and they're off!

February marks the last official month of summer here in NZ and the kids have already gone back to school. During January we went to one Sunday service and no Tuesday nights gathering but as of yesterday we are officially back to two Sunday services and our new Tuesday night bible studies starting tomorrow!

Yesterday we had an awesome 2012 Launch Party at the church! There was a free BBQ, bouncy castle, face painting and nail painting open to the community as well as a "massve" (as P. Mike would say) time of Praise & worship and a "full on" message from Pastor Mike about getting God's perspective! We had a full band including youth from Levin, team members from Lower Hutt Equippers and of course our team at OGNC. It was so much fun and God's spirit was there and actively moving in peoples hearts. Thanks so EVERYONE who helped make it all possible!

Friday and Saturday we had the Regional Leaders Retreat in Paraparaumu at a local Christian Camp. It was a really great time of getting to know the other leaders from our regions churches and to receive words of encouragement, building up and insight given by P. Sam, P. Jordan, P. Mike, P. Boon and P. Willie.

Sunday also marked the beginning of our Month of Prayer & Fasting. Over the next three weeks we will be fasting and praying for Nations, our Region and our City. Join us and get updates on our facebook page! We are expecting BIG things from God for 2012 and for future generations! We believe it's a year of inheritance for God's people and our prayer is that we would all be bold in our faith and not shy away from the land God has called us to poses!

dusk on the Kapiti Coast highway

about a month ago we were coming back from Equippers 1 in Lower Hutt, a combined sunday evening service with all the local Equippers churches, and torre and i ended up on one of the back roads heading home over the mountains. this is one of the narrowest winding roads i've ever been on! it was a little bit scary! the best part was coming to a scenic pull off and getting the picture below! i can't wait to make the drive again in the day time and get some more pics!