The Church has never closed
WE are the Church
You are welcome to join us
We worship, we pray, we unpack and consider Scripture together, we laugh and be together as a church family.
We look forward to you joining us when we gather.
Sunday: 9 am – St Michael and All Angles, Greenhithe and
10.30 am – Holy Cross, Albany
Easter Services @ Albany Greenhithe Anglican Church
Palm Sunday: 24 March
9 am at St. Michael’s and All Angels – Greenhithe
10:30 am at Holy Cross – Albany
Maundy Thursday: 28 March at Holy Cross
6:30 pm Soup and Bread meal
7.30pm Maundy Thursday service
Good Friday: 29 March at Holy Cross
9:30am Combined denominational Easter walk, begins from the Holy Cross and finishes at Presbyterian Church
Easter Celebration with Holy Communion: 31 March
9 am at St. Michael’s and All Angels – Greenhithe
10:30 am at Holy Cross – Albany
From our Priest in Charge
The Season of Easter
Dear friends in Christ,
A very happy Easter to everyone – I hope you all had a blessed Easter with your family and friends.
Now begins the second half of the great 100 days of Lent/Easter. The Church celebrates the Easter season (also known as “Eastertide”) for 50 days.
Throughout the season of Easter our services at Holy Cross start with an acclamation of the resurrection in many voices and languages. Anyone who knows a language other than English is invited to call out in that language “Christ is risen!” It is always a great joy to hear this global affirmation of the risen Christ.
We will be having a change in our services as I want to emphasize that the Psalm is a prayer, not simply a reading – so we pray it. You may also notice that it doesn’t conclude with, “Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church. I like the way you pray together in our congregation. Perhaps, we can also sometimes alternate verses. Basically, the first reader will lead the psalm prayer before handing it over to the second reader. But both readers will come up together to the front and bow to the altar beforehand. The Spirit will be with us all.
May you enjoy the season of Easter! The Peace of the Risen Christ be with you.
Yukiko
SPACE for you and your baby
Space for you and your baby is a parenting programme mainly for first-time parents of newborn babies. Parents and babies attend the sessions together and extended whānau are always welcome. Participants usually join Space when their baby is between two and four months old. Parents of older babies are welcome to enquire if a suitable group has a place available for them to attend.
Our vision is “empowering and encouraging parents to support the development of the whole child in their first year of life.”
Space provides a safe place for parents to bond well with their babies, meet other new parents in their community and receive information and support from trained facilitators and each other. It allows parents and infants to learn and grow in a supportive, teaching-based, community environment.
A new group will be starting at Holy Cross Albany on Wednesday 1 May: 11am – 1pm for anyone who has a new baby born January to April 2024
The programme runs for two hours a week over the course of 30 weeks (excluding school holidays).
Each week there is the opportunity to:
- participate in group discussions on child development topics
- explore play, music, movement, books and stories with parent and baby
- chat to other new parents over refreshments.
For enquiries please contact Yukiko: priest-in-charge@agac.org.nz or phone 021-0474753.