This Sunday we read the passage from Luke where Jesus is tested in the wilderness.

As we reflect on this, we focus not on what tempted Jesus but He did when he faced temptation.

"The Christian vision is a corporate one. Not as lonely individuals developing their own moral status" NT Wright

Luke 4:1-13

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This Sunday as we prepare for Lent, Cassie will be giving a sermon on the theme of renewal.

Luke 6:39-49

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This Sunday we continue our series on the values of our church, this week looking at the theme of “Innovative”.

We read a passage from Mark where Jesus is explaining his way of being in the world.

These are values that people have described the church as having as well as things we aspire to be.

Mark 2:18-22

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This Sunday we continue our series on the values of our church, this week looking at the theme of “Authentic”.

These are values that people have described the church as having as well as things we aspire to be.

We read from Luke Chapter 18, the Parable of the Pharisee and Tax and reflect on what it means to be authentic.

Luke 18:9-14

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Over the next 4 weeks I will be doing a series looking at the values of our church, starting this week with “Accepting” (or being inviting, inclusive, welcoming, hospitable, a place of belonging).

To reflect this, this week we will be reading from the parable of the great banquet from Luke, which illustrates the importance of inviting people who are marginalised or in need.

Luke 14:5-24

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Today is the fourth Sunday of Advent is a day to remember those who prepared for the birth of Jesus, and to be ready to welcome him again.

Our Curate Cassie will be leading today's service as we read the The Magnificat from Luke Chapter 1, with the focus on Mary and Elizabeth, through whom God has chosen to begin the transformation of the world.

Luke 1:39-55

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We light three candles on the third Sunday of Advent, and this is called the candle of Joy | Harikoa. The angels told the shepherd that Jesus’ birth was joyful news for everybody.

This Sunday we showcase some of the talent at All Saints in our Lessons and Carols service, coordinated by our wonderful curate Cassie Kamunaga. With incredible musical items, spoken word poetry and carols, we retell the story of Christmas.

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Today we light the second candle of advent, Peace | Rangimarie and reflect on what that looks like in New Zealand today in light of the Submissions on the Treaty Principles Bill.

As people who follow the way of Christ, we declare that God wants peace on earth and we have to honour the promises made, it is not our job to throw them away.

In the words of 12 year old Eliza Hegglun in her own submission on the Treaty Principles Bill: "Gods will should be done. And God's will is what is just and right and changing the Tiriti is not right!"

Make your voice heard too with a submission to Parliament before 31 December.

https://togetherfortetiriti.nz/make-a-submission/

Luke 3:1-6

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Today we light the first candle of advent, Hope | Tūmanako and we prepare ourselves to receive Jesus in our own hearts and remember his coming 2000 years ago.

We also welcome Nick and Tessa Laing from One Day Health - visiting from Uganda, who talk to us about not getting weary whilst doing good.

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Today we look at the history of today's feast day - Christ the King - and it's relevance today, demonstrating the complex relationship between faith and politics.

We leave the Book of Mark and move to John Chapter 18, reflecting on Christ as King and what Jesus' Kingdom looks like.

Ultimately we are invited to be humble, to love people even those we find difficult to love. By loving people, by including people is how we follow the King. This is the way to the peace on earth that the Christmas message promises.

John 18:33-37

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