What's on page Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on13/03/202513/03/2025 Dear AGAC whanau, Last week when I was walking my dog, Louis, in Kelly Park ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on06/02/202506/02/2025 Dear AGAC whanau, Thanks to your prayers, we came back to NZ safely on Monday. ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on30/01/202530/01/2025 Dear friends in Christ, I am scheduled to leave Tokyo on 2nd of Feb to ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on24/01/202524/01/2025 Dear AGAC friends Hope you are enjoying a nice summer in NZ. (I am writing ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on16/01/202516/01/2025 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ By the time you read this, I will be ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on10/01/202510/01/2025 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ This coming week, I am leaving for Japan. My ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on02/01/202502/01/2025 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ Happy New Year! & A Blessed Epiphany! I hope ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on26/12/202426/12/2024 Dear AGAC whanau, Hope you had a blessed Christmas. It was lovely to see many ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on19/12/202419/12/2024 Dear AGAC friends, Each week during Advent, we have watched our world slowly being brightened ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on13/12/202413/12/2024 Joy. It is the candle we light this week. Joy is a strange thing. It is ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on05/12/202413/12/2024 Last week, we embarked on an Advent journey together by lighting the candle of hope ... Christmas Services Posted on03/12/202403/12/2024 Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on28/11/202428/11/2024 Dear friends of Albany Greenhithe Parish This Sunday is the First Sunday in Advent and ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on21/11/202421/11/2024 Dear friends of Albany Greenhithe Parish This Sunday we are celebrating the festival of the ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on14/11/202414/11/2024 Dear AGAC friends On Tuesday, I attended Albany Youth Project Hui which was held at ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on06/11/202406/11/2024 Dear AGAC friends Last Friday I visited St. Michael’s in Greenhithe to discuss several things ... Parish dinner Posted on01/11/202401/11/2024 9th Nov (Saturday) at Holy Cross Starting at 6:30 Please put your name and how ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on31/10/202431/10/2024 Dear AGAC friends All Saints Day was started in the eighth century by the Catholic ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on24/10/202424/10/2024 Dear AGAC friends Do you enjoy reflecting on Christian art? I do. In my recent ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on17/10/202417/10/2024 Dear AGAC friends On Monday, Rev. Junko Preston arrived in Auckland, and visited Holy Cross ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on10/10/202410/10/2024 Kia ora e te whānau a te Karaiti Thanks to your support and prayers, I ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on03/10/202403/10/2024 Dear friends of AGAC, On Wednesday, a group of us went to Patrick and Diana’s ... A Devotion with Rev. Junko Monica Preston Posted on26/09/202426/09/2024 Tuesday 15th October, 10:30-12:00 Holy Cross, 222 Dairy Flat highway, Albany Rev. Junko, who became ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on26/09/202426/09/2024 Dear friends of AGAC, This Sunday, at Holy Cross, we are celebrating the feast of ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on19/09/202419/09/2024 Dear AGAC whanau, Hope you have survived the unseasonal polar weather in the last several days. Did you ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on14/09/202414/09/2024 Dear friends of Parish of Albany Greenhithe Anglican Church, As announced last month, the status ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on14/09/202414/09/2024 Dear AGAC whanau, Thank you once again for celebrating my 1st anniversary as a priest-in-charge ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on30/08/202430/08/2024 Dear friends in Christ, I cannot believe it’s already been one year since I began ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on22/08/202422/08/2024 Dear friends in Christ, One of the national news that drew my attention this week ... Creative Gifts Sunday Posted on15/08/202415/08/2024 Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on15/08/202415/08/2024 Dear AGAC whanau, There is a focus on “wisdom” throughout today’s passages. In Proverb 9, ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on08/08/202408/08/2024 Dear AGAC friends, This year, which is year B of the liturgical cycle, we have ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on02/08/202402/08/2024 Dear Brothers and sisters in Christ, This Sunday, we are observing the Feast of the ... Hiroshima Day Posted on29/07/202429/07/2024 Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on25/07/202425/07/2024 Dear AGAC friends, As I was reading through the readings assigned for this Sunday, I ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on18/07/202418/07/2024 Dear AGAC friends, As I was looking for any possible connecting theme for this Sunday, ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on11/07/202411/07/2024 Dear AGAC friends, The second Sunday in July is set aside for Sea Sunday according ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on06/07/202406/07/2024 Dear AGAC friends, World Refugee Day is held globally on 20 June. In the Anglican ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on29/06/202429/06/2024 Dear AGAC friends, Mānawatia a Matariki! I recently learned that Mata-ariki has two meanings. One ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on20/06/202420/06/2024 Dear AGAC friends, Les and I attended the Diocesan Ministry Conference this week. Within the ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on13/06/202414/06/2024 Dear AGAC friends, 16th June is Disability Awareness Sunday. This year’s theme is “Building the ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on08/06/202414/06/2024 Dear friends in Christ, Here we are back in Ordinary time again. It’s called “ordinary” ... The Anglican magazine Posted on07/06/202408/06/2024 Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on24/05/202408/06/2024 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ This Sunday is Trinity Sunday. Unlike other Sunday worship ... space Posted on20/05/202408/06/2024 What’s on This week, we welcome three more new mums (in total 9 mums), and ...