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Otaki Christmas In The Park

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:27:00 +1300

Sophia, Kesiah and Josiah represented the Meadows Church at Otaki Christmas In The Park with an awesome dance item :)

Girl 2 Girl Crazy Times

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:23:00 +1300

Great Meadows Toy Sawp

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:30:00 +1300

Thank You Picnic

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:39:00 +1300

What a great afternoon we had on Sunday 27th November in our own backyard!!!

The end of year Thank You Picnic was a nice time of games, laughter, music, activities, food and great company. Thanks to all who helped make the afternoon a great success!!!

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Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:11:00 +1300

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Edge Youth Video

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:25:00 +1200

Never been to Edge Youth before??

Check out the highlights video below to see some crazy antics!!

Edge Youth - Meadows Church, 1 Realm Drive, Fridays 7:30pm - Come along!!

News Report

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:20:00 +1200

The Building Disciples course covered the topic on the Holy Spirit this week. Justin prayed for a number of them at the end of the session to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit and reports several people were touched powerfully by God and one participant looked like a changed man as a result of his encounter.
Praise God for changed lives!

Miracle Report

Mon, 30 May 2011 14:00:00 +1200

Miracle: Just got a call from Margret Pulman who comes to Church. She had a dream in the morning where Christ appeared and said throw away your crutch. Margret has had to use a crutch for 6 years. She woke up threw away her crutch and has been able to walk fine with out aid at all - cool - may this healing be sustained and permanent and everybody said amen!!

Men's Big Day Out

Sun, 15 May 2011 15:06:00 +1200

Mens Big Day Out was BIG and OUT OF THIS WORLD! Thanks to Pastor Ken for his obedience to our Heavenly Father. His words were inspirational, giving new hope for my future in Christ. Look forward to the challenges ahead! The fellowship, worship and sharing was brilliant. Looking forward to the next men's gathering in a few months! Thanks to everyone for all their efforts setting it all up! God bless you all!

- Mark Rowsell

Edge Youth

Fri, 06 May 2011 22:00:00 +1200

Woohoo Edge Youth crossed the 100 mark!!! Its so great to see the younger generation gathering and inviting their friends to come worship God, hang out with each other and do life together!!!

Baptism Service

Sun, 01 May 2011 14:21:00 +1200

What a great morning at Kapiti Campus with 7 people getting Baptised. So great to see young and old take the next step in their walk with the Lord.

Storm 2011

Sun, 10 Apr 2011 16:00:00 +1200

WOW!! What an awesome God filled weekend our Youth and Young Adults just enjoyed!! Pastor Luka Robertson from Auckland was such a powerful speaker and really touched so many hearts and lives.

Storm Camp 2011 was amazing! Words cannot describe the goodness of God.... What an amazing weekend woke me up :D.... Best weekend of my life, praise and worship.... Loved it!!!!.... Whens the next camp....

These were just some of the comments that are floating around.

If you missed out on this I suggest you don't miss next years, 2012 will ROCK!!!!

Cause 2011

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:31:00 +1300

Cause 2011 - New Life Conference. What an amazing time we had this week with about 220 pastors and leaders from around NZ and several other nations gathered at Meadows Church in Paraparaumu for our annual New Life conference. International delegates from Australia, Fiji, Vanuatu and India attended and were enthusiastically involved.

What a wonderful time of meeting with God and one another – the atmosphere was one of faith and expectation and unity so God certainly commanded a blessing! The fellowship we shared with one another was so encouraging and the worship and Word was Christ exalting and inspiring.

The excellence of service and commitment from David Rigg and the team at Meadows in bringing this conference together was so appreciated – thank you for your amazing servant hearts.

Comments and feedback such as “Best conference yet ………... Wouldn’t have missed this time together……… I’m going home so encouraged and built up …………. Speakers have really inspired me ……….. My first priority next year will be to be here at the New Life Conference “

In addition to inspiring ministry from Phil Pringle and Peter & Bev Mortlock we also heard from our own Anne Morrow, Rasik Ranchord, Stephen Miller and David Elder.

Family Sports Day

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:00:00 +1300

What a fantastic afternoon members of the Otaki Campus put on for everyone to enjoy.
There were egg and spoon races, wheelbarrow races, volley ball games and so much more for the kids and both the adults to participate in. Daizy Design and helper were floating around face painting for free non-stop for most of the afternoon so a big thank you to you guys.
A last minute addition to the afternoon was a huge slippery waterslide, not to many of the adults tried it out but the kids loved it and were racing up and down.

A big thank you to Daizy Design, Craig Watson, Spencer Nutsford, Alex Dalton and their helpers for planning and preparing such an awesome event that thanks to loads of sunshine turned out to be a great afternoon followed by relaxing picnic with friends and family... you guys rock!!!

For photos click here.

Christmas @ Night

Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:31:00 +1300

What a fun filled night we had at the Kapiti Campus for our Christmas Service.

We started with a couple of carols and these were followed by an amazing dance item from 'Santa's Little Helpers', check out the video clip below. Pastor Victor challenged the kids with a quiz game, which the girls won (yay girls). A few more carols were in order and it was great to see the kids sitting up the front enjoying the Christmas music. Pastor Sam shared a short message on Christmas time with some slides that made the kids laugh!

For the grand finale we gave the kids and big kids some glow sticks and mini Jesus loves you maracas which they loved but the best part was still to come, the snow.... this got the kids going crazy, dancing and singing in the snow. So all in all it was a wonderful night celebrating the reason for the season... Jesus!!!

For photos please click here.

Santa's Little Helpers video clip

Check out our highlights video

Carols & Kai

Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:26:00 +1300

What a fantastic morning at the Otaki Campus for there Christmas Service.

We packed out the Otaki Memorial Hall which looked amazing with Christmas trees, decorations and lights!! We had a morning of Carols, some oldies and some fun ones for the kids. Pastor Victor shared a Christmas message about "Why Sing Carols" which was timely for that morning. This was followed by our own Angel (Spencer) handing out presents to all the kids.

Following the Service while tea and coffee was served outside and a bouncy castle for the kids the hall was transformed into a dining room with lots of yummy food at the ready and a great time of fellowship.

Check out our highlights video

Grow 2011

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:06:00 +1300

GROW 2011

In 2010 MOVE was the word on my heart. As I came back from visiting Gia in Australia I felt strongly we needed to MOVE towards strengthening the I Church 2 Campus model. And I think we have mostly achieved this but of course there is still much to be done.

GROW is what I feel 2011 is to be about, in fact in talking about this at our Campus Leadership Training the other night I was so pumped at the end of it with all the ideas and input from all there that I could hardly sleep and was up at 5am writing all the things that were flooding my heart for the new year ahead.

I believe God wants us to

GROW Spiritually
GROW Individually
GROW Corporately
GROW Numerically

Someone said, "If you're always doing what you've always done, you will always get what you've always got".

In order to grow we have to be prepared to change - and I guess we at Meadows know that only too well as we are always changing.

Now at 5am it could have been the strong coffee but I think it was God. I got a bit of the next step towards what we need to do to GROW. I felt God say that to grow the campuses we need to be hearing the same message, same time.

If I'm to establish vision/way forward strengthen and equip us to GROW I need to be able to do that across the campuses, one message - same day - one church. To do that is not possible in our current Sunday service set up. But in 2011 that's about to change.

At the moment our Sunday services are:

Kapiti 9:00am
Kapiti 10:15am
Otaki 10:00am

Starting February new service times will be:

Kapiti 8:45am
Kapiti 10:00am
Otaki 11:00am

Why the change?

This will allow me the senior pastor to have the ability to visit and preach at all 3 services on any given Sunday.

Benefits

Same thing, same time, both campuses
The ability to speak at all Sunday services if I want to
1 life group study not 2
Both campuses see the Senior pastor regularly. Not absent from either
Guest speakers able to visit all 3 services / certainly 2. 10:00am and 11:00am. Which I feel is important for Otaki's development
Opt out if want to have 3 different speakers
Less need for combined services as guest speakers are able to get up to Otaki
Memorial Hall Otaki set up will have more time or if required can set up a bit later
Easier administration as far less juggling of speakers is needed

Ouch Factor

Change can be hard
Kapiti campus getting up a little earlier in order to set up, but we have been at this time before
Some adjusting to be done on both campuses

What about (A question people might ask)

Pastor Adam, if you leave the Kapiti campus most weeks to speak in Otaki, people will not get to see you after the service.

The reality is you will see me more than you do at the moment, as at the moment for either one or two Sundays I am not there at all as I'm either in Otaki or Kapiti but now I'll be in both
Remember also that when we have a guest speaker or others speak (eg Ps Victor) he would do all 3 services and I will remain in Kapiti
Also it does not mean I will do this all the time, it just gives me the ability to do it if I want to but certainly feel for first half of 2011 that I'll mostly need to do this to prepare us to GROW to the next level
So can I ask for your support and help to make this transition as smooth as possible? There is a lot more I could say but let's leave that for 2011, but I did feel I needed to prepare you for what's ahead as we GROW together

Girls Getaway 2010

Sun, 14 Nov 2010 09:05:00 +1300

"...The joy of the Lord is your strength." - Nehemiah 8:10

This year, we had the pleasure once again, of having the spunky Audrey Meisner from America, who is passionate to see the lives of other Jesus girls changed and enriched.

Over the course of the weekend some of the main session topics Audrey spoke on were about the 'The Road to Happiness': identifying the lies of Satan and not responding in our own default brain patterns, and finding our own secret place with God.

We had an amazing Spirit-filled worship throughout the camp.

We were joined this year by the Masterton and Shannon New Life girls. Many new friendships were developed, along with tons of laughter.

The drizzle wasn't going to stop us on Saturday afternoon enjoying the games Sharrece and Lisa had planned, Katharine managed to capture every funny moment on camera too, thanks girls!!

This year we ended camp differently than previous years - we had a PARTY! We were dancing, singing, laughing and full of the joy of the Lord.

A big thank you goes out to all those at El Rancho and our church family who organised and made this happen. Another thank-you to Antoinette's for your yummy houmos, Kiss and Bake Up for your "hope" cupcakes, Stefani Designs for our memorable key rings and Audrey Meisner for bringing God's word and hope to us and infectious joy with a lifetime full of memories.

For photos click here for part 1 and here for part 2.

The Ball & 25th Anniversary Celebration Service

Sun, 31 Oct 2010 09:32:00 +1300

Wow what an exciting part of history to be a part of.... The celebration of our 25^th Birthday.... And man did we party.

An elegant evening of ball gowns and high heels, curled hair and makeup, crowns and kings robes, singing and dancing, champagne flutes and chocolate fountains. An evening not to be forgotten, where the church was transformed into a palace, where we all danced the night away feeling like royalty as we remembered "Generation to Generation... a Royal lineage" that we are a part of.

Photos don't quite tell the story or the atmosphere that was created that night. The band "the noodles" were awesome. They really set the stage and the night took off from there. The dance floor was full (except for when we all tucked into chocolate covered fruit, pavalova and brownies), and lasting memories still hummmm in everyones heads of hearing the church scream out the words to Jon Bon Jovi's "Living on a Prayer".

Big huge thank you to Kate Douglas and Natalie Griffin and their team for organizing such a fantastic and amazing night!!! You girls ROCK!!!

This celebration continued the next day, as we took the party to the rest of the congregation and some familiar faces from the past at our combined campuses 10:15am service. We were greeted by large, floating balloons and loud music that set the scene for another fun filled few hours of party.

Memories of the past were shared as was some fantastic video footage reminding us where we have come from and the labour of love that was set out in making the Meadows what it is today. We ended the service singing out to the Black Eyed Peas' song "Tonight's gonnna be a good, good night", albeit we changed the words to a more suitable "Today's gonna be a good, good day" as we popped the world's biggest party poppers sending confetti into the congregation.

After the service there was a bouncy castle and a lolly scramble for the kids, sausage sizzle for everyone and a great time of fellowship and memories from all the photos albums that were on display.

What an exciting weekend we had together as a church family celebrating such a fantastic milestone... So excited for the next 25 years ahead.

For photos of The Ball click here for part 1, here for part 2 and here for part 3.

For photos of the 25th Anniversary Celebration Service click here.

25th Anniversary Celebration Service highlights clip

50th Wedding Anniversary

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:40:00 +1300

A HUGE congratulations to Gil & Isobel Newdick who celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary today, Friday October 1, 2010.