St John's Otumoetai

St John’s is a medium-sized parish with a strong progressive theology and energy for community care and development.

 

Contact:
St John’s and Bureta Rd Community Centre,
94 Bureta Rd
Vicar: Reverend Erice Fairbrother, Ph 07 576-9923 or 576-2084
Email: admin@stjohn-tga.org.nz

 Website: www.stjohns-tga.org.nz

Worship: Warm, accepting, welcoming and inclusive all-age congregation, open to all seeking faith and Christian community from all backgrounds. Sunday - 8am: NZ prayer book with hymns; 9.45am, more changeable and a bit more informal, sometimes using PowerPoint (both services 70min).

Ethos: Tries to reflect ethos of Otumoetai/Matua/Bureta community. While reflecting its deep Anglican roots, parish worship and life guided by an open and exploring theology.

Ethnicity: Mainly Pakeha but there are a few Maori who worship regularly. Small amount of Te Reo in worship.

Children: Children are welcome in all our worship

Social: Morning tea after 9.45am Sunday and 10.am Wednesday services; monthly Friends and Fellowship gatherings; AAW and men’s fellowship.

Outreach: Bureta Rd Community Centre offers Tuesday and Thursday morning playgroup; toy library; community lunch club on second Wednesday, Golden Age entertainment for seniors on first Wednesday.

Highlights: Emphasis on liturgical seasons (every Sunday is special); Mothering Sunday, Passover meal on Maundy Thursday; winter fellowship dinner; Season of Creation during September, garden party in October; parish fair in November;