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Past Events

Christmas Day Service

JOY TO THE WORLD – THE LORD HAS COME! Join us in celebrating Jesus’ birth on Christmas Day with a family Communion Service beginning at 10am

Christmas Eve @ St Paul’s

Join us for our beautiful night-time service – 10.45pm for mince pies, then our service to welcome our Lord Jesus begins at 11pm. All are welcome to join us! Please note: There are no services on the morning of 24 December 2024. The advertisement in the Christchurch Star Newspaper is incorrect.

Carols in the Church Courtyard

Bring your picnic chairs or blankets and come to the beautiful grounds of St Paul’s in the centre of Papanui to sing Carols. Listen to the St Alban’s Community Choir, the choir of the St John Moraia Fijian Methodist Church, the Christchurch Accordion Orchestra and the musicians from Northcity Church. There’ll be activities for the…

Ignite – afterschool programme

Wednesday afternoons 3.30 to 5.00 pm during school terms A fun time for kids that encourages development in a faith-based environment. Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfLrir7qFADnym4sTLi-2C69fLdO0r6llHFlo9jsOsA2Xuc9g/viewform

Blue Advent Evensong

Traditional Evensong remembering those with dementia and memory loss as we prepare for Christmas.

GOSPEL SING-ALONG

Come along for a gospel sing-along – BUT FIRST – we have dinner together (simple make your own salad rolls and a cuppa). Dinner at 6pm, sing-along at 7pm

Parish prayers on Zoom

On the third Wednesday of the month we get together on Zoom to pray for the Parish, the Church and the community. A few people are allocated specific topics, but you are always welcome to join us. To get the link to join, please send an email to the Vicar: vicar@stpaulspapanui.org.nz

Special General Meeting

A Special General Meeting has been convened for Sunday 18 August 2024 after the 10am service to consider the following motion: “The Parish of Papanui: 1.    remains supportive of the full sale of the land to the Christchurch Methodist Mission aspreviously resolved on 28/04/2024; 2.    agrees to retain less land (800 m² to 1,000 m²)  for a new vicarage and potentially for…