What's on page Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on05/03/202605/03/2026 Dear AGAC family, The fear, the panic, the anxiety experienced by millions of people in ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on27/02/202627/02/2026 Dear AGAC friends, During my recent flight from Hiroshima to Tokyo, I was fortunate to ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on20/02/202620/02/2026 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Here we are, at the commencement of Lent once ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on14/02/202614/02/2026 Dear AGAC whanau, I cannot believe this coming week we will observe Ash Wednesday already! ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on06/02/202606/02/2026 Dear friends in Christ, Thanks to your prayers, we came back to NZ safely on ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on30/01/202630/01/2026 Dear friends in Christ, I am scheduled to leave Tokyo on 4 th of Feb ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on23/01/202623/01/2026 Dear AGAC whanau, The photos in the coversheet of this newsletter were taken by myself ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on18/01/202618/01/2026 Dear AGAC friends, The photo of koru in the coversheet of this newsletter was taken ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on08/01/202608/01/2026 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, The Christmas season, celebrating the Self-revelation of God through ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on02/01/202602/01/2026 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ Happy New Year! & A Blessed Epiphany! I hope ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on26/12/202526/12/2025 Dear AGAC whanau, I hope you had a truly wonderful and joy-filled Christmas, surrounded by ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on18/12/202518/12/2025 Dear friends of Christ, A summer beach buzzing with excitement ahead of Christmas and holiday ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on11/12/202512/12/2025 Dear AGAC whanau, Last Sunday, our parishioners, Amanda, Angela and Bob were confirmed together with ... 🎄 Christmas Services🎄 Posted on11/12/202511/12/2025 As we enter this joyful season of hope and light, we warmly invite you, your ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on05/12/202505/12/2025 Dear AGAC friends, As we begin the second week of Advent, now is a good ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on28/11/202505/12/2025 Dear AGAC friends, Welcome to a new liturgical year (Year A). As we step into ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on21/11/202521/11/2025 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Thanks to your support and prayers, I had a ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on14/11/202514/11/2025 Kia ora e te whānau a te Karaiti The image in the cover of this ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on07/11/202507/11/2025 Kia Ora koutou, November is very much a time for remembering. In Aotearoa, following the ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on31/10/202531/10/2025 Greetings fellow pilgrims, Baptism: Last week, I announced that Bob Coughlan and their daughter Angela ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on24/10/202524/10/2025 Dear AGAC whanau, Last week in our Northshore clergy cluster group meeting, we had a ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on17/10/202517/10/2025 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, October 17 is the United Nations’ International Day for ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on10/10/202510/10/2025 Dear AGAC friends, This week, I attended the intergeneration ministry conference held in Torbay Anglican ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on03/10/202503/10/2025 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, How are you enjoying the warmer weather? As for ... Season of Creation @AGAC Posted on02/10/202503/10/2025 From 1 September to 4 October, the global church celebrates the Season of Creation—a time ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on25/09/202525/09/2025 Dear friends of AGAC, The creative gifts Sunday at Holy Cross was a wonderful celebration! ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on19/09/202519/09/2025 Dear AGAC whānau, 17th September marks the feast of St. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), one ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on12/09/202512/09/2025 Dear friends of Parish of Albany Greenhithe, Last week, Christian, Robert and I attended the ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on06/09/202506/09/2025 Dear brothers and sisters of Earth, We have entered a new season of the church ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on29/08/202529/08/2025 Welcome to Spring and to the Season of Creation! The freesias and daffodils are blooming, ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on21/08/202521/08/2025 Dear AGAC friends, All the readings assigned this week – Isaiah 58, Psalm 103, Hebrews ... Baroque Inspirations: A Trio Concert Posted on20/08/202521/08/2025 BAROQUE INSPIRATIONS: THEN AND NOW WILHELM POPP | JOSEF GABRIEL RHEINBERGER | CLAUDE BOLLING | ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on14/08/202514/08/2025 Dear AGAC friends, It is getting warmer in daytime, and we might notice spring is ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on08/08/202508/08/2025 Dear AGAC whanau, This week, some of us attended the diocesan ministry conference held at ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on01/08/202501/08/2025 Dear AGAC friends, This month marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second ... World Peace Day Service Posted on01/08/202501/08/2025 AN INTERFAITH SERVICE TO MARK WORLD PEACE DAY5pm sunday 3 AugustHoly Trinity cathedral Join us ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on25/07/202525/07/2025 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Last week, our theme was hospitality. This week focuses ... Notes from Yukiko’s Desk Posted on19/07/202525/07/2025 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,The readings this week remind us of the important themes ... 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 ...