News

​​​For our Christmas Activities please see the centre column on this page or scroll down.

​Normal Service times and Information are HERE. 

Our first Panui, e-newsletter is 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.

Christmas is fast approaching!
This year we will be joining our brothers and sisters at St James’ for a combined 9 lessons and carols service at 7.30pm on 15 December and for a Midnight Service on Christmas Eve starting at 11pm.
On Christmas Day there will be one service at St Pauls at 8am.
From 29 December until the end of January we will have one combined service each Sunday at 9am.
The Fruit & Vege Co-op finishes on 17 December and re-starts on 28 January 2020.
The Playgroup finishes on Thursday 12th December and its first day back is Thursday 13th February 2020.

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 Advent.

​The season of Advent marks the start of the Christian year. It is a season of expectation and preparation, as the Church prepares to celebrate the coming (adventus) of Christ in his incarnation at Christmas, but also looks ahead to his final advent as judge at the end of time.
The readings and liturgies not only direct us towards Christ’s birth, they also challenge the modern reluctance to confront the theme of divine judgement. The Four Last Things – Death, Judgement, Heaven and Hell – have been traditional themes for Advent meditation. The characteristic note of  Adventis is therefore expectation, rather than penitence.
The anticipation of Christmas under commercial pressure has also made it harder to sustain the appropriate sense of alert watchfulness, but the fundamental  Advent prayer remains ‘Maranatha’ – ‘Our Lord, come’.  Church decorations are simple and sparse, and purple is the traditional liturgical colour.

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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).

Discover what we do and how we connect with our Community.
Our Activities page has information on Organisations who use our Church facilities.