Our billboard this Christmas pointed to the social circumstances of a young, poor, unmarried mother in 1st Century Palestine. It would have taken tremendous faith and courage to withstand the prejudice of her critics. We hoped that people would think of those in similar circumstances, and respond with kindness.
St Matthew-in-the-City
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Vandalised Billboard Makes a Statement of its Own
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St Matthew-in-the-City Congratulates Anglican Diocese on Support for GLBT Members
Published on Tuesday, September 6th, 2011Saturday, September 3 was a huge day in the ongoing struggle to end discrimination against GLBT members of the Anglican Church.
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St matthew’s Protests Church Discrimination Against Gays and Lesbians
Published on Friday, July 1st, 2011St Matthew’s has a long history of stirring public debate with its billboard. Today it has put up one to challenge the Anglican Church to stop its discrimination against gays and lesbians.
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Remembrance Day at St Matthew-in-the-City: Red and White Poppies Standing Tall Together: Lest We Forget
Published on Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010A commitment to peace, while remembering the human toll of war is the theme of this year’s annual Remembrance Day Service to be held at St Matthew-in-the-City on November 7 at 11:30 am. First hand experiences of those directly touched by war will be heard and Gaylene Preston ONZM, will speak of war’s impact in human terms on New Zealand life. Ms Preston is the award winning filmmaker of “Home By Christmas” and “War Stories our Mothers Never Told Us.”
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St Matthew-in-the-City Easter Billboard Goes Up for April Fools
Published on Wednesday, April 7th, 2010On Thursday, which is coincidentally April Fools Day, St Matthew’s will put up its first billboard since Christmas. Glynn Cardy, Vicar of St Matthew’s, observes, “There is a great tradition in the Eastern Church of cracking jokes at Easter. Laughing proclaims that despite the realities of suffering and death, the power of life, love and liberty is stronger. The tenacity of the human spirit is God given, and will not be overcome by the forces of oppression.”