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Celebrations this weekend

Over the coming weekend, we celebrate All Saints' day, the feast of title for All Saints' Church and a chance for our community to give thanks for 150 years of worship and witness. Following our civic celebration in June, on the same day the church was consecrated 150 years ago, we committed to celebrating more as a family and community - in a more All Saints' way. This weekend gives us the chance. Here are the ways you can be involved. Saturday, 1 November from 6:30pm - Sesq

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150 Years of Grace and Growth

For 150 years, All Saints’ Church in Taradale has been a home of worship, community, and renewal. As we celebrate this milestone, we look with joy to the past and with deep hope to the generations yet to come. ---- This year, we celebrate an extraordinary milestone — 150 years of worship, witness, and community at All Saints’ Church, Taradale . For a century and a half, this sacred place has gathered the prayers, songs, and stories of generations. It has stood through earthq

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Engagement Announcement

Alan and his partner, Sarah Rochfort, wish to announce their engagement. Alan and Sarah have known one another for approximately 18 months and have taken that time to prayfully discern whether this is the right step for them and for their families, and continue to hear a very definite yes. The present plan is for a very intimate ceremony alongside immediate family likely to be held in Puketapu and led by Nigel Dixon, the Vicar of Holy Trinity, Tauranga. As Sarah and Alan come

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Celebrating life and faith

On Sunday, 12 October Bishop Andrew Hedge joined us for worship at All Saints' Church in Taradale for a celebration of the grace of God and of Confirmation. With 11 candidates prepare, this was one of the largest confirmation services All Saints' has ever seen and is a sign of the life and faith that is being fostered within the parish. This is especially apparent when over half of the candidates have been baptised in only the past 12 months, joining us through Alpha, through

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Reformation and Renewal: The Future of the Anglican Communion

Written by the Reverend Alan Burnett Alan has also written " Remaining Faithful in the Ruins " which is a call to remain as faithful witnesses and as part of God's redemption of the church. As an Anglican Church, we sit within a rich and complex web of relationships that stretch across our region, our nation, and our world. We belong to the Diocese of Waiapu, itself part of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia — one of forty-two autonomous provinces that

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Remaining Faithful in the Ruins

There are seasons when the ground shifts beneath the Church. Old certainties crumble, alliances realign, and what once seemed unshakable begins to tremble. Around the Anglican Communion, a reordering is underway — GAFCON and others have sought to claim a clearer, purer centre of gravity, one that promises stability and doctrinal assurance in a time of confusion. Their zeal for truth and moral clarity cannot be dismissed; indeed, it calls us all to examine the faith we prof

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Gaza hospital calls for help

This article was originally posted by the Anglican Taonga magazine. Please click here to visit the article in its original location. ----- Medical director of Al Ahli Anglican Hospital, Dr Maher Ayyad has spoken out on the big role the Al Ahli Hospital staff and facilities have played during the war in Gaza, since the 7th October, 2023. The only Christian hospital in Gaza, back in 2023 Al Ahli had a capacity of 50 beds, but as the war started they were obliged to increase th

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