Tag Archives: Christianity

Christmas Day at Holy Innocents

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Bishop Peter to join us for a Christmas Eucharist

On Christmas Day at 9.30am, the people at Holy Innocents will celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ with a Eucharist (holy communion service) led by our bishop, the Right Reverend Dr Peter Carrell. Peter will also preach the sermon. We welcome anyone who would like to join with us to mark this special day in our Christian calendar. In other news, our Toddler Tunes whanau recently met for their final session of 2025. See some delightful pics of the occasion here.

In case you missed it…

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You missed Rev Meg’s final service at H.I.? Wait! There’s another chance to say goodbye at the Nor’Wester Cafe this Thursday (31/8), where Meg will be available for coffee and a chat from 10.00am to 12 noon. In the meantime, here’s three pics from Sunday.

Meg holds a print of a watercolour painting of Holy Innocents
Church by local artist Rosalind Thomson, one of the farewell
gifts from the parish. 27 July 2025.
Presiding at the Eucharist, July 27 2025.

Pray with us

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Every month we like to use a shared calendar with a prayer for each day which our members can add at their usual prayer time(s). Below is our calendar for July. We invite anyone and everyone to unite their prayers in this way. Each Wednesday at noon, Paul Dickson leads a small prayer group in the parish office (attached to the hall beside Holy Innocents Church, Church Street, Amberley). All are welcome.

Rev Meg would love to meet you!

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Meet Reverend Meg Harvey, who has been the Vicar of Amberley Parish since August 2022. As a parish we want to warmly welcome anyone who hasn’t been to church for a while and is thinking of trying church again, anyone who has never been a “churchgoer”, all new Christians and those wanting to explore the faith, and all visitors, newcomers, holiday-makers, and passers-by.

Whoever you are, you are most welcome.

Please see the “Church Services” menu above for church service dates and times. This is updated each month.

Ecumenical Pentecost Service

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Pentecost

This Sunday our friends at Waipara New Life Fellowship are hosting an ecumenical Pentecost celebration, with contributions from several churches. Ecumenical services and social events are organised a few times a year in our corner of North Canterbury by local Anglican, Presbyterian, Catholic, New Life, and Inspire churches. Continue reading →

Yay! Paddy & Tru

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west-africa-mapLast month, Paddy & Trusella Chrisp visited the parish at our invitation. We had heard of their plans to serve the Lord in West Africa. Rev’d Paddy and Trusella are well known to us since Paddy was  temporary Priest in Charge in 2011 prior to the appointment of our present clergy team. Last month Paddy preached and Trusella explained a little about their calling to work in West Africa. God bless them and we wish them well. We hope they will be kept safe from Ebola. We will keep you posted on how they get on with their work for the Lord.