"Prepare the Way", where John points the way to Jesus in Luke, was the theme for this year's Theological Hui.

This theme builds on the celebration in 2014 of 200 years since the Gospel's arrival in Aotearoa-NZ and the key text, also from Luke (2:10), "I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people."

At our hui this year, we took up the challenge of looking ahead, to do theology around preparing the way and reminding ourselves what it means to be people of 'the way'.

keynote reflections

Keynote 1: Rev Don Tamihere & Rosa Filoi

Our first Keynote presenters at the Theological Hui, 2015, , Rev Don Tamihere and Rosa Filoi, share some reflections on their presentation.

Keynote 2: Rev Ngira Simmonds & Rev Ellen Bernstein

Rev Ngira Simmonds and Rev Ellen Bernstein offer reflections on the second Keynote of the Theological Hui 2015.

Keynote 3: Kirstin Cant & Very Rev Claude Fong Toy

Our third Keynote presenters for the Theological Hui, 2015, were the Very Rev Claude Fong Toy and Kirstin Cant who spoke on Acts 2, the early Church and leading the way.

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"All who believed were together"
"All who believed were together"

The final keynote of the Theological Hui for 2015, on Acts 2, was all about leading the way and translating theology in to action. A range of activities for participants helped to make this connection before the hui closed with Eucharist.

"From childhood you have known the sacred writings"
"From childhood you have known the sacred writings"

On the middle day of the Theological Hui 2015 participants were privileged to make a pilgrimage to the resting place of the young martyr, Tarore of Waharoa, where they heard more about her life and death and a karakia was held in rememberance.

"Were not our hearts burning within us"
"Were not our hearts burning within us"

Rev Ellen and Rev Ngira take a look at Luke 24 and the encounter with the risen Christ on the road to Emmaus and ask, 'have we missed the point?'

"Like a tree planted by water"
"Like a tree planted by water"

How might we measure the quality of our relationship with God and others? The First Keynote address at the Theological Hui, 2015, examined Jeremiah 17:7-8, and the pros and cons of high and low trust relationships and how they affect the way before us.

"The voice of one crying out in the wilderness"
"The voice of one crying out in the wilderness"

"Prepare the Way", the Theological Hui for 2015 kicks off today gathering participants from across Aotearoa-NZ and Polynesia for three days of fellowship, worship, listening to God, and 'hovering over the face of the deep' as we examine what it means to 'prepare the way'  and what it means to be people of 'the way'.