Friday 3 February 2017
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Travelling the world The Travelcom team has travelled in South America, cruised Antarctica and the Galapagos Islands – so clients can be rest assured they’re in experienced hands when booking your next adventure with them. All Travelcom consultants in Mount Maunganui have more than 15 years’ experience, making them “your first choice in travel”. Travelcom has been making dream holidays come true for travellers on every budget for 20 years. “We are a full service travel agency that offers an array of services to satisfy each clients’ requirements,” says Travelcom manager Katrina Stewart. “Every holiday we book is tailor-made to
our clients’ needs and we pride ourselves on our ability to arrange complex itineraries.” Whether independent itineraries, small group tours, ocean expeditions, multigenerational, and corporate or club groups – the destinations one of the travel Travelcom consultants can help. Machu Picchu is could visit. you They’re inviting the public to join Travelcom and Adventure World in-store for a fun and Discover the South American informative South America evening on countries of Ecuador – including the February 7, from 6pm at their offices at Galapagos Islands – Peru and the legendary 165 Maunganui Rd. Inca Trail, Argentina, and more. “Our South American experts “If Antarctica is on your bucket list then will be sharing their travel tips and firstthis is the perfect opportunity to find out hand knowledge of this vast continent,” about this amazing destination, as we’ll be says Katrina. covering this too.”
Just a few qualities to strive for in your lifetime Pastor Joel Milgate isn’t keen on the word ‘service’ to define a Sunday at Mosaic Church. This is a Mount Maunganui church gathering that has a familyfriendly vibe, and is trying to keep it real and down-to-earth. You walk in and there’s coffee and a warm welcome. The Mount venue on Newton St is bursting with families. And a huge amount of children. Matt and Rebekah Thomas lead Mosaic Kids, a children’s programme for kids aged zero
right up to 14. They run on Sundays at 9am, 11am and 5pm. “We’re averaging about 300 children per week spread over the three Mount gatherings,” says Matt. “Across the church as a whole, there’s been growth of about 30 per cent since January 2016.” Last term the children finished
Some of the Mosaic Kids.
the year staging a production walking through key Bible stories that were covered during
the term, from Adam and Eve through to the birth of Jesus Christ.