Tamaki PIPC in the season of Covid-19, Level 4 alert

 Kia ora te whanau!  Greetings to our church in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

The season we are in is one many if not any have NEVER experienced.  Where we could roam, have choice whether to go or not, take part or stay away from are no longer choices we make.  Due to the Corona Virus we have been restricted to the comforts of our homes.   Things we take for granted we may be just realising the importance of - their significance in our lives.

Some homes across New Zealand have found this a daunting time.  Others have found it frustrating and many lonely.   Greater still many have shared their gratitude for this time to simply reconnect, realign and structure households in ways that some had left behind and some yet to experience due to life's busyness.  Mums and dads are less distracted and retraining the mind, hearts AND ears to tune into the voices of their children.  Many have expressed their gratitude also for this being a time to simply rest in the care and company of loved ones.

Many have missed the normality of attending church for practices, groups and services.   In place of this we have meet the last three Sunday's via our Facebook - live.



We kick off our live meetings at 9.30am with Sunday School Superintendent Rasalama at 9.30am for Sunday School, Sing-along with Parish adminstrator/teacher and musician Aloema Fainuu, 10am with Reverend Elama Maea for our morning service. 

For Sunday School we have provided resources and in the form of video links and discussion points for families to interact with, available at 9am that morning before our live meets at 9.30am.



Daily our young people from Bible Class are posting Bible readings along with a daily challenge and song for families.   God bless you BC!

An impressive stat - we have had up to 63 households tune into these morning sessions.  More than the live bodies in attendance most Sunday mornings!  Praise God! God willing after we this season we're in of lockdown we will be seeing many more people face to face!

Please visit our Tamaki PIPC Facebook, you are welcome to share any of our Sunday School content across to your own church pages if they help!

 In this time, let's not have our hearts and minds in lockdown!  Keep those daily routines going, mornings especially are important to establish and maintain for well being all around for every member of the household.  Routines routines!

God in the highest place.

In Christ's peace

Andrea Bakulich Tele'a
Sunday School Secretary