Sunday Families Lunch
Our families lunch is THIS Sunday 5th May in the Kōwhai room from 12pm. Please bring food and drink to share, we look forward to seeing you there!
Giving
Thanks for your responses (and ongoing prayer) for funding Karori Anglican’s work and mission.
We know that everyone’s circumstances are unique and commend your giving to prayerful consideration. Our goal is to increase our giving by 20% – please consider your regular donations as to whether you are able to increase your giving to help us meet this goal. A huge thankyou to those 15 people / families who have increased their giving in the last 4 weeks. Also to the three youth / students who have also started giving with several other new givers in the church.
Thank you so much for this, we appreciate you all very much.
New Health and Safety rep
A big welcome and congratulations to Sharmini Sivanantham our new health and Safety representative here at Karori Anglican.
Evensong
Evensong is on this Sunday at 6pm
Diocesan Ministry Training Day
Where: The Street City Church, 9 Hania St, Te Aro, Wellington
When: May 4th 9:30am-4pm
If you would like further information please CLICK HERE
GodZone is back
GodZone is up and running again this Sunday after the school holiday break – we look forward to you coming!
Youth is back with tiktok and Star Wars
Finally, after two long weeks, “WE ARE BACK” with a TIK TOK Night. We will have prompts and see who can make the best TIK TOK out of it. See you all at the old time Friday 6 PM at Te Kororia – bring a dollar for dinner.
Contact Ben Bormann (0210342751) if you or a young person you know would like to join the Collective on May 4th (be with you) to watch the Original Trilogy of STAR WARS. Ben will accompany those who want to see the movies. You can see as many and as few as you want. Tickets cost $15 per movie.
12pm – Star wars
2:45pm – The Empire Strikes Back
5:45pm – The Return of the Jedi
Games Night at Te Korōria
Come down and Join us at Te Kororia on the third Wednesday of every month for a fun evening of games. All ages welcome. Turn up at 7, games start at 7:15. Choose one of the many board games or card games on offer. Bring your own food.
Next one is 15 May – see you then with your best gaming skills
Tower Update
The Bell Tower repairs and repainting are underway. There should be no disruption to the usual people and traffic flows.
Thank you in advance for you cooperating as the work is carried out.
Christ’s College Cambridge Choir
We are excited to announce that the Christ’s Choir of Cambridge are putting on a concert here at St Mary’s Anglican Church, on Sunday evening of July the 14th. Keep an eye out for more details to come.
In the meantime we are looking for parishioners who would be interested in hosting a member of the choir (or multiple) for the night of the 14th. There are approximately 24 members of the choir who will be travelling to New Zealand.
If you are interested and would like to lend a hand, please let Zoe know office@karorianglican.org.nz
Karori Foodbank
The Karori Food provides emergency food parcels to people in need in Karori and the surrounding suburbs. It is run by volunteers and a Board which is made up of representatives from each of the churches in Karori. Stocks are running low.
From 7 May, any non-perishable food that is bought to church on a Sunday will be taken to the Karori Foodbank during the week. Or you can drop food donations off yourself – put them in the yellow bin at the Karori Community Centre.
We particularly welcome the following items: ✔ pasta, ✔ pasta sauce, ✔ breakfast cereals, ✔ black tea, ✔ instant coffee, ✔ tinned food (tuna, corn, beetroot, soup, tomatoes, fruit), ✔ toothpaste, ✔ soap, ✔ and washing powder.
Speak to Ruth if want to know more. Email roo.cook@gmail.com or phone 021 834576
Te Korōria thanks you!
Your coffee drinking has enabled Common Good coffee to donate $1093.75 towards extreme poverty in Kolkata, India.
Keep up the great work!
AGM Thanks & Results
A huge thank you to everyone who came to our AGM on Monday night, it was great to hear everyone’s questions, concerns and opinions – we greatly appreciate everyone’s input.
If you missed out, the results are as follows:
Vestry members: Hannah Kerr, Leka Campbell, Liam Jones, Peter Erickson, Alan Kerr (Vicar’s Warden), Thea Wallace (People’s Warden). Vestry will appoint a new Finance Chair when they meet next week.
Sarah Johnson has kindly agreed to be our minute taker.
Parish Trust Board: Ian Millard, John Mckinnon and Andrew Harvey-Green
Key upcoming dates:
- Evensong this Sunday 5th May
- Games Night at Te Korōria 7pm 15th May
- Parish Dinner 3rd August
- Cambridge Choir 14th July
- SYNOD 19th-20th October
Text to Order a Drink at Te Korōria
We have set up a text to order option for takeaway or dine-in at Te Korōria. You can text your coffee order to 022 0980326. Please pay when you arrive to collect your order from the counter.
include in your order:
- Name
- Takeaway or Dine-in
- Type of drink
- Size
Staff will text you back to confirm that they have the order, and will assume you want it immediately, unless you have stated otherwise.
This is a new process that we are trying out, so please be patient as we are smoothing out the cracks.
Donation receipts
The tax receipts have been delivered electronically to your email on Thursday April 17th. If you have not received them or have a concern please email Zoe.
Booking available with our student counsellor
Welcome to Lisa Fraser our new Student Counsellor – she is available for booking sessions from booking session NOW. Please let anyone know who might be interested. Sessions are 1 hour and are available for a Koha. Lisa is in her third year of study and completing her final placement.
To book a session email counselling@tekororia.org.nz
Physio now taking bookings
We are excited to let you know that a physio practice has joined our offering at Te Korōria, located next to our counselling rooms. Caroline Appleton is offering physio sessions from the 13th of February, you can book with her directly online https://www.fixphysio.co.nz/
Karori Community Singers
Wednesday mornings from 10:30am to 12pm the Karori community singers welcome you to join them. All are welcome!
‘For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life’ John 3:16