How to Forgive Sins
A reflection about being sent to continue Jesus' work of forgiveness. Focussing on John 20:19-23
Olive Press 28/4
Holy Week Prayers Palm Sunday Maundy Thursday Good Friday Easter Dawn Easter Day BUC News Pop-up Op Shop Helen Burnham's world famous op shop will be open for the next four Sundays, starting 28th April. Come along for a bargain. Contribute to the seed funding [...]
Easter Dawn prayers
Prayers of Adoration Risen Lord, Rabbouni, it is you! You are here, you are with us again! This is something so extraordinary we never believed could happen. We saw you crucified and buried. We have been bereft these last days as we thought we had lost you, that all hope was gone, that the [...]
Good Friday prayers
Opening Prayers interspersed with verses from Isaiah 52:13-53:12 See, my servant shall prosper; he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high. Jesus Christ, Suffering Servant, betrayed and denied, receive the love of our grieving hearts. He had no form or majesty that we should look at him, nothing in his [...]
Maundy Thursday prayers
Prayers of Adoration & Confession Jesus, light of the world, as darkness begins its descent on the day, we come to this quiet place of reflection to remember the final events of your life. As you draw nearer to the cross, we draw near to you. Listening to the familiar accounts of your disciples, [...]
Sunday Prayers 21/4
Prayers of Adoration & Confession Holy God, we come to you on this first day of the week in search of hope for all who hold despair in their hearts= and we discover that you have thrown open the tomb of darkness revealing your glory to all whose hearts are open. You are our [...]
Defiant Hope
Easter hope after Christchurch. A reflection on Luke 24:1-12. I show a number of videos in this reflection: The haka outside the Al Noor Mosque (Tenei Te Ruru begins at 00:47) - I play three excerpts of this through the reflection 1973 All Blacks haka contrasted with the 2015 All Blacks haka Jacinda Ardern's speech [...]
Olive Press 21/4
No sermon for 21st April due to Palm Sunday Ecumenical service. Holy Week Calendar During Holy Week we will continue to listen, responding to the stories we have listened to and shared during Lent. Maundy Thursday 18th April, 7:30pm including foot washing and Holy Communion Good Friday [...]
Sunday Prayers 14/4
Prayers of Adoration & Confession From “Stages on the Way” by Wild Goose Worship Group p. 78 Lord Jesus Christ, over the broken glass of our world, The rumours meant to hurt, The prejudice meant to wound, The weapons meant to kill, Ride on… Trampling our attempts at disaster into dust. ride on… Over [...]
Nourish
Nourish is back for two sessions this school holidays. The evening begins with toasties in the Olive Way and games in the hall. The host for the evening then invites us to remove our shoes and enter into the story space. On 10th April we listened as Julie Perrin told a story called The Faces [...]