This verse provides a great encouragement. Jesus under scrutiny from the legalists of the day and the threat of stoning, said it plain and clear: “I give them eternal life.” So who are “them”?

The bible tells us that if you believe in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ you will be saved (Romans 10:13). Is this really saying that no matter what mess you have made, nothing can remove you from
the saving grace that was offered through Christ’s death, burial and resurrection? That’s right – nothing! It‟s just the type of encouragement you need to hear. When people encourage you it brings a sense of enjoyment, largely because someone has noticed you and taken the time to bring joy to your life.

If you believe in Christ, you need to understand that He has taken notice. He has promised to secure you, even in a life of multiple twists and turns.  Christ is not an absent Saviour. He is acquainted
with all your comings, goings and heart attitudes.

Now that’s security; no visual technology can match it. He wants you to rest in Him. He offers you compassion. He offers you hope – but most of all God gives you eternal life in His Son (1 John 5:11).

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Then the Marriage Course is for you.  It is for any couple, whether you have been together for one or sixty one years, and whether you feel you have a strong relationship or are struggling.  Wherever you are coming from, the Marriage Course will give you practical tools so that you can improve and strengthen your relationship. 

Contact us if you would like to make this investment.  Email us at marriagecourse@theanchorchurch.org.nz or ring us at church on 04-234 1390.

Wow what a week it has been.

Day 5 saw 122 kids once again waiting at the station to ride the Loco to the Little Valley Railway. Unlike Tuesday when 122 seemed like a huge number of kids, the rest of the week 100+ seemed like a manageable number. Just goes to show what an awesome team we have. After one crazy day the next 3 seemed not so crazy.

We had new kids today and we had over 70 kids who came every single day this week (although that number may include the young team too).

Today, (despite lagging energy levels in the team to start with) was full of enthusiasm and lots of jumping around and generally going Loco.

We are so grateful for everything that has been done to make this holiday program our most successful yet. The buzz this has generated out in the community and the feedback we have received has been overwhelming. Last night’s Family Fun Night was also the biggest it has ever been and great fun was had by all.

The team are having a well deserved break (for a day) but we are really looking forward to sharing with you all on Sunday just what we have been up to this week.

God has been so faithful this week. He has blessed us all in too many ways to count and we have really enjoyed a wonderful sense of community within our church family.

Roll on Anchor Kids for Term 3! We are looking forward to seeing all our new friends again.

We had approx. 104 kids for yesterday’s session in the morning. And then we had well over 200 people here last night for an AWESOME Family Fun Night! We had Jeremy the Magic Man, Dan and Ryan playing Jazz guitars in the foyer, face painting, sausages, sausages and more sausages! We had messy games, more messy games, songs, dances….. basically you name it we had it!!!

And here we are all set up and ready for the last morning session of Loco 2011!!!!!

God is great and we praise him for his mercies which truly are new every morning. We look forward to sharing with you on Sunday morning.

“Do do the Loco, chugging down the track with you…… Woohoo! Woohoo!

Well 122 kids yesterday and 116 today!

Today was another great hive of activity, with slightly less ordered chaos and slightly more chaotic order!

The kids all had a fabulous day, making trains out of noodle boxes, playing all kinds of crazy games, and enjoying chatting and snacking on the awesome home baking!

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for all your baking, cleaning, apples, newspapers, socks and PRAYERS. We have appreciated them all (and please keep the prayers coming).

We are well into our stride now and things are (mostly) flowing very smoothly. You cannot run a programme for 120 odd kids without a few “exciting” little things happening each day.

We are so excited about tomorrow’s Family Fun Night. We are looking forward to sharing with you all what has been going on this week.

Please continue to pray for health; a few of us are struggling but hanging on by a thread. So we covet your prayers to get us bouncing through the rest of the week.

More updates tomorrow………… until then

With grateful thanks and joyful hearts,

The Loco Team.