St Martin’s host Council of Assembly

On the evening of Wednesday the 6th of March, St Martin’s had the privilege of hosting Council of Assembly for dinner. Pacific and Northern Presbyteries, were invited by the Council of Assembly to fellowship over a meal and to foster stronger relationships with one another.  We hope that you enjoyed your time and we look …

Holy Week Dates

Happy Communion Sunday!  As we prepare for our Holy Week Services, we are going to be combining with our neighbouring churches again this year!  Please see below the dates, times, and locations for each our Holy Week Services:  Monday 25th of March (7pm)Holy Week Service 1: Hosted by: Wesley Methodist Church, Papatoetoe39 Kolmar Road, Papatoetoe, AKL …

Moderator’s Lent Message for 2024

The Right Rev Rose Luxford, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand, has written a reflective message to help us through our preparations for Lent and Easter this year. Please find this message below: “Tena koutou katoa, Easter is early this year – almost as early as it can be. And that means …

Welcome to 2024

It was so amazing to see so many people at church for our first Communion Sunday of the year. We pray that 2024 will be filled with so much joy, blessings, challenges to overcome, love, and spiritual fulfilment. We also pray that this year is a chance for you all to try new things, to …

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas all!  We pray that this Christmas be a joyful time spent with family, friends, great company and good food. May you also continue to remember the reason for this festive season.  We pray a special blessing over those who will be experiencing their first Christmas without their loved ones this year. We pray …

2023, what a year!

Our ‘Kids For Christ’ Sunday School had celebrated the end of the Sunday School Year last weekend. The kids spent some time at Papatoetoe East Primary School playing games, enjoying food, and laughter, but most importantly – the water fight.  It has been a very successful year for our Sunday School. As mentioned on Sunday, …

Jeremiah’s Baptism

The Amerika family have brought forward their son, grandson, nephew, cousin, Jeremiah for baptism and have vowed to continue to show him the love that God has for him. We have been very fortunate to baptise a number of our tamariki in our church, and we give thanks for God for continuing to be the …

For God Alone!

What an amazing weekend! On Friday the 11th of August, the Media and Worship Team travelled to Awhitu to start their first ever retreat!! We made a stop in Waiuku at a local fish and chips store in the cold winters evening, to have some dinner. When we arrived in Awhitu, we unloaded the cars, …

Father’s Day Adventures

On the 2nd of September, we took advantage of the beautiful weather and spent the morning out at mini golf. The father’s that attended were split up into 4 teams, and each team spent time going around the mini golf course, accumulating points at each hole. It was really nice to hear and see the …

Proof of God’s love for our children

We continue to give thanks to God for his goodness to our congregation and for drawing our parents and even our littlest children to Him, through baptism. On Sunday, the 6th of August, the congregation had witnessed both Brodie and Patricia affirm their faith in God. and at the same time had agreed to show …