St Stephen's Church - Christchurch

27/05/2026

Kids, have you ever wanted to be stranded on a deserted island? This is your opportunity… well we can pretend, can’t we?!

Come join in the fun in the next school holidays, as we hear about the story of Jonah.

Our days will include watching Billy & Tilly’s adventure on the island, figuring out what Sketch is drawing, singing, craft, playing games, photo booth, group time and getting to know others.

We will have a morning tea break as well as a longer break at lunchtime, just like school.

Invite a friend or cousin along too. We hope you can make it!

07/05/2026

Holiday Club 2026 dates & venue is now confirmed for the next July holidays! We hope your kids can make it.

More information to come.

🗓️ Save the dates in your calendar

👀 Watch this space for bookings to open

04/05/2026

This Sunday we are having 2 shorter, altogether services held at Quinn’s Road Chapel.

⛪️ Come at 9am or 10:30am

🍪 Morning tea 10-10:30am

📍148 Quinn’s Road, Shirley

🧒🏽 Kids will be in the service. No kids programmes on

👶🏻 A creche room (in the back hall) will be setup ready for parents to bring their preschoolers if needed

As it will be Mother’s Day, we want to celebrate and honour our Mum’s, so we will:

📷 Have a photobooth available to get a nice family photo during morning tea or after the 10:30 service

🎥 Watch a special Mother’s Day video in each of the services, with some of our own talking about what their mum has taught them, something they want her to know and why they love her 💕

Hope to see you Sunday 🎶✝️🌸

13/04/2026

Church Camp is just over a month away and regos close in a couple of weeks. We hope to see you there!

04/04/2026

He has risen!! We look forward to seeing you this morning as we rejoice in life after the grave ✝️

9.45am for morning tea and coffee
10am for our Children’s Easter Egg Hunt
10:30 for our Easter Sunday Service

🧒🏽Kid’s Programmes available for 0-13 years.

🌻Bring a flower to put on the cross

📍Mairehau High School Hall

Hope to see you there 🎉

31/03/2026

Kids, join in for an epic Easter Egg hunt around the grounds of Mairehau High School!

Work together as a team to find the 100’s of plastic eggs hidden and bring them back to home base.

All kids will receive a real Cadbury chocolate egg 🍫 afterwards.

Meet in the courtyard off the main hall at 10am. Feel free to come for morning tea from 9:45 before.

Stay afterwards for our Easter Sunday service & kid’s programmes at 10:30am.

13/03/2026

We warmly invite you to our Easter Services this year!

📍 Maundy Thursday
Join us for a time of reflection as we read together the account of the night before Jesus died from the Gospel of Luke and share the Lord’s Supper.

Thursday 2 April @7:30pm, Quinns Road Chapel

📍 Good Friday
Come and find out how Jesus’ death on the cross paid the price of sin. Followed by morning tea and hot cross buns. Kids Programmes available.

Friday 3 April @10:30am, Mairehau High School Hall

📍 Easter Sunday
Rejoice in life after the grave. We’d love to have you join us at 9.45am for morning tea and coffee followed by a Children’s Easter Egg Hunt from 10:00am. Bring a flower to put on the cross! Kids Programmes available.

Sunday 5 April @10:30am, Mairehau High School Hall

Hope to see you there ✝️

Easter Services We warmly invite you to our Easter Services this year! Maundy Thursday Join us for a time of reflection as we read together the account of the night before Jesus died from the Gospel of Luke and share the Lord’s Supper. Thursday 2 April @7:30pmQuinns Road Chapel148 Quinns Road, Shi...

19/02/2026

Will you be ok? Are you curious about faith or christianity?

We have a service coming up on Sunday 1st of March that will be delving into both of these topics.

- If this is something that would interest you, think about coming along!

- If this is something that someone else might be interested in, invite them!

Kid‘s programmes available for 0-13 years.
Morning tea provided after the service.

20/12/2025

Join us tomorrow for an all age, family service full of music, drama and fun as we celebrate the birth of Jesus! Followed by a sausage sizzle for all 🌭✨✝️🎄https://ststephens.org.nz/christmas/

09/12/2025

Join us this Sunday for our Carol Service! Hear the Christmas story, sing well-known carols and enjoy musical items from both kids and adults at this family service.

Followed by a special Christmas morning tea.

Kids will join in for this service but a Creche room is available for our 0-2.5 year olds.