Waiapu Anglican Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, Napier

15/06/2026

The Spirituality Centre resumes tomorrow lunchtime at the Cathedral for a time of quiet meditation and prayer. Please join us if you would like to find some peace and refreshment in your busy life.

14/06/2026

Our flower team have done an amazing job over the past two weeks, creating not just one stunning Dutch still life arrangement, but zhoozhing it this week so it glows with even more gold! In case you're wondering this is a mix of real plant material (mandarins, chrysanths, camellias) and artificial bits used during winter when there are fewer blooms. Our flower team are a talented group who bless and cheer us with God's beautiful creations.

13/06/2026

Evensong is at 5.00pm as usual and we'd love to see you, however the Collation of Deborah as Archdeacon has been postponed (date TBA).

08/06/2026

This Sunday we will hold a special Evensong where Deborah will become an Archdeacon of the Diocese.

07/06/2026

A thought from today's sermon:
Te Pouhere, our three Tikanga Constitution, calls us into community, opening us up into the ongoing, unfinished work of deepening our relationships, giving us an opportunity to be a sign to the world around us. Today is an opportunity to pray, in the words of our Prayer Book -
Blessed are you, God of Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia, in all the peoples who live here, in all the lessons we have learned, in all that remains for us to do.

06/06/2026

This Sunday is Te Pouhere Sunday which commemorates the three tikanga of the New Zealand Anglican church - Maori, pakeha and polynesian. At 10am at the Cathedral the choir will sing a lovely te reo mass for this special day. Join us!

05/06/2026

If only we could John!

02/06/2026

Believe for abundance

‘The Lord your God will make you abound.’ Deuteronomy 30:9 NKJV

A young artist called her aunt one day to let her know she was leaving on a trip to a fashionable resort to try and sell her wood carvings of seabirds to the owner of a gift shop. She asked her aunt to pray that her venture would be successful. Her aunt assured her that she would pray for the largest order she had ever received! That evening, the young artist called her aunt back. Not only had the gift shop owner purchased all her carvings, but the owner of a chain of gift shops had also ordered as many carvings as she could make! She was filled with wonder at how abundantly God had answered prayer. ‘Now,’ she said to her aunt, ‘pray that I can fill his order!’ Her aunt replied, ‘The Lord doesn’t open a door unless he expects us to walk through it successfully. When we pray for rain, don’t be surprised when you get a cloudburst!’

Are you praying for God to meet a need in your life? What answer are you expecting? Be honest. Bare minimum? Meagre-but-satisfactory? Or are you expecting an abundant, more-than-enough supply?

Stand on God’s word: ‘The Lord your God will make you abound in all the work of your hand’ (Deuteronomy 30:9 NKJV). Jesus said, ‘I have come that they may have life, and…have it more abundantly’ (John 10:10 NKJV). Paul wrote: ‘God is able to make all grace abound towards you, that you, may have an abundance for every good work’ (2 Corinthians 9:8 NKJV). So, believe God for abundance.

31/05/2026

A thought from today's sermon from Alister ...

"We're created in the image of God - and if God is love, then we're created in the likeness of love. So, whoever we love, however imperfectly, something of God's image shines through us. In loving we become more truly who we are."

Sermon notes are available for further reading, reflection, inspiration and action -

Sermon notes for the weekly 8am and 10am services are posted here each week so that people can reflect on the message.