Reflection 6 October – Joy Kingsbury – Aitken – “Mercy is twice blessed”

by maryjo | Oct 7, 2024 | sermon

The quality of mercy is not strained.  It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath.  It is twice blessed.  It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.  ‘Tis mightiest in the mightiest.  It becomes the throned monarch...

Reflection 22 Septembe – Mountains Matter – Linda Cowan & Christine Arnold

by Bryndwr Administrator | Sep 23, 2024 | sermon

Reflection -Mountains Matter  22 September 2024 Christine Arnold, Linda Cowan (Christine) Mountains are generally solid and permanent features of our landscape. They have formed over centuries and do not change significantly during a human lifetime. Though we do...

Reflection 8 September – Open Up! – Rev. David Coster

by Bryndwr Administrator | Sep 9, 2024 | sermon

Sunday 8th September 2024   Pentecost 15 James 2:1-10 & 14-17 & Mark 7:24-37 Open Up! One of the criteria considered by our Immigration Service when consideration is being given as to whether a person can reside in New Zealand on a permanent basis is...

Reflection 1 September – God saw that it was very good – Joy Kingsbury-Aitken

by Bryndwr Administrator | Sep 2, 2024 | sermon

Reflection: God saw that it was very good, by Joy Kingsbury-Aitken, 1 September 2024, Planet Earth Sunday The first chapter of Genesis is neither history nor science and yet it is profoundly true.  It is pre-scientific poetry, acknowledging God as the creator of...

Reflecti0n 25 August – The Armour of God – Linda Cowan & Christine Arnold

by maryjo | Aug 26, 2024 | sermon

THE ARMOUR OF GOD  by Linda Cowan & Christine Arnold All our readings from the epistles over the past month have come from the book of Ephesians.  I started to ask myself what I actually know about Ephesus and the Ephesians and it didn’t add up to a whole...