To win a copy of PATIENT tell us a lesson you’ve learned through illness.

Romans 8:28:

“And we know that in all things GOD works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”

ILLNESS for me is:

— one of the “all things” in Romans 8:28.

— a way in which my soul is examined and developed. 

AT THE BEACH

The first CHRISTIAN SERVICE  was held by Rev. Samuel Marsden not very far from Kaitaia, namely at the far end of the Purerua Peninsula on Christmas Day 1814.

There will be two major public events:

The first will be on Sunday morning, 21 December.

There will be a civic ceremony. The ceremony will be attended by the Governor-General, local kaumatua and leaders of church and nation.

The second will be on Christmas morning.

A service will be held around the Celtic cross in Rangihoua Bay.

I have been several times at the place where the first Christian service was held while working in Kaikohe (UMM), but I did not realize that it was such an historic place.