This weeks message is an exploration of how we could respond to the new holiday Matariki.<\/p>\n
How do you feel about it ?<\/p>\n
We’ve explored 1 Cor 8-10 and Pauls response to the issue of meat being sacrificed to idols.<\/p>\n
What did you think of Pauls response ? Do you find yourself approaching the new with fear ?<\/p>\n
Is Paul right to say that other god’s aren’t really gods at all ?<\/p>\n
The following is an extract from a Christian Mission’s booklet talking of Matariki.<\/p>\n
read it out – do you agree ? Would you agree with it ?<\/p>\n
Let’s celebrate Matariki through a heart for Christ. For M\u00e4ori, Matariki was a time to harvest the crops<\/em> Matariki ahunga nui – the great mounds of Matariki<\/em> This weeks message is an exploration of how we could respond to the new holiday Matariki. How do you feel about it ? We’ve explored 1 Cor 8-10 and Pauls response to the issue of meat being sacrificed to idols. What did you think of Pauls response ? Do you find yourself approaching the new with fear ? Is Paul right to say that other god’s aren’t really gods at all ? The following is an extract from a Christian Mission’s booklet talking of Matariki. read it out – do you agree ? Would you agree with it ? Let’s celebrate Matariki through a heart for Christ. For M\u00e4ori, Matariki was a time to harvest the crops and to celebrate the providence…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.parklands.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2048"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.parklands.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.parklands.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.parklands.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.parklands.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2048"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.parklands.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2049,"href":"http:\/\/www.parklands.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2048\/revisions\/2049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.parklands.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.parklands.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.parklands.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nand to celebrate the providence of the harvest. It was, and is, a time to celebrate the harvest together, and<\/em>
\n. ensude \u00e9veryone has been provided for.<\/em>
\nMatariki then, is an opportunity for us to pause and reflect on the harvest and the providence of God. It is<\/em>
\nalso an opportunity for us to look at our store houses, and look within our community as to how we might<\/em>
\nshare that providence (Hebrews 13:16).<\/em><\/p>\n
\nMatariki is a time when the harvest is finished, and when food like kumara would be stored in large piles<\/em>
\nor storehouses. This harvest would be shared among friends, family and the wider community. This proverb<\/em>
\nspeaks of the bounty that has been provided, and the hospitality and togetherness of sharing the plenty.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"