Contact Us
Church of the Saviour [of the
Diocese of Auckland CC31449]
2 Heaphy St,
Blockhouse Bay
Auckland 0600
Ph 6278779
Email: [email protected]
www.cots.org.nz
Vicar
Sarah Patten
[email protected]
Ministry with the Elderly
Lesley [email protected]
4 Seniors @ the Bay
[email protected]
Seniors Advocate
[email protected]
Pastoral Care and Counselling
[email protected]
Youth
[email protected], 021950530
Children
[email protected], 021921552
Playgroup
[email protected], 6273455
0272206650
Reception/ Administration
[email protected]
After School Care
Stephanie - [email protected]
Friday 8th May, 7-9pm
What might it take to PROPEL your faith to the next level.
Come along on Friday night for a night of crazy games and
challenging conversations about what you might be able to do
to help you to grow or go deeper in your faith.
(School Years 11-13) For those of
you who were at Efest you would have heard about BOLD.
AYM’s new leadership and discipleship
group. If you are keen to apply for this
speak to Pip as soon as possible to get an
application form and check out
www.aym.org.nz/bold
Elevate Sunday is back for Term
2 @ 9am, downstairs in the youth room. Today we are launching our new series "I AM". Come along and enjoy a great time
of interactive discussion about what it means to follow and
develop our relationship with “I AM”
WHAT IS J TEAM? J team is for ages 3 years to Yr 6 at
9am & 11am services during term time.
We have two age groups at J team at both our
services 9am-10.15am and 11am- 12.20pm
This term we have been looking at New Testament stories from The Jesus Storybook Bible. Today is the story of Calming the Storm.
What the disciples do not understand is that Jesus is perfect and powerful in every
way. Jesus can do things that we can’t. He has power over sickness and death and
He has power over storms and over nature. We can trust Jesus and have faith in
Him completely. There is nothing to be afraid of, because Jesus is always with everyone who trusts and believes in Him.
Message from Vicar Sarah Patten
Dear church family,
Prayer is a powerful thing. For some reason
God loves to collaborate with us on His
Kingdom building projects, and to take an
interest in our lives. We also know that for
some reason fasting increases the power of
prayer. (Jesus once told his disciples about a
demon that only comes out through prayer
AND fasting).
Paul talks about putting on the armour of
God in Ephesians and then he goes on to
say ‘And pray in the Spirit on all occasions
with all kinds of prayers and requests. With
this in mind, be alert and always keep on
praying for all the Lord’s people.’
This is a time in church life when we are feeling the call to prayer again. We are praying
for John Mynett, for Phil Clark and for many
others who need healing in our congregation. Many of us were praying for the team
at the Holisitic fair on Sunday, and there are
some amazing testimonies coming out of
that.
God gives us permission to ask for anything,
but He doesn’t promise always to give us
what we ask for. We do know though that if
we don’t ask, we can’t receive. So we need
to keep on asking because we know God is at
work, not always in the way we expect, but
He can bring good out of the darkest
situation. He can turn around relationships,
3 May 2015
Newsletter No: 17
With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible. Matthew 19:26
He can heal, and I can tell you stories of
people who have experienced this first
hand.
Yes there are times when we ask and are
disappointed, but there are many times
when we ask and it is given. There are
people alive in church today because of
healing miracles. We don’t always see
them, but we are committed to asking
because we never know what might
happen next.
We should have confidence in prayer,
especially when praying for people outside
the church, as most of the New Testament
miracles were people who really didn’t
know Jesus well!
Let’s make prayer our priority this week,
and you may choose to fast as well!
With love and blessings
Sarah
Sunday Services this week
9am - Worship Service with Communion.
Youth at 9am, Crèche, J team at both 9am
and 11am.
11am - Service - café style
1.30pm - Chinese Church (in Mandarin)
7pm –Worship Service with a prayer focus
Wed: 9.30am Worship Service with
Communion and morning tea.
Everyone is welcome
On this week
Tear Fund Earthquake Appeal. Last Sunday
morning the world woke up to the news that
a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake had
struck near the densely populated area of
Kathmandu. The death toll is quickly climbing
and has already reached over 3,600.
With communications down and many
poorly constructed buildings, the toll is
expected to be much higher as more information filters through. Sadly with its narrow
cobblestone streets and ancient construction, it is very difficult to work in the area of
Nepal now the worst has happened.
The Nepal Government has declared a State
of Emergency and has called for immediate
assistance.
TEAR Fund is responding through established
partners on the ground and through the
Integral Alliance (a network of 25 Christian
disaster response agencies).
The immediate needs are:
 Temporary Shelter (many homes are
destroyed or people are too scared to return
to homes)
 Medical (especially for crush injuries)
 Water and Sanitation
 Emergency Food and Relief Aid
To donate to our Nepal Earthquake Crisis
appeal,
go
to
tearfund.org.nz
Call 0800 800 777
4 Seniors @ the Bay— Monday and Friday
9.30am
Playgroup Monday, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday at 9am
Elders Meet Monday 7.30pm
Play and Learn Tuesday 9.30am
Mainly Music Tuesday 10am
Pre-Intermediate
ESOL, Tuesday at
10.00am
COTS Care, after school care, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday 3pm
Wednesday Service 9.30am
Chinese Church Meeting Wednesday
9.30am
Bible in Schools BHB Thursday 8.50am
Intermediate ESOL Thursday 9.30am
Beginners ESOL Thursday 10am
Basic ESOL Thursday 12.30pm
Blockhouse Bay Chinese Church of the
Saviour Service Sunday 1.30pm
Coming up
AFFIRM EVENT.
A new vision in mission, a presentation by
Grace Collective—young adults. They will be
taking us through an experience of their
creative approach to mission amongst
young adults. They will not simply tell us but
help us as much as possible to experience
what they do. Should be a fun and informative evening.
Wednesday 6 May at 6.30pm. St Margaret’s
Church 102 Hillsborough Rd, Auckland. RSVP
to [email protected] $10 for dinner.
You can contribute to the work here at COTS: Deposit donation directly to the church bank account:
12 3049 0264019 52 with your name or donor number as reference, contact the office for a donor number.
This can be an ongoing automatic payment or a one-off donation.
Notices
Mission Prayer . We will be meeting again
at Jane Kennedy’s on Monday May 4th at 2
pm. All are welcome – it is very important to
be praying for our mission partners at this
time and some of their countries- like Nepal.
Prayer and Fasting. In the foyer is a sign up
sheet for fasting and prayer for John
Mynett. If you are willing to fast for one
meal and pray, please add your name so the
whole week is covered.
Writers’ Retreat. The Church of the Saviour
writers’ group is having a retreat at the Hillsborough Retreat Centre on Saturday 13th
June. The day-long retreat will include short
workshops on gaining inspiration and
writing poetry as well as plenty of opportunity to practise in the inspirational surroundings of the building and grounds. The
retreat will run from 9.00 to 3.30 and the
cost is $40, including lunch. If you are interested please contact Bronwyn Calder
(8282612).
Giving Receipts are now available for the
2014 year. Please pick up yours from the
alphabetical boxes in the foyer. Receipts for
the Trust have been sent by email.
New Giving Envelopes are available in the
foyer. Please pick them up.
7pm Service update. We are having a
different format now with contemporary
worship, relevant teaching and more opportunity for prayer ministry and for the Holy
Spirit to move. You would be really welcome
to try out the new format service in the
coming weeks.
Prayer available. If you would like an appointment for one on one prayer please
contact Peter and Frances Goulter on 626
4234
Mike Hawke of Anglican Missions, requires
urgent storage for 600 T-shirts (approx. 2
pallet loads) intended for Vanuatu. If you or
anyone you know could provide storage or
would be able to help, please contact Mike
at [email protected].
Walking Group. Leave from the church
steps at 8:30am on Saturday, approx 1
hour. All are welcome. For further details
please contact Katy 021 168 7202 or home:
849 5910 (pm only) Meet even if raining
30 Days of Prayer for the Muslim World.
18 June – 17 July 2015. Praying for the Muslim World during Ramadan. We hope you
will be encouraged as you read about the
global impact of over 20 years of faithful
prayer for the Muslim world. We trust you
will be inspired and motivated to intercede
for Muslims. The different books available to
help you pray are.
 30 Days of Prayer for the Muslim World.
$7.00 each
 30 Days “Just for Kids” are $5.00 each.
 A Wind in the House of Islam - $30.00 per
copy.
 The Story of Islam DVD (12 mins) $15.00
each.
 More than Dreams DVD (5 dramatised
testimonies of former Muslims) $4.00 per
DVD.
NB Postage within NZ is included in above
prices. Send all orders to: MARN, PO Box
20063, Glen Eden, Waitakere 0641. Email:
[email protected]. Mobile: 021 185 3334. For
payment via internet banking invoices are available upon
request