News from First Church

Weep for the waste of all that might have been

Weep for the cost that war has made obscene

Weep for the homes that ache with human pain

Weep that we ever sanction war again.

 Shirley Murray

Members of First Church joined locals and visitors at Lake Ferry to celebrate the traditional ANZAC Day in a service led by our minister the Rev. Dr Jim Veitch.

NOW – spread the word – the 10^th Midwinter Monster Book Fair will take place on the weekend 16^th and17th June. As the Town Hall will not be ready for us this year, this will be held in the First Church Hall on Weld Street. So if you need a spur to tackle that job of clearing out book shelves, or disposing of boxes of books cluttering up the place, you are invited to “go for it now”. 

From now to the middle of June we will be gathering books of all kinds (also jigsaws and music) in the hall, and sorting them by category for the avid book-hunter. 

Please look for notices round town in the coming weeks for collection points – in the meantime contact Mary Smith, Pam Colenso, Anne Dodd or any member of First Church to arrange collection.

  Or email: mboro.firstchurch@xtra.co.nz