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Why We Support our Local Light Party?

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Every year the Reflections Trust, for the last 14 years has run a Light Party for the community in Kaiapoi and North Canterbury.  Click on the link to find out more about them!

But why do we as a church support this amazing community event?  Is it just about kids and whanau having a great time, great food and great fun?  Sure we would probably support an event like that, simply because we love families, we love our community and we love food! But… Continue reading Why We Support our Local Light Party?

Keeping Up Appearances Seminar

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On a Friday morning in late August over 50 people gathered to hear a presentation by the NZ Police and the North Canterbury Family Violence Network. A big thank you to the Person to Person Help Trust for organizing this event and providing an amazing breakfast! The presentation delivered some challenging data about domestic violence in NZ and in North Canterbury.

Attached are the presentation slides.

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Cafe Clinics

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Person to Person Help Trust are running some great community clinics at the Rivertown Cafe.

Café Clinics are designed to inform, empower & support the community by way of education and providing information for now and future use.  Café Clinics are a partnership between Rivertown Café, local organisation’s & businesses. Café Clinics are free and welcome to all.

All clinics will have open floor time for questions.

Café Clinics 7.00 – 8.30pm  Rivertown Café, 77 Williams Street Kaiapoi

Click on the link below for more details.

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New YOUTH Programme Launch

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On Friday August 31st we are launching a new Youth Programme here at KBC. It is for Year 6-8 students and will run every second week during term time.

ACTIV8 (activate) is a place where young people can come and have fun in a safe environment and make positive life choices. It could be a night where we end up making banana splits but also try and fit one back into its skin!!  Or it could be that we are racing up and down the auditorium trying to carry as many balloons as possible, or maybe even trying to shave one! ACTIV8 is a chance for young people to enjoy themselves and also start to grapple with the challenges of growing up as a young person today. We also look at topics as diverse as friendship, self-esteem and social justice. Continue reading New YOUTH Programme Launch

He Auaha Hou – Made New

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He Auaha Hōu – Made New

Our theme for 2018 is Made New. This draws from the Thai New Year festival known as ‘Songkran’ and is a time of renewal, cleansing and honouring. It’s also a traditional festival that has been contextualised by the Church, symbolising forgiveness and renewal through the sacrifice of Christ on the cross. So we focus along these lines specifically concentrated on ‘A New Spirit’, ‘ A New Perspective’ and ‘A New Generation’.

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New Preaching Series

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This week we will be beginning a six week series looking at Ephesians.  We’re calling it a walk through, in essence we are just touching on some key points within the epistle.

Unlike many of Paul’s other Epistles, the letter to Ephesus is not written to confront a particular issue or heresy. It explains the nature and purpose of the church, the Body of Christ.

Come and join us over the next few weeks, as we take a walk through Ephesians.