Regular Services

Sundays.  NB*

* NB  Sundays during January: 9:00 am Family Communion. There is just one service at 9.00am each Sunday in January. (From Christmas until before the first Sunday in February.)

Wednesdays:
10:00 am: Holy Communion.

Please also view the Diary of Events.

Contact: Phone 473 2270 or email:  office@stmary.co.nz

Seasonal & Special Services

Weddings

It is part of the church's ministry to marry those who wish to have a Christian marriage. If you would like to be married in our church, please feel free to contact us. We will make a time to meet you and discuss your needs. Before agreeing to marry a couple, the vicar would like to be satisfied that the couple is ready for the commitment of marriage, and he may therefore require you to attend a marriage preparation course.

Baptisms

Children are welcomed into membership of the Church in Baptism, when their parents and Godparents make a commitment to bring them up in the Christian faith. If you wish to have your child baptised in our church, please feel free to contact us and we will make a time to meet you and discuss your needs. Parents wishing to have their children baptised may be asked to attend a preparation course.

Adults are also welcomed in Baptism if they have not been baptised before (see also Confirmations and Renewals).

Confirmations and Renewals

We offer the opportunity for people to make a public confession of faith through a special Service called Confirmation and Renewal. In this Service, the Bishop, with the laying on of hands, prays for those who would like to acknowledge or Confirm their baptismal vows made on their behalf when baptised as an infant. Also, others who have been through a Confirmation Service in the past may like to publicly renew their vows to God. This Service gives the opportunity for people to express their faith publicly and meaningfully. If a person has not been baptised previously, and desires this, a Service can be arranged for them with full immersion or sprinkling of water. Other appropriate opportunities for a person to express publicly their faith and commitment to Christ, such as the renewing of baptismal vows by immersion if previously baptised, can be arranged.

Please contact the Vicar.

Funerals and Memorial Services

It is part of the church's ministry to carry out funerals and memorial services. This ministry is not restricted to parishioners and is open to anyone who asks for it. If you would like the church to conduct a funeral or a memorial service please feel free to contact us.