News and Events

We are hosting NZ Blood on 5th and 6th April. Can you please note the dates and come along if your are eligible and, if not, then pass it on to any friends and family who might be!

We have lots on at St Chad’s as we look forward to celebrating Christmas.

1 Dec 9.30-10.30 A new Christian Meditation and contemplative study for the season of Advent. All welcome with no previous experience of meditation needed. on 1^st, 8^th,15^th & 22^nd

4 Dec 10am Family Communion Service

4 Dec 4pm Pohutukawa Singers Concert “Christmas and more!” with refreshments afterwards

11 Dec 7pm Kumeu Blend Concert “A Christmas Cocktail of musical delights!” with supper afterwards

18 Dec 7pm Women’s Fellowship Dinner

24 Dec 7pm 9 Lessons and Carols Following on from the very successful service last year we once again tell the Christmas story in traditional words and music

25 Dec 10am Family Communion Service

Over the nearly hundred years of the existence of St Chad’s Church in Huapai, various forms of Sunday School have been provided. Some who attended Sunday School in the old wooden building still worship at the revamped St Chad’s Anglican Church.  All are welcome at our regular 10am services – from babies being baptised to our 99-year-old stalwart and everyone in between. 

Quiet activities for children have been provided within the main Sunday Service since the return to ‘normality’ after Covid.  From 6 November St Chad’s will be providing a special KidsZone every Sunday. This is a space in which children can interact for about 30 minutes – to hear a story, do craft, sing and dance, think and talk about life. All ages will be catered for in one group. The plan is to start and finish in the main church service and parents are welcome to stay in the morning worship or to join their children in the KidsZone if they prefer.

Everyone is welcome to join our services which take the form of worship through music, songs, scriptures, thought-provoking messages, prayer and fellowship. Every Sunday service ends with our very popular morning tea or freshly brewed coffee, usually accompanied by home baked goodies – both sweet and savoury. Come and join us – every Sunday at 10am.

As expected we have now received confirmation from the Diocese of the easing of regulations regarding Covid. We have summarised the situation below and would ask all of our church members and users to remember the new guidelines.

• Masks are no longer required but if you feel more comfortable wearing your mask please continue to do so
• We will continue with the high hygiene standards which we followed throughout the last 2-3 years
• Should you test positive you will still be required to isolate for 7 days 
• The most important guideline for all of us is If you don’t feel well, please stay at home!

At St Chad’s we have a number of people of all ages who love board games. So someone came up with the bright idea of having a board games evening – once a month in the church hall. The plan is that we will have games for everyone to play, or you could bring your own favourite games and share them with others! There is no age limit – neither lower nor upper – and we will hope to organise pizzas to round off the event.

When – 1^st Saturday of the month 4.00-6.00pm starting 1^st October

Where – St Chad’s Church, corner of Matua and Oraha Roads

Cost – a koha towards the pizzas if you want to stay afterwards

For more info call Ian – 021 974004 or Jo – 0273 286 284

This is formal notification that the St Chad’s AGM and Kumeu Cemetery Board AGM will take place by Zoom immediately following the morning service on Sunday 20th March.

We have decided to revert to having Sunday services in the Church – starting on 27th March at 10am. The usual protocols will apply – scanning or signing in, checking Vaccine Passes and mask wearing. For now our services will be non communion and there will be no morning tea. We look forward to welcoming everyone back to worship together.

Our Thursday services will continue on Zoom and the invitation is below – just click on the link to be part of the service.

Topic: Thursday morning service
Time: Mar 10, 2022 10:00 AM Auckland, Wellington

Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 811 4867 2477
Passcode: 908125
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In 1880 E W Benson, then Bishop of Truro, drew up a festival of 9 lessons and carols, based on ancient sources, for use on Christmas Eve in the wooden shed which then served as his cathedral. In 1918 this was adapted for use in the chapel of King’s College Cambridge by its Dean Eric Milner-White. It has become a great Christmas tradition and is watched and listened to by a worldwide audience.

Our service will follow the traditional format using the readings from the King James version of the Bible. The service will move without any introductions to the readings and carols. We have a couple of lovely duets from Ally and Rosalind Quatermass as well as two very special carols from the a cappella group Voces8. We were very thrilled to have their permission to use these in our service tonight and if you would like to find out more about Voces8 please go to http://www.voces8.com

Covid requirements will be as they are for all our services under the current restrictions.  Masks will be required and anyone over the age of 12 will have to present a valid Vaccine Pass (hard copy or on a phone) which will be scanned. Numbers are limited to 100 and to allow time for signing in and scanning passes please come along early.

We look forward to seeing you!

We are delighted to have two upcoming events “in person” at the Church.

On Wednesday 15th at 7.30pm the Pohutukawa Singers will present a short programme of Christmas music and carols, some of which will be well known and some less so! There will be plenty of opportunities for audience participation.

The choir have not put a price on the tickets but a koha would be appreciated and this can be in cash on the night or by online banking to Pohutukawa Singers 12-3030-0591263-00.  As you can imagine life in the arts has been difficult in 2021! In July the choir ordered new carol books at about $55 each in anticipation of 2 well attended Christmas concerts and although some costs reduced in lockdown they continued to pay their musical director for all his work on Zoom rehearsals, so any donations would be very gratefully received.

Admission to the concert will be by ticket only and if you would like to join us please email candcnewel@gmail.com indicating the number of tickets you would like. This will have to be on a ‘first come first served’ basis as numbers have to be limited to 100.

On Christmas Eve at 7.00pm we will have a traditional service of 9 lessons and carols again with some very talented musicians and lots of carols for everyone to sing

Covid requirements are the same for both events, as they are for our services under the current restrictions.  Masks will be required and anyone over the age of 12 will have to present a valid Vaccine Passport (hard copy or on a phone) which will be scanned.

We look forward to seeing you!