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My Home Town – HokitikaA Fifth Generation Coaster Reflects By Rosalie May Reynolds-SugrueThis heartfelt memoir vividly captures the social fabric, family heritage, and resilient spirit of life in Hokitika through the eyes of a fifth generation West Coaster.NB: We recommend that you download and vi...

Worship at Hand Complete Lectionary-Based Worship Services for Sundays in the Church Year By Philip GarsideEaster 5 - 3 May 2026About today's material Today we hear words of deep reassurance from John 14:1-14 and 1 Peter 2:2-10, where troubled hearts are steadied and scattered people are gathered i...

Worship at Hand Complete Lectionary-Based Worship Services for Sundays in the Church Year By Philip GarsideEaster 6 - 10 May 2026About today's material Today we hear from John 14:15-21 and Acts 17:22-31, two readings that proclaim a God who is not distant but intimately present.In John’s Gospel...

Worship at Hand Complete Lectionary-Based Worship Services for Sundays in the Church Year By Philip GarsideEaster 7 - 17 May 2026About today's material Today we stand with the disciples at two thresholds – hearing Jesus pray in John 17:1-11 on the night before the cross and watching him commissio...

Worship at Hand Complete Lectionary-Based Worship Services for Sundays in the Church Year By Philip GarsidePentecost - 24 May 2026About today's material Today we gather around the story of Pentecost in Acts 2:1-21 and Paul’s vision of the Spirit-filled body in 1 Corinthians 12:3-13.We will hear h...

Worship at Hand Complete Lectionary-Based Worship Services for Sundays in the Church Year By Philip GarsideTrinity - 31 May 2026About today's material Today our journey takes us from the opening poetry of Genesis 1:1-2:4 to the risen Christ’s commission in Matthew 28:16-20, two beginnings that fr...

Worship at Hand Complete Lectionary-Based Worship Services for Sundays in the Church Year By Philip GarsideMay 2026 - Whole MonthAbout this month's materialEaster 5 - 3 May 2026Today we hear words of deep reassurance from John 14:1-14 and 1 Peter 2:2-10, where troubled hearts are steadied and scatte...

Worship at Hand Complete Lectionary-Based Worship Services for Sundays in the Church Year By Philip GarsideApril 2026 - Whole MonthAbout this month's materialGood Friday - 3 April 2026In this Good Friday service we hear the powerful account from John’s Gospel of Jesus' arrest, trial, and crucifixi...

Worship at Hand Complete Lectionary-Based Worship Services for Sundays in the Church Year By Philip GarsideGood Friday - 3 April 2026About today's material In this Good Friday service we hear the powerful account from John’s Gospel of Jesus' arrest, trial, and crucifixion.We meet Jesus not as a d...

Worship at Hand Complete Lectionary-Based Worship Services for Sundays in the Church Year By Philip GarsideEaster - 5 April 2026About today's material Today we hear the powerful Easter story from John 20, where Mary Magdalene meets the risen Christ in a garden of grief.Her journey from sorrow to wi...

Worship at Hand Complete Lectionary-Based Worship Services for Sundays in the Church Year By Philip GarsideEaster 2 - 12 April 2026About today's material Today we continue to celebrate the hope of Easter. We hear from 1 Peter 1:3-9 and John 20:19-31 – readings that speak to fragile faith, honest...

Worship at Hand Complete Lectionary-Based Worship Services for Sundays in the Church Year By Philip GarsideEaster 3 - 19 April 2026About today's material Today we’ll explore readings from 1 Peter 1:17-23 and Luke 24:13-35 that invite us to recognise Jesus in the ordinary rhythms of life and to lo...

Worship at Hand Complete Lectionary-Based Worship Services for Sundays in the Church Year By Philip GarsideEaster 4 - 26 April 2026About today's material Today we hear two beloved scriptures: John 10:1–10 and Psalm 23.Jesus speaks of himself as the gate – a way into rest, trust, and abundance â...

Creative Worship Bundle – Print & eBook Get $15 off this 3-eBook bundle• • • The Creative Worship Leader’s Toolbox(eBooks)Tools, Tips, and Ideas for Engaging ServicesBy Philip C. GarsideTransform your worship services with creative, Spirit-led tools that inspire participation, deepen meani...

Creative Worship Bundle – Print & eBook Get $15 off this 3-Book bundle of two print books and an eBook• • • The Creative Worship Leader’s Toolbox(Print)Tools, Tips, and Ideas for Engaging ServicesBy Philip C. GarsideTransform your worship services with creative, Spirit-led tools that inspi...

The Lenten Walk A Six-Week Journey to Mature Faith By Philip GarsideReimagine Lent as a transformative spiritual journey, through honest reflection, sacred storytelling, and radical love.to: Download the first session as a free sampleThis Small Group Study Resource will help you:- Explore Lent as a...

Worship at Hand Complete Lectionary-Based Worship Services for Sundays in the Church Year By Philip GarsideFebruary 2026 - Whole MonthAbout this month's material Epiphany 4 - 1 February 2026Today, we’ll be hearing two readings that explore what God truly desires from us: Micah 6:1-8 and Matthew 5:...

Worship at Hand Complete Lectionary-Based Worship Services for Sundays in the Church Year By Philip GarsideEpiphany 4 - 1 February 2026About today's material Today, we’ll be hearing two readings that explore what God truly desires from us : Micah 6:1-8 and Matthew 5:1-12.In them, God calls us away...

Worship at Hand Complete Lectionary-Based Worship Services for Sundays in the Church Year By Philip GarsideEpiphany 5 - 8 February 2026About today's material Today’s readings from 1 Corinthians 2:1-16 and Matthew 5:13-20 invite us to resist the temptation of shallow, performative religion and inst...

Worship at Hand Complete Lectionary-Based Worship Services for Sundays in the Church Year By Philip GarsideTransfiguration - 15 February 2026About today's material Today’s readings from Exodus 24:12-18 and Matthew 17:1-9 invite us to climb the mountain with Moses and with Jesus, where clouds conce...

Worship at Hand Complete Lectionary-Based Worship Services for Sundays in the Church Year By Philip GarsideLent 1 - 22 February 2026About today's material Today’s reading from Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7 is not a tale of original sin, but of a profound moment of human awakening – a growing up into wi...

Worship at Hand Complete Lectionary-Based Worship Services for Sundays in the Church Year By Philip GarsideLent 2 - 1 March 2026About today's material Today’s readings from Psalm 121 and John 3:1–17 invite us to lift our eyes and open our hearts.The Psalmist promises that God is our constant pro...

Worship at Hand Complete Lectionary-Based Worship Services for Sundays in the Church Year By Philip GarsideLent 3 - 8 March 2026About today's material Today we hear the story of Jesus meeting a Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well, from the Gospel of John 4:5-42.In a world shaped by division and exclus...

Worship at Hand Complete Lectionary-Based Worship Services for Sundays in the Church Year By Philip GarsideLent 4 - 15 March 2026About today's material Today we’ll reflect on two rich and provocative scriptures: 1 Samuel 16:1-13 and John 9:1-41.In these stories, a young shepherd is chosen to lead...