What's Happening:

       Services this Sunday - 10 May, 2026            

 9am Snells Beach Community Church;

                         9:30am    Christ Church (combined service), WW;

                         9:30am     St Leonard’s, Matakana.

What’s Up?  

This Sunday we mark Mother’s Day – a chance to pause and give thanks for the women who have shaped our lives.

For many of us, our mothers – and those who have been like mothers to us – have had a profound and lasting influence. They help form who we are: in the things they taught us, the values they lived out, the care they showed, and the love they gave. My mum’s influence has stayed with me long after I left home, and long after her death. I still find myself echoing her words, carrying her habits, and seeing the world through something she first showed me.

In this week’s Gospel (John 14:15–21), Jesus speaks about not leaving his disciples alone, but remaining with them through the Spirit – present, guiding, shaping their lives from within. It’s a reminder that the deepest influences in our lives are not always loud or obvious, but steady, faithful, and enduring.

As we give thanks for mothers this weekend, we also give thanks for the quiet, shaping presence of God – a presence that, like the best of human love, stays with us and continues to form us over time.

Lisa

Women’s Fellowship - Methodist Church

The Warkworth Methodist Church, will be holding another Hostess Afternoon  this year:

What: Entertainment inc. Fashion Parade, Afternoon Tea, Garment Trading
Where: Warkworth Methodist Church (cnr Church Hill & Hexham St)
When: Thursday 21st May at 1.30pm

Please see more details about this, on the notice at the back of the church.

Children & Families Ministry

We started Arts4Kids last week in our Parish!  The lesson was to create faces by cutting coloured paper and gluing.  Every week we use different media to teach the children different skills in art.  I have noticed that the children who have come to the program for a while, have a lot more confidence in their own creative thought patterns.  I always love seeing what they come up with!  This week we are doing modelling clay faces!

Winter Warmup

Once again this year we are going to collect pyjamas to support the PJ Project run by the Kindness Collective initiative for kids living in poverty.  Here’s what they say:    
Over 170,000 kids are living in poverty in NZ, with over 200,000 more living with food insecurity. This means 1 in 3 children go without the basics, like food and warmth, with officials warning this number will only climb.  Being cold has a real impact on children’s health, school attendance and overall wellbeing. And as the cost of living remains high, winter places even more pressure on families already stretched thin. The PJ Project is one small but practical way we can collectively make a difference, helping children stay warm through the colder months.  

This offers us a chance to contribute to community wellbeing in a tangible by making a difference in children’s lives.  If you would like to support this initiative, you can donate PJs at Christ Church in Warkworth or St Leonard’s in Matakana in the boxes provided. 

Activities - week beginning Sunday 10th May:

Mon 9:30am Selwyn Centre       Parish Hall, Warkworth

Mon 5.00pm Lift - PreTeen Group Parish Hall, Warkworth

Tues           3.30pm Arts 4 Kids Parish Hall, Warkworth

Wed 10:00am Parish Karakia       Christ Church, Warkworth

Wed    3 & 3.45pm   Art 4 Kids       St Leonard’s, Matakana

Thurs         9.30am Christian Meditation Christ Church, Warkworth

Thurs         1.30pm Unfinished Projects Group Parish Office, Warkworth 

Sun 9:30am Explorer Kids       Christ Church, Warkworth

Readings for Sunday - 17th May, 2026 

Acts 1:6-14;   Ps 68:1-10,33-36;   1 Pet 4:12-14; 5:6-11;   John 17:1-11

Foodbank

A reminder that our Parish is a part of the Warkworth Christian Foodlink, the foodbank run by Mahu Vision Trust out of Mahurangi Hope Church. Each week Foodlink gives out 40 food parcels to people in our community.  Donations for the foodbank can be left in the baskets at the back of Christ Church and St Leonard’s every Sunday.

Activities - week beginning Sunday 19th April:

Mon 9:30am Selwyn Centre Parish Hall, Warkworth

Wed         2:30pm Communion service Summerset Village, WW

Thur         9:30am Christian Meditation           Christ Church, Warkworth

Thur         1:30pm Unfinished Projects Group Parish Office, Warkworth 

Readings for Sunday - 26 April, 2026 

Acts 2:42-47;  Ps 23;  1 Pet 2:19-25;  John 10:1-10