| Parish of The Epiphany Masterton Weekly News 25 May 2025 6th Sunday of Easter Te Rātapu Tuaono o te Aranga  SUNDAY’S SERVICES 8:00am NZ Prayer Book Eucharist Service in the Hadlow Prayer Room 9:30am Family Service in the Hadlow hall 9:30am EKLOL – Children’s Programme starting in the Service Please join us for morning tea after the 9:30am Service WARDEN’S UPDATE Dear Parish whānau, We are sure the news has caught up with you that the Police have made an arrest in relation to the church fires. We continue to pray for this person, and also we want to acknowledge the work of the Police in making this arrest. Please be mindful as the mornings get colder, to wear more layers to church. You are welcome to also bring a small cushion to sit on if that would make you feel more comfortable. We are confident that even though the Hadlow hall is a big space, it does warm up sufficiently (perhaps even more so that our lovely Epiphany church). Being such a big space, we know it may not feel as cozy, but with appropriate clothing, we hope you will feel the warmth of God’s love and our Epiphany family. Kind regards, Claire and Paul BREAKFAST UPDATE Starting next month (June) and for the rest of 2025 (or until our return to Epiphany), Sunday breakfasts will be combined with Café Church on the 3rd Sunday of each month at Hadlow. (June 15th) This change is aimed at making things more manageable and sustainable for our breakfast and morning tea teams while we are at Hadlow. We appreciate your understanding during this transition. COMING UP  Weekly Bible Study Wednesday’s at 10:30am @ Cheryl Hansen’s Get in touch with Cheryl or the office for more details Rev. Sarah will be available at the Screening Room on Thursday 29 May from 10:00am – 12noon  Thy Kingdom Come Thy Kingdom Come (TKC) is a global ecumenical prayer movement that invites Christians around the world to pray from Ascension to Pentecost for more people to come to know Jesus. How can we do this? By praying for others to know Jesus is one of the most powerful things we can do. Choose five people you would regularly like to pray for and write their names down onto a list. If you’re not sure who to pray for, ask God to guide you as you choose. Once you have settled on 5 names, commit to praying for them regularly. There are some beautiful resources (A Novena, prayer journal, digital detox journals, devotionals for teens and adults) on the Thy kingdom come website, check them out below https://www.thykingdomcome.global/new-2025 or get in touch with Emma in the office and she can print hard copies for you. Prayer walking, pray your neighbourhood. Download the app below (google play also available on apple) and track where you have prayer walked. GREAT BIBLE AND PRAYER APPS The App logos above will take you to the google play store, these apps are all available on apple as well. YouVersion Bible App: This gives you access to different Bible Translations, reading plans and studies. This app also has an app for children. Lectio365: You can set it to receive reminders to have morning, midday and evening prayer. Pray As You Go: Guided prayer app.  PASTORAL CARE PARCELS A huge thank you to those people who have provided items for our care parcels. We would love a few more items, if you are able to donate an item or two they would be gratefully accepted. Things that often go into are care parcels are: Coffee – including sachets Tea – including herbal Handcream Lip balm Sweets treats like a bar of chocolate or other candy Biscuits Crackers Small sudoku or crossword puzzle books Juice Tissues Lozenges LECTIONARY DAILY PRAYERS Lectionary.co.nz is a cut-down digital-friendly version of The Lectionary It gives you morning and evening readings from our lectionary in an easy to access format. As well as being able to read the readings, you can listen to them too. You can check it out here…. https://www.lectionary.co.nz/ NEW MORNING PRAYER ZOOM DETAILS Morning prayer happens on zoom Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 9:00am and Thursday at 8:50am. Use the link below https://us05web.zoom.us/j/8395130520?pwd=vF62P77xFejV5vVTbFsyuVhJ85x3KC.1 OR Meeting Zoom ID: 839 513 0520 Passcode: qUF6YF  |
