News

​​​Normal Service times and Information are HERE. 

The latest Earthquake Strengthening Information is HERE.

Read our November Building Bridges magazine.

St Paul's Youth Group is Active! Check it out.

Our Fruit & Vege Co-op now has distribution hubs at Petone Baptist Church and 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.

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 Lent

Lent starts on Ash Wednesday, when we have our Imposition of the Ashes services.  Ash Wednesday was on 6 March this year. Ashes are an ancient sign of penitence – and you may recall many an Old Testament reference to ‘sackcloth and ashes’ as an outward and visible sign of what was going on internally for someone.  Accordingly, we gather our Palm crosses to be burnt and so we have something that connects us all together, that connects us through the calendar year of the church, and that tangibly connects us with what we are about to do as we embark on our Lenten journey.

Lent is the season in the church calendar of self-examination , penitence, self-denial, study and preparation for Easter.  Churches are often kept bare of flowers and decoration.  There are no weddings during Lent, the Gloria is not sung and the word ‘alleluia’ is traditionally not spoken.  The 40 days of Lent accord with the 40 Jesus spent in the wilderness, so it’s a time of reflection as well as preparation.  Sometimes people give up things for Lent to help them focus on their relationship with God.  All of this may sound a bit like hard work!  But it’s important to remember where we are heading throughout Lent  – towards the joy of Easter Day.

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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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Our Activities page has information on Organisations who use our Church facilities.