Elder Care Coordinator Wanted
Mark Chamberlain2019-12-05T11:54:19+13:00Due to the imminent retirement of our current Elder Care Group Coordinator we are seeking expressions of interest from suitable people for this 6 hour a week position. This would be a great role for anyone relating well to seniors and wanting to contribute to the community. It could also be a shared position [...]
Lifestreams Music Coordinator
Mark Chamberlain2019-12-04T11:35:21+13:00St Barnabas is seeking to appoint a Music Coordinator for its Lifestreams congregation. This congregation, which meets at 10am on a Sunday morning includes people of all ages, and has a particular emphasis on children’s ministry. The coordinator would need to be an experienced musician or singer and have the ability to lead a [...]
Young Adults Worker
Mark Chamberlain2019-12-04T11:20:33+13:00St Barnabas is looking for a Young Adults Worker to join the staff team and carry forward our exciting Young Adult’s Ministry. The person must have some experience working with young adults, an enthusiasm for the message of Jesus Christ and the ability to build a young adult community. St Barnabas is a lively [...]
Note from the Vicar – 13 October
Mark Chamberlain2019-10-24T09:01:43+13:00Admin and Hall Project: Sincere thanks to Corinne Haines who has been overseeing the engineering and design work on these two buildings for the year up to now. Corinne, who has a very demanding professional life, has stepped down from this role and Don Mackenzie has agreed to take it up. Corinne will still [...]
Resilience – falling down seven times and getting up eight
Mark Chamberlain2019-10-10T06:25:46+13:00How will the Northwood family whose house blew up the other day pick themselves up after such a shocking and devastating loss? How will the Muslim community recover following the mosque shootings of 15 March? And how will our city continue to recover after the devastation of the 210-11 earthquakes? Well it turns out [...]
Science & Faith Reading Group
Mark Chamberlain2019-10-05T01:41:06+13:0025 people attended the Science and Faith Discussion Evening last week and although it was a squeeze, the response was very positive indeed. As a follow up I am proposing a reading group to begin in November reading Alister McGrath’s book ‘Surprised by Meaning: Science, Faith, and How We Make Sense of Things.’ Please [...]
Reaching Out With Facebook
Mark Chamberlain2019-10-04T21:37:26+13:00The parish established a Facebook page a number of years ago and we now have over 300 followers. The Communications Team are planning to post more regularly so that our follower base increases even more and we can publicise the many positive ministries and good news stories that take place within our parish. This [...]
New Website To Go Live
Mark Chamberlain2019-10-02T00:48:56+13:00The Communications Team have been overseeing the development of a new website for the parish and this will go live on Monday 7 October. Special thanks to Andrew Wright for this work. Our current website was designed 8 years ago and so it was overdue for a ‘make over.’ The new one will be [...]