Sunday 13th October 2024

Here’s our Zoom link –

Topic: St Martin’s Sunday Worship. To Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81508696154?pwd=cnErZFM5VG5OQVhsZkxYc0dxOHdvUT09

Meeting ID: 815 0869 6154
Passcode: 712158

A very warm welcome to all who worship with us today. Please stay for morning tea following the service.

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THANK YOU for your support of Your Sisters this morning. If you wish to donate online, please use the parish account with “Orphanage” as reference (see bank account details on next page).

Wednesday Walkers 16th October: meet 9.30am at the Bus Exchange to wander east of Colombo Street. Morning tea downstairs at Ballantynes. All are welcome. Sue 960 7657.

Movie Night 26th October: “STAR” – Oscar winner Julie Andrews stars as the irrepressible Gertrude Lawrence, who rises from English chorus girl to world renowned diva. Her hilarious sidekick Noel Coward (Daniel Massey) provides Lawrence with an ongoing commentary on her life while she searches fruitlessly for suitors whose adoration equals what she gets from an audience. Andrews is a knockout in numbers by Coward, Cole Porter, the Gershwins and more in this funny, dazzling musical that ranks among Hollywood’s finest.

CONSERVATION – Week 2.

This is never discussed but the elephant in the conservation room is that there are far too many of us. Like five times too many for the planet to sustain and this number is dropping as we consume its resources. Our population exploded when we took to using oil and coal for energy, growing food and just about everything else. Like any plague, populations rapidly grow then collapse. If we desire a “soft landing”, urgent education is essential although I fear that it will be too late. Some first-world countries already have declining populations but catastrophic temperature rises are expected within 30 years. A powerful start is to empower women. What can you do? Discuss this with friends and family. warren.pettigrew@raztec.co.nz

Donations: if you would like to support the ministry at St Martins our bank account is: 03-1598-0011867-00. Please include your name as a reference.

THIS WEEK AT ST MARTINS                                    

Monday 1-4pm              Foot Clinic (lounge) Janette 021 075 6780

Tuesday 10am              South Elder Care (lounge) Jeannette 332 9869

Tuesday 7.15pm           Meditation Group (lounge) Dugald 021 161 7007

Wednesday 9.30am      Walking Group: City Sue 960 7657

Wednesday 7-9pm       Cantabile Choir (lounge) Rose 027 254 0586

Wednesday 7.30pm      Parish Council meeting (office)

Thursday 10am             Crafty Crafters (lounge) Sally 332 4730

Thursday 1.30pm          Sit & Be Fit (church) Anneke 021 077 4065