MEDIA STATEMENT FROM Communities Against Alcohol Harm – 11 May 2017 LIQUOR STORES MUST TAKE MORE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY IN FACE OF ROBBERIES There have been a number of reports recently in the media about robberies of liquor stores in Mangere and Otahuhu. Most recent was the robbery at Liquorland Mangere Bridge. http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/92402870/liquor-‐store-‐manager-‐tells-‐of-‐robbery-‐ordeal “While we […]
Join in the MCC weekly call to prayer. This one was crafted by our friend PJ from MCC Sydney.
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On Saturday 6th of May there is an emergency protest in central Auckland, “Rally for Peace – No War – Welcome Refugees”. (Find out more here) Church in Progress meets once a month in part, to make space to attend social justice events and be out in our community. We are conflicted as this rally […]
On Anzac Day 2017 a group of nearly 200 people gathered in the Auckland Domain to pray for peace. Church in Progress wants to acknowledge Auckland Peace Action for making this gathering possible. Below is an outline of what was shared. We will endeavour to get notes from each speaker to add to this record. […]
Auckland Peace Action Press Release: An alternative Anzac day event called Prayers for Peace is happening on Tuesday, 25 April at 11am at the Band Rotunda at the Auckland Domain. It is a pro-peace, anti-war event that has been organised to provide a balance to the pro-war State-sponsored Anzac events. The Rev Emily Worman of […]
Global Justice Institute – Metropolitan Community Churches Call for Swift Action on Behalf of Chechnyan Detainees April 2017 — Early this month, journalist Elena Milashina, writing for the opposition paper, Novaya Gazeta in Russia, broke the collaborated story of the unlawful detention and torture of gay men in Chechnya, a semi-autonomous region in Russia. According to […]
Church in Progress MCC is a small but growing emerging church in South Auckland, Aotearoa. Rev Emily Worman is the pastoral leader and does so with support from her husband Alan and a strong core group of members. What happened in 2016? HEAPS! God is working, we continue to listen and respond as best we can. […]
Our monthly gathering for April just so happens to fall on April Fool’s Day! Do you ever feel foolish? Do you see foolish things in the world/in the media? What makes a fool? Did people see Jesus as a fool? What do we tell ourselves to ‘trick’ ourselves? Lots of questions! Come along and join […]
