{"id":477,"date":"2024-07-18T11:09:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T23:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highgatechurch.org.nz\/?page_id=477"},"modified":"2025-10-01T09:07:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T20:07:48","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/batch.org.nz\/?page_id=477","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"477\" class=\"elementor elementor-477\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79c64205 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"79c64205\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af3ffae e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"af3ffae\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a877fd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a877fd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p><p><strong>Batch is a Church community gathered around &#8216;being&#8217;<\/strong>. Being for God and for his kingdom available to us by faith in Jesus; being for one-another and the wider community that God so loves; being for creation and seeking to do our part in caring for what God has entrusted to us.<\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p><p>Our values:<\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:list --><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item --><li><strong>Worshipping in Spirit and truth<\/strong> &#8211; we seek to glorify God through the ups and downs of life. We experiment in Sunday worship seeking to open to the Holy Spirit<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Word centred<\/strong> &#8211; we value being shaped by God&#8217;s word in biblical scripture.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Being yourself<\/strong> &#8211; we&#8217;re not about the projected image. We&#8217;re all on a journey with God.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Food and friendship<\/strong> &#8211; we often have food together before the service, and sometimes after as well. Home groups are the key place we do Christian life together.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/p><p>We&#8217;re part of the Presbyterian Tribe &#8211; to see what we believe check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presbyterian.org.nz\/for-ministers\/worship-resources\/confession-of-faith\">Kupu Whakapono (<em>confession of faith)<\/em> here.<\/a><\/p><p><!-- \/wp:list --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Batch is a Church community gathered around &#8216;being&#8217;. Being for God and for his kingdom available to us by faith in Jesus; being for one-another and the wider community that God so loves; being for creation and seeking to do our part in caring for what God has entrusted to us. 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