Pew Rents

If you are a regular worshipper, you will notice that most people sit in the same seat week after week. 

The Parish Library

Five books have recently been donated to the Diocesan Archives and they are a reminder that a Parish library is

A Bench of Bishops

A Bench[1] of Bishops Don’t ever believe a date on a photograph when you find one written in pencil on

West Coast Marriages

Do you think that your family came from the West Coast and you have never been able to find a

The Letters Patent

A couple of weeks ago Facebook annoyed me when a post reminded me that the city of Christchurch had been

Clippings Books

The Diocese of Christchurch has kept clippings books continually since 1948.   There has never been any written policy about what