St John's Roslyn Anglican Church Dunedin

03/07/2022

Here is a link to our most recent talk on the imaginative frame of the Christian Life drawn from St Paul's letter to the Ephesians. Like what you hear? then come along to our next talk on Sunday July 24th, at 6pm.

This is "Children of Heaven and Earth" by Eric Kyte on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

23/06/2022

So the first Matariki public holiday falls tomorrow - here is a recent sermon, given at Pentecost which contextualizes Matariki within The Great Myth

https://theelvesareheadingwest.com/2022/06/23/a-sermon-for-pentecost-about-myth-and-matariki/

17/04/2022

Christ is Risen!

If you were unable to join us for the Triduum then catch up on the messages for Good Friday and Easter here, through the links on our church website

Loving God; growing in faith together. An inclusive, caring and diverse community of faith for all ages. Traditional and modern liturgies, choral music, learning opportunities and many shared activities.

06/02/2022

Our 3 week tentative exploration into Christian Faith, our Brains, and the structure of reality

TWO SONS OF DAVID AND CAIN WENT OUT FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD . . . AND BUILT A CITY THE LETTER KILLS, BUT THE SPIRIT GIVE LIFE.

26/12/2021

Today's Sermon upon St Stephen's Day
27C here so not much 'deep and crisp and even'

The Way of Vulnerability – the Way of Life

22/12/2021

A Beautiful Christmas Poem - the poet is Michael Hood

Inspired by a true story on two levels. Find out more at uncover.org.uk/john/read

06/09/2021

This week we start a new daily devotional series from the Letter of James, on the theme of Humility - in many respects The Cardinal virtue of the faith without which Love is impossible

We await clearance of our parish plan for Delta Level 2 . . . We will email the parish with Worship details ASAP

We shall continue to provide 'online' through the week and Sunday material for the time being for those who are unable for whatever reason, to gather for worship

31/08/2021

As always, food for thought is on the church website . . .

In my inbox today, the first at Level 3, if you're not in a rush to get your KFC :-) - perhaps you might find some sustenance in these words of Fr Stephen Freeman

Modernity is in love with time – or with a certain version of time. That version goes under the heading of the “future” and is married to notions of “progress,” “change,” “advancement,” and the like. It is inherently a version of time that appeals to those who are young, in that it...

29/08/2021

Starting tomorrow : "Faith in Freefall" - the counterintuitive Way of Jesus . . .
Check out the parish website at 10am after the bell has rung :-)

28/08/2021

Sunday Worship

This is "Sunday August 29" by Eric Kyte on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

24/08/2021

Time to ring the bell! Prayer time, and perhaps you might join us through the link on our website with a cup of something for further reflections on Ephesians 6 - this time involving an elephant!

23/08/2021

A Recommended post from Fr Stephen. Do you rememeber a few weeks ago when we considered how it wasn't in our accomplishments that we found life together, but in our failings. After all one can only stand back in awe of the accomplishments of folks, one can never know them truly in that. There i more than enough in this post for our meditation for weeks to come . . .

https://blogs.ancientfaith.com/glory2godforallthings/2021/08/23/the-despised-god-4/

The Despised God August 23, 2021 · Fr. Stephen Freeman 9 Leave a Comment on %s   In On the Orthodox Faith, St. John of Damascus declares: ‘The Son is the image of the Father, and the Spirit the image of the Son’. Such statements are easily read and passed over as among the more obvious Trinita...