We are a welcoming and accepting family;
Worshiping and following Christ;
Loving and serving in the world.
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St Anne's Hall, 2 Arawhata St., Porirua
Food, Fun, Friendship Plus Scripture Discussion Watch this space for Meeting Dates |
GROUPSWAITANGIRUA TEAM
The Porirua Anglican Church Vestry has commissioned a team to undertake missional work in Cannons Creek & Waitangirua. The team are working closely with Urban Vision (a contemporary religious order) to discern next steps together. If you want to know more please contact Matt on 020 4116 1128 or Richard on 021 169 7777. ST ANNE’S PANTRY We run a food bank for the people of Porirua. We liaise closely with other community groups who run similar services to ensure that we are best meeting the needs of those who require food. The foodbank can be accessed through Citizens Advice PH: 04 237 8846. If you have any donations for the food bank please contact Diane PH: 021 609 445 FRIDAY NIGHT MEETINGS @ ST ANNE’S HALL Held fortnightly on Fridays at St Anne’s Hall. Include food, worship, prayer and planning. PRAYER Use the Prayer page to get in touch about any prayer needs you would like us to pray about. SUMMERSET AT AOTEA RETIREMENT VILLAGE We run services at Summerset on the 4th Wednesday of each month. Services start at 10.45am and last around an hour. |
During the Week we are present in the wider Porirua Community at these places:
PORIRUA ANGLICANS ARE COMMITTED TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT |
LEADERSHIP
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Church Wardens
The Church Wardens are the non-priest leaders of the people of St Anne’s who:
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Vestry
The Vestry is chosen by the people of the Porirua Anglican ministry unit to work with the Interim Priest in Charge. The vestry usually meets once a month on the first Sunday. The primary calling of the vestry is to:
- promote the worship of Almighty God;
- discern, articulate and be committed to the mission and vision of the parish (St Annes);
- foster the spiritual growth and well being of the people of St Annes;
- lead parish congregational change where this is appropriate; and
- observe best practice in its governance of the parish.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
FIRST and FOREMOST we are a community of love - we aspire to be in loving relationship with all people beginning with those who are members of the local Church community. There is no limit to the love we seek to express because we believe there is no limit on God's love for each of us.
THE CHURCH
The Church is the body of which Christ is the head and all baptised persons are members, believing that God is one and yet revealed as Father, Son and Holy Spirit ‑ a Holy Trinity, and
(a) lives to be the agent and sign of the Kingdom of God.
(b) is called to offer worship and service to God in the power of the Holy Spirit and
(c) as the community of faith, provides for all God’s people, the turangawaewae, the common ground;
The church is:
ONE because it is one body, under one head, Jesus Christ,
HOLY because the Holy Spirit dwells in its members and guides it in mission,
CATHOLIC because it seeks to proclaim the whole faith to all people to the end of time and
APOSTOLIC because it presents the faith of the apostles and is sent to carry Christ’s mission to all the world;
OUR MISSION
OUR BELIEFS ARE BASED ON:
Holy Scripture (from the Bible) and as explained in:
THE CHURCH
The Church is the body of which Christ is the head and all baptised persons are members, believing that God is one and yet revealed as Father, Son and Holy Spirit ‑ a Holy Trinity, and
(a) lives to be the agent and sign of the Kingdom of God.
(b) is called to offer worship and service to God in the power of the Holy Spirit and
(c) as the community of faith, provides for all God’s people, the turangawaewae, the common ground;
The church is:
ONE because it is one body, under one head, Jesus Christ,
HOLY because the Holy Spirit dwells in its members and guides it in mission,
CATHOLIC because it seeks to proclaim the whole faith to all people to the end of time and
APOSTOLIC because it presents the faith of the apostles and is sent to carry Christ’s mission to all the world;
OUR MISSION
- proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ,
- teaching, baptising and nurturing believers within eucharistic communities of faith,
- responding to human needs by loving service and
- seeking to transform unjust structures of society, caring for God’s creation, and establishing the values of the Kingdom
- striving to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the earth
OUR BELIEFS ARE BASED ON:
Holy Scripture (from the Bible) and as explained in:
- The Book of Common Prayer 1662
- Te Rawiri - The Book of Common Prayer translation of the 1662 BCP into Māori is commonly called Te Rawiri ("the David"), as the Māori tend to look for words to be attributed to a person of authority.
- A New Zealand Prayer Book – He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa.