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# All Saints Anglican Howick

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## Posts

- [Composting Basics Workshop](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/latest/composting-basics-workshop/) - The Eco Group was delighted to host the Composting Basics Workshop on Saturday, 29 August 2026, at Haseler Hall. Led by Ali Bostanabad, Environmental Chemist and Master of Philosophy from Massey University, the engaging session introduced attendees to three simple composting systems and practical ways to turn food and garden waste into a valuable resource.
- [SEASON OF CREATION 2026](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/events/season-of-creation-2026/) - From 1 September to 4 October 2026, Christians around the world will observe the Season of Creation, an ecumenical celebration dedicated to prayer, reflection, and action for God's creation. The Season of Creation begins on 1 September, the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, and concludes on 4 October, the Feast of
- [A Special Welcome to Fr Andriy Mykytyuk](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/events/a-special-welcome-to-fr-andriy-mykytyuk/) - We are delighted to welcome Fr Andriy Mykytyuk from the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania to All Saints Church Howick on Sunday 6 September.Fr Andriy will join us for our 9.30am Parish Eucharist, and we warmly invite not only our parish family but also members of the wider community to be
- [A Weekend Celebrating New Zealand’s Outstanding Young Talent](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/events/thursdays-seven/) - Join us at All Saints Howick for two unforgettable performances showcasing some of New Zealand's brightest young musicians. 🎹 Saturday, 5 September | 7.30pmAuckland Youth Orchestra Featuring teenage piano sensation Shan Liu performing Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, alongside Stravinsky’s spectacular Firebird Suite. Admission by donation. 🎶 Sunday, 6 September | 1.00pmNew Zealand
- [Oregon Chorale Selwyn Church Restoration Fund Fundraiser](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/latest/oregon-chorale-selwyn-church-restoration-fund-fundraiser/) - On Friday, 7 August 2026, All Saints’ Anglican Church, Howick was delighted to host a highly successful fundraising concert in support of the Selwyn Church Restoration Fund. It was a wonderful evening, with an excellent attendance and a warm sense of community as guests gathered to enjoy the outstanding performance by the Oregon Chorale. Under
- [Service of Thanksgiving celebrating the 35th Anniversary of All Saints’ Food Bank](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/latest/service-of-thanksgiving-celebrating-the-35th-anniversary-of-all-saints-food-bank/) - On Sunday 26 July 2026 we gathered for a joyful and heartfelt Service of Thanksgiving celebrating the 35th Anniversary of All Saints’ Food Bank. It was a wonderful occasion as we gave thanks for three and a half decades of faithful service to our community, reflecting on the thousands of lives touched through the generosity
- [Pentecost](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/latest/pentecost/) - We give thanks for a joyful and Spirit-filled Pentecost celebration on Sunday, 24 May. It was a blessing to gather together for wonderful services at both 7:30 am and 9:30 am, filled with worship, reflection, and community. Please enjoy these photos capturing some special moments from the day as we celebrated the gift of the
- [Prayer and Contemplation](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/latest/prayer-and-contemplation/) - Join us on the 1st Sunday of every month at 5.00 in the Selwyn Chapel for an hour of contemplative prayer with icons led by Revd Jacky Sewell.
- [Easter Vigil](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/latest/easter-vigil/) - The Easter Vigil at All Saints Anglican Church is the church’s most profound and dramatic act of worship, marking the passage from the darkness of Holy Saturday into the joy and light of Easter Day. Celebrated after nightfall, the Vigil gathers the faithful to watch and pray as the story of salvation is proclaimed and
- [Easter Day](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/latest/easter-day/) - Easter Day at All Saints Anglican, Howick, celebrating the hope and new life found in the risen Christ.
- [Maundy Thursday](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/latest/maundy-thursday/) - During holy Week our congregation gathered on Maundy Thursday in a reflective service of Holy Communion. Remembering the humility, love, and commandment of Christ at the Last Supper.
- [Good Friday](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/latest/good-friday/) - This Good Friday our congregation gathered in quiet reverence on Good Friday, united in prayer and reflection as they remembered Christ’s passion and love, captured here in moments from the service.
- [Palm Sunday](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/latest/palm-sunday/) - Palm Sunday began with a joyful gathering at the Village Green, where we come together with our friends from Our Lady Star of the Sea to hear the proclamation of the Palm Gospel and receive the blessing of the palms. From there, we processed along the main street to the church, recalling Jesus’ triumphal entry
- [Blessing of the New Interment Plots](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/latest/blessing-of-the-new-interment-plots/) - On 1 March, the new interment plots at All Saints Anglican Church were prayerfully blessed by The Rev'd Ivica. In a simple and reverent ceremony, the space was dedicated as a place of rest, remembrance, and hope in the resurrection. Parishioners gathered as prayers were offered for all who will one day be laid to
- [All Souls' Day](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/latest/all-souls-day/) - Sunday, 9 November 2025, 9.30 am All Souls Day is celebrated in the Anglican Church as the "Commemoration of the Faithful Departed" to remember and pray for all who have died. This service is an opportunity especially for people who have experienced bereavement in recent years to gather. As we affirm hope in the resurrection we
- [Induction of The Reverend Ivica Gregurec to All Saints Anglican, Howick](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/latest/induction-of-the-reverend-ivica-gregurec-to-all-saints-anglican-howick/) - Thursday18 September 2025 The induction of the Rev'd Ivica Gregurec at All Saints Anglican, Howick on Thursday 18 September, was a wonderful event celebrating hope, diversity, and unity. Bringing people from different backgrounds together, fostering a sense of shared humanity and a hopeful outlook for a harmonious society. We were truly blessed to share this
- [The All Saints’ Parish Spring Clean](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/latest/the-all-saints-parish-spring-clean/) - Saturday 13 September Bright and early on Saturday morning eager parishioners gathered to spring clean the church in preparation for the induction of the Rev'd Ivica as our new Vicar on Thursday, September 18. Windows were washed and polished, floors were scrubbed, spiders chased away and morning tea tucked away! Thank you so much to
- [Haere rā Hilary](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/latest/haere-ra-hilary/) - The Rev'd Hilary Willett's farewell service as Priest Assistant at All Saints took place on Sunday, 14 September. Following a beautiful service of worship we joined together to thank her and celebrate the time that we have shared together. The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and
- [All Saints Sunday!](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/latest/all-saints-sunday/) - On Sunday, we celebrated All Saints Day, our patronal festival! In November 177 years ago, members of the Howick community first gathered at the Selwyn Church to worship together. We celebrated this day by remembering the saints who have gone before us and our own calling to be saints, followed by a shared morning tea.
- [Neighbourhood Project Gathering](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/latest/neighbourhood-project-parish-wide-afternoon-tea-2/) - Thank you to everyone who joined us on Sunday for a wonderful Neighbourhood Project gathering! What a joy! A special thank you to the Pastoral Care team who organised and facilitated this event!
- [Pentecost](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/latest/test/) - We recently celebrated Pentecost! We had a fabulous time, participating in a number of activities to remind us of the vibrant life of the Holy Spirit. Thanks to Hannah for the photos, what great fun!

## Pages

- [Home](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/) - Come as you are. We hope you will find a place of warmth and welcome here.
- [Worship](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/worship/) - Our worship is firmly within the Anglican tradition. The Eucharist (Holy Communion) is a central part of our worship.
- [About Us](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/about-us/) - We are an Anglican community of faith in the Diocese of Auckland, part of The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.
- [Serving Our Community](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/serving-our-community/) - There’s no doubt that participation is what helps us feel we belong to something, and the church community is no exception.
- [Facilities](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/facilities/) - All Saints provides facilities for short term and long term hire. These include worship or event spaces with seating for large groups, audio visual presentations, musical performances.
- [Occasions](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/occasions/) - It is the privilege of the Church to be with people at every stage of their lives, at times of sadness as well as in the celebrations of new beginnings.
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- [Sermons](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/) - A selection of past sermons.
- [Events](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/events/) - Upcoming events at All Saints Anglican Howick
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## Sermons

- [Radical Discipleship](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/radical-discipleship/) - The Rev'd Ivica Gregurec Sunday, 30 August 2026. Year A, Ordinary 22 (2026). Readings: Jeremiah 15:15-21; Psalm 26:1-8; Romans 12:9-21; Matthew 16:21-28 This morning, our scriptures weave together a tapestry of human struggle and divine faithfulness. We hear the raw, aching voice of Jeremiah, the impassioned plea of Paul, and the challenging words of Jesus
- [Salvation now and to come!](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/salvation-now-and-to-come/) - The Rev'd Lucy Nguyen Sunday 23 August 2026, 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings: Isaiah 51:1-6, Ps 138, Romans 12:1-8, Matthew 16:13-20 Theologian John Van de Laar writes of this morning’s readings that they each in their own way offer us a new encounter with God’s salvation. (Lectionary Resources: Proper 16A from Sacredise "john@sacredise.com"). His
- [Live out a radical “yes” to His transformative love](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/live-out-a-radical-yes-to-his-transformative-love/) - The Rev'd Jim Lam 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 16 August, 2026. Year A Readings: Isaiah 7:10-15, Psalm 132:6-10,13-14, Galatians 4:4-7, Luke 1:46-55 The Magnificat, or Mary’s song of praise, is a hymn and prayer that I had sang many a time in my younger days at my mother church. Today, as I read the
- [Look deeper and go deeper](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/look-deeper-and-go-deeper/) - The Rev'd Ivica Gregurec Year A, Transfiguration, 9 August 2026 Readings: Exodus 34:29-35, Psalm 97, 2 Peter 1:16-21, Luke 9:28-36 One of the most exciting discoveries, in my early studies of liturgy was the reconciliation of two completely clashing concepts of time: linear (western), with whole world moving forward, from A to B, from birth
- [What comes out of us!](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/what-comes-out-of-us/) - The Rev'd Jacky Sewell Sunday, 2 August 2026 Readings: Matthew 14: 13-21, Romans 9:1-5, Isaiah 55:1-5, also: Philippians 4:8-9 Last week I found myself in the city with an hour to spare inbetween comittments.It was lunchtime and I was hungry. I made a quick detour to a favourite cafe, chose something to eat, and sat
- [May we be more often sheep than goats](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/may-we-be-more-often-sheep-than-goats/) - The Rev'd Diane Miller - Keeley Sunday, 26 July 2026. 35 Anniversary Service of thanksgiving for the All Saints Foodbank. Readings: Micah 6:8-12, James 2:14-17, Matthew 25:31-45 Thank you Ivica and Lucy for inviting us to share this special service with you today. It’s 12 years since we were last here at a Sunday service
- [The harvest belongs to God](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/the-harvest-belongs-to-god/) - The Rev'd Ivica Gregurec Sunday,19 July 2026, 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings: Wisdom 12:13,16-19, Psalm 86:11-17, Romans 8:12-25, Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 I love this parable. I wish that we dwell on it for a moment and focus on few details. First, I like to think of the servants of a farmer, because I think
- [To come face to face with the Lord](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/to-come-face-to-face-with-the-lord/) - The Rev'd Lucy Nguyen 7:30 am, Sunday 12 July 2026, Matariki Readings: Wisdom 7:16-23, Psalm 65, Romans 13:11-14, John 4:31-38 Our readings this morning offer a framework for weaving in understandings of Matariki, the Māori New Year's which holds the themes of remembrance, hope, and environmental stewardship with our Christian call to the pursuit of
- [Lighting of nine candles](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/lighting-of-nine-candles/) - The Rev'd Ivica Gregurec 9:30 am, Sunday 12 July 2026, Matariki Matariki is a cluster of many stars. This cluster of stars signifies a framework upon which Māori life and the whole yearly cycle of life, was built. It was so important that Māori would acknowledge the appearance of Matariki to signify the end of
- [God longs for connection with us](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/god-longs-for-connection-with-us/) - The Rev'd Lucy Nguyen 14TH Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday 5 July 2026 Readings: Psalm 45:10-17, Zechariah 9:9-12, Romans 7:15-25a, Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 The readings this morning make it very clear that God longs for connection with us. God is always available and accessible to those who need and want God. Psalm 45:10-17Praise for God’s
- [Together we can!](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/together-we-can/) - The Rev'd Lucy Nguyen St Peter and St Paul June 29 Apostles, Martyrs Readings: Acts 12:1-11 | 2 Timothy 4:6-8 | Matthew 16:13-19 Today we recognise St Peter and St Paul together. Each saint is commemorated individually on separate days. Peter on account of his confession to Jesus, which we heard in this morning’s Gospel
- [May God grant us peace](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/may-god-grant-us-peace/) - The Rev'd Jim Lam Sermon on 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 21 June, 2026. Year A Readings: Genesis 21:8-21, Psalm 69:8-20, Romans 6:1b-11, Matthew 10:24-39 Perhaps it is a bit early in the day to ask this question: Have you ever been afraid of the dark? If you have, here’s a little story that I
- [‘The most powerful thing in the world is the love of God, which has no end and no limit’.](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/the-most-powerful-thing-in-the-world-is-the-love-of-god-which-has-no-end-and-no-limit/) - The Rev'd Ivica Gregurec Sunday, 14 June 2026, Ordinary 11, Year A Readings: Exodus 19:2-8a; Psalm 100; Romans 5:1-8; Matthew 9:35-10:8 We live in a world that often feels fragmented: divided by politics, inequality, loneliness, and fear. So often I almost despair at the inability of those responsible to try to bridge the gap and
- [God’s coming into our ordinary lives](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/gods-coming-into-our-ordinary-lives/) - The Rev'd Jacky Sewell Sunday, 7 June 2026, Ordinary 10 Readings: Hosea 5:15-6:6, Romans 4: 13-end, Matthew 9: 9-13; 18-26 “A man called Matthew was sitting at the tax booth”.It’s a poignent moment in the gospel. Matthew writes himself into the text as if it were the most ordinary thing in the world for everyday
- [God is with you, now and always](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/god-is-with-you-now-and-always/) - The Rev'd Ivica Gregurec Trinity Sunday, 31 May 2026 Readings: Genesis 1:1–2:4a; Psalm 8; 2 Corinthians 13:11–13; Matthew 28:16–20 There is a joke that circulates among clergy, reliably resurfacing every year at about this point in the calendar. A preacher, struggling with their Trinity Sunday sermon, wrote in the margin of the homily/sermon notes: ‘Argument
- [A Pentecost Story for Adults](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/a-pentecost-story-for-adults/) - Found online by Rev Lucy for this morning, from various sources … 24 May 2026, The Day of Pentencost The first Pentecost was an unexpected, visceral event. In a bustling first-century Jerusalem, the followers of Jesus gathered in a closed room. Suddenly, a sound like a rushing wind filled the house, and flames of fire
- [Christ is here](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/christ-is-here/) - The Rev'd Ivica Gregurec Ascension Day, 17 May 2026 Readings: Acts 1:1–11; Psalm 47; Ephesians 1:15–23; Luke 24:44–53 The disciples stood there, gazing up into the sky. Two men in white (disciples?, angels?) had to nudge them back to earth: ‘Why do you stand looking up toward heaven’? It is one of the most human
- [Go with the hope that is in you](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/go-with-the-hope-that-is-in-you/) - The Rev'd Ivica Gregurec, at St. Peters, Pakuranga Easter 6. Sunday, 10 May 2026. Readings: Acts 17:22–31; 1 Peter 3:13–22; John 14:15–21 Dear sisters and brothers, Paul is standing in one of the great intellectual centres of the ancient world. The Areopagus, the hill of Ares, the ancient court of Athens, is not a place
- [May we make room in our hearts for the Spirit](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/may-we-make-room-in-our-hearts-for-the-spirit/) - The Rev'd Jim Lam 6th Sunday of Easter. 10 May, 2026. Readings: Acts 17:22-31, Psalm 66:7-19, 1 Peter 3:13-22, John 14:15-21 Most of us gathered here have families. Some of us are parents, or even grandparents. Haveyou ever been asked by a child about his or her origin? A child went to his father with
- [May we follow where the Shepherd leads](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/may-we-follow-where-the-shepherd-leads/) - The Rev'd Ivica Gregurec Sunday, April 26 2026. Year A, Easter 4 (2026) Readings: Acts 2:42–47; Psalm 23; 1 Peter 2:19–25; John 10:1–10 We live in an age that knows what it means to be a sheep without a shepherd. In the weeks since Easter, weeks in which the Church sings of risen life, the
- [So, friends, go. Tell what you have seen](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/so-friends-go-tell-what-you-have-seen/) - The Rev'd Ivica Gregurec Sunday, 19 April, Year A, Easter 3 Readings: Acts 2:14a, 36–41; Psalm 116:1–4, 11–18; 1 Peter 1:17–23; Luke 24:13–35 There is a particular kind of grief that settles in after catastrophe, which is not the sharp, howling grief of the immediate moment, but the grey, numbing grief of the days that
- [Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/blessed-are-those-who-have-not-seen-and-yet-have-come-to-believe/) - The Rev' Ivica Gregurec Easter 2, Year A (2026) Readings: Acts 2:14a, 22–32; Psalm 16; 1 Peter 1:3–9; John 20:19–31 There is a story that the Anglican theologian and New Testament scholar Ian Paul tells about visiting a primary school assembly. He asked the children who their heroes were, then claimed he had met each
- [Go gently, dear friends. The night is not over.](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/go-gently-dear-friends-the-night-is-not-over/) - The Rev'd Ivica Gregurec Maundy Thursday Readings: Exodus 12:1-14, Psalm 116:1-2,11-18, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26,John 13:1-17,31b-35 E te whānau, Tonight, as we move toward the quieting of autumn, as the nights grow a little longer and the hints of cooler air remind us that the world is turning and we gather around a table. We gather,
- [May we, this Good Friday, stand there with him.](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/may-we-this-good-friday-stand-there-with-him/) - The Rev'd Ivica Gregurec Good Friday Readings: Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Psalm 22; Hebrews 4:14-16,5:7-9;John 18:1-19:42 Dear people of God, There is a question that has haunted every generation of Christians who have stood, as we stand now, at the foot of the cross: Why did Jesus die? Not in the mechanical sense, because we know the
- [That is us. That is what we are becoming.](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/that-is-us-that-is-what-we-are-becoming/) - The Rev'd Ivica Gregurec Easter Vigil Readings: Genesis 1:1-2:4a; Psalm 136:1-9,23-26; Genesis 22:1-18; Psalm 16; Exodus 14:10-end,15:20-21; Exodus 15; Isaiah 54:5-14; Psalm 30; Romans 6:3–11; Psalm 118:1-2,16-17,22-23; Matthew 28:1-10 Beloved in Christ, Alleluia. Christ is risen.Christ is risen indeed. Alleluia. We began tonight in darkness. The fire was kindled outside, and from a single flame,
- [Christ is risen indeed. Alleluia.](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/christ-is-risen-indeed-alleluia/) - The Rev'd Ivica Gregurec Easter Day Readings: Acts 10:34-43; Psalm 118:1-2,14-24; Col 3:1-4; Matt 28:1-10 Alleluia. Christ is risen.Christ is risen indeed. Alleluia. The angel’s words ring across the centuries, as fresh and astonishing this morning as they were in the grey light of that first Easter dawn: ‘He is not here; for he has
- [Let us shout Hosanna with fullhearts](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/let-us-shout-hosanna-with-fullhearts/) - The Rev'd Ivica Gregurec Year A, Palm Sunday (2026) Readings: Matt 21:1-11, Isa 50:4-9a, Ps 31:10-18, Phil 2:5-11, Matt 27:11-54 Dear friends,welcome to this most holy and most strange of days. We begin today with joy, with palms in our hands, with voices singing Hosanna. And we end today, if we dare to stay, with
- [The breath of God can bring life to even the driest place](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/the-breath-of-god-can-bring-life-to-even-the-driest-place/) - The Rev'd Ivica Gregurec 5th Sunday in Lent, Year A Readings: Ezekiel 37:1-14; Ps 130; Rom 8:6-11; John 11:1-45 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Lent is almost over. Today the Church gives us four readings full of darkness - bones in a dry valley,
- [A world shadowed by the blindness of war and the heaviness of 'why.'](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/a-world-shadowed-by-the-blindness-of-war-and-the-heaviness-of-why/) - The Rev'd Lucy Nguyen Sunday 15 March 2026, Lent 4. Readings: 1 Samuel 16:1-13, Psalm 23, Ephesians 5:8-14, John 9:1-41 Who here has played what I gather from the internet is a classic kiwi game though I’m sure I played in the USA as a child. Spotlight? What’s the only piece of “equipment” you will
- [What is it that you thirst for?](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/what-is-it-that-you-thirst-for/) - The Rev'd Jacky Sewell All Saints Howick 8th March 2026, 3rd Sunday in LentJohn 4:5-42 What is it that you thirst for.Kindness? Understanding? Dignity? A sense of worthfulness?Maybe you thirst for recognition in your job. Enough income to pay the mortgage or the rent and still have enough left over to live a decent life.
- [You are loved, just as you are](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/you-are-loved-just-as-you-are/) - The Rev'd Lucy Nguyen Lent 2 Year A, 1 March 2026 Readings: Genesis 12:1-4a; Ps 84; Romans 4:1-5,13-17; John 3:1-17 Who among us has ever applied for a job?How many of us either had to prepare a resume or at least have a letter or two of recommendation to make that application?Why?This is how we
- [Christ has walked it before us - and walks it with us still.](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/christ-has-walked-it-before-us-and-walks-it-with-us-still/) - The Rev'd Ivica Gregurec Year A, Lent 1 (2026) Readings: Genesis 2:15-17,3:1-7, Psalm 32, Romans 5:12-19, Matthew 4:1-11 It was wonderful to start our Lenten journey with our Roman Catholicwhanau, in Our Lady of the Sea, on Ash Wednesday. It was a moment ofblessing and sincere ecumenical sharing. As many of you will know, from
- [A Gospel of love, forgiveness, and of new life](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/a-gospel-of-love-forgiveness-and-of-new-life/) - The Rev'd Lucy Nguyen Selwyn Church Wednesday 10:00am Service, 18 February 2026 Readings: Joel 2:1-2, 12-17, Isaiah 58:1-12, Psalm 51:1-17, 2 Corinthians 5:20b—6:10, Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 Ash Wednesday marks the start of the season of Lent, for many Christian denominations. On this day, ashes are distributed as a sign of repentance, and a reminder of
- [Our Lady Star of the Sea, Ecumenical Service](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/our-lady-star-of-the-sea-ecumenical-service/) - The Rev'd Ivica Gregurec Ash Wednesday 2026 Readings: Isaiah 58:1-2; Ps 51:1-17; 2 Cor 5:20b-6:10; Matt 6:1-6,16-21 As I express the gratitude to the hosts of this year’s ecumenical Ash Wednesday Service, I also extend the nice greetings from our whole All Saints’ Parish community. Rev’d Lucy and I are both extremely happy to continue
- [Salt of the earth, light of the world](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/salt-of-the-earth-light-of-the-world/) - The Rev'd Ivica Gregrec Sunday, 8 February 2026. Ordinary 5 (A) (2026) Readings: Isaiah 58:1–12; Psalm 112; 1 Corinthians 2:1–16; Matthew 5:13–20 Today’s readings ask us a searching and uncomfortable question:What does faithful religion look like when it is lived, not merely spoken?What does holiness look like when it takes flesh in the real world
- [Growing in the Spirit](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/growing-in-the-spirit/) - The Rev'd Jim Lam Sermon on 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 15 February, 2026. Year A Readings: Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Psalm 119:1-8, 1 Corinthians 3:1-9, Matthew 5:21-37 Did you have your cup of coffee this morning? Or a cup of tea, perhaps? It’s nice to have a drop of milk in our tea and coffee. Certainly,
- [The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/the-presentation-of-jesus-in-the-temple/) - The Rev'd Lucy Nguyen 1 February 2026The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple –Te Tapaenga O Te Karaiti I Te Temepara Readings: Malachi 3:1-4; Psalm 84; Hebrews 2 :14-18; Luke 2 :22-40. Today in our Anglican Church calendar it is the Feast Day of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. For clarity’s sake, we
- [Interrupted by grace](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/interrupted-by-grace/) - The Rev'd Ivica Gregurec Conversion of St Paul. 25 January 2026. Readings: Jeremiah 1:4-10; Psalm 67; Acts 9:1-22; Matthew 19:23-30 The Feast of the Conversion of St Paul is not a celebration of certainty,but of interruption. Paul’s story is not about a man who finally got God right. It is about aman whose confidence was
- [You are my beloved, and that changes everything](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/you-are-my-beloved-and-that-changes-everything/) - The Rev'd Ivica Gregurec Baptism of Jesus. 18 January 2026. Readings: Isaiah 42:1-9; Psalm 29; Acts 10:34-43; Matthew 3:13-17 Today the Church leads us to water. Not the still, decorative water of a painting, but the living, moving waterof the Jordan - and also, to this font. On this feast we remember thatJesus does not
- [Who does Jesus call us, call you to be this year?](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/who-does-jesus-call-us-call-you-to-be-this-year/) - EPIPHANY 2. 18 January 2026 The Rev'd Lucy Nguyen Readings: Isaiah 49:1-7, 1 Corinthians 1:1-9, John 1:29-42 The readings in this church season of Epiphany serve to remind us that a baby in a manger is not the fullness of our faith, it is a beginning. Our first reading, Isaiah, shifts us from an exclusive
- [Revealing Christ](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/revealing-christ/) - The Epiphany of Our Lord Jesus Christ. 4 January 2026 The Rev'd Lucy Nguyen Readings: Isaiah 60:1-6; Ps 7s:1-7,10-14; Ephesians 3:1-12; Matthew 2: 1-12 Today we conclude the Christmas Season as we mark the Epiphany of our Lord Jesus Christ.Epiphany from the Greek for "manifestation or appearance," is an ancient Christian feast (Jan. 6) celebrating
- ["I Spy with My Little Eye"](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/i-spy-with-my-little-eye/) - Christmas Eve 11pm 24 Dec 2025 The Rev'd Lucy Nguyen Readings: Isaiah 9:2-7, Psalm 96, Titus 2:11-14,Luke 2:1-14 Our readings for this night of all nights hold us, unsurprisingly to the story of Christmas –From the prophet Isaiah we hear, God offers a sign of God’s grace and protection to the King and people of
- [God is with us](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/god-is-with-us/) - The Rev'd Ivica Gregurec Advent 4 Readings: Isaiah 7:10-16; Psalm 80:1-7,17-19; Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-25 In the name of God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen. On this Fourth Sunday of Advent, the mood changes. The waiting is almostover. The candles are nearly all lit. The Church invites us to stand at thethreshold of Christmas
- [Today we are called to rejoice](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/today-we-are-called-to-rejoice/) - The Rev'd Ivica Gregurec A, Advent 3 (2025) Dear friends in Christ,Today we celebrate the Third Sunday of Advent, also called GaudeteSunday, the Sunday of Rejoicing. We light the rose candle, the colour ofjoy. Even when life feels heavy, the Church invites us to rejoice becauseGod is coming close to us here and now. Advent
- [Holy Greenness](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/holy-greenness/) - The Rev'd Ivica Gregrec Advent 2 (2025) Readings: Isaiah 11:1–10; Psalm 72:1–7, 18–19; Romans 15:4–13; Matthew 3:1–12 Grace to you and peace in this holy season of Advent - this season theancient church called the winter Passover, a time of watching, waiting, andwarming our hearts before the hidden light that is about to break upon
- [Timing can be everything…](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/timing-can-be-everything/) - The Rev'd Lucy Nguyen 30 November 2025 Advent 1Readings: Isaiah 40:3; Romans 13:11-14; Matt 24:36-44 Timing can be everything… As this is the start of the new liturgical year and the start of this season of Advent, I thought what better time than now to share with you the start of one’s fledging Christian’s experience
- [He is our all in all](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/he-is-our-all-in-all/) - The Rev'd Jacky Sewell Sunday before Advent the Feast of Christ the KingReadings: Jeremiah 23:1-6, Colossians 1:11-20, Luke 23:33-43 A monarch’s crown is a thing of wonder. When Charles was crowned there were two used in the ceremony. King Edward’s Crown, melted down during the Civil war and remade for Charles II in 1661 has
- [Small steps do make a difference](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/small-steps-do-make-a-difference/) - The Rev'd Lucy Nguyen Sunday of Week 33 of Ordinary Time (Year C) Readings: Malachi 3:19-20; 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12; Luke 21:5-19 Today we are celebrating the penultimate Sunday of the church’s liturgical year. Next Sunday we celebrate the Reign of Christ as the final Sunday in the Church’s calendar. This is the Sunday to think
- [See, I am making all things new](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/see-i-am-making-all-things-new/) - The Rev'd Ivica Gregurec All Souls' Day Readings: Isaiah 25:6–9, 1 Peter 1:3–9, John 11:21–27 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.Today, on All Souls’ Day, we gather in the quiet presence of God toremember. We remember those we have loved and see no longer. Weremember
- [Ordinary Saints](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/ordinary-saints/) - The Rev'd Lucy Nguyen All Saints Sunday - 2 November 2025 Readings: Daniel 7:1-3,15-18; Ephesians 1:11-23; Luke 6:20-31 Have you ever missed an appointment perhaps you had your dates mixed up, double booked or simply forgot about it? I had not marked Friday as a day of trick or treating as it’s not something I
- [What it means to stand before God in truth](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/what-it-means-to-stand-before-god-in-truth/) - The Rev'd Ivica Gregrec Ordinary 30, Year C (2025) Readings: Sirach 35:12-17, 2 Timothy 4:6-8,16-18, Luke 18:9-14 May the words of my mouth, and the meditations of all our hearts, beacceptable in your sight, O God, our strength and our redeemer.Amen. Our readings today invite us to think about what it means to stand beforeGod
- [Pray without ceasing](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/pray-without-ceasing/) - The Rev'd Jim Lam Season: 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (19 October, 2025. Year C) Readings: Genesis 32:22-31, 2 Timothy 3:14–4:5, Luke 18:1-8 A young child was acting unruly during church service one Sunday. The parents did their best to maintain some order in the pew but were losing the battle. Finally, the father picked
- [Small and faithful voices](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/small-and-faithful-voices/) - By The Rev’d Ivica GregurecSeason: Ordinary 28, Year C (2025)Readings: 2 Kings 5:1-3,7-15c, 2 Timothy 2:8-15, Luke 17:11-19 Dear friends,I am often a little afraid to speak about healing. It is not because I do notbelieve that healing can happen. I truly admire the wonderful work ofscientists, and I am grateful to God for the
- [How far am I willing to go for the sake of the Gospel of Christ?](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/how-far-am-i-willing-to-go-for-the-sake-of-the-gospel-of-christ/) - Rev’d Jacky Sewell The Last Week of Creationtide and The Feast of St Francis of AssisiReadings: The Song of Three, Galatans 6:14-18, Matthew 11:25-30 The trouble with being a passionate gardener and lover of creation is that some things have to die, in order that other things might find life. Since I’ve lived in my
- [A thriving future for all the world](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/a-thriving-future-for-all-the-world/) - By: Rev L NguyenSeason of Creation IVReadings: Amos 6:1a,4-7; 1 Timothy 6:6-19; Luke 16: 19-31 Today is our fourth and final Sunday in the season of Creation. And while over these past few weeks we have been focusing much on farewells and arrivals the importance of this season has been noted each week. The theme
- [God’s Marvellous Manifesto](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/gods-marvellous-manifesto/) - By: The Rev’d Ivica GregurecSeason: Ordinary 25, Year C (2025)Readings: Amos 8:4–7; 1 Timothy 2:1–7; Luke 16:1–13 I runga i te ingoa o te Atua: te Matua, te Tama, me te Wairua Tapu. Amine. I stand in front of you with great joy, seeing the faces of some of you who were here on Thursday
- [A Sunrise over Howick Beach](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/a-sunrise-over-howick-beach/) - By the Rev’d Hilary WillettSeason: Second Sunday of CreationtideReadings: Exodus 32:7-14 | 1 Timothy 1:12-17 | Luke 15:1-10 This week I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting. Perhaps it’s the thing you do when you arefinishing in a place, but I found myself recalling when I first learned that I would be placed as acurate
- [We are as clay in the potter’s hand](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/we-are-as-clay-in-the-potters-hand/) - By The Rev'd Jacky Sewell The 1st Sunday of Creationtide Readings: Luke 14: 25-33, Philemon 1:1-12, Jeremiah 18:1-11 The Potter and the ClayA very dear friend of mine is very exceited at the moment. She’s just had her third kiln installed in her pottery studio, tucked down the bottom of her garden. Some years ago
- [Anglican Communion Sunday, Discussion](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/anglican-communion-sunday-discussion/) - By the Rev’d Hilary Willett Season: ANGLICAN COMMUNION SUNDAY Today is the 5th Sunday of the Month, a time when we invite panellists to share their stories and testimonies.But this week is also “Anglican Communion Sunday,” a time when we remember our connections to the Anglican Church throughout the world.Remembering our communion can also be
- [Sabbath](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/sabbath/) - By The Rev’d L Nguyen, All Saints Anglican Howick Season: 21st Sunday in Ordinary TimeReadings: Jeremiah 1:4-10, Hebrews 12:18-29, Luke 13:10-17 (focus text) From our readings this morning – I will be exploring ideas and concepts around Sabbath. Consider the words in our Gospel reading How do you already understand this word?How does is resonate
- [The Message is Clear](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/the-message-is-clear/) - By The Rev'd Lucy Nguyen Season: 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings: Isaiah 5:1-7, Hebrews 11:29-12:2, Luke 12:49-56 If you were following the readings this morning – you may have been, a bit like me, at the start of our first reading, which is always a reading from the First Testament or more commonly known
- [Alert to Glimmers of God](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/alert-to-glimmers-of-god/) - By the Rev’d Hilary Willett Season: The 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time Readings: Isaiah 1:1; 10-20 | Heb 11:1-3, 8-16 | Luke 12:32-40 So, some weeks when you are writing a sermon, it's just not working. You can’t think of a good starting point. The readings are hard to get into. Everything just feels a
- [Going Smaller: Establishing Spiritual Communities](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/going-smaller-establishing-spiritual-communities/) - By the Rev’d L. Nguyen Season: The 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time (National Bible Sunday with a focus on Home Groups) Readings: Isaiah 45:22-25 | Romans 15:1-6 | Luke 4:16-24 National Bible Sunday is a time to reflect on the Bible's importance in Christian faith, history, and our individual lives. It is a day to
- [Eco Church Project](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/eco-church-project/) - By Millie Vette Imagine if the Church globally took the first biblical commandment seriously? Imagine if Churches everywhere understood that a core part of following Jesus is caring for God's good creation? Imagine if young people who were being told aboutour climate crisis in schools were also being told how our hope in Jesus invites
- [Sea Sunday](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/sea-sunday/) - By the Rev'd Jim Lam Season: Sea Sunday Readings: Job 38:1, 4-11 | Acts 27:27-32, 39-44 | Mark 4:35-41 Jesus calms the storm. Perhaps, that’s a biblical story particularly comforting amidst alarm and concern about worsening weather across the planet and skepticism that the world could effectively respond to curb it. Many Aucklanders call still
- [Vulnerable Mission](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/vulnerable-mission/) - By the Rev’d Hilary Willett Season: Refugee Sunday Readings: 2 Kings 5:1-14 | Gal 6:(1-6), 7-16 | Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 I have a confession. I love scripture, but as far as readings go, this gospel reading is… not my favourite. It’s not because there is anything particularly wrong with this passage; it is a reasonably
- [Being, in Triune Love](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/being-in-triune-love/) - By the Rev'd Lucy Nguyen Season: Trinity Sunday | Disability Awareness Sunday Readings: Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31| Romans 5:1-5 | John 16:12-15 Trinity Sunday commemorates the Christian understanding of God: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit | te Matua, te Tama, me te Wairua Tapu — three persons in one substance, an eternal community
- [From Stardust, to Wind and Flame, to Stardust We Go](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/from-stardust-to-wind-and-flame-to-stardust-we-go/) - By the Rev'd Lucy Nguyen Season: Pentecost Readings: Acts 2:1-21 | Romans 8:22-27 | John 14:8-17, (25-27) Today Christians are celebrating The Pentecost.It is 50 days after Easter.It is also 50 days after Passover, and so once again we find our Christian roots in a Jewish tradition, For Jews it is Shavuot or the Festival
- [Ascension Sunday](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/ascension-sunday/) - By the Rev'd Jacky Sewell Season: Ascension Sunday Readings: Luke 24:44-53 | Acts 1:1-11 | Ephesians 1:15-23 How long after a person dies does their presence remain with their loved ones?Some of you will know what I mean. A feeling that they are still in the room. An occasional glimpse of them, out the corner
- [Lydia](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/lydia/) - By the Rev’d Hilary Willett Season: The Sixth Sunday of Eastertide Readings: Acts 16:9-15 | Rev 21:10, 22–22:5 | John 14:23-29 In our Acts reading this morning, we are introduced to one of my favourite people in the Bible, Lydia. Lydia was the first Christian convert in Philippi. She was a businesswoman—“a dealer in purple
- [Boundary Lines](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/boundary-lines/) - By the Rev'd Jim Lam Season: The Fifth Sunday of Eastertide Readings: Acts 11:1-18 | Revelation 21:1-6 | John 13:31-35 During a service at an old synagogue in Eastern Europe, when a particular prayer was said, half the congregants stood up and half remained sitting. The half that was seated started yelling at those standing
- [Living Into a Miraculous World](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/living-into-a-miraculous-world/) - By the Rev’d Hilary Willett Season: The Fourth Sunday of Eastertide Readings: Acts 9:36-43 | Revelation 7:9-17 | John 10:22-30 So, I really love the book “The Silver Chair.” It’s a wee bit dated these days, but it still occupies a special place. In many ways, it’s very similar to the other books in the
- [Gone Fishing!](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/gone-fishing/) - By the Rev'd Jacky Sewell Season: Third Sunday of Eastertide Readings: Acts 9:1-6 | Rev 5:11-14 | John 21:1-19 What a mind-boggling week to be preaching. Two weeks after Easter, the full drama of Paul’s conversion, angels singing their lungs out in Revelation (we skipped that reading), and a jam-packed final chapter to John’s Gospel
- [Breathing Christ](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/breathing-christ/) - By the Rev’d Hilary Willett Season: The Second Sunday of Eastertide Readings: Acts 5:27-32 | Rev 1:4-8 | John 20:19-31 When I was in intermediate school, I was a part of the Lions Christchurch Schools' Music Festival concert. The Lions Christchurch Schools' Music Festival was a series of musical performances from school choirs around Christchurch.
- [Celebrating Ageing for all Ages “We are all born to age”](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/celebrating-ageing-for-all-ages-we-are-all-born-to-age/) - By Carolyn Wellm As many of you know I am one of the wardens here at All Saints as well as part of the pastoral care team. As the pastoral care team started planning our Neighbourhood Party we hit on the theme of celebrating ageing for all ages. And in one of those lovely God
- [Pink, Rose, Purple, and Violet](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/pink-rose-purple-and-violet/) - By the Rev’d Hilary WillettSeason: The Fourth Sunday of Lent, Laetare Sunday, or Mothering SundayReadings: 1 Samuel 1:20-28 | Colossians 3:12-17 | John 19:25-27Today is the fourth Sunday in Lent, otherwise known as Laetare Sunday, otherwise known as Mothering Sunday, otherwise known as the time when you visit the church where you were baptised (your
- ["In Times of Temptations and Test..."](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/in-times-of-temptations-and-test/) - By the Rev'd Lucy Nguyen Season: Third Sunday of LentReadings: Isaiah 5:1-9 | 1 Corinthians 10:1-3 | Luke 13:1-9 We’re about 19 days into our 40-day journey to the Jerusalem. How’s it going? Is it something you think about most days or perhaps not. I mean does LENT have your attention?Our Biblical writers this morning
- [Trust in Change](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/trust-in-change/) - By the Rev'd Jim Lam Season: 2nd Sunday in Lent Readings: Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 | Philippians 3:17-4:1 | Luke 13:31-35 Many of us gathered around here today have experienced migration – from Britain, Hong Kong, South Africa and various parts of the world. I still remember the days when we first arrived in this country.
- [We're on a Journey](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/were-on-a-journey/) - By the Rev'd Lucy Nguyen Season: The First Sunday of Lent Readings: Deuteronomy 26:1-11 | Romans 10:8b-13 | Luke 4:1-13 We’re going on a journey – you and I and we three – all. And the journey has begun with or without you and I and we three – all … We marked it here
- [A Hollowed or Hallowed Gospel?](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/a-hollowed-or-hallowed-gospel/) - By the Rev’d Hilary Willett Season: The Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time Readings: Jer 17:5-10 | 1 Cor 15:12-20 | Luke 6:17-26 9:30am: This morning, I would like to start a little differently. We are going to watch a small clip of a TV series called “The Chosen.” Has anyone seen it? The clip I
- [Here I Am, Lord](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/here-i-am-lord/) - By the Rev'd Andrew Coyle Season: Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time Readings: Isaiah 6:1-8, (9-13) | 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 | Luke 5:1-11 Our first reading this morning, from the book of the prophet Isaiah, is the story of Isaiah’s call to the ministry of a prophet. And it’s a pretty dramatic and arresting story. Isaiah
- [Advent is for Waiting](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/advent-is-for-waiting/) - By the Rev'd Andrew Coyle Season: Fourth Sunday of Advent Readings: Micah 5:2-5a | Hebrews 10:5-10 | Luke 1:39-45 Advent is a time of waiting, waiting for the coming of God. As a season, it culminates in our Christmas celebration, when God did indeed come among us, when the hope of Israel for a messiah,
- [May I Have This Dance](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/may-i-have-this-dance/) - By the Rev'd Andrew Coyle Season: Epiphany Readings: Isaiah 60:1-6 | Ephesians 3:1-12 | Matthew 2:1-12 Here’s a scene: We are in a hall. All the seats have been pulled back around the edges, up against the wall. The hall has been decorated with streamers and flashing lights, but it’s dark around the edges –
- [A Rose-Tinted World and Rose-Coloured Candles](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/a-rose-tinted-world-and-rose-coloured-candles/) - By the Rev’d Hilary Willett Season: Third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday) Readings: Zephaniah 3:14-17 | Philippians 4:4-7 | Luke 3:7–18 “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.” This really is the sum-up for today. We have lit the third candle of advent, the pink-coloured candle for joy. Does anyone know the
- [Baptism of our Lord](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/baptism-of-our-lord/) - By the Rev’d Lucy Nguyen Season: The Second Sunday of Epiphanytide. Readings: Isaiah 43:1-7 |Acts 8:14-17 | Luke 3:15-17, 3:21-22 Today, on the First Sunday after the Epiphany, we hear, as we always do, the story of Jesus’ baptism. It’s one of the few events in Jesus’ life that is recorded in all four Gospels.
- [Figs in Season](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/figs-in-season/) - By the Rev'd Jacky Sewell Season: Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings: Luke 6:39-49 | Sirach 27:4-7 | I Cor 15:51-58 It’s fig season again. Ripe and juicy, falling apart in the mouth, scented with honey and sunshine. Some of my most powerful childhood memories are connected with figs. My mother was Palestinian and grew
- [Presentation of the Lord](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/presentation-of-the-lord/) - By the Rev'd L. Nguyen Season: The Fourth Sunday of Epiphanytide/Presentation of Jesus in the Temple (Candlemas) Readings: Malachi 3:1-4 | Hebrew 2:14-18 | Luke 2:22-40 The Feast of the Epiphany marked the beginning of the season which recognized Jesus to be the Son of God. The word ‘epiphany’ we remember means ‘manifestation’ or ‘appearance’,
- [Divine Persuasion](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/divine-persuasion/) - By the Rev’d Hilary Willett.
- [Restoring the Word, in the Midst of Ruin](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/restoring-the-word-in-the-midst-of-ruin/) - By the Rev'd Jacky Sewell Season: Third Sunday of Epiphanytide Readings: Nehemiah 8:1-10 | 1 Cor 12:12-31a | Luke 4: 14-21 I have here with me today two Bibles. I have about 8 different versions of the bible at home, but only THIS one is read by me now. If I want to compare different
- [Ongoing Baptism](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/ongoing-baptism/) - By the Rev'd L. Nguyen Season: First Sunday of Epiphanytide Readings: Isaiah 43:1-7 |Acts 8:14-17 | Luke 3:15-17, 3:21-22 Today, on the First Sunday after the Epiphany, we hear, as we always do, the story of Jesus’ baptism. It’s one of the few events in Jesus’ life that is recorded in all four Gospels. Jesus
- [Being the Peace](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/being-the-peace/) - By the Rev'd L Nguyen Season: Second Sunday of Advent Readings: Malachi 3:1-4 | Philippians 1:3-11 | Luke 3:1-6 Today is the second Sunday of Advent – the Sunday of Peace, the Sunday of John the Baptist, John who called all Israel to prepare for the Messiah, to prepare for Peace by preaching to them
- [Small Animal Hope](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/small-animal-hope/) - By the Rev’d Hilary Willett Season: First Sunday of Advent Readings: Jer 33:14-16 | 1 Thess 3:9-13 | Luke 21:25-36 Four years ago, Kit and I decided that we would adopt our first cat. We had only been married for six months at the time, but in that short time, Kit had learned one very
- [The True Constant](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/the-true-constant/) - By the Rev’d Hilary Willett Season: Reign of Christ Sunday Readings: 2 Samuel 23:1–7 | Revelation 1:4b–8 | John 18:33–37 Today is Reign of Christ Sunday. In preparation for today, I had a read over the last time I had preached on the Reign of Christ. It was three years ago. I don’t know how, but
- [The Widow's Two Coins: Generosity and Critique](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/the-widows-two-coins-generosity-and-critique/) - By the Rev'd Andrew Coyle Season: 32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time Readings: Ruth 3:1-5; 4: 13-17 | Heb 9:24-28 | Mark 12:38-44 So, I don't know about you, but I've got questions about our gospel reading this morning! Jesus is sitting with his disciples in one of the courtyards of the temple in Jerusalem watching
- [Re-Centering on God's Work](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/re-centering-on-gods-work/) - By the Rev'd Lucy Nguyen Season: 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time Readings: 1 Sam 1:4-20 | Heb 10:11-14 (15-18), 19-25 | Mark 13:1-8 I grew up on fairy tales and fables -princesses and princes, frogs and witches, lost children and wolves, quick hares and persistent turtles, sneaky crows and foxes – it’s a tricky world
- [All Saints Day](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/all-saints-day/) - Today, we reflected on the saints throughout history, in our own lives, and in our own callings as members of the church. To learn a little more about All Saints Day, check out this video.
- [Feeling the Elephant](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/feeling-the-elephant/) - By the Rev'd Lucy Nguyen Season: Ordinary Time Readings: Job 42:1-6, 10-17 | Hebrew 7:38-28 | Mark 10:46-52 In preparing for this morning, I was reminded of the classic tale of asking 5 blind men to describe an elephant. And we all know that while they each felt the same elephant, they described a very
- [Feast of St Francis of Assisi](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/sermon-6-october-feast-of-st-francis-of-assisi/) - By the Rev'd Lucy Nguyen Season: St. Francis Day Readings: Job 1:1; 2:1-10 | Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12 | Mark 10:2-16 The first day of spring was September 23rd and while I am keen to mark the end of winter I must confess that I have yet to put away my flannel sheets and all my
- [Synod Reporting](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/synod-reporting/) - Today, we reported on the Diocesan Synod. If you would like to find out more about Synod, you can find a copy of the Bishop’s Charge to Synod here, and a copy of The Rev’d Sarah Moss’s sermon at the Synod Eucharist here. You can also access a record of the Synod Proceedings here and a shorter Summary of the Synod here.
- [Wealth and Other Stumbling Blocks](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/wealth-and-other-stumbling-blocks/) - By the Rev'd Jim Lam Season: The 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings: Amos 5:6-7,10-15 | Hebrews 4:12-16 | Mark 10:17-31 I suppose most of us have, in our lifetime, taught someone something. That someone may be our children, our grandchildren, or perhaps, a friend. And I daresay we all love enthusiastic learners. You know, someone who
- [Creation Care and Eco Church](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/creation-care-and-eco-church/) - By Pastor Rebecca Webb, Regional Eco Church Coordinator for the Upper North Island. Season: 5th Sunday of the Season of Creation Reading: James 5:13-20 I wonder, as you read the news – whether it’s a paper newspaper, online app or website – as you take in what is happening in the world, how often do
- [The Pointy Bit](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/the-pointy-bit/) - By the Rev'd Lucy Nguyen Season: 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings: 1 Samuel 17: (1a, 4-11, 19-23), 32-49 | 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 | Mark 4:35-41 Our readings this morning, taken together, are a bit like an arrowhead. We start with the wide (and yes long) telling of the story of the iconic david –
- [What Does Knowing Jesus Mean for the Earth?](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/what-does-knowing-jesus-mean-for-the-earth/) - By the Rev'd Lucy Nguyen Season: 3rd Sunday of the Season of Creation Readings: Ps 19 | James 3:1-12 | Mark 8:27-38 As you know, we are in the Season of Creation or Creationtide. The season started on 1 September, the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, and will end on 4
- [Being Moved into Action](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/being-moved-into-action/) - By the Rev'd Andrew Coyle Season: 2nd Sunday of the Season of Creation Readings: Prov 22:12, 8-9, 22-23 | Jas 2:1-10, (11-13), 14-17 | Mark 7:24-37 Our Gospel reading tells us that Jesus is in the region of Tyre. He has gone north away from Galilee and towards the Mediterranean coast into the area known
- [The Wisdom of Mud Pies](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/the-wisdom-of-mudpies/) - By the Rev’d Hilary Willett Season: 4th Sunday of the Season of Creation Readings: Prov 31: 10-31 | Jas 3:13-4:3 | Mark 9:30-37 When I was a child, I remember sitting out in the garden. I was sitting with my neighbour and friend, and we were making mud pies. I can’t remember why my friend
- [The Changing of the Seasons](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/the-changing-of-the-seasons/) - By the Rev’d Hilary Willett Season: 1st Sunday of the Season of Creation Readings: Song of Songs 2:8-13 | James 1:17-27 | Mark 7:1-8 So, this week, we have a wonderful gospel reading from Mark about eating defiled food, a wonderful letter from James about doing what the Bible says, and a slightly scandalous reading
- [Peace to All: Our Common Humanity](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/peace-to-all-our-common-humanity/) - By the Rev'd Andrew Coyle Season: 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time Readings: 2 Samuel 7:1-14a | Ephesians 2:11-22 | Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 Peace to all who are far off and peace to you who are near. Perhaps we can say those words today as something of a prayer. There is ongoing violence in Palestine that
- [The Bread of Abiding in Christ](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/the-bread-of-abiding-in-christ/) - By the Rev'd Andrew Coyle Season: 20th Sunday of Ordinary Time Readings: 1 Kgs 2:10-12; 3:3-14 | Eph 5:15-20 | John 6:51-58 This week's gospel passage is a continuation of Jesus' controversial "bread of life" sayings. Last week, we heard Jesus say to those gathered around him, "I am the bread of life… I have
- [The kingdom of God is like a weed...](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/the-kingdom-of-god-is-like-a-weed/) - By The Rev'd Andrew Coyle The 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time 1 Samuel 15:34-16:13 | 2 Corinthians 5:6-17 | Mark 4:26-34 In our gospel reading this morning Jesus offers us two parables of what the kingdom of God is like. First, he says, the kingdom of God is, “as if someone would scatter seed on
- [A Choice Everyday](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/a-choice-everyday/) - By the Rev'd Lucy Nguyen Season: 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time Readings: Josh 24:1-2a,14-18 | Eph 6:10-20 | John 6:56-69 Last Sunday (at 9:30am) we sang one of my favourite hymns. It’s perhaps not an intricate piece of music, because it is singable, for me. And it appeals, as it is a “practical” song. We
- [The Bread of Life](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/the-bread-of-life/) - By the Rev'd Jim Lam Season: 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time Readings: 2 Samuel 18:5-9,15,31-33 | Ephesians 4:25-5:2 | John 6:35, 41-51 I wonder what you had for breakfast this morning. Coffee? toast? Or, perhaps, you didn’t have anything. We eat every day. Sometimes three times a day, sometimes more than that. How important is
- [Transfiguration: From Holy Encounter to Ordinary Obedience](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/transfiguration-from-holy-encounter-to-ordinary-obedience/) - By Sarah Murphy Season: Transfiguration Readings: Exodus 34:29-35 | 2 Peter 1:16-21 | Luke 9:28-36 Several years ago, I was going on a family holiday to celebrate my Mum’s 70th birthday. We were travelling together up to Russell so the car was full with my parents, myself, my sister, and her kids. The kids were
- [Kick Back, Make Change](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/kick-back-make-change/) - This week we heard from the remarkable Aaron Hendry about the issue of youth homelessness in Aotearoa. We also heard about the wonderful organisation, Kick Back, which is focused on providing youth the support they need to get into secure housing. To learn more, please visit this website: https://www.kickbackmakechange.org To donate, please visit their Give
- [Dolphin Diving](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/dolphin-diving/) - By the Rev'd Hilary Willett Season: 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Sea Sunday) Readings: Job 38:4-11 | Acts 27:27-44 | Mark 4:35-41 When I turned sixteen years old, my parents took us on a road trip from Christchurch to Kaikōura. I was in a bit of a mood. It’s a decent trip and my parents
- [Being Sent to Receive](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/being-sent-to-receive/) - By the Rev'd Lucy Nguyen Season: 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Refugee Sunday) Readings: 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10 | 2 Corinthians 12:2-10 | Mark 6:1-13 At the end of last year (2023), an estimated 117.3 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced due to persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations and events seriously disturbing the public
- [Mercy in Action](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/mercy-in-action/) - By the Rev'd Jim Lam Season: 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings: 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27 | 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 | Mark 5:21-43 In a letter to the Corinthian church we heard this morning, the apostle Paul wrote: “For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable….” What is acceptable? It is a word
- [Cautionary Tales](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/cautionary-tales/) - By the Rev'd Lucy Nguyen Season: 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings: I Samuel 8:4-20; I Corinthians 4:13-5:1; Mark 3:20-35 Our first reading from The First Book of Samuel – is a rather interesting tale of the people of Israel once again struggling to “get it right”. And their words could be a script for
- [The Trinity: Relational at the Core](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/the-trinity-relational-at-the-core/) - By the Rev'd Andrew Coyle Season: Trinity Sunday Readings: Isaiah 6:1-8 | Romans 8:12-17 | John 3:1-17 How do we experience God? How do we speak about our experience? How do we speak about God? I think we experience God in two different ways, two different ways that are nonetheless intertwined. God is transcendent, bigger
- [Pentecost: The Spirit is Here!](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/pentecost-the-spirit-is-here/) - By the Rev'd Lucy Nguyen Season: Pentecost Readings: Acts 2:1-21 | Romans 8:22-27 | John 15:22-27; 16:4b-15 When it comes to celebrations it looks pretty fab in here today! All Saints, engages well when we are celebrating. Outside of these walls, how’s the party going? How many of us, myself included sent Happy Pentecost cards
- [Flexibility is Key](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/flexibility-is-key/) - By the Ven. Michael Berry Season: The 7th Sunday of Easter Readings: Acts 1:1-11 | Ephesians 1:15-23 | Luke 24:44-53 In all the spare time I have, I exercise ministry as a Chaplain in the New Zealand Defence Force; specifically with the Royal New Zealand Naval Reserve. As much as anything, it inspires me to
- [The Eunuch's Story: Witness to Grace](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/the-eunuchs-story-witness-to-grace/) - By the Rev'd Andrew Coyle Season: The Fifth Sunday of Easter Readings: Acts 8:26-40 | 1 John 4:7-21 | John 15:1-8 On all the Sundays in this season of Easter, our first reading comes not from the Hebrew Scriptures but from the New Testament, from The Acts of the Apostles. And this is fitting, because
- [Internet Rule Number One: Don’t Argue Online!](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/internet-rule-number-one-dont-argue-online/) - By the Rev’d Hilary Willett Season: The Sixth Sunday of Easter Readings: Acts 10:44-48 | 1 John 5:1-6 | John 15:9-17 Today, I would like to start this sermon with a question: What is the most important rule about the internet? It may appear that this is a subjective question, and the answer depends very
- [What Does the Good Shepherd Look Like?](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/what-does-the-good-shepherd-look-like/) - By the Rev'd Jim Lam Season: The Fourth Sunday of Easter Readings: Psalm 23 | Acts 4:5-12 | John 10:11-18 Psalm 23. A psalm that most of us know by heart. But can you recall who taught you the psalm and how you come to know it so well? A Sunday school teacher decided to
- [Easter Day: My Crusty Shoes](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/easter-day-my-crusty-shoes/) - By the Rev'd Hilary Willett Season: Easter Sunday Readings: Isaiah 25:6-9 | Acts 10:34-43 | John 20:1-18 Today is Easter Sunday! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Now I know that, like many of you, you will have seen lots of lots changes in the last few days. In the shops, on television, on
- [Why Are We Here?](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/why-are-we-here/) - By the Rev'd Lucy Nguyen Season: The Second Sunday of Eastertide Readings: Acts 4:32-35; 1 John 1:1-2:2; John 20:19-31 This week at our Clergy Team Meeting, I joked that after a week full of services we could possibly take a break until Pentecost for surely enough theology and spirit was embedded in us all throughout
- [Jesus: "Surprise! I'm back!"](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/jesus-surprise-im-back/) - By Sarah Murphy Season: Third Sunday of Easter Readings: Acts 3:12-19 | 1 John 3:1-7 | Luke 24:36b-48 Holy God, by your SpiritReveal your radical, surprising love;Come to us through your holy word,And let us hear what you are saying. Amen. Have you ever said, “I’d need to see it to believe it?” This week's
- [The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/the-hour-has-come-for-the-son-of-man-to-be-glorified/) - By The Rev'd Andrew Coyle Season: The Fifth Sunday in Lent Readings: Jeremiah 31:31-34 | Hebrews 5:5-10 | John 12:20-33 Today is the 5th Sunday in Lent and as we draw closer to our commemoration of Jesus’ passion – his arrest and trial and crucifixion – we have reached the point in the narrative where voices
- [Balloons, Bible Verses, and Belief](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/balloons-bible-verses-and-belief/) - By the Rev’d Hilary Willett Season: The Fourth Sunday of Lent Readings: Numbers 21:4-9 | Ephesians 2:1-10 | John 3:14-21 Has anyone here ever heard of the Bible Verse Balloon Race? Hands up if you’ve heard of it. Can you explain the game to me? The Bible Verse Balloon race is a relay game where
- [A Spiritual Stocktake](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/a-spiritual-stocktake/) - By the Rev'd Kim Parker Season: Third Sunday in Lent Readings: Exodus 20:1-17 | 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 | John 2:13-22 The popular image of “gentle Jesus, meek and mild” takes a bit of a hammering in today’s gospel reading, don’t you agree? The story of Jesus losing his cool in the temple appears in all
- [Waiting in Hope](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/waiting-in-hope/) - By the Rev'd Lucy Nguyen Season: First Sunday of Advent Readings: Isaiah 64:1-9 | 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 | Mark 13:24-37 Advent is often seen simply as the “countdown to Christmas”, and Christmas has perhaps been diminished to “simply a birthday party for someone and we get presents”. I admit I contribute to some of that
- [Making the Ways Straight](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/making-the-ways-straight/) - By the Rev'd Lucy Nguyen Season: Second Sunday of Advent Readings: Isaiah 40:1-11 | 2 Peter 3:8-15a | Mark 1:1-8 Last Sunday, Advent we had the word HOPE to guide us in our biblical reflection and we noted that Hope is something we seek, do, and share. This week, our byword is PEACE, and in
- [There Is No Joy Without Truth and Justice](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/there-is-no-joy-without-truth-and-justice/) - By the Rev'd Hilary Willett Season: The Third Sunday of Advent Readings: Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 | 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 | John 1:6-28 When I was eighteen, I applied for a job working in a printing company. I was very excited about the opportunity. If I got the job, it would be my first job that
- [Christmas Day (9:30am): Vulnerable God](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/christmas-day-930am-vulnerable-god/) - By the Rev'd Andrew Coyle Season: Christmas Day Readings: Isaiah 9:2-7 | Titus 2:11-14 | Luke 2:1-20 So today, we celebrate the birth of Jesus. Today, we celebrate God coming into the world as a human infant. And although that child is helpless and dependent, unable to walk or talk, that child yet speaks to
- [Christmas Day (7:30am): A Story Worth Celebrating!](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/christmas-day-730am-a-story-worth-celebrating/) - By the Rev'd Lucy Nguyen Season: Christmas Day Readings: Isaiah 9:2-7 | Titus 2:11-14 | Luke 2:1-20 This year, in the weeks before Christmas, if I’ve been on for preaching, I’ve reminded the gathered that not all the Gospels tell the stories we’ve come to hold dear at Christmas time. Mark’s Gospel has no mention
- [Our Salvation Looks Like the Child Jesus](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/our-salvation-looks-like-the-child-jesus/) - By the Rev'd Andrew Coyle Season: The 1st Sunday after Christmas Readings: Isaiah 61:10-62:3 | Galatians 4:4-7 | Luke 2:22-40 So, today we have this story of Mary and Joseph going to the temple. It starts off as a pretty ordinary story. They are simply doing what is required of them under Jewish Law, presenting
- [Unpacking Epiphany: Beyond Three Kings](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/unpacking-epiphany-beyond-three-kings/) - By the Rev'd Lucy Nguyen Season: The Epiphany Readings: Isaiah 60:1-6 | Ephesians 3:1-12| Matthew 2:1-12 When contemplating what to offer this morning, I was consumed with images of magi, wise ones, sages, kings making their trek to Bethlehem with those outstanding gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. All fine and traditional, and yet once
- [A Call to Epiphany](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/a-call-to-epiphany/) - By the Rev'd Hilary Willett Season: The Second Sunday of the Epiphany Readings: 1 Samuel 3:1-10 (11-20) | 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 | John 1:43-51 When I was in my early 20’s my parents took me to see “Swan Lake on Ice.” Initially, I was a little ambivalent about seeing the performance despite the assurances that
- [Answering God's Call: A Journey of Love and Justice](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/answering-gods-call-a-journey-of-love-and-justice/) - By the Rev'd Lucy Nguyen Season: The Third Sunday of the Epiphany Readings: Jonah 3:1-5,10 | 1 Cor 7:29-31 | Mark 1:14-20 The clear message from our readings this morning is about being called by God and following God through Jesus. God called Jonah to give a message to a troubled city. Paul calls the
- [Candlemas](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/candlemas/) - By the Rev'd Kim Parker Season: Candlemas (The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple) Readings: Deuteronomy 18:15-20 | 1 Cor 8:1-13 | Mark 1:21-28 I runga i te ingoa o te Matua, te Tama me te Wairua Tapu. In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Āmene. Today we celebrate the Presentation of
- [The Space Programme!](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/the-space-programme/) - This week, we were lucky enough to hear about the "Space" programme from Carolyn Wellm, the Auckland Anglican Space Coordinator. This wonderful programme is about helping parents adjust to having a newborn in their lives. For more information, please visit:https://aucklandanglican.org.nz/children-and-families/auckland-anglican-space/ https://parentingplace.nz/courses/space
- [Heeding Warnings](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/heeding-warnings/) - By the Rev'd Lucy Nguyen Season: 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings: 2 Kings 5:1-14 | 1 Cor 9:24-27 | Mark 1:40-45 A warning is something that is said or written to tell people of a possible danger, problem, or other unpleasant thing that might happen. (1) Why might we not follow a warning? Jerry Seinfeld
- [Water in the Desert](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/water-in-the-desert/) - By the Rev’d Hilary Willett Season: First Sunday of Lent Readings: Genesis 9:8-17 | 1 Peter 3:18-22 | Mark 1:9-15 Today we had a baptism! A baptism is perhaps an unusual thing to have at the beginning of Lent, which is traditionally a season of penitence and self-examination. Baptism, in contrast, is a time of
- [The Price of Discipleship](https://allsaintshowick.org.nz/sermons/the-price-of-discipleship/) - By the Rev'd Jim Lam Season: Second Sunday of Lent Readings: Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 | Romans 4:13-25 | Mark 8:31-38 Today is the second Sunday of Lent. One and a half week since Ash Wednesday. What have you been doing so far? Have you been devoting your time to fasting, praying and reflecting? Or have

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