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
“What Now” conversation – Where the parish is now and discerning God’s future plan for us: THIS Wednesday 4th February 2-4pm in the Parish Lounge. You do not have to had read the book ‘Autopsy of a Deceased Church’ prior. Everyone is welcome to attend. If you can’t attend but would like some input, please let Sue know.
Wednesday Walk 4th February: meet 9.30am at the bus stop outside the Christchurch Outpatientsorange building on Hagley Ave/Tuam Street corner for a walk along to the Botanic Gardens. Coffee at Atawhai Café opposite The Curator’s House. All welcome. Sonya 027 253 3397.
The Parish Office will be closed on Friday 6th February (Waitangi Day).
Please note that this year Communion will be on the following Sundays:
01 February 26 July
22 March 23 August
05 April (Easter) 27 September
24 May (Pentecost) 25 October
28 June 29 November (Advent)
26 July 27 December
Ash Wednesday 18th February – you are warmly invited to join us at St Mark’s Anglican Church, 101 Opawa Rd, at either 10am or 7pm for Holy Communion & the Imposition of Ashes. All are welcome. Rev Simon Green, Interim Priest-in-Charge.
Donations: if you are able to support the ministry at St Martins our bank account is: 03-1598-0011867-00. Please include your name as a reference.
SAVE THE DATE: Garage Sale Saturday 14th March 2026 – more details soon!!
THIS WEEK AT ST MARTINS
Monday 10am Tend cuppa & chat (lounge) Emily 022 094 1492
Monday 4.15pm Meditation Group (lounge) Dugald 021 161 7007
Wednesday 9.30am Walk: Botanic Gardens Sonya 027 253 3397
Wednesday 9.30am Port Hills U3A (whole complex) Joy 337 2393
Wednesday 2-4pm ‘What Now’ conversation (lounge)
Wednesday 7-9pm Cantabile choir (lounge) Rose 027 254 0586
Thursday 10am Crafty Crafters (lounge) Sally 332 4730
Thursday 1.30pm Sit & Keep Fit (church) Anneke 021 077 4065
Friday 10am-12 noon NO Mums n Tums (lounge) Livvy 027 327 6369
South Canterbury ‘Wayfinder’ – Full Time A partnership between Timaru Presbyterian, Trinity Temuka Presbyterian, and Alpine Presbytery has been formed, and an exciting new ministry and mission leadership role has been created in South Canterbury.
A ‘wayfinder’ is a term used to describe the ancient navigation skills of early Polynesian migrants. Without maps or GPS, they would navigate their way across oceans to discover new lands. The mind boggles at how they did this, relying instead on water currents, wind patterns, cloud formations, fish and bird life, the sun, and the stars. They became highly skilled at reading the signs around them and navigating their way across uncharted territory.
This is a good metaphor for the kind of work required as we look to be present in our communities. The Spirit of God still calls and equips us for work in God’s mission, yet the world has changed an awful lot since our settler churches arrived here in Aotearoa; a different approach is needed.
We are looking for a person who feels a vocational call to this exploratory kind of ministry and who is both excited by and comfortable in experimental spaces. They will be able to self-start in new initiatives and generally possess a ‘give it a go’ kind of attitude. They will be able to work independently yet acknowledge the importance of cultivating key relationships. They will be able to walk alongside those they come in contact with and adopt a ‘with, not at’ posture in relation to discipleship and mission. They will also acknowledge that pastoral sensitivity is required and will conduct themselves professionally, hold confidentiality when appropriate, and act with integrity in their interactions with others. They will be able to coach and grow others to form teams who will share in the wayfinding journey.
If this excites you, expressions of interest are invited up until 5:00 pm, 20 February 2026. To find out more, submit your expression of interest to Dan Spragg minco@alpinepresbytery.org