First Church of Otago

SUNDAY SERVICES AT FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF OTAGO

10am      –  Morning Worship

12 Noon –  Cook Islands Service

2.00pm –  Samoan Service

10.00am Combined Communion first Sunday in each month

 

 CHRISTMAS SERVICES AT FIRST CHURCH

Christmas Eve   Monday 24 December

   5.30pm CAROLS FOR KIDS

11.30pm CAROLS BY CANDLE LIGHT

Christmas Day TUESDAY 25 December 10am

 

FIRST CHURCH HERITAGE CENTRE is open 10am – 4pm DAILY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARE YOU WAITING?

I popped into the church to pick something up during the week and found a man sitting in the front pew. There is nothing unusual in that really as hundreds of tourists and visitors drink in the awe and wonder of First Church by sitting quietly before moving out or into the Heritage Centre. The strange thing was that an hour later the same man was still sitting in the front pew. I  asked him if he needed any help. “No thanks,” he said, “I’m fine; I’m just waiting.” Read the rest of this entry »