Anglican Parish of Pauatahanui

Church of Choice, With Church with Choice, Church for Community

Regular Services

Church for Choice! You are invited to join us worshipping God. The Anglican Parish of Pauatahanui has four churches and eleven worshipping communities. Choose which of our congregations best meets your needs, interest, and availability. Download the December services and events.

From Sunday October 5 there will be new service times for St Andrew's early service (to be 8am) and St Mark's (to be 11am)

St Andrew's, Steyne Avenue, Plimmerton
Sunday	8.00am	Traditional Eucharist	Quiet, reflective, no surprises!
Sunday	9.30am	Contemporary Eucharist with Sunday School	Lively, welcoming
Thursday	10:00am	Short Eucharist Healing on 3rd Thursday	Simple and friendly
	Noon	Bell Ringing & Prayer for Peace
St Mark's, Rawhiti Road, Pukerua Bay
Sunday	11:00am	Contemporary Eucharist	Church with a view
4th Sunday of month	11:00am	Awesome Church	For Families
4th Sunday of month	7:00pm	Parish Choral Evensong	Traditional Service
1st Wednesday of month	9:45am	Short Eucharist	Precedes the Friendship Group
St Alban's, State Highway 58, Pauatahanui
1st & 3rd Sunday of month	11:00am	Contemporary Eucharist	Dignified Worship in our historic church
Tuesdays	5:00pm	Prayers for the Community
St Philip's, Paremata Crescent, Paremata
4th Sunday of month	9:30am	All-Age Worship	Creative and participatory
Other Services
1st Thursday of month	11:00am	Communion @Harbourview Resthome	Short, comforting with residents & parishioners
1st Wednesday of month	1:00pm	New Generation Church Service in St Andrew's followed by food and fun. Come and play!	For children and parents or caregivers - songs, a story and communion
Prayer Times
Tuesdays	8:30am	St Andrew's
Tuesdays	5:00pm	St Alban's
Wednesdays	9:00am	St Philip's
Thursdays	8:00am	St Mark's
Thursdays	Noon	St Andrew's
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Communion

At the Eucharist in all our churches anyone baptised in a Christian Church is welcome to receive communion and all are invited to come up for a blessing.

You are invited to kneel or stand at the altar rail and receive the bread in
your open palm.
You may dip the bread in the wine or grape juice if you prefer, or you may receive the bread alone.
We welcome all baptised children to receive Communion so that they
shall never remember a time when they did not participate in this
sacrament.
People who have not been baptised are welcome to come to the altar
and kneel to receive a blessing. blessing. Cross your arms on your chest as a
sign that you will not receive Communion.

Prayer Times

Our Community Prayer Times all have a slightly different focus!

@ 8.30am on Tuesdays at St Andrew's where there is a time of discussion about the Bible readings
@ 5.00pm on Tuesdays at St Alban's where prayers will be for the community
@ 9.00am on Wednesdays at St Philip's where there is prayer especially for Paremata School and families
@ 8.00am on Thursdays at St Mark's where there is shared silence followed by prayer for the youth of Pukerua Bay
@ Noon on Thursdays at St Andrew's where prayers will focus on world peace

In case of emergency: how to worship with others without leaving home!

Our New Zealand Prayer Book offers worship material for morning and evening prayer for each day of the week. If in a pandemic, you are not able or permitted to get out to church, you can join the world-wide church in prayer by using:

• Daily Services (from page 54) or
• Daily Devotions (from page 104) and
• Midday Prayer (page 147) or
• Night Prayer (page 167)

You can even find the Sunday readings that we usually have in church (from page 691).

If you would like a personal tutorial in how to use the Prayer Book, please ask the Vicar. If you don't have your own copy of A New Zealand Prayer Book, please order one through the Parish Office and we will purchase when we have enough orders to get a discount.

http://www.moh.govt.nz/pandemicinfluenza

Emergency Preparedness

On Tuesday 22 May the North Porirua Ministers' Association met with Marshall Hyland, Porirua City Council Emergency Management Officer, to consider disaster preparedness and the role of the churches.

L to R: Ian Dodge (Mana Baptist), Phil Larking (Whitby Lakeside Baptist), Marshall Hyland (PCC), Jenny Dawson (Pauatahanui Anglican), Keith Nisbet (Plimmerton Presbyterian), Sue Gamble (Mana Baptist), Terry Alve (Whitby Anglican) and Ross Scott (Mana Methodist).

Gusto

A service that is wonderfully new and spiritually rejuvenating at St Philip's, Paremata - time for quiet reflection and prayer in a warm and intimate atmosphere. Read Biddy's reflection on Gusto. For further details please contact the office.

Bible Readings

The Old Testament and Epistle are read by a Reader from the congregation. The Gospel is read by the Liturgical Assistant.

The readings for the following week are on the back page of the Pauatahanui News or can be found in A New Zealand Prayer Book - He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa from Page 691 onwards. 2008 uses the A series of the Three Year Series. This changes on Advent Sunday.

For a full text of the readings go to the Revised Common Lectionary website.

For the Children

PreSchoolers Service - Come and Play!

All pre-schoolers and their caregivers are invited to a special babies and young children’s service and shared playtime at Plimmerton on the first Wednesday of every month.
The service from 1.00 to 1.30pm in St Andrews Church is short and fun beginning with a prayer, ending with a blessings, and including songs, story and communion and followed by playtime and refreshments to 2.30pm in the Parish Centre next door.

Come to the service at 1.00 or just come  in at 1.30 for coffee and a chat - bring along your older children during the school holidays.

This is New Generation Church. However, if you are under five, we would like your email address, so we can remind you a few days before.  Please, parents and care-givers of little ones, send their contact email address to the Parish Office and we will help you remember the Preschoolers! 

 

As the kids say, 'Sunday School is cool'.

At St Andrew's we gather in the church at 9.30am when we say our family prayer then go to the Parish Centre for songs, a story, activity and prayer. We re-join the service for communion and the final hymn.

St Mark’s - Awesome Church – a growing place!

The fourth Sunday at 11.00am is family style worship - in the round, with games, singing, and creativity.  The theme is generally taken from the Gospel reading and music is provided by guitarists and singers from the local community.  There is a short Eucharist, planting in the garden plots and there is always food after the service.

Conservation Week 2008 is about getting out in your region to Meet the Locals, Tutakitia te Iwi Kainga. We walked the Secret Valley and celebrated the Eucharist in the Education Centre.

Youth Group - LIME: Life is More Exciting

The youth group for 12 to 17 year olds meet every second Sunday night @ S Mark's, Pukerua Bay @ 7pm.
See also the Young People section.

Baptisms

Baptisms are part of the ministry of all four churches. Please contact the Parish Office on (04) 233 9781. Note: Before contacting for a baptism, you are asked to worship with us first. This is because baptism involves a commitment to God, the church, and sharing the life of a particular congregation - and because we want to support you as much as possible.

There is always water in the fonts in our churches to remind us that we are a community of the baptised. Please use this water to remind you of your own baptism … and say a prayer for the community.

Download the pdf of the Application for Baptism. Arrangements are not settled until there has been a conversation with one of the priests and the date is formally booked through the Office.

Confirmation

Each year the Bishop comes to us to confirm people for adult Christian service. Some weeks of preparation are required, usually beginning sometime after Easter.

Weddings

A wedding is one of life's great moments, a time for good wishes, feasting and joy. St John tells us how Jesus shared in such an occasion, and gave there a sign of new beginnings.

Our parish enjoys welcoming those who would like to marry in one of our churches so please worship with us before contacting us about a wedding.

Please have a look at weddings in our parish or contact the Parish Office.

Download the PDF of the Application for Marriage. Arrangements are not settled until there has been a conversation with one of the priests and the date is formally booked through the Office.

Funerals & Burials

Please contact our Vicar Jenny Dawson on (04) 233 1211 or 027 233 1211.

An annual Service of Remembrance is held in December.

The vicar is happy to offer Prayers in a House after Death / Te Tikanga Karakia mo te Takahi Whare.

Seasons of the Church Year

The church's year begins on Advent Sunday, the fourth Sunday before Christmas. Then follow the seasons of Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, Pentecost and finally the great teaching period of the year, the Sundays after Pentecost, called Ordinary Time. Read more about the church seasons.

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