Where life & faith meet
Friday March 1, 11am
World Day of Prayer, St James Presbyterian Church, 30 West St
Sunday March 3, 11.15am
Parish Pancake Party
Wed March 6, 10am
Mothers’ Union, Speaker Rev Irene Brodie
Saturday March 9
Parish Quiet Day
Saturday March 16, 8.30am – 1pm
Pukekohe Christian School
Gala
Sunday March 17, 11am
Parish AGM
Thursday March 21
Dementia Auckland Driving, Dementia Masterclass
COMING UP: Wednesday April 3
Grow Your Own Food course starts, 7.15 – 8.30pm
Sunday School (Children 3+):
Sundays at 9:30am
Seasons:
Tuesday afternoons (during term time)
Oasis Music/Coffee Group: (All pre-schoolers & caregivers welcome)
Mondays & Fridays at 9:15am
Selwyn Group:
Tuesdays & Thursdays at 9:15am
Op Shop:
Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays
Wednesdays at 7pm:
Communal Garden
1st Wed at 10am:
Mothers’ Union Service in Church followed by meeting in Parish Lounge
2nd Tuesday at 11am:
Holy Communion at Palms Hospital
2nd Wed at 10:30am
Holy Communion – Lakeside
| MonMonday | TueTuesday | WedWednesday | ThuThursday | FriFriday | SatSaturday | SunSunday |
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| February 25, 2019 | February 26, 2019 | February 27, 2019 | February 28, 2019 | March 1, 2019 | March 2, 2019 | March 3, 2019 |
| March 4, 2019 | March 5, 2019 | March 6, 2019 | March 7, 2019 | March 8, 2019 | March 9, 2019 | March 10, 2019 |
| March 11, 2019 | March 12, 2019 | March 13, 2019 | March 14, 2019 | March 15, 2019 | March 16, 2019 | March 17, 2019 |
| March 18, 2019 | March 19, 2019 | March 20, 2019 | March 21, 2019 | March 22, 2019 | March 23, 2019 | March 24, 2019 |
| March 25, 2019 | March 26, 2019 | March 27, 2019 | March 28, 2019 | March 29, 2019 | March 30, 2019 | March 31, 2019 |
The parish has two worship centres, St Andrew’s in Pukekohe being the central church, with a smaller centre, St Paul’s, about 5km away in Buckland, where services are held on the second and fourth Sundays of the month.
The Church provides an Anglican presence in the Pukekohe area. It is part of the Diocese of Auckland and the Province of Aotearoa, Polynesia and New Zealand. As such we come directly under the authority of the Bishop of Auckland, the Right Reverend Ross Bay (from April 17, 2010).
The population of Pukekohe is over 21,000. Historically the community has relied on farming and market gardening as the primary industries and the town developed as a service centre for those industries. The community continues to expand with many new housing developments.
The parish celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2001. St Paul’s was built in 1900 after St Andrew’s moved further north to its current site. The present St Andrew’s church was built in 1931 and has had significant renovations over the years. Just last year, the 140th anniversary of the Pukekohe Anglican Church opening in Wellington St was commemorated.
Behind St Andrew’s church is the Reid Anderson Hall, named in honour of the Venerable Reid Anderson — vicar of the parish from 1965 to 1973 and archdeacon for the area. This hall was the original church and was moved to this site from Wellington St. The Nora Brown Hall is named in honour of a long-serving Sunday School teacher and parishioner.
