I went to morning service at Christ church in Russell.http://www.oldchurch.org.nz/our-churchs-history/
A sung Eucharist is held every Sunday at 10.30am. A familiar service in such very unfamiliar surroundings! It’s the first time I have sung, or at least tried to,the 23rd psalm in Māori!
I would say that 2/3 of the congregation were visitors and the other 1/3 made up of retired local people. The last place of worship that I was in was Wells cathedral, quite a contrast! It’s not often I go to church these days but I was pleased that I had been and I left with a feeling of serenity and at peace with the world.
Back home it was a quick turnaround as we were all going for our usual Sunday lunch at the RSA back in Russell which was as good as ever.
Rob left to go meet up with friends and N and I took took our chairs to the waterfront and spent a relaxing afternoon there. There were 2 cruise ships in the harbour and quite a few of their passengers on the waterfront. By 5pm the tenders were plying back and forth taking passengers back to the ship for departure at 6pm.
We picked Rob up, along with Paul, and came back here. Paul was marinading a kilo of cubed kingfish that he had caught that morning in the juice of 3 lemons. When it was “cooked” ie the lemon juice had made its way through each cube of fish he added finely diced cucumber, chopped spring onions, halved tiny tomatoes, chopped clove of garlic, a little chilli oil and coconut milk. This was left for another hour or so before it was deemed ready to eat and what a fine dish it was. My only complaint was that there was far too much of it, it was very rich , more of a starter than a main dish. A dish of kingfish which was fit for kings!
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