St Andrews on the Terrace Presbyterian Church
St Andrew's on The Terrace is a progressive Presbyterian congregation in the heart of Wellington. St Andrew's congregation stands at the liberal to radical end of the theological spectrum. We are supportive of theological and biblical scholarship and our ministers have reflected this in their preaching.
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Weekly news for Friday 17th December
- 17 Dec 2021
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- e-news 17th December 2021 Well, here we are – coming up to the last Sunday in Advent and Christmas just a week away. We have journeyed through Advent, the waiting is nearly over, soon we will celebrate the birth of the baby who grew to be the man whose life changed the course of history. […]
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Weekly News for Friday 10th December 2021
- 10 Dec 2021
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- Sunday is the third Sunday in Advent – we are getting closer to Christmas! This week we have a service of readings and carols. Traditionally there is a service of none lessons and carols – we will be having ten readings – all done by members of the congregation. There will be plenty of opportunity […]
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Weekly news for Friday 26 November 2021
- 26 Nov 2021
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- St Andrew’s on The Terrace: Traffic Light System: how it will work and what it means for us. We are seeing growing cases of COVID in the community, slowly spreading around the country. Around 25% of the population is not vaccinated – mostly our children. We note that several vaccines have been approved […]
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Weekly news for Friday 19 November 2021
- 18 Nov 2021
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- On Tuesday – 10 days ago – I had an interesting experience which I have shared with some of you. The train into Wellington was unusually busy that morning, I discovered that a lot of the passengers were on their way to a protest rally at noon. At lunchtime I went down to Lambton Quay […]
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Weekly News for Friday 12 November 2021
- 12 Nov 2021
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- Currently the Justice select committee is hearing oral submissions on the Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill. Our Parish council submitted, and I spoke about the harm I experienced from these kinds of practices when I was a teenager. Back then (late 90s) the focus was all on homosexuality… well, sexual acts, in particular. It was OK […]
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Weekly News for Friday 5 November 2021
- 5 Nov 2021
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- Thank you to those who were kind enough to give us some feed-back about last Sundays service, when Catriona and I had a conversation about our experiences of grief. I think, for many of us, it brought back memories of people we have grieved for. That isn’t a bad thing because grief never finally goes […]
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Weekly news for Friday 29 October 2021
- 29 Oct 2021
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- Sunday is “Hallowe’en” – shortened form of All Hallows Eve or All Saints Eve – the evening before All Saints Day. It has its inevitable “Trick or Treat” theme which we imported from the United States. I am not sure I understand the meaning behind “Trick or Treat! I know I may be prejudiced but […]
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Weekly news for Friday 22nd October
- 22 Oct 2021
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- Hello everyone, Spring is well on the way in Upper Hutt. The kowhai along my road are in full bloom now and this morning I saw (and heard!) no less than four tui squabbling over a blossom laden branch on a tree just outside my house. As if there aren’t dozens of other trees in […]
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Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5218, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Weekly News for Friday 8th October
- 8 Oct 2021
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- E-news Friday 8thOctober 2021 Another week has slipped by quickly and so much has been happening. Covid is not only still with us but making itself felt. One of the statements made during the week is significant: only 3% of people in hospital with covid had been vaccinated. It does point up how important it […]
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Weekly news for Friday 24th September 2021
- 24 Sep 2021
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- In these COVID days it seems important to make the most of opportunities as we do not know when we will have them again. So we will be back in the church this Sunday. Together. This could be a ‘mountain top’ experience after weeks of the challenge of technology. I see this as a privilege. […]
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Weekly News for Friday 17th September 2021
- 17 Sep 2021
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- Just when we thought that Spring was upon us, winter sneaked up behind us and let us know it hadn’t gone. A bit like COVID– just when we think it’s nearly finished something happens to set us back. We are certainly having to learn to live at a different pace and in a different way. […]
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Weekly News for Friday 10th September
- 10 Sep 2021
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- It’s good that we have got to Level 2 – but we look forward to getting to Level 1. Life isn’t easy for many people at the moment – but remember the restrictions are for our safety – not a punishment. We need to be as careful as possible in what we do to keep […]
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Weekly News for Friday 27th August
- 27 Aug 2021
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- Well, we have made it through another week – easier for some – more difficult for others. I hope you have managed the week as best you were able. It’s not always easy, but in terms of what is happening in other countries, we are managing quite well here. It’s important for us to stay […]
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Weekly News for Friday 13th August
- 13 Aug 2021
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- It has been a very sad week for all those parents who have lost children. Death by illness, car accident or suicide leaves parents and friends feeling devastated and helpless. This is particularly so when death is by suicide. Those left behind wondering what they could have done to prevent it. In New Zealand we […]
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Weekly news for Friday 6th August
- 6 Aug 2021
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- As I write this on Friday morning I am again reminded that today is Hiroshima Day. The first atomic bomb was dropped on that city on 6th August 1945. The destruction was immense. I talked about it last Sunday in the Reflection. On Monday morning Gillian Feist sent me an e-mail that contained a poem […]
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Weekly News for Friday 30 July 2021
- 30 Jul 2021
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- In 1905 the philosopher/poet/novelist George Santayana wrote: “Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” How right he was – and is! A decade later the world was to be embroiled in a war that created enormous devastation and loss of life. World War 1 was to be the “war to […]
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Weekly News for Friday 23 July
- 23 Jul 2021
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- The Service at St Andrew’s this Sunday will be an extra musical one. Several people will talk about a hymn or spiritual song that has a significant meaning for them. We will learn to sing an old gospel song and our Sunday musician will weave some choices of favourite hymn tunes into the music we […]
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Sunday Gathering Pentecost 7 11 July
- 12 Jul 2021
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- John here is your mother…..
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Weekly E-news 11 July
- 9 Jul 2021
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- During the week I was talking (on the phone) to my cousin in Edinburgh. She is in her mid eighties and lives alone on the top floor of a tenement. She was talking about how difficult the last 18 months have been with all the lock-downs because of covid-19. It has been a very lonely […]
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Weekly E-news 4 July
- 2 Jul 2021
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- Well, we have crossed the halfway mark in the year – and it is cold! Many cultures have ways of dealing with these cold times in the middle of winter. In Europe they had various festivals to mark “the turn of the year”. The harvests were all in and there was plenty of food, so […]
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Weekly news for Friday 25th June 2021
- 24 Jun 2021
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- Kia ora te Whānau We know that living in a pandemic means that anything could happen at any time andRead More
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Weekly news for Friday 18 June 2021
- 18 Jun 2021
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- e-news Friday 18th June 2021 In these days as it gets colder as we get closer to the Winter SolsticeRead More
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Weekly News for Friday 11 June 2021
- 11 Jun 2021
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- Kia ora te Whānau June heralds a feast of cultural events – the Jazz Festival, the French Film Festival, theRead More
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Weekly news for Friday 4 June 2021
- 4 Jun 2021
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- Here we are the first week in June and it is a time which evokes a whole range of thoughtsRead More
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Weekly news for Friday 28 May 2021
- 28 May 2021
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- My isn’t the year passing quickly! Tuesday brings us to the first day of winter and three weeks from theRead More
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Weekly News for Friday 21 May 2021
- 21 May 2021
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- The Service at St Andrew’s this Sunday will be a celebratory one. May 23 is PENTECOST Sunday. What are weRead More
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Weekly News for Friday 7th May 2021
- 7 May 2021
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- Kia ora te Whānau Gratitude is the word and feeling on my mind this week. I feel gratitude atRead More
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Weekly News for Friday 30 April 2021
- 29 Apr 2021
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- Tomorrow (Saturday) is May Day. In Scotland it had its origins in the Spring Festival of Beltane but for theRead More
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Weekly News for Friday 23rd April
- 23 Apr 2021
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- Hasn’t it been good having some fine weather this week? A bit of sunshine makes all the difference in theseRead More
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Weekly E-News for Friday 16 April 2021
- 16 Apr 2021
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- It was good to hear the Croft Pipe organ again on Easter Sunday. Although the grand piano and the BaroqueRead More
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