This Sunday, we began the new Church year. Fr Bosco Peters presided and preached at the 10am Mass. In his sermon, he especially focused on the reading from Isaiah (Isaiah 2:1-5).
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We concluded the church year with the celebration of the Solemnity of Christ the King. We were thrilled to welcome the Young Voices from Saint Michael's Church School. Fr Bosco Peters presided and preached at the 10am Mass. Our Gospel Reading was taken from Luke 23: 33–43.
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Fr Bosco Peters presided and preached at the 10am Mass. Our Gospel Reading was taken from Luke 21: 5–19.
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Fr Bosco Peters presided and preached at the 10am Mass. Our Gospel Reading was taken from Luke 20: 27—38.
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Fr Bosco Peters presided and preached for All Souls, on Wednesday night. He reflected on the history of All Souls, its revival in Anglican circles in the wake of the First World War, the enrichment of our understanding of death from Tikanga Māori, and the raising of Lazarus.
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Fr Bosco Peters presided and preached at our observance of All Saints this Sunday. We were also thrilled to welcome Leo and Ted into the Church in Baptism. Our Gosple reading was the Beatitudes as presented in Luke 6: 20–31.
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Fr Bosco Peters presided and preached at the 10am Mass. Our readings were taken from Genesis 32: 22–31, 2 Timothy 3: 14–4: 5, and Luke 18: 1–8.
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On Sunday we celebrated our Feast of Dedication. It was a significant birthday, celebrating 150 years of the dedication of the present church building to St Michael and All Angels.
Fr Bosco Peters presided and preached at the 10am Mass, where Our Gospel reading was taken from John 2:13–22.
We were also glad to see the return of Evensong and Benediction. The sermon at Evensong, preached by Fr Peter Williams, can also be found in this post.
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Our celebration of the Feast of St Michael and All Angels was led this year by the Bishop of Christchurch, Peter Carrell, with a sermon delivered by Fr. John Fox.
The Mass setting was Schubert's Mass in G, performed by the Choir accompanied by a string orchestra to lead us in Schubert's Mass in G.
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Fr Bosco Peters presided and preached at the 10am Mass. Our Gospel reading was taken from Luke 16:19-31.
Read on for the sermon and a video of the service.
