News

​Our Weekly Panui, e-newsletter is HERE

COVID-19. While we're at Alert Level 4 there will be no Services or other communal activities at St Paul's. More info in the centre column (scroll down if you're on a cell phone)

The Diocese streams Services each Sunday or you can join in last Sunday's HERE.

Normal Service times and Information are HERE. 

The latest Earthquake Strengthening Information is HERE.

Our Fruit & Vege Co-op  has a distribution hub at  Maungaraki Baptist Church.

​​Read our latest Newsletter.

Read the latest Diocesan News.

Check out the Church Library Catalogue.

Have you visited the Diosesan U tube Channel?Lots of  Bishop Justin's talks on there.

Useful Links:
Wellington diocese website. (Lots more useful links there).

Anglican Taonga.

Archbishop Justin Welby on Twitter.

Parishioner Sam Carpenter's Karuwha Trust website.

The Open Home Foundation.

Welcome
to the website of 
St. Paul's - Waiwhetu.

Join the weekly Diocesan Service each Sunday, or view last Sunday's HERE.
Services will be streamed live on Freeview Channel 200 and at movementonline.org.nz during Holy Week: 

Monday 7.30pm - Easter Week Liturgy with St Peter’s on Willis St
Tuesday 7.30pm - Easter Week Liturgy with St Peter’s on Willis St
Wednesday 7.30pm - Easter Week Liturgy with St Peter’s on Willis St
Thursday 7.30pm - Maundy Thursday Service from Whanganui
Friday 10am - Good Friday Reflection from Whanganui
Saturday 7.30pm - Chrism Service from Whanganui
Sunday 10am - Easter Sunday Service from Whanganui

While we're at Alert Level 4 for COVID-19 there will be no Services at St. Pauls but Rev. Karl is running a  blog at https://revkarl.wixsite.com/lettersnotsermons , to which you can Subscribe and he'll arrive at your Inbox. Karl will be posting to our Facebook page too, and there will be a Weekly Panui HERE.
 There will be no communal activities in the Church Hall either.
​If you need help there's lots of useful stuff online such as https://www.mentalhealth.org.nz/ or http://movementonline.org.nz/coronavirus/ or feel free to Contact us.

If you are new, visiting or regularly worship with us we welcome this opportunity for you to get to know us.

All ages are welcome at St. Paul's as all generations have something to teach and offer the church.

Know that you are loved and welcome.

Nau mai, haere mai. All are welcome here.

​To find more about us explore the menus at top of page and their sub-menus.

The Seasons of the Church

We are now in Holy Week

Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy week, is on 5 April and Easter Sunday is on 12 April this year

Holy Week is the week preceding Easter, where The Church and followers of Christ devote this time to the Passion of Christ; the events leading to his suffering and death.  After Lent, Holy Week provides an intense period of reflection and journeying with Christ, and this can be seen in the Services of Holy Week:

Palm Sunday – this service reflects the triumphant entry of Christ into Jerusalem.  Palm crosses are given out and blessed representing the victory of Christ and protection against evil.  

Maundy Thursday - the name for this service is derived from the Latin ‘mandatum’ or ‘commandment’, the first word of the phrase traditionally sung during the ceremony of the washing of the feet, ‘A new commandment I give unto you, That you love one another; as I have loved you.’  Two important Biblical events are the primary focus of Maundy Thursday: the Last Supper when Jesus shared the Passover meal with his disciples on the night before he was crucified, and the washing of the disciples’ feet by Jesus. Maundy Thursday services are more solemn occasions, marked by the shadow of Jesus' betrayal.  The altars and decorations within the church are removed representing all that was stripped from Christ.

Good Friday – This day marks the anniversary of Christ’s death on the cross.  

Holy Saturday – this day is the only day where the Eucharist is not celebrated marking the emptiness of the world without Christ.

Easter Day -  the celebration of the resurrection of Christ, heightened by the journey through Lent and Holy Week.  The most important day in the Christian calendar.
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Find us at 
76 Waiwhetu Road
Waterloo
Lower Hutt

Phone our office on 04 566 2002 or email office@stpaulslowerhutt.org.nz

Our Regular Sunday Services:

Holy Communion  8 am

Holy Communion  10 am

(but if there's a fifth Sunday in the month we have a combined service at 9 am).

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