John Hebenton's Podcast
1) Some Reflections After 9 Years Offering the Remembering The Battle Service every April 29
Rev John Hebenton, the retiring vicar of the Anglican Parish of Gate Pā offers some thoughts on the importance of remembering the battles of Pukehinahina-Gate Pa and Te Ranga as we renegotiate our way...Show More
2) The Battle of Te Ranga 21 June 1864
This year is the 160th anniversary of the Battle of Pukehinahina-Gate Pa. This is an important event for our city, especially with some of the other things happening in Aotearoa at the moment. We agai...Show More
3) Putake o te Riri
As this year is the 160th anniversary of the Battle of Pukehinahina-Gate Pa, Gate Pa Anglican Parish offered free lectures to help the community understand our city's history and how it shapes ou...Show More
4) What a Ride! - Johns says Thanks and Goodbye.
A sermon to say thankyou- To explore the process we are all going through – and that it is ok- Use the ascension to invite us all to trust God in all this- Offer some though...Show More
5) Whirlpools into Abiding
The writer of John’s gospel is not a linear Greek thinker. He presents Jesus using older circular ways of teaching – circling around a topic, with each pass going deeper into the abundance of layers o...Show More
6) Jesus Being Pastoral
Easter is a time to have our minds blown by and for our imaginations to run wild with the possibilities of what the reign of God might look like. - What does that mean for us as we commemorat...Show More
7) Living in the Resurrection
Psalm Psalm 4 First Reading: Acts 3:12-21 ...Show More
8) Following Thomas!
A sermon exploring what it was like for those male disciples when they heard Jesus had risen – They had abandoned Jesus to his death, denied him, betrayed him. They did not die with him as Thomas prom...Show More
9) I Trust God for That
Gate Pa – Year B Easter Sunday 2024Readings:First Reading: Isaiah 25:6-9 Second Reading: Acts 10:34-43Gospel:John 20:1-18What I want to say:Our friend died this week. The resurrection affirms tha...Show More
10) And So It Begins
A reflection to help people into the story of Palm Sunday, to ask where are they in this story, and what do they see?Invite them to ask, as Jesus sees everything, what are we invited to see?We watched...Show More