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    • Vicar's Letter - 25th October 2024
      • Rev Summer Benton Kia Ora All Saints Whānau, We missed being with you all last Sunday. Guy, Adam DeJong (our amazing synod rep), and I spent the weekend with many others from our diocese at St. Mary’s Karori where we all gathered for our 2024 Diocesan Synod. There was a fair amount of meeting time filled with business and governance matters that may not always thrill most of us. But it was also a beautiful time of fellowship and connection with our greater diocesan whānau. [...]

    • Vicar's Letter - 18th October 2024
      • Rev Guy Benton Kia ora All Saints Guy here this week. I have spent the week in awe of how God moved on Sunday. The palpable sense of God's presence amongst was energizing. As I continue to revisit the prophecy from Ezekial, where God calls Ezekial to call out to the dry bones, and they turn into corpses, God then calls Ezekial to call on the spirit of God to come, and the bodies come alive. May we be people who are crying out for the spirit of God to come! May we see people come al [...]

    • Vicar's Letter - 11th October 2024
      • Rev Summer Benton Kia Ora All Saints Whānau, Guy and I just returned from Auckland where we spent three days with church leaders from our Diocese and churches of all denominations throughout New Zealand at the Abide conference. (Special shout out to Jess Hedge for bravely watching our kids for two nights! What a legend.) Being in a place of input alongside so many others who are seeking to share Jesus in neighbourhoods throughout Aotearoa was inspiring and encouraging. Being t [...]

    • Vicars Letter - 4th October
      • Kia ora, All Saints whānau. Guy here! This week, Summer and I are in the throes of the school holidays with the kids, for the first time in our new season at All Saints. So far, so good! It’s a mixture of going slow and keeping active with the kids amidst the “I’m bored” moments. This isn’t too different from our conversation about breathing in and breathing out last week during our first week of Revelation. Feel free to check that out in our sermons secti [...]

    • Vicar's Letter - 27th September 2024
      • Rev Guy Benton Kia ora All Saints Guy here this week. What a fantastic weekend we all had at El Rancho for our first Parish camp in a long time!! There was time worshipping together, praying together, receiving input together, having lots of fun together, and overall going slow together. There were lots of special moments; see the camp article to find out more and see pictures. As we weaved our way through camp, we experienced beautiful moments of God's Kingdom coming, and heart [...]

    • Vicar's Letter - 19th September 2024
      • Rev Summer Benton Kia Ora All Saints Whānau, There is great excitement in our household for our upcoming Parish Weekend Away. Our girls have been counting down and we are so excited to be with many of you on the weekend. This weekend is a perfect opportunity to mark the journey that we have been on towards creating authentic community at All Saints. Spending time together outside of the walls of the church allows us to go deeper with one another, share unique experiences and g [...]

    • Vicar's Letter - 13th September 2024
      • Rev Guy Benton Kia ora All Saints Whānau, Guy here this week. I have felt for a while now that God was highlighting to me the promise he declared in Hebrews 22: I will never leave you nor forsake you. This is a promise I have been holding so firm to in this season of transition and as we look towards the future here at All Saints. The world is a choppy place; its pull is strong in all directions. As the saying goes, Kingdoms will rise and fall, but the word of the Lord will remain fo [...]

    • Vicar's Letter - 6th September 2024
      • Rev. Summer Benton Kia Ora All Saints Whānau, Over the last week Guy and I have been reflecting what a beautiful day of celebration Sunday was. Andy and Emily were deeply touched at the outpouring of love and support they received from so many of you. There was one thing in particular that Andy said when he spoke during the lunch at All Saints that has stuck with me all week. He was reflecting on the journey that the 4 of us have been on over the past nearly 7 years and summarized hi [...]

    • Vicar's Letter - 30 August 2024
      • Rev Andrew Spence Kia ora All Saints whānau,I wanted to take this opportunity, as my last Vicar Letter to reflect on my three and a half years here. Taking us on was a leap of faith. The nominators at the time would have received this idea of four people in a team based leadership. They would have had to make the decision to be a little risky - this was not standard practice (it still is not). It was made even riskier given that although we had many years of youth leadership and mis [...]

    • Vicars Letter - 23rd August 2024
      • Rev. Emily Spence Kia ora All Saints,As the Benton family are off on an exciting ski holiday this week, it made me reflect on my experiences skiing. I was lucky enough at my primary school to have a few ski trips but one in particular still stands out in my memory. I would have been about 9 or 10 years old and one of the parent helpers was my friend’s dad. He said I was doing well so he decided to take me up to a higher/steeper level of the mountain. He asked me if I knew how to b [...]

    • Vicars Letter - 16 Aug 2024
      • Rev Andrew Spence Kia ora All Saints whānau,Over the past few weeks I have been doing a course called Emotionally Healthy Relationships. It is part two of the Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Course, which you can learn more about here. It has been really insightful and helpful. One of the requirements of the course is to spend 20-30 minutes twice a day in Silence and reading the bible, with the devotion they give you. What I have noticed as I have intentionally stopped and sat in silence [...]

    • Vicars Letter - 9th August 2024
      • Rev. Summer Benton Dear All Saints’ Whānau, We are into our second week of a sermon series on parables. After Guy’s sermon last week, our house church had a robust discussion about how our understanding of the parables of Jesus impacts the way we do life together now. One of my favourite resources on Biblical theology is the Bible Project. They have a one-hour podcast episode on the purpose of parables (you can listen here if you’re interested). In this podcas [...]

    • Vicars Letter - 2nd August 2024
      • Rev Guy Benton Kia ora All Saints WhānauGuy here this week. Growing up, I had a small book of Aesop fables. I have no idea where it came from, but I remember each fable being well-illustrated and straight to the point at my reading level. The one I remember the most is the hare and the tortoise; a message of slow and steady wins the race. Each fable brought about a new idea to think about: what was the hidden meaning behind the hare and the tortoise, the fox and the hedgehog? Always [...]

    • Vicars Letter - 26th July 2024
      • Rev. Emily Spence Kia ora All Saints whānau,This week I've spent a couple of days at a church growth course which has been really encouraging. We have learnt together with mostly un-ordained people and a few clergy across the diocese about the importance of praying for growth, different types of growth, and little practical ways to share our faith with others, remembering that we confidently believe that a life with Jesus is so much better than a life without him.An accidental stand out m [...]

    • Parish Council Update - July
      • This month Parish Council met on the 17th July.There was a full agenda and this update is just to keep you in the loop around what Parish Council are doing.Building:We started the meeting with a hearty discussion around what the next steps in our Building Conversation look like. We have produced a report around all the answers from our Building Conversation #2. This will come out with a survey to complete so we can really get everyone's opinion on what should or shouldn't be done.Finance:We spen [...]

    • Vicars Letter - 19 July 2024
      • Rev Andrew Spence Kia ora All Saints,I have had many people ask me about the book I shared last week. They are great presents and a wonderful little series. You can see more about that here.I have found this Generosity series great for reorientating my mind and heart. I have had a great example of someone Generous in my life my father. He was always so generous with what he had, the way he valued people and with his time. It was a real example of how to use all I had for the good of [...]

    • Vicars Letter - 12th July 2024
      • Rev. Summer Benton Kia ora All Saints, We are in our second week of giving month and recently I have found myself contemplating the difference between generosity that we see around us from good hearted people in the world, and generosity within the Kingdom. Everybody can be generous. Everybody can give to worthy causes and help their neighbours. In fact, I find the culture around us here to be particularly generous and loving. So, what sets us apart from the world in the way we are [...]

    • Vicars Letter - 5th July 2024
      • Rev Guy Benton Kia ora All Saints WhānauGuy here this week. I had the privilege of attending a church renewal conference this week here in Wellington with several people from All Saints called Little Revolutions. It brought together 150 people from around NZ from all denominations to discuss church renewal. There were keynote talks from a group called the Underground Network and our friend Bree Mills. What was exciting for us from All Saints was an overwhelming sense of affirmation of how [...]

    • Vicars Letter - 27th June 2024
      • Rev Emily Spence Kia ora All Saints,Happy Māori New Year! We have passed the shortest day and now get to celebrate Matariki: the rising of the star cluster of Matariki, otherwise known as Pleiades. The cluster is referred to in the Bible with references to God creating such an impressive sight and having authority over it. This reminds me of the big-ness of God, partly in that God's power is so much larger and stronger than our current worries or needs, but also that the Biblical w [...]

    • Vicars Letter - 21 June 2024
      • Rev Andrew Spence Kia ora All Saints whānau,We have had a busy June and more is to come!This week we introduce to you our new missionaries we are supporting as a Parish. This is an exciting addition to add to our missionary support that we already do. It is a chance to engage long-term in the Pacific through people who are living there, and bring in teams to experience what mission looks like.We also wrap up our Deuteronomy series this week. We have been looking at the themes of Deuterono [...]

    • Vicars Letter - 14 June 2024
      • Revs Guy and Summer Benton Kia ora All Saints Whānau,We (Guy and Summer) are writing to you together this week. We want to take this opportunity to touch base with you all following the news that Andy and Emily shared on Sunday. We have been alongside Emily and Andy throughout this journey of discernment they have been on, listening to the Holy Spirit together as they sought to hear Gods call for their family. It has been a great privilege to walk alongside them through this process, [...]

    • Vicars Letter - 06 June 2024
      • Rev Guy Benton Kia ora All Saints WhānauGuy here this week. Something that has struck me as we make our way through the year as a community of Jesus followers and our magnifying glass look at Authentic Community is how desperately in need we are of being told core truths about who God says we are and how much he desires relationship with us. For us to be an "Authentic Community," we first have to come at it with the foundational knowledge that all we need and desire is to be in a re [...]

    • Vicars Letter - 31 May 2024
      • Rev Emily Spence Kia ora All Saints, Love God, love others. There, your summary of the Deuteronomy series we are in right now! In all seriousness, I am looking forward to journeying with you all through this series on a book that often seems confusing and outdated. I’ve been watching ‘The Chosen’ on Netflix this past week and have found it a moving depiction of some stories from the Gospels. I’m sure there are many ways to critique it but it does paint a goo [...]

    • Vicars Letter - 24th May 2024
      • Rev. Andrew Spence Kia ora All Saints,What a fantastic service on Sunday! It was such a joy to celebrate the diverse cultures within our congregation. I was pleasantly surprised by the number of different languages spoken among us!This past week, I attended a Praxis youth work training and visited Waipukurau to observe their youth work for the Anglican Youth Movement (AYM). At Praxis, one workshop focused on young people whose needs aren't met by the traditional school system, particula [...]

    • Vicars letter - 17th May 2024
      • Kia Ora All Saints, As we continue to explore what it means to be an authentic community, we know that at the very core of who we are as a people of God is prayer. As we pray with one another, our hearts align to God’s heart as a community, not just as individuals.Today marks the beginning of our 48 hour prayer vigil where we as a parish will be praying round the clock for people in our lives who do not yet know Jesus and the transformation that comes with meeting Him. If you haven’t [...]

    • Vicars letter - 10th May 2024
      • Kia ora All Saints WhānauThy Kingdom Come as on earth as in heaven. Yesterday marks the start of the Thy Kingdom Come global movement of prayer from Ascension Day until Pentecost Sunday (9th-19th May). We join with millions of others around the world in simply praying for two things: Thy Kingdom come (TKC) on earth as in heaven, we want to see God break through in our communities, and we are also praying for five friends/family to come to know Christ. Who are you pr [...]

    • Vicars letter - 3rd May 2024
      • Kia ora All Saints whānau,It has been great to delve a bit deeper into our value of Authentic Community at our gatherings over the past few weeks. I started us off chatting about knowing and meeting one another's needs, then Guy brought us a message about being a community that reaches outward, followed by Summer talking about the perils of shame and the power of vulnerability, and this week we have Andy bringing us the message about being a people of God - we can look forward to that. You [...]

    • Vicars Letter - 26 April 2024
      • Rev Andrew Spence Kia ora All Saints whānau,As we met at Parish Council last week we were talking about 'Leading Your Church Into Growth.' Part of the workbook we are working through talked about 'Desire for Growth.' This struck me as something quite important for the church to get a hold of and have as a culture here at All Saints. It reminded me of the Early Church and how they desired so much that others would know Jesus and therefore that growth would happen. How do we build a real de [...]

    • Vicar's letter - 19th April 2024
      • Kia Ora All Saints Whānau, Guy and I had a conversation this week, in which we were reminded of the fact that God calls us to himself so that we can go out. He draws us in to support one another in authentic community so that we as a body can go bring the love of Jesus into the world. He draws us to himself for rest, for healing, for anchoring, so that we can be whole as we go out into the world pointing people to God’s kingdom on this earth. In Genesis 12, as God promises to bri [...]

    • Vicar's letter - 12th April 2024
      • Kia ora All Saints WhānauGuy here this week. I just want to express how thankful and inspired I am after last weekend's combined gathering. I have spent the good part of the week unpacking so much from our time together: the baptisms, Peter's message, all our kids and what they bring, the smashing of cultures, gathering around God's Holy table together, and, of course, sharing food with one another. What is really sticking with me is how Peters's message around the Body of Chris [...]

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