Pukekohe Methodist Church English Language

Greetings
We greet you in the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, with words from Paul to his brother Timothy, “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in prayer” (1 Tim 4:12). We know Timothy is a young pastor and Paul realizes if Timothy focuses on his youthfulness then that will be an adversity and a problem, therefore, Paul wants him to face the challenges of the church and the world with these sets of examples. Paul exhorts him to be an example, especially in word when he speaks, in conduct which is his lifestyle, in love and how he relate to each other, in spirit his attitude and his outlook on life, in faith his doctrine and dependance on Christ alone, and in purity his sexual morality. Young David knew how this works when he was facing Goliath. Thou he was young, inexperienced and may be intimidated by an experienced strong warrior, David’s trust was in God who is the source of everything he needs to face any challenges in life. So, I implore you to hold fast to this encouragement from Paul to Timothy, that we set an example in what we say and how we live our lives with love that come from God through Jesus Christ in continuous prayer and thanksgiving for all our brothers.

VISION
We give thanks to God that we can celebrate our VISION which we have been waiting for the PLAQUE to be made. We can announce that we are going to hold a special dedication of our VISION on the first Sunday of July 2nd 9:30am. We will start by blessing our VISION PLAQUE outside at the front of the church followed with our communion service as normal in the church. Please, make sure you come that we may celebrate and give thanks to God for this milestone. We would like to ask if we can bring a plate for a shared lunch, but we encourage all of us to come, God will bless the two fishes and five loaves for us to celebrate.
Clarks Beach dedication of their VISION PLAQUE will take place on Sunday 25th June 2023.

VISIONING TOGETHER
We have been waiting for the VISION PLAQUE and now we can do the next important step of our vision is to work out by visioning-together how we are going to bring our vision to become the mission and ministry that God has put in our hearts towards our community and beyond. We will have this VISIONING-TOGETHER on Saturday 15th of July 10:00am in the hall.

MEMORIAL SERVICE
There will be memorial service which we will watch a recorded funeral service of the Rev. Dr. Roger Green on Wednesday 21st June 1:00 pm at Wesley Pukekohe Methodist Church. You are invited to this special service and to support Jim Green and his family at this time.

MID-WEEK FELLOWSHIP
We are looking forward to our regular mid-week fellowship on Thursday 22nd June 10:00 am at the hall. Remember to invite a friend to worship with singing hymns and fellowship.


Rev. Motekiai Fakatou
Wesley Pukekohe Methodist Parish
36 – 42 Queen Street, Pukekohe 2120.
Po Box 617, Pukekohe 2340,
New Zealand.
+64 9 238 6768 / +64 27 295 5012
[email protected]

Greetings
We greet you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, with words from apostle Paul to the Ephesians, “And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people”(Eph 6:18). As people of faith they are often think of war as glamorous – until they or someone they know becomes a casualty. The same in the spiritual arena. Make no mistake: whether they are aware of it or not, all Christians are engaged in a very real spiritual battle between two opposition kingdoms. So, Paul encourages the church in Ephesus that their ‘battle is not with flesh and blood but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms’ (Eph6:12)
King David was a powerful strong warrior who was known to be ‘the man after God’s own heart,’(1 Sam 13:14). As a young shepherd for his father Jesse, in the desert he protected his father’s sheep by killing a bear and a lion with his bear hands. He became more famous than his king, king Saul after he killed the Philistine giant Goliath with one stone while he was still a youth. Even though he wins so many a battle even against many kings surrounding Israel he was not able to overcome the battle within himself which is the spiritual battle.

A Te Whanau E Te Karaiti, we are reminded by Paul as he encouraged the church in Ephesus, we must pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of petition and requests, and pray as well for all our brothers and sisters in Christ that we may prevail against all spiritual forces of darkness. All thoughts and vile tricks comes into our minds from Satan. Therefore, we must not conform to Satan’s patterns, but be transformed by the renewing of our mind in prayer.

MID–WEEK FELLOWSHIP
Thanks to Jim, Ivan and all of you attended our mid-week fellowship. My apology as I was not able to be there due to a cold. Thank God, I am feeling much better today and I trust that I’ll be good to be at church on Sunday. I am looking forward to our next month worship and fellowship.

SYNOD WESLEY CELEBRATION
Our synod will have a special service celebrating of John Wesley this Sunday 28th May, 6:30 pm at Crossroads Methodist Church, 25 Broadway Papakura. We are invited to join our district Wesley celebration on Sunday and please, bring a plate of food to share after the service.

VISION – REFLECTING TOGETHER
Please, pray for a great time of visioning and reflection together on our VISION so, that the Holy Spirit will help us discerning what and how we weave together a live plan to make our vision to become God’s mission into our community. We hope to have our visioning after we put up our vision on the wall and blessed.

Follow the LINK below by double click on it, as the director of the CWS Murray Overton wants us to share their present appeal.
https://cws.org.nz/newsroom/stories-of-hope/?bblinkid=269702884&bbemailid=47766501&bbejrid=-1591607415
Yours in Christ service,
Motekiai
Rev Motekiai Fakatou
Wesley Methodist Parish, Pukekohe
36-42 Queen Street, Pukekohe 2120
Po Box 617, Pukekohe 2340
New Zealand
+64 9 238 6768 / +64 27 295 5012
[email protected]
[email protected]

This Sunday, Ronella will be teaching the children. Everyone is welcome to join the Church Service at 9.30, followed by the children's own time with Ronella in the hall