For Boxing Day we wil have one gathering at 9am - please join us as we reflect on what it means to be thankful even in the midst of a chaotic and difficult year.

This service is open to all and in traffic light orange limited to 50. Please ring the office to book a spot.

Come and celebrate Christmas with us. We will sing carols together and explore the meaning of Jesus’ birth.

This service is open to all and in traffic light orange limited to 50. Please ring the office to book a spot.

Come and join us for Christmas Carols and a kids version of the Christmas story.

Feel free to dress up as a character from the nativity - angels, shepherds, wise men!

This service is a vaccine passport service only.

Come and join us for some Christmas cheer as we gather to sing carols and hear the Christmas story.

This service is open to all and in traffic light orange limited to 50. Please ring the office to book a spot.

Come and celebrate the resurrection of Jesus with us!

We have two celebrations - One at 8am and one at 10am.

Join us for coffee, pastries, and a short time of prayer and worship as we celebrate Easter with the sunrise. Dress warm and bring your own mug! Don't forget daylight savings too! Meet at the Lighthouse Caroline Bay

A reflective Good Friday service as we remember the death of Jesus and ponder its meaning for our lives today...

Join us at St Mary’s Timaru for a special service where we celebrate the servant leadership of Jesus.

Participate in the Christmas Story during this Family Friendly Service with dress up nativity.

As we launch into the school year for 2020 all our kids are welcome to bring their backpack as we pray for our kids and bless them for the year to come. If you're off to kindy, pre-school, school or do school at home - this day is for you to come along and be prayed for and encouraged as you head into 2020. We also welcome our new Youth Worker, Ed, and his family, Clare and Esme. Love to see you there.

Come and join us as our Anglican and Cooperating churches from South Canterbury all gather together for a shared worship service.

We will meet in Geraldine 10,30am at St Mary’s Anglican Church in Geraldine.

Bring your own picnic for afterward.

Bishop Peter will preside at the service and we will welcome our new Youth Worker Ed Hilder.

Look forward to seeing you all there.

Blessings

Please note we will have no regular Sunday services at St John’s on this day.

We would love to see you at our Christmas Day service for communion and carols, 9am. Bring the family as we give thanks for this very special day.

We would love for you to come and join us at our family friendly carol service at St John’s.

The kids (and the young at heart) can dress up in Nativity costumes as we sing carols and tell the Christmas story.

We would love to see you at our pre-Christmas Lessons and Carols Service in St John's Church on Wednesday December 11th at 10am. Come and sing your heart out to some classic Christmas carols, hear the Christmas story, and eat some cake

Come and celebrate with us! What is a Patronal Festival? It's the day we remember the Saint we are named after - in our case it is John the Baptist. He is a pretty cool guy to be named after. He spent his whole life pointing people to Jesus.

For us this day is a great chance to celebrate and give thanks for our church life together. Come ready with a plate of food to share and think of something you are grateful for. If you're new to church this is a great chance to get to know a few more people, we would love to see you there.

Come and celebrate with Lucy as she is ordained as an Anglican Priest. It is so great that Lucy is part of our family here at St John’s and serves as the Chaplain at Craighead Diocesan School. Come along and support Lucy as we encourage her and pray for her in her role as a Priest.

If you are new to the Anglican church and wondering what is the difference between “Deacons”,
”Priests”, and “Bishops” and why do they wear funny stuff? Click HERE - IT WILL HELP!

Ash Wednesday is the day marking the beginning of Lent. A cross is drawn on the foreheads of the members of the congregation and the words: “For dust you are and to dust you shall return” are recited. I know it doesn’t sound all that cheerful but the point is that we are mortal, we all experience the pain and brokenness of this fallen world and life just simply isn’t always wonderful. Ash Wednesday gives us the opportunity to our acknowledge our need for Jesus. Ash Wednesday is an invitation to humlity, and an invitation to repentance (acknolwedging we need Jesus and turning from our own ways to follow him). Come along and begin Lent with this special time of coming to Jesus for forgivness and hope.

Come and join us as all of our Anglican churches across South Canterbury get together as one big whanau. We will have an all ages service in the Caroline Bay Hall, followed by a picnic lunch. Bring some picnic food along. We would love for you to join us as we celebrate and kick off a new year.

NOTE: THERE WILL BE NO REGULAR SERVICES THIS WEEK.

Come and join us as we celebrate Jesus’ birthday. Come for a family friendly, relaxed communion service.