Sunday services happen weekly at 9.30am.
Op Shop operating as per details on Home page. Enquiries: please contact the numbers on the Home page for current information.
Interested donors, financial contributors and tithe-givers, our bank account number is 03-1577-0435222-000 (Westpac Bank), thank you. Mention your donation’s purpose in the reference field.
Comin’ up
Men’s Breakfast. This is a monthly event which we do on the last Saturday of each month. The next MB will be on Sat 31st October at 8am at St Francis House, 244 Main Rd, Tairua.
Meditation group. At St Francis House every Wednesday morning, 8 – 9am. All are welcome to join with this group.
New to meditation? Introduction sessions are available. Contact Joan 0211392875 for more information.
Past Tense:
St Francis 800th
Sunday October 4th was the 800th anniversary of the death of Francis of Assisi – our ‘patron saint’. We remembered and celebrated in appropriate style.
Resilience Expo
St Francis Church has a part to play during Coromandel emergencies. When storms hit, floods come, or come what may, Thames Coromandel District Council (TCDC) sets up a command post in our St Francis House, and to complement their operation we, the church, set up our own post – what might be termed a ‘pastoral’ post – in which we crank up a generator to provide hot drinks, cell phone charging and other supports to community folk who need it.
On Saturday October 10th, TCDC convened a Resilience Expo, to notify, inform and educate local people as to what they could expect to see and access in the event of a real emergency. And we were right in there with our own ‘stall’, to notify, inform and educate as to what people could expect to see and access from us, in such an event. It was a great day and way to share and participate in this strategic community event.
Easter Offerings
Varied activities and opportunities for worship over the Easter weekend: A witness walk through the town on Good Friday, followed by a solemn service; a joyful and somewhat chaotic service on Sunday morning, to celebrate ‘He is Risen’, with full attendance and participation … Thine be the Glory.
Lenten Thoughts
J Francis
A gifted nikau palm from Pepe Road,
cleaned, mended, a little colour applied.
Nature’s stained glass window – well, an
acrylic sheet, but yes it is ashes.
Dangling pohutakawa leaves,
our much loved Christmas tree,
now part of a new season :
Forty days and counting down.
On the far side the story continues –
the rope, a journey ending in elimination.
An empty shell,
A royal rising,
Soon another leaving.
Waiting. Anticipating.
A flaming arrival.
Let’s go fishing!
Christmas/New Year Installation and poetic description:
Something oldish, ideas new,
Something borrowed, a little blue.
Commercial tradition, foundational truth;
A local icon, like a conical roof.
I see it one way,
Maybe not so, you.
Reflect and observe, and open your heart –
Tis the season to listen to
What He may impart.
[If you’re not a local, know that we have a local volcanic geo-feature called Mt Paku]
Baptisms
Back in August – a joyous occasion at the Pepe inlet, as five young people were presented for baptism. Lovely occasion, followed by communion, and food ‘n’ drink at the church.
Here’s a pretty good rendering of what it means to be Anglican, for anyone interested:
Who wants to be an Anglican?
by John Bluck
Oh, and, if you’d like a real Kiwi blessing, check this out: The Blessing
