House Church Prayer Resource Now Online

Exciting stories are emerging from throughout the Wellington Diocese of people meeting in their homes for worship and prayer. The Covid-19 lockdown presents us with a unique opportunity to lean on the prayers and rhythms others have prayed for centuries in similar moments of uncertainty. Strangely, our inability to meet together in-person offers us the chance to deepen our daily journey with Christ and with those in our bubble. 

To equip your home for this moment, the Diocese is releasing a digital house church liturgy today which provides forms for daily worship and for Eucharist if you have reserved sacrament available. The website has been beautifully designed by Andy Hockey to serve us in this season, and to be a continuing resource in the years to come. 

Bishop Ellie encourages us, “Although it is so sad for us not to be able to gather together in prayer and praise in our usual places of worship, we are so thankful that Jesus is our High Priest and that, wherever we are, we can always enter into the sacred and intimate presence of God! Let us make the most of any time in which we must withdraw from the social world, by drawing on our spiritual rhythms and practices and very intentionally coming closer to God.”

The house church liturgy can be found here.