St John's Anglican Timaru

23/10/2026

🌱 Sprouts (our children's program) is on this Sunday (25 October) BUT NOT the next Sunday (1 November) due to the Light Party ✨ the day before. Instead, we will have a fun children's activity ready at the back of Church 🤩

23/10/2026

Limited stalls left! ✨ Save the date for our Christmas Market! 5th of Dec, 4-7pm 🎄🎉

Stall holder fee updated for our Christmas Market: $20 per site✨

22/09/2026

Stall holder fee updated for our Christmas Market: $20 per site✨

20/09/2026

Rev Meg thinks this song is well worth a watch ✨ and if you look closely, you may even see a familiar face!

Here's some more info on the song:

After struggling with depression, Josh Wilson wrote this song as a reminder that Jesus loves us, even when we find it hard to love ourselves. The mirror in the video is the very one where he once stood speaking harshly to himself.

Josh invited people who connected with the song to film themselves singing in their own mirrors. Their videos and stories moved him deeply and became part of this beautiful video, bringing faith and mental health struggles together.

I know what it’s like to look in the mirror and hate the person sta...

15/09/2026

Stall holders wanted! We are pleased to announce we'll be holding a Christmas Market on Saturday 5th of December, 4pm-7pm at 125 Wai-Iti Road, St John's Anglican Church! 🎉 See details below, please contact our admin for more information!

15/07/2026

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