What's Happening:

       Services this Sunday - 3 May, 2026            

            9:30am      Christ Church, Warkworth;   

            9:30am      St Leonard’s, Matakana;

    11.15am   St Alban’s, Kaipara Flats.

What’s Up?  

  Last week, I had the horrible experience of getting sick after returning from holiday.  (Though it didn’t dull the joy of a break in Melbourne).  I’m grateful for the response of clergy who helped out with events and activities over this time. There were  ANZAC Day services in Warkworth and Matakana and an interment of ashes at the cemetery.  A big thank you to John Blundell, Jan Olsen and David Stevens for stepping in for me.  In addition to the up-front action, Melody held the fort in the office and made sure that everything was ready for our Sunday services. And our wardens, Chris and Neil, chipped in with pastoral care, and service preparation.  

It has been a great reminder of the strength of our parish.  We reach out across the region with different congregations meeting in different buildings.  We are blessed to have so many people actively serving and contributing to how we function across the Mahurangi region.  Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 12-14
“There is one body, but it has many parts. But all its many parts make up one body. It is the same with Christ.  It is the same with Christ. We were all baptized by one Holy Spirit. And so we are formed into one body. It didn’t matter whether we were Jews or Gentiles, slaves or free people. We were all given the same Spirit to drink. So the body is not made up of just one part. It has many parts.   
Lisa

Landscaping at Matakana

The works have continued at Matakana, after having had the tree removed:   Thank you so much to Mike Filmer, who has made a great job of building steps down to the car park from St.Leonards church - This was a badly needed safety improvement.

Vestry

Vestry met on Tuesday with new members and returning members gathering for the first time.  We heard from Archdeacon Liz Martin who gave an overview of governance arrangements for our diocese.  We also viewed a video from Bishop Ross about mission and ministry planning in the diocese.  We will send a link for this when the In Touch is emailed out so that everyone has the opportunity to hear about this important work.  

Vestry received financial reports for the 2025 year.  Our thanks to Bill Crawford for the significant amount of work with Trust Management to get the accounts in order.  Vestry will meet again online next Tuesday.

Activities - week beginning Sunday 3rd 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 Midweek Communion Christ Church, Warkworth

Wed         10:30am Faith and Friendship Parish Hall, 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 - 10 May, 2026 

Acts 17:22-31;   Ps 66:7-19;   1 Pet 3:13-22;   John 14:15-21

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