
3) Sin, transgression and iniquity in relation to climate change
4) Ecosystems and the Trinity
5) the knowability of things ... the value of scientific method
New Communion liturgy:
The Salvation Table: A Liturgy of Holy Communion
A full Communion liturgy, with congregational responses, and including Psalm 23
Welcome to this table, the feast of salvation
We come around, we stand ready
Jesus is our host, and Jesus is our food
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord
Come in the name of Christ, who declares all are welcome
The Salvation Table: A Liturgy of Holy Communion
A full Communion liturgy, with congregational responses, and including Psalm 23
Welcome to this table, the feast of salvation
We come around, we stand ready
Jesus is our host, and Jesus is our food
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord
Come in the name of Christ, who declares all are welcome
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The Psalms in a fresh voice for kids, families and worship
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Family Tree: Material about my family tree, ancestry, where my ancestors came from in England ...
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In 'Conversations.net.nz' you will find:
GOD ... resources for worship, especially 'Calls to worship' and confession - prayers and home-grown 'psalms' - sermons - Communion liturgies - all-age worship ideas & reflections for children's ministry PSALMS ... reflections on Biblical Psalms interpreted and reworked for prayer and for use in worship LOVE ... poetry, discussions on marriage & intimacy and dramatic explorations of Biblical love stories ... reflections on grief and death SONG ... original music, for worship and for kids ... and lots of lovely photos! 
Because I believe ... that the gospel of Jesus Christ is true! that growing to maturity in Christ takes work that courageous honesty of heart and soul is required that worship is wonderful that each person is a taonga, a treasure, no matter the age, assets or abilities that the local church is the hope of the world. |
In conversation ...
... chatting with friends over coffee ... finding words for the moments and movements of mind & body, my spirit alive with God-Spirit ... getting to know Jesus Christ, ever curious as to what he would say and do ... bringing every fibre and phrase into the eternal conversation of Father Spirit Son ... conversations with children and elders, with church as it is and as it might be ... with my people in my place and offered to everyplace ... with pain and with celebration, with beauty and with scars, with the sacred and the ordinary, with scripture, song and silence. All material here is copy-right free; you are free to copy and paste to your heart's content. I just ask that you acknowledge the source and help promote my website.
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