Parish News: 27 April, 2025

Our services this Sunday: 

 
8am & 9.30am   Christ Church, Warkworth; 

 9:30am St Leonard’s, Matakana.

Ant Morris workshop sale

On the weekend of 3-4 May, Ant Morris (of Morris and James) will be having a sale of 40 years worth of pots, sculptures, bench tiles, ceramic pieces, platters and paintings.  50% of the sale proceeds will be donated to the Matakana Anglican Op Shop.  The sale will be on from 9am to 4.30pm Saturday and Sunday at 46 Tongue Farm Road.

Rodney Women’s Centre collection

Next Sunday, 4 May, we will be collecting donations of personal care items (hand cream, body lotion, skin care products etc) at Christ Church and St Leonard’s to give to the Rodney Women’s Centre, so that they can give these as gifts to their clients for Mother’s Day.

What’s Happening in Term Two

Here are a few dates coming up in Term Two that you might want to keep a note of:

• Sunday 4 May, 9.30am:  Explorer Kids Sunday morning children’s program kicks off again for Term 2, starting at Christ Church Warkworth.  (The first Sunday at St Leonard’s for Term 2 will be 11 May).

• Sunday 11 May:  Mother’s Day (Mother’s Day collections for the Rodney Women’s Centre will be received on Sunday 4 May).

• Sunday 18 May, 1.30pm:  Parish games afternoon in the Parish Hall.

• Sunday 25 May: Explorer Kids special field trip to the Warkworth Museum at 10am.

• Monday 26 May: Our Arts4Kids after school children’s program begins, running for five weeks in Warkworth (on Mondays and Tuesdays) and Matakana (on Wednesdays).

• Sunday 8 June: The feast of Pentecost!

• Saturday 14 June:  Parish Retreat Day (venue and time TBC).

• Friday 20 June: A special Matariki evening service will be held at St Leonard’s Matakana.  Details TBC.

• Sunday 29 June, 6pm:  A healing service will be held in St Leonard’s Matakana.

What's Happening