Friday, October 28, 2011

Tamaki PIPC @ Glen Innes International Carnival

This movie shows you more of all the groups that took part in the International Carnival that was hosted by Glen Innes.

International Carnival hosted by Glen Innes from SchoolTV on Vimeo.

Tamaki @ GI International Carnival

On Saturday the 15th of October our parish got to be part of our local carnival. It was the International Carnival and it was hosted by our community of Glen Innes. Many local Glen Innes residents came out on this fine day to watch, take part and enjoy the day. It was kicked off by a parade of all the local groups. Starting with the Samoan part of the community. Why? Well Glen Innes had the Manu Samoa as their adopted team from the RWC. So our Samoan community came out in force alongside all the other cultures in GI to strut their stuff.

This video shows you mainly our parish and their participation, we will soon post a movie that shows you more of the wider community who took part.

Definitely a day to remember and be a very proud GI local! God bless our community as we keep working together to make this place an even better one.

Monday, October 10, 2011

Lotu a Tamaiti 2011

A scene certainly to make any parent happy and be reminded of the precious gift we have in children. This scene unfolded yesterday in our church. Many happy children, parents, grandparents and families enjoyed the Lotu a Tamaiti at Tamaki PIPC.

Like year's before it was service that had so many different and valuable messages for parents and families alike. Parable of the servants in the vineyard, the denial of Jesus by Peter, debate of the greatest mountain, story of Queen Esther, the brothers Esau and Jacob and their important lesson on forgiveness were presented to us today by our children.

Some made us smile, laugh and cry as we received and reflected on their messages. Well done to all our children, teachers, Tama and Tina who prepared another uplifting White Sunday for us all to enjoy and grow from. We hope you had an enjoyable lunch with family and friends. God's blessings be upon us all as we venture into the last few months of the year.

Ia manuia outou matua, ae ola matou le fanau. Ia soifua ona o Iesu.