Reverend Alastair Buick

Clergy
Written By Opawa-St Martins Parish

Honorary Deacon Assistant

Priestly Posts:
Arohanui
Vicar, Rev Ben
Arohanui
Vicar, Rev Ben

Thank you for inviting us into your lives

Vicar, Rev Ben
Penultimate Pew News
Vicar, Rev Ben
Penultimate Pew News
Vicar, Rev Ben

my hopes and prayers for this community

Vicar, Rev Ben
Final Countdown
Vicar, Rev Ben
Final Countdown
Vicar, Rev Ben

my season of ‘lasts’

Vicar, Rev Ben
I have been so blessed
Vicar, Rev Ben
I have been so blessed
Vicar, Rev Ben

Some (good and bad) News

Vicar, Rev Ben
Our Mission in the City
Vicar, Rev Ben
Our Mission in the City
Vicar, Rev Ben

Holy work

Vicar, Rev Ben
It’s good to be home
Vicar, Rev Ben
It’s good to be home
Vicar, Rev Ben

how blessed I am to be able to seek God and His Kingdom with the wonderful people of Opawa-St Martins

Vicar, Rev Ben
A 12-week Gig
Vicar, Rev Mike Hawke
A 12-week Gig
Vicar, Rev Mike Hawke

I’m very happy to relieve in this place while Ben has a sabbatical. Depending on what role and what metaphor you use I am, for rugby players, the substitute, for cricketers I’m the 12th man, for musicians this is a 12 week gig, or for those teachers I am a reliever!

Vicar, Rev Mike Hawke
How to be a Sinner
Vicar, Rev Ben
How to be a Sinner
Vicar, Rev Ben

If someone has borrowed (and finished reading) Peter Bouteneff’s book "How to be a Sinner", could you please return it to the Book Marks library as the Vicar would like to borrow it for a book club.

Vicar, Rev Ben
We are People of Rhythms
Vicar, Rev Ben
We are People of Rhythms
Vicar, Rev Ben

Our body has rhythms for day and night, our earth changes with the seasons, and in God’s grace one of the commandments is to set aside a day and make it holy, thereby giving us this weekly rhythm of holy work and holy rest.

Vicar, Rev Ben
The Persuasive Power of Desire
Vicar, Rev Ben
The Persuasive Power of Desire
Vicar, Rev Ben

Today’s readings are about temptation, desire, and FOMO. But they are also about the supreme grace of God. It is hard to be tempted when we already have all that we would ever need.

Vicar, Rev Ben
40 days of prayer and preparation
Vicar, Rev Ben
40 days of prayer and preparation
Vicar, Rev Ben

Walk with Jesus to Jerusalem, to the upper room, to the garden, to the cross, and finally to the empty tomb

Vicar, Rev Ben
Why do bad things happen to good people?
Vicar, Rev Ben
Why do bad things happen to good people?
Vicar, Rev Ben

It has been a harrowing week

Vicar, Rev Ben
Purification, Presentation, Lighting the Candles
Vicar, Rev Ben
Purification, Presentation, Lighting the Candles
Vicar, Rev Ben

Three names for one day

Vicar, Rev Ben
A new year means Lent is nearly here
Vicar, Rev Ben
A new year means Lent is nearly here
Vicar, Rev Ben

A new year has begun, and you know that that means…

Vicar, Rev Ben
What a year that was
Vicar, Rev Ben
What a year that was
Vicar, Rev Ben

It never ceases to amaze me just how much can be packed into 12 months.

Vicar, Rev Ben
A New Birth in Christ
Vicar, Rev Ben
A New Birth in Christ
Vicar, Rev Ben

It’s a joy to celebrate new birth in baptism so close to celebrating the coming of the Christ child.

Vicar, Rev Ben
Verfremdungseffekt
Vicar, Rev Ben
Verfremdungseffekt
Vicar, Rev Ben

Shine a different light on a familiar story

Vicar, Rev Ben
A Nativity Photo Booth
Vicar, Rev Ben
A Nativity Photo Booth
Vicar, Rev Ben

From 3-5pm daily from 11-18 December we will have a nativity back drop which people from the community can come and take photos in.

Vicar, Rev Ben
Power and authority
Vicar, Rev Ben
Power and authority
Vicar, Rev Ben

“Jesus is Lord, and Caesar is not.”

Vicar, Rev Ben
At God’s table
Vicar
At God’s table
Vicar

No matter where we have come from, in baptism we are made worthy…

Vicar
An introduction
Vicar
An introduction
Vicar

Let me introduce you to someone…

Vicar
Calls from Lambeth Conference
Vicar
Calls from Lambeth Conference
Vicar

The gathered bishops [at Lambeth Conference] will be responding to some ‘calls’ to action for the church… like this one on climate…

Vicar
All of the celebrations this week
Vicar
All of the celebrations this week
Vicar

…our liturgical calendar offers so many options for what to celebrate on any given Sunday. Today is one of the days where we have a plethora of options. And being a little indecisive, I’m keen to celebrate all of them!

Vicar
Instruments of Communion
Vicar
Instruments of Communion
Vicar

Lambeth: They have asked for our prayers and they will certainly need them.

Vicar
If the spirit moves you
Vicar
If the spirit moves you
Vicar

Keeping the green-season fresh

Vicar
This cultural moment
Vicar
This cultural moment
Vicar

It’s a somewhat un-nerving and discombobulating time.

Vicar
Matariki
Vicar
Matariki
Vicar

Mānawatia a Matariki – we welcome Matariki!

Vicar
Trinity
Vicar
Trinity
Vicar

God reveals that perfection requires a level of diversity and relationship…

Vicar
Pentecost
Vicar
Pentecost
Vicar

I’m still in party mode…

Vicar
Celebration weekend
Vicar
Celebration weekend
Vicar

Whoever you are, wherever you have come from, nau mai, haere mai ki tenei whare karakia…

Vicar
 
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