Bishop Justin blessed the work of the Wellington City Mission and celebrated how they continue to ‘kick goals’ for Wellingtonian’s needing a hand.

Amy Ross of Eco Church Aotearoa presented the work of Eco Church and its enabling of churches around Aotearoa towards, environmental sustainability.

Last week saw the installation of Bishop Ellie as the new Bishop of Hull. The Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, presided over the Service of Commissioning and Welcome at Hull Minster. Archbishop Philip Richardson was in attendance as was our own Rev. Rebecca Apperley.

Below you will find a summary of all the Motions passed at Synod 2022. If you have any questions about any of these, do feel free to be in touch firstly with your Vicar/Priest in Charge or Synod Representatives, or with Diocesan Manager Ben Pringle.

Intermediate age rangatahi (young people) from across our diocese joined together on the weekend for a whirlwind 24 hours packed with laughs, worship, sunshine, trampolines, and everything in between!

Last weekend at St Matthew’s in Masterton, the vision of “Building Community with the hope of Jesus” was evident in a few awesome events.

The Friday Food Share, an initiative of the Waikanae Anglican Foodbank providing a new model in response to food poverty, recently won the Health and Wellbeing award for Kāpiti in the Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards. We took the opportunity to talk to Pippa about journey that bought her to this point.

E te tino Tapu, ka whakapaingia koe, i roto i tāu Tamai tuohu nei ki te horoi i ngā wae o āna ākonga,te tohu o te kaimahi tūturu.

Blessed are you, most holy, in your Son,who washed his disciples’ feet.‘I am among you,’ he said, ‘as one who serves.’ (ANZPB)

Imagine you have a job cleaning offices in Wellington after hours. You live in Wainuiomata and your shift finishes so late there are no trains or busses available to take you home. So you drive to work. Petrol prices soar and public transport prices are subsidised, but you can’t take advantage of the public transport subsidy. You get paid minimum wage, but wonder if it is even worth it given how often you need to fill the tank.