World Vision Child Sponsorship: Have you made your donation to Christina in Tanzania for the current year??? Please check the list on the back table at Caversham Church; any others who wish to join this overseas mission are welcome to add their name to the list and place a donation in the wooden box on the back table.

Caversham Women’s Fellowship meets tomorrow evening, 21^st May, at 7.30pm in the St. Andrew’s Lounge. Trena Lyon will speak about the work of the Dog Rescue organization. It would be appreciated if members could donate some dog food for the Dog Rescue. All welcome.

ALL Parish Elders – your next meeting will be THIS Wednesday 23^rd May, 7.30pm at St Clair. We hope for a good attendance of Elders from across the parish. A contribution for supper would be appreciated.

 “Winter Warmers” Sale – we are having a stall with winter garments etc at the June 9^th flea-market, so if you have surplus clothing which may keep someone warm this winter, please bring it along to the office.

APW Fellowship Dunedin Presbyterial/Region: Dunedin Presbyterial extends a very cordial invitation to all women to join with us at our meeting to be held on Tuesday 22 May in the McLean Room, Burns Hall, at First Church at 1.30 pm. Our speakers will be those who attended the recent Presbyterian Women NZ [APW] Conference in Christchurch.   June Costello and others will tell us all about the most successful gathering which was held 20-23 April 2012.

ROCK SOLID runs an intermediate aged club for youth in South Dunedin on a Wednesday night (school term). Our volunteer leaders often don’t get a chance to eat between work/study and coming to run the club night; having a bite available for them to eat before club starts makes a big difference to their energy and enthusiasm levels. Would you be interested in supplying a finger food light meal for these volunteers on a roster system? Examples of food would be pizza, pies, quiches, sandwiches, soup, fruit, biscuits/baking, muesli bars etc. If interested please contact Bruce Hamill – we are hoping to involve a group from Coastal Unity in this outreach.

Thursday Time Out at Caversham on winter Thursdays from 1.30 – 3.30pm. Cards, scrabble, afternoon tea, chat – all in warm surroundings. All welcome. $3 a day to cover costs. More info from Margaret at 456 4555.

Cheese Rolls are available again this year….still $6 a packet. To place your order please phone Bev on 456 3668.

News from the Centre for Theology & Public Issues: Dr Stephen Garner from Auckland University’s School of Theology, will be giving an intriguing public lecture this Thursday 24 May, 5.15 pm to 6.15 pm entitled, “Drawing God in the public square: Imaging God and faith in comic books and graphic novels“. Venue – Moot Court room, 10th Floor, Richardson Building, on the main Dunedin campus.

‘Magpie, Song & Dance” : Dunedin Youth Orchestra and City of Dunedin Choir will perform at Knox Church, 7.30pm this Saturday, 26^th May. Advance ticket sales at Beggs Musicworks and Knox Church Office; cash door sales – $20 waged, $15 unwaged, $10 students, school children FREE.

“Let’s Raise the Roof” Charity Concert: St Paul’s Cathedral, next Sunday 27^th May, 12.30 – 2pm. Performances by Sunny Side Up, Bb6 Ukelele Band, Dunedin Star Singers, Balmacewen Int. Special Choir, Tahuna Int, Special Choir, Flagstaff Community Choir & OBHS “Sheer Volume”. Tickets from Frame’s Footwear; $10 adults, $2 school children. Proceeds to Habitat for Humanity.

Great Musical Variety Concert in Iona Church, Mount Street, Port Chalmers next Sunday May 27^th at 2pm organised by the Historic Iona Church Restoration Trust. Tickets available at the door: $15.00 

FREE seminar series: Our People, Our Health, Our Community will be held at 7pm on the last Wednesday of the month (from May-September) at Dunedin North Intermediate School, 34 North Road. Our first speaker on Wednesday 30^th May is Associate Professor Tony Merriman from the Biochemistry Dept, University of Otago, who will speak about the relationship of the environment and with your genes to contribute to common chronic diseases; he will use vitamin D deficiency and sugars as case examples in his talk. Child care is available but please register for this at projecthauora@gmail.com, with subject “Café Hauora” and giving child’s name and age.

From the financial Team:

Any parishioners wishing to join the envelope system or giving by automatic payments is invited to contact the office to arrange this. Auto payments make regular giving very easy and help the parish cash-flow.

The envelope system is also useful in that the envelopes remind you to make your weekly donation, even if you have been absent from church that week.

This week:

Today                  3.00pm       Youth Group at Caversham

                             7.00pm       DVD series at 16 St Clair Close

Monday 21^st         7.30pm       Caversham Women’s Fellowship

Wednes 23^rd         7.30pm       ALL PARISH ELDERS at St Clair

Thursday 24^th       9.30am        Playgroup at St Margaret’s

                           10.15am       Music & Movement at Caversham

                             1.30pm       Thursday Time Out at Caversham

Sunday 27^th           9.30am       Café Church at St Clair

                              9.30am       Morning Worship & Sunday School at Caversham

                             11.00am      Morning Worship at St Margaret’s

                              3.00pm      Youth Group at Caversham

Get your teams together – registration of your team at the office (487 6367) would be appreciated but not essential.  $20 a team (up to 6 people), $1 desserts & raffles.

Please use the enclosed green flier to invite a friend or neighbour to come along to our Quiz Night – it’s always a night of good fellowship and fun.

Thursday Home Group will meet at 7.30pm this Thursday, 3^rd May, at 62B David St, Caversham. The group will be viewing a DVD series by James Alison on “Pursuing Peace.”

The Jesus Driven Life: Michael Hardin’s book The Jesus Driven Life has been made into a DVD companion series of half-hour sessions. They are all jam-packed with creative insights and communicated clearly in a way that is accessible to a non-academic audience. In the series Michael addresses questions like: Why has Jesus of Nazareth been largely displaced from the centre of most dominant forms of Christianity today? How can we understand the relation between the non-violent Jesus of the gospels and the ‘violent God’ of most Christian traditions? Did God really punish Jesus on the cross for our sin? How did Jesus read his bible (our OT)? How should we read it? What would Christianity look like if we really followed Jesus?

There has been some interest in watching this DVD series together so anyone who is interested is most welcome to come along on Sunday nights at 7pm at 16 St Clair Close starting from NEXT SUNDAY MAY 6^th.

 ALL Parish Elders – your next meeting will be on Wednesday 23^rd May, 7.30pm at St Clair. Please note this date on your calendars.

Thursday Time Out at Caversham: started last week – winter Thursdays, 1.30 – 3.30pm. Cards, scrabble, afternoon tea, chat – all in warm surroundings. All welcome. $3 a day to cover costs. More info from Margaret at 456 4555.

“Winter Warmers” Sale – we plan to have a stall with winter garments etc at the June 9^th flea-market, so if you have surplus clothing which may keep someone warm this winter, please bring it along to the office.

 “PRAISE BE”:There is to be a recording session in Highgate Church, Maori Hill for the TV programme “Praise Be” on Tuesday 1st May, starting at 7.00 pm. All members of the congregation who enjoy singing hymns and songs of praise are warmly invited to take part. It would be great if we could fill the church and raise the rafters, so please do come along and invite anyone else who you think might be interested. PLEASE NOTE that there will be a rehearsal TODAY from 5 to 7pm for those wishing to be part of the filming on 1^st May.

Cellists of Otago concert TODAY at 3pm at Mornington Methodist Church, cnr Galloway & Whitby Sts. Adults $10, children & students $5. See notice-board for programme.

 Cheese Rolls are available again this year….still $6 a packet. To place your order please phone Bev on 456 3668.

Health, Dietary & Lifestyle Day 2012, on Thursday 31 May, 9am-4pm at Sidey Hall, 61 Thorn Street, Caversham.

Free 45-minute appointments available for:

• Health checks by 3^rd year medical students
• Dietary assessments with postgraduate human nutrition students
• Open stalls and displays by community organisations

To book your free appointment or for further information, contact Kimberley Nielsen (Year 3 Administrator, Healthcare in the Community): 479 7957; kimberley.nielsen@otago.ac.nz; or text “Health Day” and your name to 021 279 7418.   Note: Participants must be over the age of 15. (Run by the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Otago, in conjunction with Sport Otago and Mornington Health Centre.)

This week:

Today                   3.00pm       Youth Group

5.00pm       Rehearsal for Praise Be at Highgate Church

Monday 30^th         7.30pm       Resourcing for Mission at 17 Winston Place  

Tuesday 1^st May   7.00pm       Praise Be recording at Highgate Church

Wednes. 2^nd May  7.30pm       Session & Resourcing for Mission at St Clair

Thursday 3^rd May  9.30am       Playgroup at St Margaret’s

                             10.15am      Music & Movement at Caversham

                             1.30pm       Thursday Time Out at Caversham

                             7.30pm       Home Group at 62B David St

Sunday 6^th May    9.30am        Morning Worship (Communion) & SS at Caversham

                                                Red Cross Choir at this service

                             9.30am        Morning Worship (Communion) at St Clair

                           10.30am       St Clair Property Committee

                           11.00am       Caversham Prayer Team meeting in Dutton Lounge

                           11.00am       Morning Worship at St Margaret’s

                           12.15pm       Lunch at Mitchell’s, Caversham

                              1.45pm      Service at Radius Fulton Care Centre

                             3.00pm       Youth Group at Caversham

                             7.00pm       1^st of DVD series at 16 St Clair Close

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School Holiday Programme: is happening at Caversham this week, from Tuesday to Friday. Any donations of snack food for the children would be welcomed, and the team would love to have people pop in to say hello, or offer an hour or two to help with whatever activity is happening or in the kitchen. Phone Mary on 455 6265 for more information.

St Clair Women’s Fellowship – the next meeting will be held at 2.00pm in the Church foyer this Wednesday, 11^th April. The afternoon’s entertainment is to be a quiz, so we hope to see you all, for a good afternoon. Everyone is very welcome.

Harvest Thanksgiving Services will be held on Sunday 15^th April throughout the parish. Please bring food items & garden produce – these will be gifted to the Presbyterian Support Foodbank after the service.

 World Vision Child Sponsorship: please check the list on the back table to see if you have made your $20 donation for the current year to Christina in Tanzania. Any others who wish to join this overseas mission are welcome to add their name to the list and place a donation in the wooden box on the back table.

Next Monday, 16^th April – Deadline for May Coastal Press. Why not promote your group, or let the rest of the parish know what’s been happening???

Thursday Time Out at Caversham starting on Thursday 26^th April, 1.30 – 3.30pm. Cards, scrabble, afternoon tea, chat – all in warm surroundings. All welcome. $3 a day to cover costs. More info from Margaret at 456 4555.

Coming up:          Quiz & Dessert Night – Thursday 10^th May, Sidey Hall, Caversham. Start getting your teams together and invite all your friends and neighbours for a fun night out. $20 a team (up to 6 people). We will be accepting raffle prizes (new items only please) at the parish office after Easter.

Parish Fleamarket: is anyone interested in helping to look after a fundraising parish stall at the monthly market at Caversham??? We have goods to put on a stall but need someone to set these up, man the stall and pack remaining goods away at the end. For more information, please contact the office.

You can support our market stall-holders by calling into Sidey Hall this Saturday, 14^th April between 9am – 11am to check out the stalls– you just might pick up a bargain or two. We have new stall-holders this month too.

Cheese Rolls are available again this year….still $6 a packet. To place your order please phone Bev on 456 3668.

Monster Garage Sale: Saturday 14^th April, 9am – 1pm, at Salvation Army Hall, 43 North Road, North East Valley. Sausage sizzle, cake stall, crafts, books, electronic goods, household items, plants, books etc. Fundraiser for 150^th Anniversary of the City of Dunedin Choir.

This week:

Monday 9^th                              Parish Office Closed

Tuesday 10^th                            Parish Office Closed

     8.30am   School Holiday Programme starts at Caversham

     7.00pm  Caversham Property Committee in Junior Room

Wednesday 11^th       10.00am  St Clair / Caversham Pastoral Committee at Cav

                                   2.00pm St Clair Women’s Fellowship APW

                                   7.00pm Session at St Clair

Saturday 14^th              9.00am  Caversham Fleamarket

Sunday 15^th                9.30am  Morning Worship at Caversham – Harvest Thanks.

                                  9.30am   Morning Worship at St Clair – Harvest Thanksgiving

                                11.00am   Morning Worship at St Margaret’s – Harvest Thanks.

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Lunch at Mitchell’s today – seats are now being reserved for parish members at Mitchell’s and last month 20 enjoyed lunch together – why not come along today? On your way home, call into Kew Park to join the parish picnic afternoon fun.

Easter Services in the Parish:

Thursday 5^th April – Maundy Service at Caversham at 7pm

Friday 6^th – Good Friday Walk of the Cross, 9am – walking from the shark bell at St Clair to Caversham Baptist Church for a short 10am service & morning tea.

Sunday 8^th – 9.30am     Easter Day Café Church at Caversham

                   – 9.30am     Easter Day Service at St Clair

                   – 11.00am   Easter Day Service at St Margaret’s

Alternative Good Friday services include a service of the combined Green Island Churches at the Baptist Church at 11am, followed by a time of fellowship & cup of tea. All welcome.

Holy Name Church at 420 Great King Street will hold a Vigil at 7pm on Good Friday evening – meditation on the cross for today’s people. All welcome.

Harvest Thanksgiving Services will be held on Sunday 15^th April.

 Thursday Time Out at Caversham starting on Thursday 26^th April, 1.30 – 3.30pm. Cards, scrabble, afternoon tea, chat – all in warm surroundings. All welcome. $3 a day to cover costs. More info from Margaret at 456 4555.

Coming up:          Quiz Night – Thursday 10^th May, Sidey Hall, Caversham.

Start getting your teams together and invite all your friends and neighbours for a fun night out. We will be accepting raffle prizes (new items only please) at the parish office after Easter.

World Vision Child Sponsorship: please check the list on the back table to see if you have made your $20 donation for the current year to Christina in Tanzania. Any others who wish to join this overseas mission is welcome to add their name to the list and place a donation in the wooden box on the back table.

Parish Fleamarket: is anyone interested in helping to look after a fundraising parish stall at the monthly market at Caversham??? We have goods to put on a stall but need someone to set these up, man the stall and pack remaining goods away at the end. For more information, please contact the office.

Cheese Rolls are available again this year….still $6 a packet. To place your order please phone Bev on 456 3668.

 This week:

Today                      12.15pm  Lunch at Mitchell’s, Caversham

                                12.30pm  PARISH PICNIC AT KEW PARK, CAVERSHAM

                                  1.45pm  Service at Radius Fulton Care Centre

Thursday 5^th            9.30am     St Margaret’s Community Playgroup

                               10.15am    Music & Movement at Caversham

                                                End of School Term 1

                                 7.00pm   Maundy Thursday Service at Caversham

Friday 6^th                  9.00am   Walk of the Cross leaves St Clair Esplanade

                                10.00am   Good Friday Service at Caversham Baptist Church

                                                corner South Rd & Surrey St

Sunday 8^th                    9.30am   Easter Day Café Service at Caversham

                                  9.30am   Easter Day service at St Clair

                                11.00am   Easter Day service at St Margaret’s

Monday 9^th                              Parish Office Closed

Tuesday 10^th                            School Holiday Programme starts at Caversham

From the Finance Team: the end of the personal financial year is this Saturday, 31^st March. You may wish to consider making an extra donation through the office THIS WEEK – all receipted donations made to the parish before 31^st March are eligible for a 33% tax refund, with no limit on donations eligible.

 Parish Family Picnic / BBQ: will be held (wet or fine) in Kew Park / Sidey Hall, Caversham NEXT Sunday 1^st April, 12.30pm – mid afternoon. BBQ’s provided, so bring your picnic food & food to BBQ; fun and games for all. Note this date today.

Parish Fleamarket: is anyone interested in helping to look after a fundraising parish stall at the monthly market at Caversham??? We have goods to put on a stall but need someone to set these up, man the stall and pack remaining goods away at the end. For more information, please contact the office.

St Clair Congregation: it is proposed to hold a meeting of the St Clair congregation after worship on Sunday 15^th April regarding door duty and communion rosters. Please bring your diaries to worship on this day.

Harvest Thanksgiving Services will be held throughout the parish on Sunday 15^th April.

Easter Services in the Parish:

Thursday 5^th April – Maundy Service at Caversham at 7pm

Friday 6^th – Good Friday Walk of the Cross, 9am – walking from the shark bell at St Clair to Caversham Baptist Church for a short 10am service & morning tea.

Sunday 8^th – 9.30am     Easter Day Café Church at Caversham

                   – 9.30am     Easter Day Service at St Clair

                   – 11.00am   Easter Day Service at St Margaret’s

Alternative Good Friday services include a service of the combined Green Island Churches at the Baptist Church at 11am, followed by a time of fellowship & cup of tea. All welcome.

Holy Name Church at 420 Great King Street will hold a Vigil at 7pm on Good Friday evening – meditation on the cross for today’s people. All welcome.

Cheese Rolls are available again this year….still $6 a packet. To place your order please phone Bev on 456 3668.

 Updated Parish Directories – listing our parish members and their contact details are available at the office for $1.

Presbyterian Support ‘People’: copies of this publication with the latest news from Support are available on the back table – please feel free to take one home. If you would like to receive your own copy in future, either contact the parish office or Presbyterian Support at 477 7115 or email psotago@psotago.org.nz.

This week:

Today                       3.00pm   Youth Group

Monday 26^th             Otago Anniversary Day – Parish Office closed

Thursday 29^th          9.30am     St Margaret’s Community Playgroup

                               10.15am    Music & Movement at Caversham

                                 7.30pm   Final of Lenten Series  (ph Ken for details)

Sunday 1^st April          9.30am   Morning Worship at Caversham (Communion)

                                  9.30am   Morning Worship at St Clair (Communion)

                                10.30am   St Clair Property Committee

                                11.00am   Morning Worship at St Margaret’s

                                12.15pm  Lunch at Mitchell’s, Caversham

                                12.30pm  PARISH PICNIC AT KEW PARK, CAVERSHAM

                                  1.45pm  Service at Radius Fulton Care Centre

Afternoon Communion will be held TODAY at Caversham at 2.30pm. This is a shorter service for those not able to attend the morning communion services in the parish; followed by afternoon tea.

Special Congregational meeting concerning the future “shape” of parish life.

Sunday 25^th March, 10.30am in Caversham Church following combined parish worship at 9.30am. Please note there will NOT be normal services at either St Clair or St Margaret’s on 25^th March.

Information and recommendations from Session for this meeting will be available for you to pick up at parish services next Sunday, 18^th March, and from the parish office during the following week.

(Please note: children will be supervised during the congregational meeting.)

St Clair Women’s Fellowship – first meeting for the year will be held this Wednesday, 14^th March, in the Church foyer at 2.00pm. The guest speaker is to be Mrs Margaret Diack who will speak about Fuschias. Everyone is welcome.

Lenten Gatherings:  are now only happening on Thursday evenings at 7.30pm in Mosgiel. Anyone wishing to join should phone Ken Baker for venue & transport.

Parish Family Picnic / BBQ: will be held (wet or fine) in Kew Park / Sidey Hall, Caversham on Sunday 1^st April, 12.30pm – mid afternoon. BBQ’s provided, so bring your picnic food & food to BBQ; fun and games for all. Note this date today.

Other Social Events being planned:

• Quiz Night – Thursday 10^th May
• Mid-winter Jazz Nibbles & Dessert Evening

From the finance Team: as the 31^st March is coming up, (end of personal financial year,) you may wish to consider making an extra donation to the parish; receipted donations are eligible for a 33% tax refund.

Next Monday, 19^th March – Deadline for April Coastal Press. Why not promote your group, or let the rest of the parish know what’s been happening???

Cheese Rolls are available again this year….still $6 a packet. To place your order please phone Bev on 456 3668.

Updated Parish Directories – listing our parish members and their contact details are available at the office for $1.

APW Fellowship / Dunedin Presbyterial extends a very cordial invitation to all women to join with them at their first meeting for 2012, at 10.30am (morning tea) on Tuesday 27^th March at East Taieri Church. Morning tea will be followed by business and speakers from East Taieri telling of the varied activities carried out by their parish. Bring your own lunch, and in the afternoon join in a communion service.

Open Lectures:  All welcome to attend the following:

•  “Hymns & Social Justice” – Emeritus Prof Colin Gibson, Tuesday 20^th March, 5.15pm in Archway 2 Lecture Theatre.
• Seminar with Emeritus Prof Colin Gibson, Wednesday 21^st March, noon – 1pm, in College of Education Tower Lecture Room G08 (145 Union St East, at Anzac Avenue.)

This week:

Today                       2.30pm   Afternoon Communion at Caversham

                                 3.00pm   Youth Group

Wednesday 14^th       2.00pm    St Clair Women’s Fellowship

                                 7.00pm   Session at St Clair

Thursday 15^th           9.30am    St Margaret’s Community Playgroup

                               10.15am    Music & Movement at Caversham

                                 7.30pm   Lenten Gathering – phone Ken Baker for details

Friday 16^th               7.00pm   Caversham Property Committee social event

Saturday 17^th            9.00am    Trade Aid Meeting in St Clair Foyer

Sunday 18^th                     9.30am    Morning Worship at Caversham; Sunday School

                                  9.30am   Morning Worship at St Clair

                                10.30am   Morning Tea at St Margaret’s Green Island

                                11.00am   Morning Worship at St Margaret’s

                                  3.00pm  Youth Group at Caversham

Afternoon Communion will be held next Sunday, 11^th March, at Caversham at 2.30pm. This is a shorter service for those not able to attend the morning communion services in the parish; followed by afternoon tea.

Parish Sunday Lunch at Mitchell’s: Mitchell’s has agreed to set aside 16 seats for our monthly Sunday lunches, so it would be great if we could fill all those seats each month – why not join the group at 12.15pm TODAY?

“Beneath His Wings” – CWCI-KYB 2012 Summer reTREAT with Liz Curtis Higgs – in Dunedin, Tuesday 6th March, 7.30pm at Southlife Church, 24 Union St. Curtis Higgs is an amazing speaker, is an encourager, an author, a wife and mother and very funny, not to be missed. The Sweet Adelines will also be singing. $15 per person, supper included. Tickets available from Manna Stores and Mosgiel Christian Bookshop, Helen (488 2563) or Diane on 472 7721. All women very welcome.

Cheese Rolls are available again this year….still $6 a packet. To place your order please phone Bev on 456 3668.

APW Fellowship / Dunedin Presbyterial extends a very cordial invitation to all women to join with them at their first meeting for 2012, at 10.30am (morning tea) on Tuesday 27^th March at East Taieri Church. Morning tea will be followed by business and speakers from East Taieri telling of the varied activities carried out by their parish. Bring your own lunch, and in the afternoon join in a communion service.

Open Lectures:  All welcome to attend any of the following:

•  “The Sacrifice of the Cross: by whom and for whom?” – Michael Hardin (founder of Preaching Peace and author of “The Jesus Driven Life.”) Tuesday 6^th March, 5.10pm in Archway 2 Lecture Theatre.
• Seminar – “Reading the Bible with Rene Girard” – Wednesday 7^th March, 12 noon – 1.15pm in Castle D.
• “A Garden for the Living: Cultic and Ideological Aspects of Paradise” – Prof Nick Wyatt; Thursday 8^th March, 5.15pm in Archway 3 Lecture Theatre

This week:

Today                                      Parish group bed-pushing at Dunedin Hospital

                               12.15pm   Lunch at Mitchell’s, South Road, Caversham

                                 1.45pm   Service at Radius Fulton Care Centre

                                 3.00pm   Youth Group

Tuesday 6^th March   7.30pm    Lenten Gathering at St Clair

Thursday 8^th             9.30am    St Margaret’s Community Playgroup

                               10.15am    Music & Movement at Caversham

                                 2.00pm   Lenten Gathering in St Clair Foyer

                                 7.30pm   Lenten Gathering – phone Ken Baker for details

Saturday 10^th            9.00am    Fleamarket at Caversham

Sunday 11^th                     9.30am    Café Church at Caversham; Sunday School

                                  9.30am   Morning Worship at St Clair

                                10.30am   Morning Tea at St Margaret’s Green Island

                                11.00am   Morning Worship at St Margaret’s (Communion)

                                  2.30pm  Afternoon Communion at Caversham

                                  3.00pm  Youth Group at Caversham

A Series of Lenten Gatherings: entitled “Following Among Fallen Buildings” will be held in the parish and all are invited to come along. One group will meet on Thursday afternoons, 2pm in the St Clair Foyer, starting this Thursday 1^st March;

a Thursday evening group (7.30pm) will also be available, probably in Mosgiel, also starting this Thursday 1^st March (phone Ken Baker for transport and venue.)

Another group will meet on Tuesday evenings, 7.30pm in the St Clair Foyer, starting on Tuesday 6^th March,

Message from Pete Strang: “Thank you to all those helping with the Dunedin Hospital Chaplaincy Annual Street Collection this Friday 2nd March. Those taking part will have been notified by now but if there are any queries please be in touch with Pete on 4877478 or 0274731265. To everyone else, keep an eye open for the collectors on Friday and give as you are able. Each year we have a shortfall of over $70,000 in our budget and it is your help that enables this very important and vital service to continue into the future. It is also a good time to acknowledge the wonderful work done by Jillian Criglington as a Chaplaincy Assistant, and Ethne Burns in leading her team of bed pushers from Coastal Unity in helping with

Sunday services at the hospital. 

We are still looking for one collector for the 4 to 5pm shift at Moyle’s in Green Island…..if you can help with Pete S would love to hear from you.”

Parish Sunday Lunch at Mitchell’s: Mitchell’s has agreed to set aside 16 seats for our monthly Sunday lunches, so it would be great if we could fill all those seats each month – why not join the group at 12.15pm next Sunday, 4^th March?

“Beneath His Wings” – CWCI-KYB 2012 Summer reTREAT with Liz Curtis Higgs – in Dunedin, Tuesday 6th March, 7.30pm at Southlife Church, 24 Union St. Curtis Higgs is an amazing speaker, is an encourager, an author, a wife and mother and very funny, not to be missed. The Sweet Adelines will also be singing. $15 per person, supper included. Tickets available from Manna Stores and Mosgiel Christian Bookshop, Helen (488 2563) or Diane on 472 7721. All women very welcome.

Cheese Rolls are available again this year….still $6 a packet. To place your order please phone Bev on 456 3668.

Open Lectures:  All welcome to attend any of the following:

• “Power, Violence and War: Following Jesus Today” – Rev Prof Richard Burridge; on Tuesday 28^th February in Archway 3 Lecture Theatre at 5.15pm.
• Biblical Studies Seminar – “New Testament Ethics: A Genre Mistake? Some Methodological Reflections Building Upon Gustafson and Hays” – Friday 2^nd March, 3 – 4.30pm in Arts Seminar Room 4C11
• “The Sacrifice of the Cross: by whom and for whom?” – Michael Hardin (founder of Preaching Peace and author of “The Jesus Driven Life.”) Tuesday 6^th March, 5.10pm in Archway 2 Lecture Theatre.
• Seminar – “Reading the Bible with Rene Girard” – Wednesday 7^th March, 12 noon – 1.15pm in Castle D.
• “A Garden for the Living: Cultic and Ideological Aspects of Paradise” – Prof Nick Wyatt; Thursday 8^th March, 5.15pm in Archway 3 Lecture Theatre

This week:

Today                       3.00pm   Youth Group

Thursday 1March    9.30am     St Margaret’s Community Playgroup

                               10.15am    Music & Movement at Caversham

                                 2.00pm   Lenten Gathering in St Clair Foyer

                                 7.30pm   Lenten Gathering – phone Ken Baker for details

Sunday 4^th March     9.30am    Morning Worship at Caversham; Sunday School

                                                (Communion)

                                 9.30am    Morning Worship at St Clair (Communion)

                                                Parish Group Bed-Pushing at Hospital

                                10.30am   St Clair Property Committee

                                10.30am   Morning Tea at St Margaret’s Green Island

                                11.00am   Morning Worship at St Margaret’s Green Is

                                12.15pm  Lunch at Mitchell’s, South Road, Caversham

                                  1.45pm  Service at Radius Fulton Care Centre

                                  3.00pm  Youth Group at Caversham

 Bed-Pushing at Dunedin Hospital: Coastal Unity will be bed-pushing at the hospital on Sunday 4^th March. If you are available to help with this please contact Ethne (ph 455 7473) as soon as possible.

Home Group will meet this Thursday, 23^rd February. Please contact Ken Baker for the venue for this meeting.

Found at St Margaret’s Church: one pair of glasses (brownish wire frames). To claim, please call at the parish office.

Cheese Rolls are available again this year….still $6 a packet. To place your order please phone Bev on 456 3668.

Thank you to the women of the parish who brought food items to the Women’s Dinner in November. We have received a lovely thank you note from one of the families which received a food hamper prepared from the donated items. The family did appreciate this gift.

Parish Directories – listing our parish members and their contact details are available at the office for $1.

“Beneath His Wings” – CWCI-KYB 2012 Summer reTREAT with Liz Curtis Higgs – in Dunedin, Tuesday 6th March, 7.30pm at Southlife Church, 24 Union St. Curtis Higgs is an amazing speaker, is an encourager, an author, a wife and mother and very funny, not to be missed. The Sweet Adelines will also be singing. $15 per person, supper included. Tickets available from Manna Stores and Mosgiel Christian Bookshop, Helen (488 2563) or Diane on 472 7721. All women very welcome.

“Real Life with John Cowan”: on NewstalkZB, Sunday nights from 8 to 9pm. This Sunday John Cowan’s guest will be the new leader of the Labour Party, David Shearer.

From the Financial Team:

To join the envelope system, or to give by direct credit, please contact the parish office. Both systems make regular giving very easy, are confidential and tax receipts are provided at the end of each financial year for all donations made to the parish.

This week:

Today                      3.00pm    Youth Group

Monday 20th           6.45pm    Caversham Women’s Fellowship – meet at Caversham  Church

Thursday 23^rd           9.30am    St Margaret’s Community Playgroup

                               10.15am    Music & Movement at Caversham

                                 7.30pm   Home Group – phone Ken for venue

Sunday 26^th              9.30am    Morning Worship at Caversham; Sunday School

                                 9.30am    Café Church at St Clair

                                10.30am   Morning Tea at St Margaret’s Green Island

                                11.00am   Morning Worship at St Margaret’s Green Island

                                  3.00pm  Youth Group at Caversham

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 Found at St Margaret’s Church: one pair of glasses (brownish wire frames). To claim, please call at the parish office.

Wooden Child’s Cot available: if you know of someone who is looking for a cot, please contact the parish office or Philip (488 3739).

Cheese Rolls are available again this year….still $6 a packet. To place your order please phone Bev on 456 3668.

Parish Directories – listing our parish members and their contact details are available at the office for $1.

Strength & Balance Classes: for men and women over 65 years are now happening in the St Clair Church Hall on Wednesdays at 10.30am. Anyone else interested in joining is welcome to come along on a Wednesday morning.

Ecumenical Festival of Flowers in Praise – opened yesterday at St Paul’s Cathedral in the Octagon. Today at 2pm is a church service and official opening, with the Royal Dunedin Male Choir singing. Tomorrow the display is open from 9.30am to 5pm and in Tuesday from 9.30am to 4pm. Everyone is welcome. Entry by gold coin donation. Don’t miss these inspiring floral displays with contributions from each of our parish areas.

Age Concern Quiz Night: Wednesday 15^th February, 7.30pm at Shiel Hill Tavern. $20 for a team of up to 6 people; cash prizes for winning teams; great raffle prizes. Funds raised will go to Age Concern’s Accredited Visitor Service which offers companionship to older people who are socially isolated in our community. Register your team NOW on 477 1040 ext 704.

Antique & Collectable Fair: Saturday 18^th February, 10am – 4pm at East Otago Events Centre, Main Road, Waikouaiti. A wide range of articles for sale – old linen, china, collectables, metal art etc. Sales and display of dolls and 1920 clothing. $5 entry fee includes Devonshire tea.

Presbyterian Support Family Works is extremely grateful for our parish gifts to the Foodbank, which help their organisation to provide some comfort for those most in need. Thank you to all who bring along donations to our Sunday services.

“Beneath His Wings” – CWCI-KYB 2012 Summer reTREAT with Liz Curtis Higgs – in Dunedin, Tuesday 6th March, 7.30pm at Southlife Church, 24 Union St. Curtis Higgs is an amazing speaker, is an encourager, an author, a wife and mother and very funny, not to be missed. The Sweet Adelines will also be singing. $15 per person, supper included. Tickets available from Manna Stores and Mosgiel Christian Bookshop, Helen (488 2563) or Diane on 472 7721. Liz All women very welvome.

From the Financial Team: To join the envelope system, or to give by direct credit, please contact the parish office. Both systems make regular giving very easy, are confidential and tax receipts are provided at the end of each financial year for all donations made to the parish.

 This week:

Today                     3.00pm     Youth Group starts for 2012

Monday 13^th Feb    9.00am      Deadline for March Coastal Press

                               3.00pm     After-School Programme starts at Caversham

Tuesday 14^th          7.30pm     Caversham Property Committee in parish office

Wednesday 15^th     7.30pm     Resourcing for Mission at St Clair

Thursday 16^th           9.30am    St Margaret’s Community Playgroup

                               10.15am    Music & Movement at Caversham

Sunday 19^th              9.30am    Morning Worship at Caversham; Sunday School

                                 9.30am    Morning worship at St Clair

                                10.30am   Morning Tea at St Margaret’s Green Island

                                11.00am   Morning Worship at St Margaret’s Green Island

                                  3.00pm  Youth Group at Caversham