St John's Anglican Timaru

31/05/2026

Beautiful sunrise through our stained glass window on Sunday 🤩

The stained glass window was made by Gypsy Poulston and dedicated to the church in 1976 ✝️

26/05/2026

We celebrated Pentecost on Sunday, remembering the day the Holy Spirit was poured out so people might hear the gospel and be saved ✝️🔥

John 14:26 "The Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you."

07/05/2026

This Sunday we celebrate all mums, mothers and mentors with a special photo booth for taking photos with your loved ones (giant crepe paper flowers) 🤩 📸 and in our children's program "Sprouts" we will be putting together a little gift for our mothers 🏅🥰 (Mother's day card)

The photo "booth" will be set up for both services (8:30am & 10:30am) near the morning tea trolley and the mother's day gift will be made during the 10:30am service at Sprouts 🌱

30/04/2026

Reminder tomorrow night 7pm we welcome Rev'd Dr Meg Harvey into her new roles as Vicar for St John's and Priest-in-Charge of St Philip & All Saints 🤩 More details in post below

We are delighted to share that the Induction of Rev Meg Harvey to the Parish of St John's will take place on Friday 1st of May at 7pm 🤩

All are welcome for this event. Please join us at St John's Anglican Church (125 Wai-Iti Road) in welcoming Rev Meg to our parish and our community 🥳 Light supper to follow afterwards.

Date: Friday, 1st of May 2026
Time: 7:00pm, light supper afterwards
Location: 125 Wai-Iti Road, Timaru

15/04/2026

🤩 Throwing a party?
🥳 Need a space to dance?
😎 Want an inexpensive venue?

Our halls and the main church building are available for hire throughout the year, please contact the office to find out more. Office contact details below 🔽

Office Open: Mon-Wed 10:30am-12:30pm
Phone: 03 688 9213
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.stjohnstimaru.co.nz/

15/04/2026

Sprouts 🌱 (our children's program) begins again on Sunday! This term we are continuing our history walk through the Old Testament with the Biblical figures of Samuel, David, Solomon and Esther among others. We are also looking forward to celebrating Mother's Day in a few weeks 🥳

Time: During the 10:30am Family Service
Dates: Sundays 19 April - 28 June

Photos below are the creative Lego creations created by our Sprouts kids for Easter 🤩

15/04/2026

We are delighted to share that the Induction of Rev Meg Harvey to the Parish of St John's will take place on Friday 1st of May at 7pm 🤩

All are welcome for this event. Please join us at St John's Anglican Church (125 Wai-Iti Road) in welcoming Rev Meg to our parish and our community 🥳 Light supper to follow afterwards.

Date: Friday, 1st of May 2026
Time: 7:00pm, light supper afterwards
Location: 125 Wai-Iti Road, Timaru

04/04/2026

A massive thank you to everyone who braved the rain today and helped search (indoors!) for eggs at our Easter Egg Hunt Fundraiser! 🤩
Thank you to all our helpers who made the day possible and a special thank you to the children who helped hide the eggs again for the next children to find!
We had a blast and hope you all have a wonderful Easter 🥳

31/03/2026

Join us in April for a milestone Mainly Music celebration 🥳

Date: Friday 24th April
Cake will be served between the two sessions at 10am-10:30 am

Session times:
Session 1: 9:30am
Session 2: 10:30am

31/03/2026

Don't forget our 30min Morning Communion services, last one tomorrow morning Wednesday 1st 8am ✝️