TAMAKI PIC TEACHERS RETREAT

Talofa and greetings everyone from the teachers retreat at Point England School...

Opened with fun and new activities to get the group started...already we are calling each other by their middle names....other cool ideas to help the kids, cross word, food treats, map out journey for the class, its great to share ideas and look at interesting ways of putting the same lesson across to our kids....

This is also my first time writing on our BLOG so feeling pretty happy to get the chance...

Its been an awesome day, thanx to the crew for first half of the day....now its lunch time...master chef Tatupu....

God bless Kereti.

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

Talofa lava and welcome to Grade 5 for 2012

Grade 5 so far consists of 3boys and 4girls all with 100% attendance. They are a lively and talented bunch of kids who all aim to get higher marks for the Sunday School Union Exam on June 17th.

On Sunday 4th March, we will be filming our live report from Haran based on Lesson 1 "Abram by faith went" so watch this space.

















Back row: Lama, Julia, Loia, Bethany 
Front row: Canaan, Makayla, Hosannah, Iavana


God bless,
Grade 5

Grade 4 Title Pages

Students of Grade 4 were given the task of designing and creating a title page for their new exercise books which were kindly donated by Meauli and Margaret Seuala. Here are some of the title pages that the kids made. Aren’t they awesome?? Please leave a comment.

Vita


Sulu


Senila


Raeleen


Muamai

Grade 4

Greetings! We are the cool kids of Grade 4 and we are looking forward to another awesome year of Sunday School in 2012! Our teacher is Ray. Throughout the year we will be posting a lot of articles, stories and photos of our journey. Please make sure to leave some comments for us.
Lots of love, Grade 4.

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.

Happy Birthday Pati!

On Sunday the Kindy Department celebrated Pati’s 4th birthday. We were spoilt with a yummy chocolate cake baked by Pati’s mum to go with some juicy fruits. Happy 4th Birthday Pati! May God continue to watch and protect you as you grow.

God Bless
The Kindy Department

Sunday School has started!

Whats going on here?


Guess the scene?

Sunday the 12th February 2012...the day all our kids have been waiting for over the summer - the start of Sunday school! Although our kids have enjoyed their summer holidays I am sure they have been looking forward to Sundays spent having fun and learning more this year about God and His word.

We kicked off our 2012 journey with a fun session of games and activities including one of our old favourites - Snapshots.
It it was then time for our kids to find out who their new teachers were.

We have a got a great theme this year which I'm very sure our kids will find challenging, fun and informative.

The theme of our curriculum this year is "BY FAITH NOT BY SIGHT". We will be studying some great characters who exhibited great faith in the Lord in the face of many challenges and adversity. We look forward to learning heaps of new things and also look forward to seeing how our classes adapt and incorporate the lessons into their monthly family services. Fasten your seatbelts because 2012 is going to be another awesome year in Sunday school!

Grade 7


Grade 6

Bible Class started tonight.

Tonight Bible Class was officially opened for 2012 by Tama Setefano and Gary Mauga. We had a very fun evening that contained introductory icebreakers, sing-a-longs and a run down of the year's calendar.

Tama and Gary shared very encouraging messages with us about our ability to 'Do it'. You can do it...this is the phrase we all left BC tonight saying to ourselves. It was message that was well received by the members and leaders of Bible Class.

We shared a lovely light meal with one another and were quickly into our final icebreaker where we had to use our hubba bubba bubble blowing skills! After a lot of laughter we settled quickly and had a look at our exciting calendar for the year.

If you are interested in joining us on Monday evenings you are most welcome. We have a cuppa and chat time from 5.30 - 6.00pm. At 6.00pm our formal part of BC begins. Hope to see you there whenever you can make it.

A special welcome to our newest members, Lamp and Tanielu, wonderful to have you!

God's blessings upon us all as we walk out 2012 together.

New Year, new roles

The New Year has been well and truly greeted with many inspirational sermons and messages. The New Year has also brought the church some new roles. In early February we had the induction of Gary and Suliana Mauga. This saw his lead tutor hand over both Gary and Suliana to complete their final internship here at Tamaki.

This is an historical event for our parish as it is the first time in our history as Tamaki PIPC that we've had an intern. It was a lovely service that our whole church had the privilege of witnessing. A new role for us all to play a part in Gary's final year of training.

It was also our dedication Sunday where our elders, office bearers right through to our school children were prayed over for the year ahead.

Many blessings upon you both Gary and Suliana. We look forward with excitement to the things we will do together this year.

Happy 21st Malia!

Malia and her parents invited the whole church to join in her 21st celebrations. It was joyous occasion where we were spoilt with treats of many kinds. The hall was beautifully decorated and so inviting when you entered.

As you waited you had a range of yummy snacks to have as friends and family arrived. The dinner was delicious followed by some very talented performers...seriously talented! Dance troops of all sorts!

The performers were mainly from tertiary institutions that Malia has been a part of in means of her study. Some of the groups had Malia as their head tutor for cultural performances. How talented is this 21 year old?!!

Malia thanks to you and your loving family for providing us with such a beautiful evening. All who were able to make it were spoilt in many ways. Thank you for sharing this important milestone in you and your family's life.
Many blessings upon you and the exciting future that awaits you. May you receive many opportunities to use and shine for our Lord Jesus. You are such a talented young lady!

Lots of love from your parish. xx

Christmas wishes and messages for Tamaki PIPC

This movie shares Christmas wishes as well as messages from some local and international stars. Special thanks to Ria and Lone who worked hard to get this piece ready for our Christmas Day service. We all loved it!

Special thanks to the sporting and radio celebrities who took time to send their personal message for Tamaki PIPC.

God's blessings upon you all. Looking forward to the New Year ahead.

Christmas and New Year's Message

The year has come to an end for Sunday School. It's been a fun year with plenty to do.

Before we leave you, here's a message from the grade 4 students of our Sunday School.

Have a joyous Festive Season everybody.

Raise Your Voice

Tonight is the night of the eagerly anticipated Raise Your Voice concert led by Essence. The evening has begun in fine fashion with a beautiful song by the lovely Vailelei Setefano.

It's been nearly 3 hours, Essence kept nearly all of God's people on their feet rejoicing and singing his praises.  There has been special performances from young and old members of our congregation who really lifted the roof tonight.

Thank you Essence for an amazing concert and for sharing your God-given gifts.  May God continue to bless and guide your plans into the future, and we look forward to singing and praising the name of Jesus in his house every Sunday.

Get well soon Malulu!

On Sunday the 20th November, Sunday school had the last “Fun-Day” of the year.
Our Fun-Days are themed Sundays in which all the classes have a morning of fun & games in mixed age group teams.

The Summer Slam fun-day was also special in that the money collected for our gold-coin offering would go to one of our young members Malulu who has been bravely battling an illness which has meant he has been absent from Sunday school for most of the year.

The Sunday school kids all signed a special card and gladly gave their offering knowing that it might cheer up our young brother.

As you can see in the picture below, Malulu had the biggest smile on his face when the card and gift were presented to him!

The message from Sunday school read:

To Malulu (Phat Boi)

You are such a good example of what it is to be a brave soldier. God in his goodness and mercy keep you strong, brave and courageous in this time of rest, healing and restoration.

Love from
PIPC Tamaki Sunday School
XOXOXO

Malulu, we wish you the 'bestest' Christmas ever and we look forward to when you will bring your big bright smile back to Sunday school!!