Saturday November 30, 2pm
Franklin Community Choir Concert
Sunday December 1
St Andrew’s Day, 8am, 9.30am
Thursday December 5
Deadline for Ham Orders
Monday December 9, noon
Op Shop Volunteers Meeting & Lunch
Sunday December 15, 5pm
Handel Consort & Quire Christmas Concert
Tuesday December 17, 11am
Seniors’ Pastoral Lunch
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 30, 2019 | December 31, 2019 | January 1, 2020 | January 2, 2020 | January 3, 2020 | January 4, 2020 | January 5, 2020 |
| January 6, 2020 | January 7, 2020 | January 8, 2020 | January 9, 2020 | January 10, 2020 | January 11, 2020 | January 12, 2020 |
| January 13, 2020 | January 14, 2020 | January 15, 2020 | January 16, 2020 | January 17, 2020 | January 18, 2020 | January 19, 2020 |
| January 20, 2020 | January 21, 2020 | January 22, 2020 | January 23, 2020 | January 24, 2020 | January 25, 2020 | January 26, 2020 |
| January 27, 2020 | January 28, 2020 | January 29, 2020 | January 30, 2020 | January 31, 2020 | February 1, 2020 | February 2, 2020 |
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.
