We’ve been doing something different…
A service that invites you do to the thinking. Use your whole self in worship. Grow your understanding of faith by connecting with those in the room, exploring God’s word through question, tactile exploration and gentle conversation, also through silence, music and prayer.
Generally we meet on the 3rd Sunday of the month
(except in July when many will be at The Abbey on the 3rd Sunday, so we are meeting on the 4th Sunday, & December when we’ll meet a week earlier for obvious reasons)
This June we are visiting St Georges, 5 Landscape Road, Papatoetoe Sunday 21st June – See you there!
Our AYM event this term is a bit different.
We had planned an epic car rally, but, with the war in Iraq pushing up fuel prices, we figured families didn’t really need any extra costs just now. So instead we’ve planned a scavenger hunt in your own parish boundaries…
Find your parish boundaries on this interactive map… https://aucklandanglican.org.nz/parish-boundaries/
How it works is, you sign up, and invite your young people to join in on Saturday 20th June between 4.00 and 6.30pm. (Email Steph that you and your young people are in! –
We will send you the challenges on Friday 19th June, and you and your team can work through how to achieve your goals, or wait until the youth crew is together on the Saturday and do it then.
There are at least 25 challenges, with varying degrees of challenge attached. Each challenge has points allocated to it. There should be some challenges that appeal to most personalities, with challenges that require knowledge, or skill or ingenuity, local knowledge and more.
Your goal is to come out with the most points in the end.
You get to triple all your points if you manage to do all your points within walking distance of your church (and you actually walk it)
You get double points on any challenges that your crew use public transport to achieve.
You upload your images and video’s to our Whatsapp group… we will aim to announce the winners by 7pm, so feel free to (if budgets allow of course) feed your crew before sending them home. Or, everyone one bring some kai to share, or however the culture of your youth wants to hang out together. Prizes will be delivered to the winners during the next week.
Leaders… The Abbey is on the move!
This year we’re heading to Living Springs in Otautahi, Christchurch, at the earlier time of 17-19th July.
That’s the last weekend of the school holidays, so get your flights soon.