| Parish of The Epiphany Masterton Weekly News   Collect E te Karaiti tō mātou Kaihoko, nāu i kotē te ūpoko o te nākahi; kua mahea mātou i ō mātou hara; wetekina ngā mamaetanga o te ao mai i te kino e rata tonu nei mātou ki te mahi. Whakarongo ki tēnei īnoi i runga i tōu ingoa. Āmine. Collect Christ our Redeemer, you have crushed the serpent’s head; you have freed us from our sin; rescue all your suffering world from evil that attracts us still. Hear this prayer for your name’s sake. Amen. Today’s Readings 1st Reading: Daniel 7: 9-10, 13-14 2nd Reading: Revelations 1: 4b-8 Gospel: John 18: 33-37 Prayer Points · God, be with me today. Help my heart be open to the ways Jesus is at work in my life. · Give me peace today, O Lord. · Give thanks for God’s love and strength, at work in and through us. And pray for growth within our church. · We pray for those who are grieving, unwell and injured; for healing in Jesus’ name. · We continue to pray for the Hogan family (NZCMS) and all those working in His name around the world. · We pray for our government and world leaders that they may make wise decisions. NEWS Celebration As a Church Family, this weekend we celebrate and give thanks to God for Emma Mead’s ordination at St Paul’s Cathedral as a Transitional Deacon. We pray for her ministry, that it will be fruitful for God’s kingdom here among us and in the wider community. May God continue to bless you Emma. Live streaming of the Ordination Service For those who are unable to travel to Wellington for Emma’s Ordination, the service is being live streamed from the Diocese Website. You can either watch from home or join us in the Church Hall on Saturday the 23 November 2024 at 2:00pm. Please RSVP to Claire if you would like to watch in the hall. Diocese link is: https://anglicanmovement.nz/upcoming-events/ordination Dates for your diary …. Wednesday 28 November @ 10:00am Weekly Bible Study in the hall Thursday 28 November @ 7:15pm Women’s Ministry Event Sunday 1 December 1st Sunday in Advent – Mission Giving Sunday [Hogan Family] Sunday 1 December @ 10.30am Financial General Meeting Wednesday 4 December @ 10:00am Weekly Bible Study in the hall  Today is Christ the King Sunday. That means it’s the day when we think about Jesus being our king. Kings and queens are rulers, they help govern and lead their people. Jesus is a king because he’s our ruler. He doesn’t live in a palace or meet with other important leaders in the world. But like King Charles, he was born to rule. The thing is, even though he’s a king, he lets us choose if we want him to be our King. It’s easy to want to do things our way and to be our own boss, but Jesus doesn’t want to boss us around. He’s not that kind of king. Instead Jesus wants us to let him gently lead us into doing good things, loving others and asking him for help. He wants us to choose to let him be king and help govern our lives. I WONDER: I wonder what you’d do if you met Jesus in person? I wonder what you think it means to have a King like Jesus? I wonder if there are things that you do for yourself that Jesus might want to help you with?  ACTIVITY: Make a pretzel crown of thorns covered in chocolate. All you need is: -about 1/2 cup of chocolate chips (Baker’s chocolate works, too) -a few handfuls of pretzel sticks, -small mixing bowl and spatula, -parchment paper or baking mat. STEP 1) Gently melt the chocolate until it is able to be stirred. (either in the microwave or double boiler) STEP 2) Once the chocolate is melted, throw in the pretzels, stirring slowly so as to not break the sticks. Warning: This is going to get messy. NOTE: Don’t worry about trying to coat every part of the pretzel, a little bit of brown poking through will help make the Crown’s appearance rustic. STEP 3) Line your cookie sheet with parchment paper or aluminum foil OR use your Silpat baking mat; Take one coated pretzel stick out from the chocolate at a time. STEP 4) Lay each stick down, forming a circle. Overlap the sticks at sharp angles to help form the Crown of Thorns. Keep building and adding pretzels until you reach the desired look for your Crown. Let it sit to allow the chocolate to harden.  Morning Prayer Morning Prayer on Zoom. Mon-Fri @ 9:00am Meeting ID: 228 086 0403 Passcode: prayers Daily Lectionary Readings New easy to use Daily prayer website 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/ These readings have been taken from the Anglican Church Lectionary Morning Prayers 2024 Mon 25th Ps (92),96 Isa 40:1-11 Rev 14:1-13 Tues 26th Ps 97,(98,100) Isa 40:12-26 Rev 14-15:end Wed 27th Ps (110,111),112 Isa 40:27-41 Rev 16-1-11 Thur 28th Ps 125,(126,127) Isa 41:8-20 Rev 16:12-end Fri 29th Ps 139 Isa 41:21-42 Rev 17 Sat 23rd Ps 47;147:1-11 Ezek 47:1-12 or Sirach 14: 20-27 John 12: 2-32 |
