Monday, June 29, 2009

A night with Lapi Part 2

We were meant to sing with Lapi to close our evening, instead we ended up listening to him, you'll agree that he sounded beautiful solo. Maybe next time we'll have a bit more of a warm up for our vocals and we'll join in.
Thanks again Lapi.(Don't forget to check out part 1 post of this evening
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A Night With Lapi Mariner

Tonight - 29th of June 2009, we were blessed with the presence of our brother Lapi Mariner. Many of you may know him as a professional singer, entertainer - a very humourous young man and much much more. For those of you who don't know - he's now the Worship Pastor for the Hosana World Harvest Church based in Manurewa.
His visit was timely as on this evening we also had a very exciting report from our very own worship team based on their weekend retreat that they had just returned from.
Lapi shared about his life so far...life in the PIC, professional singer at the age of 16, TV appearances, travelling opportunities, his current work as a Prison Warden, Bible College and Worship Pastor.
Watch our short movie, it has some of the gems Lapi shared with us as well as him singing for us before we shared a light supper and a few laughs together. You could leave a comment for Lapi or Bible Class. Lapi will be visiting our blog to check out what we're up to.
Thanks Lapi for taking the time out to come and share with your PIC brothers and sisters. God bless you and your family.
Lots of love - Tamaki Bible Class

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Parables of Jesus

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2 Timothy 2:15 (New Living Translation)
An Approved Worker
15 Work hard so you can present yourself to God and receive his approval. Be a good worker, one who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly explains the word of truth.


On Sunday the 21st of June our Sunday School alongside many others across New Zealand took part in the New Zealand Sunday School Union Scripture examinations. We had students from the age of 6 up 21 sit the exams. Also 4 of our teachers sat. This year the exams looked at 6 parables of Jesus.
On Monday evening those in Bible Class had the opportunity to reflect on the preparation that took place for these exams. We came to an agreement that our minds are amazing - thank you Lord! The amount of scripture and application that we trained ourselves to remember was fantastic.
Some think these exams are a thing of the past. We are glad to report that we enjoy taking part in them, in fact for many of us it's a good reminder of how we are very capable of committing God's Word to memory as he wants us to regularly. It's certainly something that we hope to continue being part of. Thanks NZ SSU!

This is an invitation to all our students who took part in the exams this year.
Please leave a comment that contains your reflections on how you found the exam and your preparation this year. The class who have the most comments posted by Sunday morning will have a special prize presented to them at the end of our fun day. As well as signing your name please state which class you are in. Check out our voting poll too.

Looking forward to reading all your comments.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

TGT featuring Grades 7 & 8

Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa.
Here is a special clip of the performance by grades 7 & 8 from our Parish Anniversary Ball. We are very blessed in that we have a number of Maori students in our Sunday School. As mentioned in a blogpost earlier for this group (Te Reo @ Tamaki), we have children who come from well known families who are fluent and gifted in the use of Te Reo.


Monday, June 8, 2009

Are you ready? He's coming soon

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Are you ready? He's coming soon, was the theme for this months family service conducted by Grades 1 & 2. The very talented children proclaimed through drama, creative dance and song this very important message that no one knows the day nor the hour when he will return, therefore we must be ready and prepared.

Thank you to all the wonderful children and also our parents for all your commitment and support towards our service for our Lord.
May God bless you abundantly for all your good works.
Soifua,
Finau, Soteria, Mene and Siali'i (Grade 1 & 2 Teachers)

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Tamaki's Got Sporting Talent

At Tamaki PIPC, we have many very talented young sportsmen and women. Many of our children are involved in sports either with their schools, or their local sports clubs.
Tala o Tamaki will endeavour to bring you some of the sporting exploits of our budding young stars this year.
This week the spotlight goes on 4 budding young Warriors from our Sunday school - Kane (Grade 6), George & Beau (Grade 5) and Tanielu (Grade 4) in action for their rugby league team - the Mt Wellington Warriors Under 12's.
Tala o Tamaki was on hand to catch some of the action from their match last week against the Richmond Bulldogs.