Taking Flight

Maundy Thursday 6 April 2023 28A

Taking Flight

Taking Flight – Palm Sunday 2 April 2023 Lent 6 24A

Taking Flight

Our Palm Sunday resource is full of inspirational and creative ideas to prepare us for Holy Week. The week begins with exuberant praise… but we find that it is also interwoven with pain and suffering. Psalm 118 resounds with joy and thanksgiving and provides for us, and each of the gospel writers

Taking Flight – Sunday 26 March 2023 Lent 5 23A

Taking Flight

The psalmist cries out to the Lord from a sea of troubles. It’s not unusual to feel this same sense of despair when we read the national or international news. On this fifth Sunday of Lent we consider the burden of corporate responsibility for the sins of the nation. We also include a Lenten

Taking Flight – Sunday 19 March 2023 Lent 4 22A

Taking Flight

The psalmist talks of resting in fields of green grass and being led to streams of peaceful water. It sounds too good to be true! Has our busyness kept us from these blessings? On this fourth Sunday of Lent we unpack the beginning of the best-known psalm, Psalm 23, so we can experience God’s

Taking Flight – Sunday 12 March 2023 Lent 3 21A

Taking Flight

The psalm for the third Sunday of Lent has us contemplate the theme of rest. Rest is promised to us in Scripture. But how do we find rest when the storms are blowing? Three response activities for corporate worship are included with this week’s resource.

Taking Flight – Sunday 5 March 2023 Lent 2 20A

Taking Flight

Lent is a time for contemplation. Our focus this week is on Psalm 121, one of the Psalms of Ascent. We ask the question, “Where is our help?” and suggest an activity for congregational response.

Taking Flight – Sunday 26 February 2023 Lent 1 19A

Taking Flight

Lent is a time when the church is called to prayer and repentance. This is our task on the first Sunday of Lent 2023 as we examine the theme “The Joy of Forgiveness” from today’s psalm. We include some practical challenges for your congregation and more movie recommendations for Lent than you are

Taking Flight – Sunday 19 February 2023 Transfiguration 17A

Taking Flight

Taking Flight writer, Andrew Gamman, introduces himself and Taking Flight to new subscribers. This week’s resource focuses on the Transfiguration of Christ and what it means for us to meet with God on the mountaintop. We also outline the up-coming Lenten series.

Taking Flight – Sunday 12 February 2023 Epiphany 6 14A

Taking Flight

In his Sermon on the Mount, Jesus quotes from the Law and then introduces a higher standard. We react to this with a resource full of prayers, sermon ideas, discussion questions, visual aids, children’s material and more.

Taking Flight – Sunday 5 February 2023 Epiphany 5 13A

Taking Flight

Jesus tells his followers that they are salt and light. We are of great value! We need to hear this today. This week Taking Flight provides a smorgasbord of creative ideas to explore this theme. We also provide resources for a Covenant Service and Waitangi Day observance.

Taking Flight – Sunday 29 January 2023 Epiphany 4 12A

Taking Flight

What happens when Jesus comes along talking in a way that upsets the whole balance of things? We begin today to explore the Sermon on the Mount and provide some ideas for a station, a sermon, children’s activities, discussion, prayers and more…

Taking Flight – Sunday 22 January 2023 Epiphany 3 11A

Taking Flight

We turn to Matthew’s gospel where Jesus begins his ministry preaching repentance and the kingdom of heaven. We examine how we can translate these terms, so beloved by the church, into a secular environment which has little tolerance for, or understanding of, preaching, repentance and kings.