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Latimer Lunches - the 2010 programme

Our lunches are an opportunity, with a Guest Speaker, to encourage one another in Gospel ministry by our fellowship together. Next one is on Friday 30 July.

THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION AND MINISTRY IN NZ TODAY - The best of times, the worst of times
Friday, 30 July 2010
12:15 pm - 1:45 pm
At St Aidan’s Anglican Church, 63 Brookside Terrace, Bryndwr, Christchurch.

Speaker Rev Dr Peter Carrell
Peter is Director of Education in the Diocese of Christchurch having recently relocated from the Nelson Diocese where he was Ministry Educator.

Please RSVP (although, of course, you may just turn up). Lunch is provided and a retiring offering will be taken. Contact Hillary at the Latimer Office (ph 377 2279) if further details are required.

Lunch is provided. RSVP (although you may, of course, just turn up.)


Annual General Meeting : “The Importance of the 39 Articles for Today's Church”

Thursday, 19 August 2010
7.30 pm
At St Aidan’s Anglican Church, 63 Brookside Tce, Bryndwr.
Click for the form for Nomination of Officers procedures and Nomination form or contact the Latimer Office.

Guest Speaker Rev Dr Gerald Bray,
Gerald Bray is the editor of the Church Society’s journal, Churchman, Director of Research for the Latimer Trust UK and Research Professor at Beeson Divinity School, USA. He is responsible for mentoring theologians, writing and taking on speaking engagements to encourage Christians to stand up for Biblical truth in church, work and theology. (He led our 2006 and 2007 retreats, and will lead this year's also. See below.)

Latimer Retreat : “The Christian Life”

Monday, 23 August (Arrival from 10.00 am) to Wednesday, 25 August (Departure from 2.00 pm)
At Living Springs Conference Centre, Lyttelton.
Click to dowload the brochure.

What does it mean to live as a Christian? How do we work out our salvation, as the Apostle Paul told us to do, 'in fear and trembling' (Phil. 2:12)? In this series of talks, we are going to look at the different steps that we follow as we draw nearer to God and learn more about his will for our lives. As we take each step together, we shall pause to reflect on how it affects us and how we can share its significance with God's people.

Retreat leader Rev Dr Gerald Bray
Gerald is the editor of the Church Society’s journal, Churchman, Director of Research for the Latimer Trust UK and Research Professor at Beeson Divinity School, USA. He is responsible for mentoring theologians, writing and taken on speaking engagements to encourage Christians to stand up for Biblical truth in church, work and theology. He led our 2006 and 2007 retreats.

Latimer Women’s Conference 2010 : “The Beatitudes - God’s Peculiar People”

Friday, 17 (evening) – Saturday, 18 (lunch time) September 2010
At St Christopher’s Anglican Church, Christchurch.
Click to download a brochure.

The kingdom of God has come. The acceptable world order is turned upside-down. In the Sermon on the Mount, beginning with the Beatitudes, Jesus teaches “those who have ears to hear” what it will mean to live under God's rule. It's not what you would expect! Being a citizen of God's kingdom is not an easy job - some people will think you are crazy - but you will find blessing in it, Jesus says. Explore the meaning of this paradox in our three talks on the Beatitudes, as we see that God is calling all of us to the hard tasks : Mourning with the broken-hearted, Peacemaking and Going against the flow

Speaker Rev Kay Clark
Kay is Assistant Minister, at St Michael’s Anglican Church, Vaucluse, Australia. Kay and her husband served as CMS missionaries in Hong Kong between 1974 and 1984. She then became chaplain to women students and a lecturer in Women’s Studies at Moore College, until going to the Bible School of the Diocese of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania where she trained pastors and evangelists for ministry until 2008.