The pope prayed for the victims of the Christchurch earthquake. Many were pleased that after this quake the Archbishop of Canterbury sent a message to Bishop Victoria Matthews: We are all thinking of you constantly in the wake of (the) terrible news, and our prayers are with you. The devastation of the Cathedral is dreadful,
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scripture readings textweek resources • collect/opening prayer reflection for March 27 and week following (NZPB) (The NZ Lectionary has a nonsense typo and is incorrect in assigning the collect for this Sunday) Collect from BCP (USA) Almighty God, you know that we have no power in ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in
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As many of you know, after the devastating February 22 earthquake in Christchurch (NZ), this site was offline for three weeks – the server was without power. I need your help please to get the word out that this site is back online. I would be very grateful: If you have a website or blog
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I’m sure most of us have been present in a community where the singing was pretty appalling, the tune poorly known or fairly unsingable. One (smallish) community came up with this idea for choosing hymns and songs they would sing: They chose a committee of five people. These five, independently, went through the “repertoire”, hymn,
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From time to time I write to emphasise how the virtual community is a real community. After the Christchurch February 22 earthquake this site was down for three weeks. I was conscious that many would be worried and soon got the word out via facebook and twitter. Within days I biked to find internet to
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Prayers, lighting a virtual candle, etc. can always be found at the virtual chapel on this site. Prayers written for the Haiti earthquake (author unknown) can be adapted Lord, at times such as this, When we realize that the ground beneath our feet is not as solid as we had imagined, We plead for your
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This site has just been brought back online for the first time since the Christchurch earthquake of February 22. I am not able, just at the moment, to update it significantly, but ask your prayers for all affected by the quake. Many died; those grieving; those helping; the long road ahead; thousands have lost their
There’s no objective standard of worship that a service can be measured against. Worship is primarily and ultimately about God – and God is not scoring individual worship services. What may look like an appalling service might touch an individual or a community and transform them surprisingly. etc. And vice versa – what may appear
