News

​​​Our Holy Week Activities are HERE.
​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

Holy Week

Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy week, is on 14 April and Easter Sunday is on 21 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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