{"id":2344,"date":"2025-12-01T10:22:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T10:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/?p=2344"},"modified":"2026-01-22T06:31:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T06:31:35","slug":"108-30-nov-2025-dunedin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/?p=2344","title":{"rendered":"108: 30-Nov 2025: Dunedin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello Family in Christ. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wow! another day filled with lovely surprises. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We started the day at Abundant Life Centre, for the Sunday service. We heard a great message about coming up higher with Jesus. We also met many of our brothers and sisters in Christ, enjoying a wonderful fellowship together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Psalm 61:2 <\/strong>   <\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">From the end of the earth I will cry to You,<br>When my heart is overwhelmed;<br>Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We invited the congregation to come join us on the street, to share the good news to the public. We met Daniel and Jess who are on fire for Jesus, and are already actively evangelising where ever they go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They immediately jumped at the opportunity, as did another couple of ladies to join us on the streets. We were thrilled to see six people from the congregation accepted the offer to join us on the street, hallelujah!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Romans 8:14<\/strong> <\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">For&nbsp;as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"30 Nov 2025 Dunedin\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pEPs6LJj5AQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To our surprise there was a lot of activity on George Street, with event officials and police closing off roads. Of course we discovered a Christmas parade was about to come down George Street. Hundreds, if not thousands of people lined up each side of the street to watch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We were excited to say the least, as a sea of lost souls appeared before us. The fields are truly white for harvest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Revelation 3:20<\/strong> <\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">Behold,&nbsp;I stand at the door and knock.&nbsp;If anyone hears My voice and opens the door,&nbsp;I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We immediately went to work, witnessing and sharing Jesus to the masses of people. We each had large bundles of Christmas tracts to hand out. Depicting and explaining, the real reason for the season, the birth of our beloved Saviour and King, Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>John 1:4 <\/strong>  <\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">And the Word&nbsp;became&nbsp;flesh and dwelt among us, and&nbsp;we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,&nbsp;full of grace and truth.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I estimate over a thousand tracts were handed out, as many precious souls stopped to receive Jesus into their hearts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Praise God, Holy Spirit and all glory to Jesus our Redeemer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2146\" height=\"1360\" src=\"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251130_160120-scaled-e1764569511896.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251130_160120-scaled-e1764569511896.jpg 2146w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251130_160120-scaled-e1764569511896-1000x634.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251130_160120-scaled-e1764569511896-2000x1267.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251130_160120-scaled-e1764569511896-768x487.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251130_160120-scaled-e1764569511896-1536x973.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251130_160120-scaled-e1764569511896-2048x1298.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2146px) 100vw, 2146px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From Left, Mathew, Pio, Jess, Daniel and Paul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was great to see Mathew, Jason, Daniel and Jess witnessing, ministering and praying with the people on the street. Jess shared an encounter with a woman who manifested when she approach her to share Jesus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Jess did not shy away, spending time to listen to the woman&#8217;s concerns. After some time the dear woman, a bruised and battered soul received a touch from God. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She calmed down to the point where she expressed, she would like to come to the church service in the evening. Praise God, all glory to Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>James 3:17 <\/strong> <\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">But&nbsp;the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits,&nbsp;without partiality&nbsp;and without hypocrisy.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Galatians 5:22-23  <\/strong>  <\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">But&nbsp;the fruit of the Spirit is&nbsp;love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness,&nbsp;goodness,&nbsp;faithfulness,&nbsp;gentleness, self-control.&nbsp;Against such there is no law.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The parade was quite noisy, so occasionally I would have to raise my voice above the noise of the parade, while praying to the person next to me. The parade is the longest one, I can ever remember.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately and not surprisingly there was nothing about the birth of Jesus, that I could see anywhere. Completely a pagan event as most of them are these days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The same could be said for Easter. The rulers of the darkness of this world, have done their best to remove the truth about what Jesus accomplished at the cross, from everything in this world.  Yet He won everything at the Cross and the enemy is a defeated foe &#8211; his time is short!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Romans 1:18-32<\/strong><\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong> <\/strong>For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and&nbsp;unrighteousness of men, who&nbsp;suppress the truth in unrighteousness,&nbsp;because&nbsp;what may be known of God is&nbsp;manifest&nbsp;in them, for&nbsp;God has shown&nbsp;it&nbsp;to them.&nbsp;For since the creation of the world&nbsp;His invisible&nbsp;attributes&nbsp;are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made,&nbsp;even&nbsp;His eternal power and&nbsp;Godhead, so that they are without excuse,&nbsp;because, although they knew God, they did not glorify&nbsp;Him&nbsp;as God, nor were thankful, but&nbsp;became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.&nbsp;Professing to be wise, they became fools,&nbsp;and changed the glory of the&nbsp;incorruptible&nbsp;God into an image made like&nbsp;corruptible man\u2014and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But we know the truth according to God&#8217;s word, this world is perishing. But God&#8217;s word will stand for ever. The god of this world ( with a little g ) and father of all lies, was defeated two thousand years ago, by Jesus when He rose triumphantly from the grave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He made a public spectacle of satan, as the earth quaked, and the temple veil tore in two. Jesus the first born of all creation, whom all creation was created through, came in the flesh, to cleanse us of all our sin with His own blood. He went to the cross obediently, no one took Him there. And no one killed Him, He yielded to The Father&#8217;s will. He gave up His beautiful Spirit to God our Father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Luke 23:45-47 <\/strong> <\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">Then the sun was&nbsp;darkened, and&nbsp;the veil of the temple was torn in&nbsp;two.&nbsp;And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said,&nbsp;\u201cFather,&nbsp;\u2018into Your hands I commit My spirit.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d&nbsp;Having said this, He breathed His last.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">So when the centurion saw what had happened, he glorified God, saying, \u201cCertainly this was a righteous Man!\u201d<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His love, who can fathom. It&#8217;s depths and heights are infinite, unmeasurable, stretching out into eternity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jesus victoriously defeated death for us, when He rose on the third day, just as He said He would and prophesied by the prophets from the beginning.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank You Father God, Thank You Jesus, Thank You Holy Spirit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>1 Corinthians 15:3-8 <\/strong>  <\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">For&nbsp;I delivered to you first of all that&nbsp;which I also received: that Christ died for our sins&nbsp;according to the Scriptures,&nbsp;and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day&nbsp;according to the Scriptures,&nbsp;and that He was seen by&nbsp;Cephas, then&nbsp;by the twelve.&nbsp;After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have&nbsp;fallen asleep.&nbsp;After that He was seen by James, then&nbsp;by all the apostles.&nbsp;Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Revelation 1:18 <\/strong>  <sup>&nbsp;<\/sup><\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">I&nbsp;am&nbsp;He who lives, and was dead, and behold,&nbsp;I am alive forevermore. Amen. And&nbsp;I have the keys of&nbsp;Hades and of Death.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He then rose to walk once again on earth forty days where five hundred people saw Him in all His splendour and glory. He then ascended to eternal glory in Heaven, seated at the right hand of the throne of God our Father. Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Acts 1:2-3 <\/strong>  <\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">until the day in which&nbsp;He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit&nbsp;had given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen,&nbsp;to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many&nbsp;infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I witness many divine encounters. There were a few occasions where people would see me coming and were supernaturally drawn to me. Holy Spirit drew them in. They weren&#8217;t sure why, until I started sharing Jesus with them. I sensed their hearts melting as they willingly accepted Jesus into their hearts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Isaiah 60:1-5 <\/strong>  <\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">Arise,&nbsp;shine;<br>For your light has come!<br>And&nbsp;the glory of the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;is risen upon you.<br>For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth,<br>And deep darkness the people;<br>But the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;will arise over you,<br>And His glory will be seen upon you.<br>The&nbsp;Gentiles shall come to your light,<br>And kings to the brightness of your rising.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">Lift&nbsp;up your eyes all around, and see:<br>They all gather together,&nbsp;they come to you;<br>Your sons shall come from afar,<br>And your daughters shall be nursed at&nbsp;your&nbsp;side.<br>Then you shall see and become radiant,<br>And your heart shall swell with joy;<br>Because&nbsp;the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you,<br>The wealth of the Gentiles shall come to you.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is how I know 100% Holy Spirit is doing everything and all glory belongs to Jesus. We can boast in nothing except Jesus Christ, who paid the debt of our sins, and gave us everlasting life. Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can boast of His wondrous works as Jesus reached into the hearts of one hundred and twenty eight people today. They all accepted Jesus into their hearts, declaring Him their Lord and Saviour, praise God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Jeremiah 9:23-24<\/strong> <\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">Let not the wise&nbsp;man&nbsp;glory in his wisdom,<br>Let not the mighty&nbsp;man&nbsp;glory in his&nbsp;might,<br>Nor let the rich&nbsp;man&nbsp;glory in his riches;<br>But&nbsp;let him who glories glory in this,<br>That he understands and knows Me,<br>That I&nbsp;am&nbsp;the&nbsp;Lord, exercising lovingkindness,&nbsp;judgment, and righteousness in the earth.<br>For in these I delight,\u201d says the&nbsp;Lord.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the parade finished, The Lord led me to a spot near the Octagon, where the crowds of people were walking through to leave the parade. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I handed out many tracts and witnessed. Holy Spirit drew in a few more precious souls to Jesus. We then headed off home for a well needed rest, praise God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Psalm 3:5<\/strong> <\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\">I lay down and slept;<br>I awoke, for the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;sustained me.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for joining us here. We hope you will be inspired to step out into the calling and gifting that the Lord has lovely and generously given you. Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bless you and your families with love from your brother in Christ, please comment by clicking on the post title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You can navigate to our SFC YouTube channel by clicking here:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ServantsinChrist\">www.youtube.com\/@ServantsinChrist<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>____________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Dunedin&#8230;.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dunedin<\/strong>&nbsp;is the second-most populous city in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Island\">South Island<\/a>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Zealand\">New Zealand<\/a>&nbsp;(after&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christchurch\">Christchurch<\/a>), and the principal city of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Otago\">Otago<\/a>&nbsp;region. Its name comes from&nbsp;<em>D\u00f9n \u00c8ideann<\/em>&nbsp;(&#8220;fort of Edin&#8221;), the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scottish_Gaelic\">Scottish Gaelic<\/a>&nbsp;name for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edinburgh\">Edinburgh<\/a>, the capital of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scotland\">Scotland<\/a>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dunedin#cite_note-13\">[12]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;The city has a rich&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/M%C4%81ori_people\">M\u0101ori<\/a>, Scottish and, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinese_people\">Chinese<\/a><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dunedin#cite_note-:0-14\">[13]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"637\" src=\"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dunedin-Attributed-to-Antilived.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dunedin-Attributed-to-Antilived.png 1280w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dunedin-Attributed-to-Antilived-1000x498.png 1000w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dunedin-Attributed-to-Antilived-768x382.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With an estimated population of 132,800 as of June 2025, Dunedin is New Zealand&#8217;s seventh-most populous metropolitan and urban area.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dunedin#cite_note-NZ_population_data_2018-9\">[9]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;For cultural, geographical, and historical reasons, the city has long been considered one of New Zealand&#8217;s four main centres.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dunedin#cite_note-22\">[b]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;The urban area of Dunedin lies on the central-eastern coast of Otago, surrounding the head of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Otago_Harbour\">Otago Harbour<\/a>. The harbour and hills around Dunedin are the remnants of an extinct volcano. The city suburbs extend out into the surrounding valleys and hills, onto the isthmus of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Otago_Peninsula\">Otago Peninsula<\/a>, and along the shores of the Otago Harbour and the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Archaeological evidence points to lengthy occupation of the area by M\u0101ori prior to the arrival of Europeans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Scottish settlement was established in 1848 by the Lay Association of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Free_Church_of_Scotland_(1843%E2%80%931900)\">Free Church of Scotland<\/a>&nbsp;and between 1855 and 1900 many thousands of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scottish_New_Zealanders\">Scots<\/a>&nbsp;emigrated to the incorporated city. Dunedin&#8217;s population and wealth boomed during the 1860s&#8217;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Otago_gold_rush\">Otago gold rush<\/a>, and for a brief period of time it became New Zealand&#8217;s largest urban area. The city saw substantial migration from mainland China at the same time, predominantly from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guangdong\">Guangdong<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guangxi\">Guangxi<\/a>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dunedin#cite_note-23\">[21]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;Dunedin is home to New Zealand&#8217;s oldest&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinese_New_Zealanders\">Chinese community<\/a>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dunedin#cite_note-:0-14\">[13]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Dunedin has a diverse economy which includes manufacturing, publishing, arts, tourism and technology-based industries. The mainstay of the city&#8217;s economy remains centred on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tertiary_education_in_New_Zealand\">tertiary education<\/a>, with students from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Otago\">University of Otago<\/a>, New Zealand&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_universities_in_New_Zealand\">oldest university<\/a>, and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Otago_Polytechnic\">Otago Polytechnic<\/a>, accounting for a large proportion of the population; 21.6 per cent of the city&#8217;s population was aged between 15 and 24 at the 2006 census, compared to the New Zealand average of 14.2 per cent.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dunedin#cite_note-population-24\">[22]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;Dunedin is also noted for its vibrant music scene, as the 1980s birthplace of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dunedin_sound\">Dunedin sound<\/a>&nbsp;(which heavily influenced&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grunge\">grunge<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indie_rock\">indie<\/a>&nbsp;and modern&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alternative_rock\">alternative rock<\/a>).<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dunedin#cite_note-25\">[23]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;In 2014, the city was designated as a UNESCO&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/City_of_Literature\">City of Literature<\/a>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dunedin#cite_note-UNESCO-26\">[24]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dunedin\"><strong>Wikipedia<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Family in Christ. Wow! another day filled with lovely surprises. We started the day at Abundant Life Centre, for the Sunday service. We heard a great message about coming up higher with Jesus. We also met many of our brothers and sisters in Christ, enjoying a wonderful fellowship together. 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