Central Easter Camp

Today a team from Ngatiawa headed over to the Central Easter Camp a little north of Wellington. About 1000 teenagers camping out and journeying through the Easter weekend together. Mostly Baptists but this year some Anglican youth groups are joining in and the Ngatiawa contemporary monastery, where we are staying, have been invited to lead some…

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40 days of Lent

Ash Wednesday kicks off 40 days of Lent, leading to Easter. I recommend getting in the mood by: 1. Playing Si Smith’s video of Jesus in the wilderness called “40” 2. 1. Reading Tim Kimberley’s History of Lent and the number 40. “Interestingly, the earliest of Christians believed Jesus was dead in the grave for 40 hours.…

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