St Peter’s Anglican Church - Katikati

St Peter’s Anglican Church - Katikati St Peter’s Anglican Church, Beach Road, Katikati, since 1883. But from the moment of that first service on May 11, 1884 the building began to change.

Weekly Services:
Sunday 8am - NZ Prayerbook Communion
10am - Communion Service

Wednesday 9:30am Shortened Prayerbook Communion The Rock on the Hill

THE aroma of freshly sawn and varnished kauri and the air of proud excitement at their 'modern' church, would have stirred the emotions of St Peter's first worshipers. No longer was it four walls and roof - attractively designed though they were. It

was the special place the Katikati Anglican community had worked so hard and waited so long for and their worship began to imbue the church with the tangible atmosphere of serenity and love which it endure today. It may have been raw new building constructed of simple and somewhat impermanent materials, so unlike the churches of their homeland, but it assumed the mantel of a house of God. For it is not four walls and a roof which make a church. It is the people who worship there, celebrate their love of God, rejoice in marriages and births and mourn the deaths of loved ones and pray for others in need. Over 125 (now 137) years their music and singing, their prayers and sermons have seeped into the very fabric of St Peter's Anglican Church, Katikati's Rock on the Hill. (Introduction taken from inside front cover of 'The Rock on Hill' by Elaine Fisher.....a soft cover book detailing the first 125 years of St Peter's Anglican Church available to purchase from Church Office for $25 plus postage)

Notice of ONE Sunday service at 9:30am on May 3rd, followed by the Parish AGM at 11am.Also one Sunday service at 9:30am ...
28/04/2026

Notice of ONE Sunday service at 9:30am on May 3rd, followed by the Parish AGM at 11am.

Also one Sunday service at 9:30am on every 5th Sunday - next one being May 31st.

And a special service with Bishop Philip Richardson, 9:30am Sunday 5th of July, which will also mark 150 Years of Anglican Ministry in Katikati.

(Road to Emmaus by Daniel Bonnell)

11/04/2026

The Vicar intends to show up for 8 and 10am services with a Bible and Prayerbook. If you can safely travel you're welcome to join.

A couple of weeks ago we called on Katikati's own Acorn Gardening - Arborist Rob Bartley to prune back one of our big Li...
30/03/2026

A couple of weeks ago we called on Katikati's own Acorn Gardening - Arborist Rob Bartley to prune back one of our big Liquid Amber trees. A split was identified which was a risk for both the College and the Historic Church in a storm. Rob is a wonderfully skilled professional and did a great job safely pruning the tree down. Here's some footage from the day and Rob's details and services.

Holy Week and Easter Services at St Peters KatikatiSun 29 March - 9:30am - Palm Sunday Eucharist (5th Sunday, no 8 and 1...
18/03/2026

Holy Week and Easter Services at St Peters Katikati

Sun 29 March - 9:30am - Palm Sunday Eucharist (5th Sunday, no 8 and 10am)
Wed 1 April - 9:30am - Wednesday in Holy Week Eucharist
Thurs 2 April - 6pm - Maundy Thursday Footwashing and Eucharist
Fri 3 April - 9:30am - Good Friday Service
Sun 5 April - 9:25am - Easter Baptisms at Katikati Landing between 8 and 10am Services
Sun 5 April - 8 and 10am - Easter Sunday Eucharist

A special service for St Peters Katikati and St Peters by the Sea - Waihi Beach
12/03/2026

A special service for St Peters Katikati and St Peters by the Sea - Waihi Beach

Lenten Devotion 2 on the Lord’s PrayerThe First Petition: “Hallowed be your name”Opening Reading – Exodus 34:5–7“Then th...
12/03/2026

Lenten Devotion 2 on the Lord’s Prayer
The First Petition: “Hallowed be your name”

Opening Reading – Exodus 34:5–7
“Then the Lord came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the Lord… The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in
love and faithfulness… yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished.”

We don’t often use the word “hallows” in everyday conversation, though everyone hallows!
Sometimes we hallow our personal reputation, or another part of the creation.
When we pray, “Hallowed be your name,” we are asking that God be treated as he truly is. To hallow his name is to honour the God who has made himself known in Scripture and nature.
The Heidelberg Catechism asks in Q122: What does the first petition mean?
A: “Hallowed be your name” means: Help us to know you rightly, to honour, glorify and praise you for all your works and for all that shines forth from them: your almighty power, wisdom, kindness, justice, mercy and truth. And it means: Help us to direct all our living so that your name will never be blasphemed because of us but always honoured and praised.

Notice the order. First, “Help us to know you rightly.” We cannot glorify a God reshaped in our image. True prayer begins with true knowledge.
Then it speaks to God’s works in the world and in salvation, chiefly seen in sending forth the Christ. Jesus perfectly hallowed the Father’s name, and revealed his justice and mercy together
at the cross. Under the New Covenant, he writes his law on our hearts and gives his Spirit to shape holy lives as children of God.

With this enablement, we are set free from hallowing any other name including our own.

Hallowing God’s name is the positive antidote to blasphemy, which is more than cursing, but also attributing words, laws, and actions to God that do not fit rightly with who he is.
The Lord’s Prayer thus begins with rightly prizing God’s glory, trusting that through Christ and the Spirit he will make his name beautiful in us.

Closing Reading – Matthew 5:16
“Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”

Reflection Questions:
-Have I reshaped God in subtle ways to suit my preferences, or am I receiving him as he has
revealed himself in Scripture?
-In what areas am I more concerned about protecting my reputation than honouring his?
-Do I desire God’s glory above my own reputation?
-How might my life this week display the beauty and weight of his holy name?

Lenten Devotion 1 on the Lord’s PrayerThe Invocation: “Our Father in heaven”Opening Reading - Romans 8:14-15:For those w...
22/02/2026

Lenten Devotion 1 on the Lord’s Prayer
The Invocation: “Our Father in heaven”

Opening Reading - Romans 8:14-15:
For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about
your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”

Jesus teaches us to begin prayer with relationship. We say, “Our Father.” That address confronts both pride and fear. It exposes the older brother who says, “I have slaved for you,” and the younger brother who says, “I am no longer worthy.”
The Father’s answer: “All I have is yours.”

The Heidelberg Catechism Q120 asks: Why did Christ command us to call God “our Father”?
A: To awaken in us at the very beginning of our prayer what should be basic to our prayer— a childlike reverence and trust that through Christ God has become our Father, and that just as
our parents do not refuse us the things of this life, even less will God our Father refuse to give us what we ask in faith.

J I Packer wrote, “You sum up the whole of New Testament religion if you describe it as the knowledge of God as one’s holy Father.” He also said, “Our understanding of Christianity cannot be better than our grasp of adoption.”
In Christ, we are adopted children of God, given the rights
of the firstborn Son. This is our basis for prayer. The gift of grace.

As someone has said, “You are not entering into the throne room by nature. You are entering into the throne room by covenant.”
The New Covenant promise stands: “I will be your God and
you will be my people.”
Through our great high priest, we come as a royal priesthood, welcomed and heard.

The location of our Father is also a comfort as He is said to be “in heaven”. This is so that we may expect everything for body and soul from his almighty power.

Our Father is tender and sovereign. He knows every hope, fear, and need before we speak.

Closing Reading: 1 John 3:1
“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God.”

Reflection Questions:
-Do I approach God as a Father who has adopted me in Christ?
-Where am I relating to God more like a servant earning wages than a child receiving grace?
-How does covenant adoption shape my confidence in prayer this Lent?
- Where do I need to rest in his sovereign, fatherly care this Lent?

This year, Ash Wednesday falls early on February 18th. We will have two options of identical services, at 9:30am or 6pm...
03/02/2026

This year, Ash Wednesday falls early on February 18th. We will have two options of identical services, at 9:30am or 6pm, with the imposition of Ashes followed by communion.

What is Ash Wednesday?
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the 40 day period of Lent, patterned after Jesus' time in the wilderness (Matt 4:1-11).

In the service, we confess our sins and receive the sign of the cross in ashes on our foreheads, on the tops of our heads, or hands as a symbol of repentance. The service emphasizes humility, forgiveness, and God’s mercy.

Before the imposition of Ashes we hear this prayer:
Loving God, you create us from the dust of the earth;
may these ashes be for us a sign of our repentance and our mortality, and a reminder that only by the cross do we receive eternal life in Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.

Having confessed our sins, the service pivots on Psalm 51 of David's repentance, and leads us to the communion table, from which we are sent out to joyfully, and humbly serve the Lord.

Want to know more about Jesus Christ and if there is more to life? The Combined Churches of Katikati are putting on an A...
31/01/2026

Want to know more about Jesus Christ and if there is more to life? The Combined Churches of Katikati are putting on an Alpha course at the Hub (Library) on Wednesday nights starting on February 18. Details below!

23/12/2025

Invitation to our Christmas Services

Christmas Eve - 1130pm
Christmas Day - 930am

Richest Blessings to you all

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Katikati
3129

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+6475490040

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