Newsletter 10-June-2018

'Choices and Consequences'
1 Samuel 8:4-11 (12-15), 16-20, (11:14-15)
Psalm 138; 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1; Mark 3:20-35  

4 So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah. 5 They said to him, “You are old, and your sons do not follow your ways; now appoint a king to lead[a] us, such as all the other nations have.”6 But when they said, “Give us a king to lead us,” this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD. 7 And the LORD told him: “Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king. 8 As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you. 9 Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will claim as his rights.”10 Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king. 11 He said, “This is what the king who will reign over you will claim as his rights: He will take your sons and make them serve with his chariots and horses, and they will run in front of his chariots.

NEXT WEEK: Sunday 17th June 2018
Next Weeks Theme: 'God's Role for Me'
Focus Scripture: 1 Samuel 15:34-16:13
Other Readings: Psalm 20; 2 Corinthians 5:6-10, (11-13), 14-17; Mark 4:26-34

Prayer Points for: Brenda Ryan, George Morrison and Mary Hall for good health; Sheila and her family as they mourn her son-in-law’s death; someone to pick up the ministry of looking after our IT system; someone to be our Financial Coordinator for our St Johns Finance Team. Protection for our buildings from burglars, ( 7of our 12 external doors show signs of attempted forced entry).

Can you do this, please?
We are looking for someone to be a Church welcome-er on the second Sunday of each month. If you or you think someone else might help out in this
ministry please talk to Lorraine – or Loas Toung or Joan Rutherford. Thank you.

Food For Thought: The first of our 2018 discussions will take place on Sunday 24 June after our morning service. This will be followed by a soup and rolls lunch. All welcome. Topic will be advised next week.

Warm bedding and clothing needed

With winter fast approaching donations of warm clothing and warm bedding such as duvets, blankets, eiderdowns, sheets are needed for a charity in Glen Innes. Please leave at St Johns for Felicity Vincer to collect and deliver.

Thank You

Please help us to support the Auckland City Mission’s Two Can Appeal in June, to collect non-perishable food items to support thousands of Auckland families over the winter.

We will have a collection box for donated cans of food at church on Sunday 17th and Sunday 24th June

 

The Anglican Church has arranged for two shipping containers to take building supplies and equipment to Tonga to help the Anglican churches to be better prepared to help rebuild after an event like Cyclone Gita. One container will be positioned at St Pauls Church in Nuku’alofa and the other at All Saints Church in Fasi. Both will be used to store prepositioned supplies and one of them will also be fitted out and used as a small joinery and carpentry workshop to help develop building skills of local communities.
If you have tools (such as hammers, screw drivers, crowbars) that you no longer need, please can you contact Father Lui Tuilotolava on 027 286 4064 and he will arrange for them to be picked up and added to the shipment of supplies.

Foyer News Column: Don’t forget to have a look at the foyer news column – we post interesting items on it for you. Two regular contributing articles are ‘Talking Sense’ and ‘Do Justice’.
“Talking Sense” (June): Talking Cents is an ecumenical group charged by the Auckland Anglican Diocesan Council to promote an alternative to current economic and political thought, and to encourage debate within the church. Ministry units are encouraged to distribute these articles. This article is contributed by Margaret Bedggood, a member of the Third Order of the Society of St. Francis and of the Anglican parish of St. Matthew-in-the-City. “International Human Rights Law. The Ideal Framework for Government Social and Economic Policy”.
‘Do Justice’ (June) is: A Newsletter on Social Justice Issues Welcome to the June 2018 edition of Do Justice. This newsletter, prepared by the Auckland Diocesan Social Justice Group, looks at various Social Justice Issues: Elimination of child Poverty; The Law of Unintended Consequences; Improve Productivity – the economist’s answer to poverty; Urbanism – Shaping our Cities for the future.