Welcome to Cavy! Today

10:15 — Elizabeth James leads

Our old friends Mary, Peter and John speak — Roly Scott The Colours of Easter — yellow

Next Sunday

8:28—Breakfast Church 10:15—Bruce James leads

What happened afterwards — Randal Scott We share Communion together

After Church a brief members’ meeting

To think about: The young boy and his grandfather were aimlessly drifting in a boat while fishing on a lake. The boy leaned over the side to look into the water. There, just beneath the surface, a bunch of water beetles were flitting around as if they were playing. Suddenly one of the water beetles crawled up on an oar. When it got halfway up, it attached the talons of its legs to the wooden oar and died. The boy’s curiosity was aroused and he interrupted his grandfather’s sleep to show him. They went back to fishing….. About three hours later, the boy looked down at the dead beetle. What he saw caused him to jump, almost tipping the boat. The beetle had dried up, and its shell started to crack open. Both the astonished grandfather and the boy watched silently at what unfolded before their eyes. Something began to emerge from the opening: first long tentacles, then a head, then moist wings until, finally, a beautiful dragonfly fully emerged. They both stared in awe. The dragonfly began to move its wings, slowly at first. Then it hovered gracefully over the water where the other water beetles were still flitting around. They didn’t even recognize the dragonfly. They didn’t realize that it was the same beetle they had played with some three hours earlier. The boy took his finger and nudged the dried-out shell of the beetle. It was like an empty tomb!

Serving in April

Kids Offering 1st Riley & Tayla 8th Janet & Elizabeth 15th Sophia H & Elsie Morning Tea 1st Christine T & Glen H 8th Anderson Family 15th Anne, Katie B & Kate S Door Duty 1st Penny & David Martin-Chambers 8th Peter & Joan Duncan 15th Ken & Jocelyn Clark Welcoming Team 1st Maureen Bowie 8th Colleen Murphy 15th Annette Johnstone Please advise Heidi Mawhinney if there are any changes to the rosters. Newsletter Items should be sent to Heidi Mawhinney at newsletter@cavy.net.nz by lunch time on Thursday.

This Week Monday 10am - Cavy-Catch-Up at Mitre 10 Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 9.30am - 11.30am - Playgroup 6pm - 7.30pm - Girls Brigade Friday 9.30am - 11.30am - Playgroup 7pm - 9pm - Youth group Saturday Sunday 8.28am - Breakfast Church 10.15am - Sunday Gathering

Senior Minister Roly Scott Mobile 021 133 1813 or 487 6364 Email rolyscott@cavy.net.nz Senior Minister’s PA Heidi Mawhinney Mobile 027 504 8743 or 487 6060 Email alanheidi@xtra.co.nz Youth Ministry Erin Winder Mobile 027 677 9023 Email erin@cavy.net.nz Children’s Ministry Julie Hessian 021 377 876 Outreach Ministry Julian Doorey Mobile 022 098 5296 Email j.c.doorey@gmail.com Pastoral Care & Inclusion Team Leader Karene Scott Mobile 027 355 2501 Email kareneleighscott@gmail.com Elders Robyn Boyd 027 612 9199 Sandra Copeland 021 297 5299 Peter Duncan 021 023 82084 Mathew Hessian 027 201 3710 Renee Hollard 022 653 6563 Trevor Johnstone 022 635 0245 Alan Mawhinney 027 779 0581 Mike South 487 7681 Barry Tipler 027 232 5767 Edith Wylie 455 5521 Secretary Ken Clark 455 7766 Treasurer Amy McFadzien 027 222 2870 Assistant Treasurer Julie Hessian 021 377 876 Building Bookings Heidi Mawhinney 487 6060/027 504 8743 Caretaker Ray Serong 022 068 4699 Newsletter Editor Heidi Mawhinney newsletter@cavy.net.nz

Please join us for a ‘cuppa’ and a chat, in the hall, after our gathering this morning. And why not be really brave and speak to someone you don’t know or haven’t met yet .

Sunday

Sunday 1st April 2018

For Visitors It’s great to have you here with us

today. We hope you’ll feel welcome and enjoy your time at Cavy.

The toilets and the crèche (for kids

under three) can be reached through the door to the left of the stage.

The Quiet Room, on the left hand side of the auditorium, is for parents who would like to listen to the message while they are feeding their babies.

The hall is at the back of the building

and can be reached through the door to the left of the stage and through the

foyer.

Christian Education Programme

A programme for those between 3 and 5 years (PSSK), 6–10 years (Oasis) and

(Xtreme Team) takes place downstairs. ACT1V8 (years 7-9) takes place

upstairs at around 10:45

Offerings For those who have entered into the ‘cashless society’ and would like to tithe or make an offering, the church account to use is: BNZ No 02-0900 0513805-00 If you show your name under 'particulars' and offering number under 'reference' we will be able to provide you with a receipt for tax rebate purposes at the end of the year. To get an offering number see Karene Scott - 027 355 2501

Office Details Phone 455 8566

Email admin@cavy.net.nz Website www.cavy.net.nz

Easter Joy

Jesus came to earth, To show us how to live, How to put others first,

How to love and how to give.

Then He set about His work, That God sent Him to do;

He took our punishment on Himself; He made us clean and new.

He could have saved Himself,

Calling angels from above, But He chose to pay our price for sin;

He paid it out of love.

Our Lord died on Good Friday, But the cross did not destroy

His resurrection on Easter morn That fills our hearts with joy.

Now we know our earthly death,

Like His, is just a rest. We'll be forever with Him

In heaven, where life is best.

So we live our lives for Jesus, Think of Him in all we do.

Thank you Saviour; Thank you Lord. Help us love like You!

By Joanna Fuchs

Church Meeting - Will be held straight after Church on Sunday 8th April. This is to vote on building resource consent and the budget. Make & Mingle, on the 5th April. Meet at the church 10.15 am, speaker Rochelle Fox from Disability Information Services. Tea or Coffee + gold coin, looking forward to meeting with you all. Judith R. Centre for Theology and Public Issues that you may like to add to your diary. THEOLOGY OPEN LECTURE Wednesday 4 April - Planets, Life, and Meaning in an Incredible Universe. A public lecture by Jennifer Wiseman. Co-hosted with NZCIS. Friday 20 April - Economic Systems as a Site of Struggle in the Bible and Contemporary Context. Friday and Saturday 20-21 April - Faith Thinking: When Did We See You Naked? The Bible and Sexual Violence Faith Thinking Discussions with David Tombs. Friday 7pm-9pm and Saturday 9am-12:30pm, All Saints Church Hall, 786 Cumberland Street, Dunedin. Further information on Faith Thinking at: http://www.otago.ac.nz/theology/news/faith-thinking.html Further information on this project at: http://www.otago.ac.nz/ctpi/projects/2018/otago675463.html

LIBRARY: Some more lovely, challenging books in the library: "Fierce Faith" by Alli Worthington...."Some days you faultlessly juggle everything that is your life - kids, husband, house, job, church, friendships, school, pets, appointments, and on and on. Other days the very thought of which ball you're going to drop puts your anxiety level through the roof. You’re afraid you're forgetting something. And you are, God's advice to fear not". "Hope Heals" by Katherine and Jay Wolf. "This book will help your heart believe that He sees, He Knows, He cares and He is still working miracles today". Joni Eareckson Tada said: "...the book you hold in your hands is so powerful for if awful things do happen to you, you now have a guide. Hope Heals may well be your most treasured companion through great trial and pain." "How To Save A Surgeon" by Thomas Blee, MD. I have read this book and found it amazing and very uplifting, even with the sad stories among the happy. "It made no sense. I was a successful surgeon. I had all this stuff. Why was my life falling apart? Why was I miserable? I needed to talk to someone, but the only person who would listen was my sister, Amy, and I wasn't in the mood to have another Christ-sandwich shoved down my throat.." Through raw and urgent storytelling, Dr Tom takes us through a small town hospital, an urban trauma center, an inner city murder scene and the county jail - all as he comes to terms with his own need for healing. From a desperate moment on his knees in prayer to encountering life-changing miracles, we follow Tom as he leans what it means to follow Jesus. "After Cleo Came Jonah" by Helen Brown. This is the follow up to Cleo, which I spoke about last week, and is just as wonderful.

Victoria Pearce (1st) Bella O’Connor (2nd)

Bill Marsden (3rd) Marc Batchelor (3rd) Claire Doorey (5th) Audrey Angus (7th)