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OVERTURE TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FROM THE COMMUNITY OF SAINT LUKE, AUCKLAND [St Lukes Presbyterian Church, Remuera-Newmarket] WHEREAS the General Assembly has been debating the issue more»
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The minister, David Clark, muses - WHAT IF? Imagine a world without Christmas The Sea of Faith group invited me to be guest speaker at their recent end-of-year do. Invited to take a more»
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FROM THE MINISTER MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS Just when we thought we had seen the worst that human beings could do to other human beings, a new set of images has filled our television screens more»
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NEWSLETTER - JUNE 2004 The minister, David Clark, reflects on a photograph taken of himself and his then wife, Jenny, on the day of his ordination 31 years ago. The future ain't what it more»
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SUNDAY 28 MARCH 2004 : Fifth in Lent Lenten series #5: "Isn't 'Christian fundamentalism' an oxymoron?" After the end of the Second World War it seemed that the process which began with the more»
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NEWSLETTER - DECEMBER 2003 DAVID CLARK muses on Hobbits, Elves, Orcs?ñ and a Child in a Manger I am always intrigued by the makeup of the congregation attending the Christmas more»
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The Third Space "Christianity has long been most comfortable with the idea that there are only two intellectual spheres, belief and unbelief. But what if there should be a third space more»
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MIDWEEK COMMUNION It doesn't sound very exciting……but this weekly gathering is at the core of that which makes this community what it is. On the 1st and 3rd Wednesday monthly, the more»
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The Third Space "Christianity has long been most comfortable with the idea that there are only two intellectual spheres, belief and unbelief. But what if there should be a third space more»
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The minister, DAVID CLARK, offers RANDOM THOUGHTS That movie I do not intend to see the movie The Passion of the Christ for a number of reasons. The first is, quite simply, I am more»
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SUNDAY 1 FEBRUARY 2004 Revelation 18 A couple of years ago I indicated to David our Minister that I felt a sermon coming on, on the 18th chapter of the Book of the Revelation. I thought at more»
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SUNDAY 25 JANUARY 2004 Nehemiah 8: 1-12, Luke 4: 16-30 In the lessons today we hear about two somewhat different religious meetings. The first, which we read about in the Book of Nehemiah, more»
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SUNDAY, 8 FEBRUARY 2004 Church, Nation and Waitangi - Seeking Justice Deuteronomy 10:12-21 A Sermon for the Sunday after Waitangi Day - Allan Davidson 'So now, O New Zealand, what does more»
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CHRISTMAS DAY 2003 The Kindergarten here at St Lukes - like I guess many other pre-schools - always has an end of year Nativity concert. The children all dress up as shepherds or angels, wise more»
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CHRISTMAS EVE 2003 The Kindergarten here at St Lukes - like I guess many other pre-schools - always has an end of year Nativity concert. The children dress up as shepherds or angels, wise men or more»
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SUNDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2003 - St Margaret of Scotland The Very Rev Margaret Reid Martin Psalm 16; Romans 16: 1-6, 13-16 "What does the date November 16th mean to you?" Blank. That more»
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SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER 2003 Jonah 3:10-4:11: Matthew 25:34-40 The Church has designated this day to remember Elizabeth Fry, a Quaker prison reformer who transformed the lives of more»
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SUNDAY 19 OCTOBER 2003 : ST LUKES DAY 2 Timothy 4: 5-13; Luke 10: 1-9 Back in the early 1970s when I was a student preparing for ministry, one of the tasks we had to undertake each year was more»
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CHRISTMAS DAY 2002 Well, it's official. I don't know whether you heard the news this morning, so let me tell you, Christmas is cancelled this year. It is okay to be here in church, but don't more»
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SUNDAY 29 DECEMBER 2002 Isaiah 61: 10 - 62: 3 and Luke 2: 22 - 40 The Sunday after Christmas, and the Baptism of Annie Rose Kendall There are those who are critical of people like me more»
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SUNDAY 8 DECEMBER 2002 : ADVENT 2 Sometimes what emerges in a sermon has been triggered by a conversation in the previous week. Today's sermon has two such triggers. One was a conversation more»
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SUNDAY 1 DECEMBER 2002 : ADVENT SUNDAY Isaiah 64: 1-9; Mark 13: 24-37 I have a friend who teaches history in one of Auckland's universities, and who in his spare time also does some more»
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SUNDAY 17 NOVEMBER 2002 1 Thessalonians 5: 1 - 11; Matthew 25: 14 - 30 You really have to admit, it's not an easy choice. On the one hand, as you have, you could choose to come to church to more»
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SUNDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2002 Joshua 24: 1-3a, 14-25; Matthew 25: 1-13; and - When reason tries to address religious truth, it is attempting a task that it is not equipped for. When it more»
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SUNDAY 3 NOVEMBER 2002 - ALL SAINTS Revelation 7: 9 -17; Matthew 5: 1 - 12 While our Protestant tradition has not been big on saints, regarding honouring or veneration of saints as a more»