Our services
Nau mai, haere mai! All are welcome at the table….
Sunday Services
april prayer services
April 14, 21 & 28 we will have simple prayer services in our chapel, 200 Riddiford St Newtown.
These are shorter contemplative times of prayer and bible readings. There will be no specific children’s program
FAMILY BREAKFAST
9:00am • Newtown School Hall, Mein Street Newtown Wellington (See dates below)
Everyone’s welcome for a hearty meal together, before the Family Worship Service.
Feb 11, 18, 25 March 17, 24 May 12, 19, 26 June 9, 16, 23 Sep 8, 15, 22 Nov 3, 10, 17, 24 Dec 8, 15
FAMILY WORSHIP SERVICE
10:30am • Newtown School Hall, Mein Street Newtown Wellington
During school term times (from May 5) our services hold a blend of traditional Anglican liturgy and communion,
space for the movement of the holy spirit and interaction from the church community,
preaching from the scriptures, and worship music from Aotearoa, the St Tom’s community, and other Christian traditions.
Who we are
We are not for the fainthearted. Well, actually we are if you are weary from carrying some heavy baggage. We hope you might find this is a safe place to rest a while. We have people who struggle with their emotional and mental health, people who struggle with addictions, and people who struggle with life in general (and that is just our vestry and staff). We have people who are passionate about worship and prayer, care of creation, social activism, the creative arts, honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi, investing in our children and youth, refugees, and aliens (the outer space kind). We’re pretty sure we’d like you.
Mark Johnson
Priest in Charge (and little-er priests in charge)
Originally from Minneapolis in the USA, Mark’s ministry background was in leading a missions base for Steiger International and accidentally planting a church amongst atheist kids, punks, artists, musicians, and hippies. Mark and his wife Kirsty and their two boys have lived in Newtown and been part of the St Tom’s community since 2015.
What we believe
We believe that God is love and love is real: so we are passionate about learning from Jesus how to love God, love each other, and love the world.
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We believe that Jesus has made a way for us to know God and has given us his Holy Spirit so that we can live as sons and daughters of a good Father with all the reality and power of heaven available to us here on earth. We invite people into this way of life.
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We believe that the kingdom of God gets into us down to the level of our thoughts, emotions, and habits — personal transformation.
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We believe that justice, mercy, and love look like something — community transformation.
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We believe that God has a unique purpose and calling for Aotearoa, putting within this land things that do not exist elsewhere.
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We believe that humble will be exalted, so we treasure the infinite value of our children and our vulnerable people.
Good news
Tune in to recordings of the weekly Gospel message.
Get in touch
We’d love to hear from you!
Where we’ve come from
Read a little about the history of our Parish
Giving
If you would like to contribute financially to what we do, you can do so through bank deposit.
Parish of Wellington South
02-0576-0060145-000