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Tax Receipts Being Prepared
With the end of the financial year, the receipts for giving over the 2023 tax year are now being prepared. This is quite a process as we...
Apr 4, 20241 min read


Kitchen Refurbishment updated
On Easter Monday, a small group of people got together to pull out part of the kitchen in the parish hall. This wasn't vandalism. Instead...
Apr 4, 20241 min read


An Extraordinary Easter
I had to fight the desire to call this an 'Egg-straordinary' Easter, but came to my senses as I reflected on the wonderful occasions and...
Apr 4, 20242 min read


Fantastic Food Fair with Friends
On Friday, 21 March we kicked off a weekend of wonderful events with a Community Food Fair. This sees a large group of volunteers baking,...
Mar 28, 20241 min read


Pākowhai Funding Committee Update
Following the devastation of Cyclone Gabrielle last year, communities scrammbled to respond to the needs of their neighbours and areas....
Mar 28, 20241 min read


Easter Egg-stravaganza a great success
On Saturday, 23 March we hosted the Easter Egg-Stravaganza. Every year this gathering seems to get bigger and bigger, with this year the...
Mar 28, 20241 min read


Join Us for Easter
The three days from Good Friday to Easter Sunday are known as the Great Three Days. On each of those days, the church has undertaken...
Mar 28, 20243 min read


Experiencing Holy Week
The first documented knowledge of the Church engaging in special services, gatherings and occasions in the lead up to Easter dates back...
Mar 21, 20243 min read


Autumn Connect Magazine Released
This week we released the Autumn edition of Connect Magazine. This edition focuses on events leading up to Easter as well as a reflection...
Mar 14, 20241 min read


Calling all budding filmmakers
This Easter season, as a community we want to encourage the young people of Hawkes Bay to engage with the possibilities and the theme of...
Mar 13, 20241 min read


Ministry Education Newsletter
This week, the Diocese of Waiapu published the March copy of the Ministry Educator's Newsletter. This is a resource of the educational...
Mar 13, 20241 min read


Call to Action: Christian Lovelink
Christian Lovelink, an organization we as a parish actively support, has put out an urgent call for support. Following Cyclone Gabrielle...
Mar 7, 20241 min read


Church Directory Returns
Many members of our church community will be familiar with the 'Directory' which would be released on a regular basis and contain the...
Mar 7, 20243 min read


Vicarage under renovation
With the release of the funding from the sale of St Thomas' church, the parish has been able to begin some of the deferred maintenance on...
Mar 6, 20242 min read


All are welcome, all are safe...
Over the past weekend a large number of our community completed both the first and second levels of our Diocesan Safeguarding Training....
Mar 6, 20242 min read


Annual General Meeting Upcoming
On Sunday, March 10 from 11:30am we will be holding our Annual General Meeting in the Parish Hall at All Saints' Church in Taradale. Our...
Feb 29, 20242 min read


Nurturing New Life: Reforming Koru Ministry
Hutia te rito o te harakeke, kai hea te korimako e kō? If you pluck out the centre shoot of the flax, where will the bellbird sing? Have...
Feb 29, 20242 min read


St Peter's returns to the parish
On Monday, 19 February Senior Net Napier handed back the keys to what had previously been known as St Peter's, the building that sits...
Feb 22, 20242 min read


Communication change in Church office
Approximately 3 years ago the church shifted from an on-site PABX system with an outdated mode of connecting people and calls across all...
Feb 22, 20241 min read


Ladies Fellowship begins again
The All Saints' Ladies Fellowship group invites anyone interested to join them at their first gathering for 2024 on Wednesday, 21...
Feb 15, 20241 min read
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