Author: Arnie Wierenga

TRANSFIGURATION OF JESUS

The
memory
of mountain tops
is often better than the
experience! 

Rev. Ian Brown

The Fig Tree Weekly Worship – 260215 Rev. Ian Brown & Rev. Jennie Gordon	for PRINTING (pdf) for EDITING (docx)

2026

The ‘Friends of the Fig Tree’ are offering a free Lenten Study for 2026 for individual or group use.  

Each week comes with artwork, poetry, prayer and some guiding questions for the five weeks leading us to Easter. 

Rev. Jennie Gordon

Week 1	Lent Week 1 (pdf)
Week 2	Lent Week 2 (pdf)
Week 3	Lent Week 3 (pdf)
Week 4	Lent Week 4 (pdf)
Week 5	Lent Week 5 (pdf)

EPIPHANY 5

I learnt
that salt was
essential to my body
working

Rev. Moira Dodsworth

The Fig Tree Weekly Worship – 260208 Rev. Moira Dodsworth & Rev. Jennie Gordon	for PRINTING (pdf) for EDITING (docx)

EPIPHANY 4

He
caught their
attention by taking
what they thought they knew
and turning it upside
down!

Rev. Sandra Houghton

The Fig Tree Weekly Worship – 260201 Rev. Sandra Houghton & Rev. Heather den Houting	for PRINTING (pdf) for EDITING (docx)

EPIPHANY 3 (Day of Mourning)

How then
can the covenantal
message of reconciliation
with First Nations people be
anything but natural
for us?

Rev. Heather den Houting

The Fig Tree Weekly Worship – 260125 Rev. Heather den Houting & Rev. Deacon Wendy Elson	for PRINTING (pdf) for EDITING (docx)

EPIPHANY 2

Images
of the inter-tidal
zone of transition and
transformation drift into my mind,
the liminal space of the shoreline,
sometimes ocean,
sometimes soft
sandy land.

Rev. Jennie Gordon

The Fig Tree Weekly Worship – 260118 Rev. Jennie Gordon & Rev. Heather den Houting	for PRINTING (pdf) for EDITING (docx)

BAPTISM OF JESUS

No
fanfare,
no megaphone
calls to mega-religious
movements.

Rev. Deacon Wendy Elson

The Fig Tree Weekly Worship – 260111 Rev. Deacon Wendy Elson & Rev. Arnie Wierenga	for PRINTING (pdf) for EDITING (docx)

CHRISTMAS 2

A
Jewish
member of our
congregation lit candles
on a Menorah and laid 15 stones in a bowl

Rev. Nigel Hanscamp

The Fig Tree Weekly Worship – 260104 Rev. Nigel Hanscamp & Rev. Sandra Houghton	for PRINTING (pdf) for EDITING (docx)

CHRISTMAS 1

The
praise starts
with a deep rumbling sound
in the distance

Rev. Nigel Hanscamp

The Fig Tree Weekly Worship – 251228 Rev. Nigel Hanscamp & Rev. Karen Eller	for PRINTING (pdf) for EDITING (docx)

CHRISTMAS DAY

I grew up
knowing that
Christmas meant camping,
either with canvas tents and poles
and a stretcher bed in the bush,
or a caravan by
the beach.

Rev. Heather den Houting

The Fig Tree Weekly Worship – 251225 Rev. Heather den Houting & Rev. Jennie Gordon	for PRINTING (pdf) for EDITING (docx)