Author Archives: Werner Dekarski

BOOKS

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BOOKS: This is one more good book to read.

Mark Leighton writes in the foreword of the book in May 2016:

 “IN 1950 THERE WERE 14,000 CHRISTIANS IN THAILAND. BY 2015 THERE WERE 448,000 CHRISTIANS IN THAILAND.”

 

Sermon Outline – NT – NIV

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THE CROSS

“When he [The Holy Spirit] comes,

John 16:8-12

Introduction:

he will convict the world of guilt in regard to

A. sin and

B. righteousness and

C. judgment:

A. in regard to sin, because men do not believe in me;

B. in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer;

C. and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned.

End:

I have much more to say to you, …”

THE KERIKERI MISSION STATION

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The station was established in 1819.

Here Maori invited visitors to live among them. (One of the first places where that happened!)

Here in Kerikeri are two of the oldest buildings of the country:

  • The Stone store and
  • Kemp House.

THE STONE STORE

KERIKERI: The Stone Store, built in 1832.

The stone store, Georgian-style, was a warehouse, but became later

  • a trading post,
  • a library,
  • a barracks,
  • a boy’s school and
  • a general store.

Today it is a gift shop. Above the shop is a museum.

KEMP HOUSE

KERIKERI: The Kemp House.

The country’s oldest building, completed in 1821-22, built by missionaries and Maori, also Georgian design.

ST JAMES CHURCH

KERIKERI: St James Church, where our daughter was married.

The church was opened in 1878 and extended in 1963. In 1968 the church was moved by a tornado.