Posts by Geoff Lawson (Page 6)
An evening with Freeset
Join us on Friday 6th October for an evening with Freeset – one of our partners. Freeset is a fair trade business . It offers employment to women trapped in Kolkata’s sex trade. We make jute bags and organic cotton t-shirts, but our business is freedom! We would like to see the 10,000 sex workers in our neighborhood empowered with the choice of leaving a profession they never chose in the first place. What is Freeset Freeset exists to provide…
Anchor Youth Term 3!
What’s on this term Anchor Youth Term 3 Planner. Come along, invite your friends, all high school students are very welcome. You can just rock up and join in. If you need more information email us at youth@theanchorchurch.org.nz or hop onto our anchoryouth facebook page. Year 7 – 8 kids We also run a programme for Yr 7 – 8 kids called Generation. It is on Monday nights during Term time – you can get more information on that here.…
Precious Connections
Precious Connections Precious Connections is an event for Yr 7 to Yr 10 girls. We want you to enjoy and grow connections with God, family and friends. This evening aims to help grow great girls and fantastic teenagers in God’s love. We will have fun in groups, playing ‘minute to win it’ challenges, doing crafts and eating yummy supper, while building connections with some older youth girls. This year at Precious Connections we are learning about the 5 love languages for teenagers from…
Places are available at Mainly Music
Do you have preschool kids? Mainly Music has places available in Whitby. We love this programme and making it available to our local community. It runs on Wednesday and Thursday mornings during term time and currently we have spaces available on both days. You would be really welcome to join us. Mainly Music This is one of our well established programmes which has been running for 15 years after a group of people saw the potential to offer something different to the community…
Fight is not a bad word – Freeset Fabrics
Freeset Fabrics Last year we were able to spent a day in this community with Freeset Fabrics. It was a big day, listening to their stories and just watching as the women worked the looms. We had been able to invest a little in the initial development of this project. To go and see the impact it was making was very moving. This is the story of one of the women at Freeset Fabrics. Settle in, get a coffee and…
Whodunnit! The Holiday Programme is here
The 2017 Holiday Programme is here There’s a cat burglar loose and we need your kid’s help to track him (or her) down at this year’s Anchor Church Holiday Programme. Your kids will join teenage detective Darcy Clue and a cast of crazy characters as they follow clues, avoid red herrings and find out once and for all if the butler did it. Along the way there’ll be the usual mix of songs, dances, crafts, games and loads of fun. …
Inviting You – Craft, chat and good company
Inviting all local women You and the special ladies in your life are warmly invited to join us for some good company on Saturday 10 Jun from 6:00 – 8:00 pm. Craft & Chat evening. We will have soup and cake and good company to share with you, and would love you to bring any craft/ activity you enjoy doing – knitting, colouring, painting, crochet… to do during the evening. There may also be a chance to help prepare craft…
Youth Programmes are back – Term 2
Youth Programmes are back Term 2 is here! This is our plan for our youth programmes, we are super excited to see you all again. Anchor Youth – Friday nights for college aged youth and Generation for Years 7 & 8 on Monday nights’ Everyone is welcome!
Men required – repairing graves at Pauatahanui Cemetery
Mens Breakfast Time: 8:30 am May 6th at Pauatahanui One of our local projects is to do repair work on the graves at the historic Pauatahanui cemetery. A good morning’s work to chip in with the community to look after our local area. Concrete and breakfast are provided (gold coin donation). Wheel barrows and shovels are handy to bring along. Some history for you! Thomas Hollis Stace originally donated the land to build a small Protestant chapel and establish a…
Join us at Easter
Join us at Easter Easter is a moment in history which changed everything – everyone is welcome, Good Friday and Easter Sunday, bring the family, spend a moment to wonder about those things that are important, to wonder about the depths of love and reconciliation, the miracle of grace and forgiveness and the new life that we find in Jesus. There are two opportunities – Good Friday at 9am and Easter Sunday at 10 am. We would love to…
Men’s breakfast April 1
You are welcome to come and hear Peter Carrington, founder and director of Cross Roads Trust and the Te Nikau Training Centre. Saturday 1st April 8:30am at The Anchor Church. Gold coin donation – breakfast provided. Cross Roads Christian Community Trust Inc. was established in December 1992 to: Foster the rehabilitation of people affected by addictions, dependency, and co-dependency. Provide counselling assistance to those in need, for whatever reason, and in whatever area of life. Demonstrate Christian concern for the…
Tomorrow – Mini Bible School with Greg Burgess
Mini Bible School with Greg Burgess Join us over three nights, March 7 – 9, as Greg engages us in three separate topics 1) End times – what does the Bible tell us about the future of our world 2) Church History – from the Reformation. This year it is 500 years since the Reformation, what has happened in that time and how has this changed the world. 3) Understanding the Trinity. How do we understand the nature of God,…