Holy Trinity Wainuiomata

11/07/2026

Join us this Sunday at Holy Trinity as we reflect on Jesus' Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:1–9, 18–23).

In a season marked by Matariki, and following last week's Service of Thanksgiving for St John's Church, we'll explore what it means to remember the past with gratitude while remaining open to the new things God is doing among us. Like a sower scattering seed, God continues to sow his word generously. The question is not whether God is speaking, but whether our hearts are ready to receive what he is saying.

Wherever you are on your journey of faith, you are warmly welcome.

Holy Communion (Reserved Sacrament)
Sunday, 10.00 am, Holy Trinity Wainuiomata

03/07/2026

This Sunday, we celebrate the life and role of St John's Church Wainuiomata, and her contribution to the Parish and Community.
The service of thanksgiving will held at Holy Trinity Church, 40 Wainuiomata Road, Wainuiomata on Sunday 5 July, 2026, at 10am.
As well as giving thanks for St John's place in our community, we will also acknowledge her deconsecration with the Bishop of Wellington's declaration that St John's and the land on which she stands were returned to a state of 'ordinary' last Sunday afternoon.
All for whom St John's has played a part in your and your families lives are warmly welcomed to join us. Morning tea and opportunity to share memories after the service.

01/07/2026

This week we are holding the people of Venezuela in our prayers and taking action after two powerful earthquakes struck the north of the country on 24 June. In just moments, families lost homes, loved ones, places of work, and the ordinary sense of safety that sits beneath daily life.

Many are grieving. Many are injured. Many are still waiting for news of people they love.

For us, this is a moment to respond as part of a wider Anglican family. The local Church in Venezuela is present among communities now facing shock, displacement and uncertainty, and Anglican partners around the world are beginning to gather around them.

New Zealand Anglican Missions is launching an emergency appeal to raise funds for the response.

Anglican Missions has been in contact with our Anglican Alliance partners and the Episcopal Diocese of Venezuela. The immediate needs being identified are simple, urgent and human: food, water, health support and shelter.

Vestry is inviting Holy Trinity people to prayerfully consider contributing what we can, however small, to the emergency appeal. The collection plate will be passed around during the offertory hymn this Sunday for this purpose. An alternative way of giving to the emergency appeal is online through this link:
https://campaigns.flo2cash.co.nz/AnglicanMissions/AnglicanWorldAid

Many blessings,
Vestry of the Anglican Parish of Wainuiomata

05/06/2026

Today's working bee at St John's is postponed to a future date. The overnight weather has made the site difficult to work on - we'll the new date here when we settle on it. Hope you've all managed to keep dry over these few days.

01/04/2026

REMINDER & IMPORTANT NOTE:
- Maundy Thursday Service starts at 7.00pm tonight
- Good Friday Service is from 11.00am till 12.00pm
- Saturday 9.00am cleaning and dressing the church
- Easter Day (Sunday) Service starts at 10.00am
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Daylight Savings ends in NZ overnight on Saturday/Sunday. Clocks go backwards by an hour.

31/03/2026

Welcome to Holy Trinity Anglican Church Holy Trinity is the home of the Anglicans of Wainuiomata. We love God and we love each other. On Sundays we worship together at 40 Wainuiomata Road, Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, and during the week we encourage each other to live Jesus-shaped lives. We’re a welc...

29/03/2026

Today is Palm Sunday, and the first day in Holy Week. Service today recalled Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem. The people of Jesus' time were expecting and welcomed a king they hoped would wield political and military power, as they cried 'Hosanna, to the son of David!'. But, instead of arriving on the back of a war horse, Jesus arrives on a donkey, a symbol of humility and peace, for his Kingship would come packaged in peace and love. In less that five days time, those same people who cried 'Hosanna' would be calling 'Crucify him!'.
Today was a beautiful service that recalled that story which, as apprectices and disciples of Jesus, we know the ending. It's a story that runs from triumphal entry as an expected political king, to despair and loss at his crucifixion on Good Friday, to his glorious resurrection on Easter Day. At the first Easter, we learned and celebrate, in these days, that Jesus has defeated death and reveals the pathway to our own eternal life, enabled by Jesus' sacrifice. It was the day we heard, of Jesus, 'People of God, Behold your God!'
May this Holy Week be one of journeying in love with the Christ, and the God who loves you.

Holy Week and Easter services at Holy Trinity Church:

Wednesday: 11.00am - Holy Communion
Wednesday: 7.00pm - Lenten Study
Thursday: 7.00pm - Maundy Thursday (Institution of the Eucharist and Washing of Feet)
Friday: 11.00am - Good Friday Service (hour-long contemplative service at the foot of the cross)
Saturday: 9.00am - Cleaning and dressing of the church
Sunday: 10.00am - Easter Day service.

25/03/2026

This morning, at 3.30am NZ time, the people of Canterbury in England, supported by the Worldwide Anglican Communion, installed Sarah Mullally as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury. In a multi-cultural, multi-national Anglican service, we heard voices from around the world, invoking God's Spirit to bless and enable ++Sarah in her ministry. The eagle-eyed will have seen amongst the gathered, ++Justin, our own Diocesan Bishop and Co-Primate of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. Pray for ++Sarah as she works to bring unity in the church.

28/12/2025

24/12/2025

Tonight, at Midnight Mass (which, in our Parish starts at 9.00pm), the Intercessor prayed this line "The baby who makes all births holy". That single line struck me as a powerful connector to Romans 8:16-17: “The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.” (NIV)
May you receive the greatest of God's gifts to humanity, offered by his grace. But how do you receive such a gift, as with any gift? You reach out your hands, take it, and make it your own. The only thing required of us is to take it, and say "Thank you".
Merry Christmas everyone.
The Christmas Day service begins at 10.00am. Come and say "Thanks".