'The Anchor Church' Tagged Posts (Page 3)
Women’s Weekend Away
Hi Everyone We are planning a women’s weekend away on 7th-9th September and we would love you to join us. Our venue is El Rancho in Waikanae and have Wendy Burgess joining us from Te Puke. It will be a relaxing, uplifting and encouraging time as we spend a weekend away from the usual hustle and bustle of life. Bring your friends – and make it a great weekend away. Our theme is Deeper still: Living in God’s Word. Here is…
This Sunday- bring the kids, ride on down
This Sunday, Ray Cooper and guests will be with as at both 10 am and and 6:30 pm, get on down to church and bring the whole family. It has been an awesome week at the Holiday Programme and this is the finale! That is after Thursday night and the Family Fun night – make sure you make that evening from 5pm till 7:30pm – even if your kids havent been at the Holiday programme come on down and have…
Distractions!
Recently, the Holy Spirit has been drawing my attention to the fact that I have been letting the world, the everyday and the busy become distractions and draw me away from Him. I have been slipping into an attitude of complacency. The seemingly immediate needs of the day-to-day demand my attention and my desire for security, for rest and for significance creep in. Despite feeling the pull of the priorities of the world in recent times, I have also during…
Open to All Drivers
Open to All Drivers When – Saturday 7th July 8:30am Whitby Men’s Breakfast At The North Porirua Baptist Church Guest Speaker: Glenn Marshall – Police Serious Crash Unit Drivers you really need to get along and listen to this. Glenn will be talking on some of the things he has seen on the job and talking about the cause of some of the incidents he attends. There will be a presentation showing some of the vehicles which may be graphic. This…
Infinite worth or infinite worthlessness?
“Christianity preaches the infinite worth of that which is seemingly worthless and the infinite worthlessness of that which is seemingly so valued.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer At the end of another week, I often look back on days dominated by things that may seem important at the time, but in the end hold no value in God’s view of things. God’s values are different from ours and I seem to keep running after that which God doesn’t. God ran after us, whereas I’m…
Winter Bible School – Book it in
Winter Bible Scho`ol Its Full – email us if you would like to join us. Details are on www.winterbibleschool.co.nz Book the Winter Bible School into your calendar now. Three days – Friday 22nd June – Sunday 24th of June – Two days, twelve sessions, three outstanding speakers. Options for each day. Each day – doors open at 8am for a 9am start – full schedule is here https://www.winterbibleschool.co.nz/page/schedule-2018/ Introducing Pastor Greg Burgess from Jocelyn Elen on Vimeo. Introducing Geoff Smith…
Messiness
We live in a messy world. We are surrounded by messy situations in our relationships, our families, our friendships, our parenting, our bodies, our hearts, our priorities, our businesses, our jobs, our schools, our homes, our churches, our government, our country, our world – it is not hard to feel down about the mess things are in. This is no surprise to God though. The world is not how he intended it to be. We live with sin in our world and in a broken relationship with our…
Movie Night
Please come and also invite your friends to join us for a movie night with Fireproof! “Fireproof” is a movie that we all might have seen and even if you have, you might have some friends who didn’t and will be touched by the message. Good old fashioned movie night – Self serve Lollies and juice on arrival, coffee and slice during intermission. Time and Date Doors open at 6:30pm for a 7:00pm start. Saturday June 9th. Please come and support…
CK is here from Myanmar this week
Learning about Myanmar We have built up a good relationship with partners in this country- You can find out more here. This week we have a visit from CK Hrang Tiam. Join us on Thursday night to meet CK and here a little of his story. About CK CK is the principal of Myanmar Evangelical Graduate School of Theology (MEGST) in Yangon. CK completed his MTh at SAIACS, Bangalore, India, in 1998-99, before being recruited as the very first full-time lecturer at…
Shadows
Shadows My eyes shifting around me Always followed by shadows There is no escaping their folds, Cast by your glaring brightness The closer I come, the thicker they fall Hanging off the skin of my back Dragging me down, gripping and tearing But as I look to you they disappear I had thought: the brighter you shine, The tighter their hold Now I see: the brighter you shine The further they dissolve Light pours through the shadows, Tearing the veil…
Tender Hearted
The miracle and becoming tender hearted The disciples had been out with Jesus and had seen the miracle of feeding thousands of people with five loaves and two fish. After everyone had eaten they gathered up twelve baskets of left overs. Jesus then told them to get into the boat and go ahead of him towards the other side of the lake. As night fell Jesus was still on land and the disciples were out on the lake and having…