Welcome

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New St Johns Anglican Church , Arawata St Old St Johns Anglican Church Arawata St

Kia Ora and welcome to the Parish of St John.

Happy New Year to our readers!

Our congregation is made up of ordinary people from all walks of life and backgrounds. We’re young and old in age, single, married, divorced and widowed, new Christians and mature ones.

We understand your life problems – because we’ve all had our own problems and we care about you and your family.
There is an unconditional welcome waiting for you and we trust you will enjoy worshipping God at our varied services – both contemporary and traditional.
What can you expect? For some people going anywhere for the first time can be a bit of a nerve racking experience. We aren’t super spiritual beings, we’ve all had a first day somewhere and you’ll find us a friendly bunch. Welcomers will meet you at the door and don’t be afraid to tell them you are a new visitor.

After the 10 am service we enjoy a cup of tea or coffee in the lounge and you are invited to join us and meet other Church members. All Hymns and prayers are projected onto the big screen for easy reading.
St Johns Parish is fortunate to have two sister churches in Hairini and Pirongia. Services at these churches will be found on the Service Times page.

We are pleased that you have taken the time to visit our website and we would be delighted to welcome you to any of churches in the parish. We are richly blessed in having alternative buildings.

If you would like Home Communion, please let Bev at our office know.

Please visit our new Facebook Page

A message from Murray

Dear All,

“For a child has been born – for us! The gift of a son – for us” Isaiah 9:6

With all the commercial pressure leading up to Christmas we can sometimes forget what Christmas is all about. We can forget that Christmas is when we celebrate the birth of a very special baby, a baby named Jesus who was a gift to us from God. A baby who grew up and was crucified, so that we can have a relationship with God. In the words of that great carol:

‘Hark! the herald angels sing

glory tothe newborn King

peace on earth and mercy mild

God and sinners reconciled’

The wonderful thing is that this reconciliation between God and humanity is available to each one of us if we give our lives to Jesus. When we do this, we gain a peace that is beyond understanding. This is another gift from God that we can enjoy every day of the year.

So let us all this Christmas, give thanks for the great gift of Jesus and for the wonderful peace with God we can have through Jesus. Let us also remember all those who cannot celebrate Christmas in peace beacue of starvation, unemployment, war and po0litical persecution. One way that you can do this is to donate to the Christian World Service Christmas Appeal. (http://www.cws.org.nz/what-can-i-do/cws-christmas-appeal)

As you can see on this website there are plenty of opportunities for you to worship Jesus this Christmas. So:

“O come let us adore Him

O come let us adore Him

Christ the Lord”

There is also some information about our Lenten Study next year. The reason we are advertising it now is that Lent and Easter are so early next year. In fact Ash Wednesday is an early 22nd February.

I hope you all have a blessed Christmas and a great New Year.

Murray