Encounter Church Whakatāne

07/09/2026

Be the solution whanau!

MANNA CAFE is so excited to announce we are doing another food drive for the month of September. We are so greatful for all the support we get from the community. If you would like to donate we will have a donation area allocated at Manna cafe. Every donation is highly appreciated 🫶Please ensure the food is within the use by dates and shelf stable. Our local police station will be distributing boxes to families early October.

07/09/2026

“SEEKING3️⃣0️⃣ SPONSORS”
NEXT GEN YOUTH “SPONSOR A SEAT”TRIP
-Let’s get behind our NEXT GEN Youth Leaders and support their vision-

We’re raising funds to help get our NEXT GEN rangatahi to Baywave in Tauranga for our end-of-term youth trip! 🌊🙌🏼

We’ve got 3️⃣0️⃣“sponsored seats” available at $25 each. Thanks to our church whanau that reminded us that God provides all our needs💕So we’re reaching out if this is you and you’d love to sow details are below. ANY KOHA welcome as well💕

If ALL SPONSORSHIP can be paid in by Monday 14 September 2026 that would be amazing!

Comment below and we’ll add you to our list of sponsors.

PAYMENT INFO:
Bank acc: Encounter Church Whakatane
03-0490-0133841-003
Reference: Your name

We will add your name below as SPONSORS or KOHA if you don’t want to be named

Thank you so much for sowing into the NEXT GENeration YOUTH! 🌱

❤️=OUR SPONSORS
❤️Mica Shaw
❤️Rebecca Biddle
❤️Celia Grant
❤️Rob Grant
❤️Ash Grant x2
❤️Christine Wete x2

💕=1x KOHA
💕💕

05/09/2026

Welcome

05/09/2026

Welcome to 2mins of service. I’ll just leave it here to remind us that all the music did not record😊

05/09/2026

Celebrating our Father in Heaven and all our PĀPĀ here today

31/08/2026

THIS FRIDAYYY!🥳
See you there 6pm - fellowship, praise & worship, games/ heaps fun, message & prayer activation👏🏻🤎

31/08/2026

COMBINED FATHER'S DAY SERVICE WHAKATĀNE THIS SUNDAY!

Theme: MATCH YOUR DAD AT CHURCH!

Grab your dad, husband, grandad or father figure and match your look!

Ideas:
💡 SAME SHIRTS
💡 MATCHING HATS
💡 SAME SHOES
💡 SAME COLOURS
GO ALL OUT!

SUNDAY 6 SEPTEMBER
10:30AM
9 SALONIKA STREET WHAKATANE

🍽️ BRING A PLATE
Shared lunch after the service

⚠️ NO SERVICE IN EDGECUMBE THIS SUNDAY
We're all joining together in Whakatäne!

Everyone welcome! We can't wait to celebrate with you!

30/08/2026

Never underestimate the power of children! Moeata and Patience Vaipo join together to bring communion for our family service! Well done to you both you both did so well

29/08/2026

Today we have Whaea Louisa speaking
Moeata and Patience sharing communion

29/08/2026

WHĀNAU SUNDAY SERVICE ☀️
This Sunday we have Louisa running our Sunday service, a time where our kiddies are involved with leading apart of our service.
Come along, bring a friend, your neighbour? Whoever - all is welcomed🩷
See you apopo 10am🙌🏽