Nikki and Scott Wheeler and their family are NZCMS mission partners in Kapuna, Papua New Guinea. Read Nikki’s update about how life has been going for them recently and their next steps. 

We celebrated at the Wellington Cathedral on Sunday as Murray Edridge became the first of our Priests to be ordained this year.

Come down to Southern Cross Garden Bar at 3pm-9pm this coming Sunday to support the work of the Free Store, and enjoy an afternoon of music, food and fun!

Supporters of Common Grace Aotearoa recently gathered at Ngatiawa River Monastery to learn how better to be a just church – in our country and the world.

It was a happy occasion at the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, Sunday afternoon, as The Very Reverend Katie Lawrence was installed as the ninth Dean of Wellington.

I had a moment last month where my past caught up with me. I walked into Thorndon New World and saw an elderly gentleman. I thought “I know who you are, but it can’t possibly be you.”

Readings: Isa 64:1-9; 1 Cor 1:3-9; Mark 13:24-37

Let us pray for the church and for the world, giving thanks for God’s goodness.

SUNDAY 26 November 2023, Christ the King – 34th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Aotearoa Sunday

Readings: RCL Ordinary Time: Ezek 34:11-16, 20-24; Eph 1:15-23; Matt 25:31-46

Or Aotearoa Sunday FAS Deut 6:1-9; Col 1:3-14; Mark 4:26-34 (Sunday before Advent)

Last Saturday, Brooklyn Anglicans revived the Brooklyn Twilight Festival for the first time since 2009. 

At the 2023 Synod in Masterton, one of the "missional bites" offered a wine tasting with 27seconds wine.

Rev Chris Frazer, Deacon for Social Justice at the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, shares a reflection on the pressures low income families in our community are facing, and a way we can support them this Christmas.

A group of current and former Godly Administration Discipleship Group participants recently had a day retreat at Raumati Beach Church.  

How do churches engage with cultural traditions that don’t sit with who they are? This is something Lyall Bay Community Church thought about this year as they approached Halloween.

The Anglican and Catholic Bishops of Aotearoa New Zealand have released a joint statement on the Israel-Palestine conflict.

We’re excited to launch the Common Good Coffee Truck in Wellington City this week.

Onslow Anglicans hosted their inaugural Onslow Anglicans Pie Competition on Sunday and found the tasty initiative was a great way to involve their wider community.

SUNDAY, 19 November 2023, 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Readings: Judg 4:1-7; 1 Thess 5:1-11; Matt 25:14-30

Let us pray for the church and for the world, giving thanks for God’s goodness.

SUNDAY 12 November 2023, 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Readings: Josh 24:1-3a, 14-25; 1 Thess 4:13-18; Matt 25:1-13

Let us pray for the church and for the world, giving thanks for God’s goodness.

Church leaders and their teams from around the diocese gathered at the Anglican Chinese Mission in Wellington recently for the Leading your Church into Growth conference.

Bishop Justin Duckworth is pleased to announce Revd. Katie Lawrence is the 9th Dean of the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul.