Young People

At St Mark's, Pukerua Bay there is “Awesome Church- a growing place!” every 4th Sunday at 11.00am. Intergenerational, with games, singing, creativity, a short Eucharist - and always food afterwards! We have harvested potatoes and garlic and have a grape vine and sweet peas growing.

Awesome Church

April: we continued the Easter journey with a theme of touching and tasting through the process of making Easter Biscuits. Check our recipe file below for the recipe.

March: Lent in one hour when we looked at Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday though to Good Friday. Of course we ate Pancakes.

February: Promises and partnerships were discussed and the potatoes we harvested were cooked by Rongopai on the barbecue and made a great feast.

January: We prayed for our young people returning to school.

Lacuna Prayer - For young people on a journey
God of all places and all time;
Go with our young people into this new year.
Be with them as they journey and explore.
May they know that they are in our hearts and in our prayers,

even though we may not see them so much for a while.
Keep them safe.
May all their adventures be with you as their companion
and when they return from time to time
may we learn from what they have discovered of your world.
May they find the space to meet you
In your love always
Amen.

Awesome Recipes:

Maori Bread Paraoa Rewena

Easter Biscuits Easter Biscuits

The Youth Group - LIME - is based in Pukerua Bay and meets on Sunday evenings.

All-Age Liturgy is on the fourth Sunday of each month in St Philip's, Paremata.

Download how to make ANZAC Biscuits

Preschoolers

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 Andrew's 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!

COME AND PLAY

Pauas

The youth choir meet on the 2nd, 4th and 5th Sunday of each month at 10.30am (directly after the 9.30am service/Sunday school) for about 30 minutes. Parents are welcome to watch or have tea in the hall during practice. Anybody who loves to sing is welcome.

Sunday School

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

At St Andrew's we gather in St Andrew's 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 Andrew's
Sunday School Prayer

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Here are some links that you might find interesting for school, for help, for careers and for interest. If you've got a good site which you think could be here, please send us an email: pauanglican@xtra.co.nz

www.studyit.org.nz

www.aucklandlibrary.co.nz/teens

www.wcl.govt.nz/teens/studygroove.html

www.youthministry.org.nz

/www.atomiceventscentre.com