SWAG - Saved With Amazing Grace

Saved With Amazing Grace (SWAG) was this mornings message presented by Grades 6 & 7. Congratulations & thank you to the fantastic teachers, Moe, Feu, Lorraine & Lem & your super students for the heart felt, memorable & Makua amazing service.  

Talent on stage - Sakalia Vaetolo

Post by Tamaki PIPC Bible Class.

SandS final night - healthy living!

Post by Tamaki PIPC Bible Class.

Talitha - better living everyone!

Post by Tamaki PIPC Bible Class.

Give it! BC service

Post by Tamaki PIPC Bible Class.

Bible Class Camp

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A Heart that Forgives

  This movie was shown in service after our children's address that looked at Joseph as a young boy through to being chucked in prison over Potiphar's wife's lie. Following this movie the class delivered a live performance of the following scene (we'll post this asap) The week following our scripture exams had the senior classes - grades 10-12 lead the morning service. It was a fun time acting and dressing up in costumes to tell the story of Joseph's reconciliation with his brothers. The students were willing at all times to learn their parts and do all they could to contribute. Your service was well received by your parish, as was shared over morning tea that followed the service. God's blessings upon this group of students, let his word be a light unto your paths.

Samoan Language Week 2014

TAOFI MAU I AU MEASINA - Samoan language week 2014 from SchoolTV on Vimeo.

Vaiaso o le Gagana Sāmoa – Samoan Language Week: Sunday 25 – Saturday 31 May “Taofi mau i au measina: Hold fast to your treasures”. Minister of Pacific Island affairs launched the Samoan Language week in Auckland at Pt England School. This was a wonderful occasion where we shared the celebration with our own local Samoan language nest - Aoga a le Teuila. Tamaki College Samoan group were also part of the celebrations, ending our time together with a beautiful song all about the beauty of Samoa, it's way, language and youth. Watch the movie to see our very own church members taking part in this special time together. Malo lava!

Suit up Service - August 2014

Grades 7 & 8 presented a service titled 'Suit up'. It was based upon the Armour of God found in Ephesians 6. It was a wonderful service that saw many confident students take a step forward and out for Jesus. The items were impressive with the high standard of acting, costume and props. We were reminded how the Armour of God we must suit up with daily. It's through this 'suiting up' that we can truly withstand the challenges we face in our daily paths. God bless you Grades 7 and 8, along with your teachers. Church, please leave your own feedback here in the comments section. Our students are certainly watching this space.

Lotu a Tamaiiti 2012

Today we are reminded of the precious gift we have in children. Many happy children, parents, grandparents and families enjoyed the Lotu a Tamaiti at Tamaki PIPC.

It was service that had so many different and valuable messages. I think this has been a year with the least tears from nervous children!  Shows the great job parents and teachers have put into preparing the children for their items today.

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.

There will be more video to come, we've posted this early for those of you we can see already wanting to post about today's lotu a tamaiiti.  Well done on being so eager to share the love!

Sasa'e Tupulaga Service

On Sunday 5th August the Samoan youth groups from East Auckland gathered together for their annual youth service.  The East Auckland youth groups consist of Onehunga PIC, Panmure PIC and Tamaki PIC.  Here is a clip of the creative and song performed by Tamaki PIC.

Kindy Olympics 2012

"Go, go, go, you can do it".  The cool kindy kids have had so much fun in their very own Kindy Olympics.  They had competed in some exciting events such as, The sack race, Balloon race, Tug of War and much much more.  Our memory verse for the day was from Phillipians 4:13, 'I can do all things through Christ who strenghtens me'.  Well done Kindy kids.  Keep running towards the prize!

Grade 5 Olympics

In the spirit of the London Olympics 2012, Grade 5 joined in on the fun from the one and only Tamaki Arena, Glen Innes. Like in the actual Olympics, Grade 5 students had separate male and female events. These events included 100m sprints (won by Makayla), judo (Julia), discus (Canaan), gymnastics (Loia), basketball (Iavana), cycling (Hosannah) and boxing (Tui). Below are photos of all our awesome winners.

 Philippians 4:13

"I have the strength to face all conditions by the power that Christ gives me."

Colossians 3:17

"Everything you do or say, then, should be done in the name of the Lord Jesus, as you give thanks through him to God the Father."

Impact

Sunday 29th July grades 11 and 12 of our Sunday School led the morning service.   They used lesson 6 from our scripture examinations.  It was about Ruth and Naomi who return to Bethlehem after losing their husbands - all they had.  Boaz rescues them both from poverty.  This is part of the summary read by Lone on the day.  It sums up what our items were based upon.   LIVING a life of IMPACT - LEAVING a LEGACY!

Ruth had a faith that directly impacted her everyday life and how she lived. Through Naomi, Ruth had learned enough to say “Your God will be my God.”

Your actions are noticed by people, some you do not know are watching.  Ruth teaches us that our actions certainly do impact the direction and usefulness of our lives.  Not just for ourselves but those around us.  

Ruth teaches us that we need be practical in our faith, that we need to be obedient, and that above all, we need to love our neighbor in tangible ways, through simple acts of kindness. If we do, we also will leave a legacy that will have a lasting impact. Know that today you impact the future - what legacy are you creating?

BC Bakers Delight

To help keep the kitchen warm while we study we've taken to baking during our Bible Class evenings. So far we've baked afghans and chocolate chippies. On the menu next may be the making of homemade burgers or creme brulee. We haven't decided which just yet. Alongside our baking we've learnt using verses from Pauls letters to the Romans in chapter 8:28 - And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Using our ingredients we discussed what they tasted like alone, then combined and cooked. In the same way how life's events and experiences can make for bland, salty, sour, sweet, bitter experiences but altogether something grand - something beautiful. Yes that's right, just like that song... something beautiful, something good, all of my confusion he understood. All I had to offer him was brokeness and strife But he made something beautiful out of my life! All are welcome to attend this coming Monday - be in for a yummy treat and another neat lesson from God's amazing word!

No going back

Grade 3 and 4 are the very first classes to lead our monthly family services. This talented group of students lead us in prayer, Bible readings, singing and through a very good play. The play showed us Abram's journey when he was told to leave Haran, land of his relatives and Father to the land God was 'going to show him'. Well done to all the students in this group, you all acted, sang and spoke confidently so that we all got your message loud and clear. No going back!

Welcome to Grade 1 for 2012!

Greetings everyone!

This year Grade One is made up of a group of 9 students, 5 lovely, loud and keen young girls, plus 4 polite, quietly spoken but just as competitive young boys.

All of who are looking forward to 2012 and learning about some great and obedient people of the bible such as Abram!

God Bless

Liva and Laki (Grade One Teachers)

Welcome to the Open Class for 2012!

Shalom.  Welcome to the Open Class of Tamaki PIPC Sunday School.  We're a group of talented young men and women who enjoy meeting every Sunday.  We've decided this year it's time to get the spiritual milk and do our best to move onto solids.  We hope to this through more study, life application and opportunities to serve and act out our Lord's example in our parish, homes and communities.

It's cool to be a Sunday School kid - that's why we're still here!  God bless our teachers and our students with many fun learning times this year.

TAMAKI PIC 2012 - Grade 8

Talofa and greetings!

This year we have been blessed with four keen spirits, whom we're excited to get to know better and hopefully learn from them, as much as pray they will take away Gods teachings and learn life lessons in a fun, supportive and uplifting environment.

One month in the Sunday School year and we've been pleasantly surprised by the enthusiasm and intelligence of Duck, Cow, Dog and Cat :) We've packed our bags for emergencies, comforted ourselves with the love of family, nourishing food and water etc. We look forward to a joyous and inspirational journey with the FAB FOUR and hope 2012 brings many breakthroughs and rewards. May we be lead by Faith and not by sight!

God Bless, Villa and Kereti

The Perfect Storm: Sunday School Teachers Retreat

Talofa lava, Kia Orana, Fakalofa lahi atu,

Greetings to you all in the Name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour.

This weekend was a very anxious one for us all as the Civil Defence issued a storm warning! For many of us, Friday night was a very rough and windy experience. As Saturday morning dawned, I asked myself, "Should I go to the retreat? Is it still on?" It was the best thing I could have done!

What a great privilege it was to attend the Sunday School teachers' retreat on Saturday and participate in what was a very special time of fellowship, worship and planning! After a couple of ice-breakers and a bit of singing and dancing, we heard a devotion from Luke 2:52 encouraging us all that in obedience to God, not only will we grow in wisdom and stature, but we also become recipients of God's favour. Thanks for that very encouraging message Ray. We also looked at the lessons for the year using our creative imaginations to prepare exciting games and activities that would make learning the stories of God interactive and fun - our God is not a boring God! We also got a few tips from Ria on how to blog - and so here I am!

Thank you to our Sunday School teachers that made this retreat a pleasure to be a part of. Thank you to Pt. England Primary School for the use of their facilities. And praise God for turning nasty weather into the Perfect Storm. God is good!

Blessings to you all,

Gary Mauga.