19/12/06

As our last official meeting for the year we are helping out with the Christmas Journey in town
Espresso is on duty from 5.30 till 9.30-10.00 we are meeting outside the art gallery at 5.20.

Anyone who wants to come down at any time thats ccol, the more we have the more fun....
We do need at least 6 at any time.

Should be fun


Keep an eye here for any activities in the next three weeks otherwise we are meeting back in the foyer on Jan 16th

Have a Great Christmas and New Year if dont see you before then!

12/12/06

What is truth?

02/12/06

Does God have an ego problem - If God creates humans to praise himself?

Also advent art reflection.

28/11/06

1st week of looking at advent artwork.
It is also a social week so we we will also be eating food and hanging out.
Great fun!

21/11/06

What are our intentional spritual practises and what has worked/not worked?

14/11/06

How do you know when God is talking to you??

07/11/06

This week at espresso we are talking about

Should Christians watch sex scenes in Movies?
Should Christian actors participate in sex/romance scenes?

31/10/06

hooray for 3D minigolf last Tuesday!

This Tuesday the church 5th week of the month so as part of our mission focus we are going to help the church with their community family/kids "light party" to celebrate All saints Day eve the party is from 6.15 to 7.45 with fun food and games, we are needed as helpers with BBQ, games and general security.

Then we will head back to the foyer where we will have a discussion about Andy's work,
he will give us a short intro to what he does and then we talk about how it is mission.....

17/10/06

Question: Why didnt Adam and Eves kids get to go back to the garden?

10/10/06

What are angels?
Can they be helpful in spiritual practise?

03/10/06

What are dreams? What do they mean?

Come and discuss with us!

Belated birth notice...

To Karen and Martin,
a lovely son, Michael Zac
8/9/06, 9lb 4oz

19/09/06

This weeks question for discussion is:

If yu had a time machine, would you travel back to observe Jesus?
If so which event?
OR would it be an anbandonment of you faith to go look?

Clean up the world

Meet 1.30pm Saturday 16 September, at church
then heading to the Heathcote River to clean the riverbank (Tunnel roundabout to Ferrymead).

Bring gumboots, old clothes, drink, hat.
Prepare to get a little messy.

See you there!

05/09/06

We will be disscussing: What is a Christian response to prayer in schools?

29/08/06

Actual 5th week of the month (mission focused)

We will have Emil sharing about what he does for a job
And will reflect back to him how this is mission

Followed by reflection on a "saint"

22/08/06

Social night


3D minigolf - wild west Blehniem Road

7.00-8.00

Then at coffee culture riccarton from around 8.15

15/08/06

This weeks question is:

GENERATIONAL SIN What is it? How is it broken?

Film festival outing if anyone is interested

For anyone interested some from the group are going to see a film festival film tommorrow night (thrusday 10/08/06) It is at the rialto (1)(moorhouse road) we are meeting at 7.45 (It starts at 8.15) The movie is "Thankyou for smoking" Its 92 mins tickets are $13 adult If you wish to come give an email or turn up!

08/08/06

The question for this week is:

What is the place of "corporal mortification" in spirituality?

This may also including self denial, fasting and "aesthetic sensibilities"!

5th week - 31/07/06

This is a 5th week which means a mission focus we will be talking about someone from the groups work life and how that is mission.

Social 25/07/06

We are meeting at 7.30 at the Harvey Normal Center for 2 games of electronic tag! (Laser strike)
$13 for the 2 18 min games.


Then after for a coffe at the Honey Pot cafe on lichfield street (around 8.30)

Feel free to join us for either

18/07/06

Are we born sinless?
Original sin or original sin?

11/07/06

This weeks question is

What are demons?
Resasons for demons?

04/07/06

Now that we have finish the "Da vinci code" proper we are moving on to a new question:

What is heaven like?

DA vinci code question #4 27/06/06

Question number four and possibly our last before we head back to our old method of selecting question is:

How should we view Mary? (Including Mary Magdalene)

DA vinci code question #3 20/06/06

The question we will be discussing is

Is God Male? Godess?

Da Vinci Code Question #1 06/06/06

Our first night in the series of Da Vinci Questions begins with


Would it have been wrong for Jesus to Marry and have Kids


Feel free to join us for a discussion!

The Da Vinci Code

We're spending several weeks with The Da Vinci Code...

Tuesday 30 May:
you'll find us at the movie 6.15pm at Hoyts Moorhouse
with pizza before hand: 5.30/5.45pm-ish
in the foyer of the theatre complex.

Tuesdays 6, 13, 20, 27 June (8-9.15pm):
We'll be discussing some questions that arise from the movie...

Questions like...
Would it have been wrong for Jesus to marry?
Did the church suppress gospels?
Is God male? Goddess?
Has the church excluded women?
How should we view Mary Magdalene?

Everyone is welcome to join us at Espresso...
a discussion based, cafe dwelling congregation
of Opawa Baptist Church

Foyer Cafe, Opawa Baptist Church,
cnr Hastings and Wilsons, Christchurch.

22/05/06

This weeks question is: Should Christians/Pacifists play violent games? (Ect)

Happy Birthday to Espresso

We celebrated our first birthday, and considered our highlights:

Anne's line-dancing "ending": "It was a cracker!"

Simon's U2 Record (vinyl) ending: (love rescue me)

Tent with Fat Freddy's Drop

Food and vegetarianism debate(s): Jesus and food.

Karen's input

Rockclimbing team building/nurturing

Can God heal all relationships discussion

Stand out moment: The "P" (and that's not a drug) discussion...

16/05/06

Bithday Party!

Its our 1 year birthday party.

Well be eating sweet things and talking about the future of Espresso.

09/05/06

This week is an evaluation week. (Our 1 year birhtday is coming the week after)

A chance to look at Espresso and what we think. Questions to be provide (may make it onto this site hopefully)

All welcome even if you dont have any evalution to make!

Coming soon questions from the Da Vinci Code......

It's a girl!

Congratulations to Richard and Joanna, Zavier and Sheridan on the birth of their new daughter and sister!

(Steve has had a cuddle and declares her to be "lovely"!)

02/05/06

This weeks question

how does the concept of "Duty" relate to our spirtuality?

25/04/06

Tonights question: Can you find God in Anzac Day?

18/04/06

This weeks question is kinda with the Easter Journey in mind

Is it ok to use things that are not "Chirstian" (E.g. images or sounds) in Chritain art/worship?

11/04/06

We will be meetin at the Easter Journey from 7.00 starting with a small service. There will be people there till 11.00.

The Easter Journey is open all of next week

04/04/06

This weeks question:

Can God heal/restore ALL damaged relationships?

28/03/06

This week its a social week we are also planning for our station for the easter journey come along find out more

We'll also be sharing some desert together

21/03/06

Following on from last week this week we are talking about Womens stories (but not from the bible this time.)

14/03/06

This week we are disuccing the stories of women from the bible
Feel free to bring one along!

07/03/06

We're back at the time of 8.00 this week in the foyer, after a sucessful shrove tuesdsay pancake event

Question this week: What harm does God as male do to Christian spirituality?

28/02/06

We are meetin at a earlier time of 7.30 for a special Shrove Tuesday pancake eating event!

All welcome, come and eat pancakes and learn something about Shrove Tuesday.

21/02/06

This weeks question is

How should Christians react to P**dophiles

(sensitive subject: please add **s to any comments to avoid unwanted attention)

14/02/06

This weeks Question:

Should a Jesus follower laugh at those Moslem Cartoons?

07/02/06

Espresso Question tonight


What makes up my faith?