Easter – An Opportunity To Refocus….

There is so much in the news to disturb us that I find it only too easy to lose focus.  The atrocities overseas may distract me from the tensions and disputes in my own life, but they don’t take them away.  The breakdown in relationships between others may be a fascinating, even entertaining distraction for a while: but the personal issues always need to be addressed eventually.

The run up to the Easter festival – Lent – offers us the chance to think again and to see how Jesus himself goes through much pain and humiliation before dying: we do not have a God aloof from everything, but living with us, and sharing our experiences. 

But Jesus doesn’t leave it (or us) at the point of death – the empty tomb and his ongoing presence directs us to something greater than the disasters and horrors that distract us; and his example can teach us so much about how to live with and for each other.

The good news of Easter comes from one person – Jesus Christ.

 Bishop Steven Benford

Cathedral District  
Cathedral Church of St Paul – 228 Stuart Street Dunedin

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Caversham Parish
St Peter’s – 500 Hillside Road

Wednesday, 14 February : Ash Wednesday. Eucharist and Imposition of Ashes at 7pm.

Fridays in Lent : Starting on 16th February. Eucharist and Lenten Study at 5.30pm followed by a Fish and Chip Supper.

Palm Sunday 24 March 2024
8am Holy Eucharist (1662)
10.30am Solemn Sung Eucharist
5 pm Evensong and Benediction – to be confirmed

Maundy Thursday 28 March 2024
7pm Stripping of the Altar and Vigil

Good Friday 29 March 2024
12noon Veneration of the Cross

Holy Saturday 30 March 2024
8pm Easter Vigil Mass and Ceremony of the New Fire

Easter Day 31 March 2024
8am Holy Eucharist (1662)
10.30am Solemn Sung Eucharist

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Dunedin North Parish
All Saints’ – 786 Cumberland St

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St Matthew’s Parish (Dunedin)
30 Hope Street, Dunedin

Good Friday 10am – A dramatic service in the church (preceded by morning tea with hot cross buns at 9am in the Hope Centre)

Easter Sunday 10 am: Easter Communion Celebration of the Resurrection

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St Martha’s (North Dunedin)

Saturday 23 March
St Martha’s Palm Sunday, St Martin’s Lounge – All Age Worship

Palm Sunday 24 March 10.30am, St Martin’s Church, 194 North Rd, North East Valley. Palm liturgy, Passion reading, Eucharist.

Good Friday  – service to be confirmed

Easter Sunday 31 March 10.30am, combined with St Martin’s Church, 194 North Rd, North East Valley. All Age Worship.

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Otago Peninsula
St Michael’s and All Angels’ –  Elliot Street, Andersons Bay

Maundy Thursday 7.30pm Hand and Foot Washing

Good Friday 29 March 

• 9.30am An ecumenical service based on the Stations of the Cross at  St Philip’s Presbyterian Church, Belford Street, Waverley.

For those who would like to, there is the opportunity to walk the Stations of the Cross. Those walking will gather at the playground in Larnach Road ready to set off to St Philip’s at 9.30am, so that the two groups are together for the final part of the service at the church.

• 7.30pm Tenebrae
  
  Easter Sunday
• 6.30am Dawn Service Broad Bay, BBQ fish on the beach and a ‘plunge in the sea’ reminder of our baptism
• 10am Family Eucharist  at St Michaels’ Church.

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Port Chalmers Parish – contact Judy Ringland Stewart  (Church Warden), 03 4728476 or 0274728477, box9portchalmers@gmail.com
Holy Trinity – corner Grey and Scotia Streets, Port Chalmers

• Good Friday 10.00am – Service of Reflection 
• Good Friday 7.30pm – Tenebrae
• Easter  Sunday 10.00 am

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Roslyn Parish
St John’s – 373 Highgate, Roslyn, Dunedin

Maundy Thursday

• 5.30 pm Shared Meal
• 7pm  Eucharist followed by the Sripping of the Altar

Good Friday

• 10am  Worship for Good Friday ‘ The Way of the Cross’
• 2pm  The Last Hour – a quiet reflective service at St John’s

Easter Day  

• 6.30am  Vigil and First Light
• 9am  Said Eucharist
• 10am Choral Eucharist
• No Evening Service

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Southern Coastal Deanery
St Mary’s – 3 Whitby Street, Mornington
Holy Cross – 5 Bellona Street, St Kilda
St Mark’s – 27 Shand Street, Green Island
St Margaret’s – 4 Seaview Rd, Brighton

Contact Ven Jan Clark 027 351 5171

Good Friday

• Mornington Walk with the Cross 9.30 am: Begins at St Francis Xavier Catholic Church (concludes at St Mary’s Anglican). Following the service, we share hot cross buns.
• 2pm Holy Cross,  St Kilda, Stations of the Cross.
• 7pm St Mark’s , Green Island. Good Friday reflections

 Easter Day 31 March

• 7.15am Sunrise Service on Brighton Beach followed by Eucharist and breakfast at St Margaret’s .
• 9.30am St Mary’s Mornington Eucharist & renewal of Baptismal Promises
• 11am Holy Cross 5 Bellona St, St Kilda Eucharist & renewal of Baptismal Promises

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Taieri Parish
St Luke’s – 67 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel

• Good Friday 29 March 10am Service
• Easter Sunday 31 March 10am Service

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Dunstan Parish
St Aidan’s – 42 Shannon Street, Alexandra
St James – 12 Ferry Road, Roxburgh

Good Friday
9.30am.  Combined Churches service at Alexandra Baptist Church

St Aidan’s, Alexandra
Easter Sunday
9.30am.  Holy Communion

St James, Roxburgh
Good Friday 
3.00pm.  Stations of the Cross 

Easter Saturday
5.00pm.  Holy Communion at St. James, Roxburgh

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Fiordland Parish – Contact: Miriam Dudfield, 021 054 2027, miriamdudfield@hotmail.com

St Michael’s – 49 Mokonui Street, Te Anau

• 24 March    Palm Sunday 9.30am
• 28 March   Maundy Thursday 7.30pm.  Taize for Holy Week
• 31 March    Easter Sunday 9.30am Easter Eucharist

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Gladstone Parish
All Saints – 509 Dee Street, Invercargill

• Good Friday – Devotional Service 10am
• Holy Saturday – Service of Light 7pm
• Easter Sunday – Said Communion 8am and Resurrection Eucharist 9.30am

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Gore Parish 
Holy Trinity – Trafford Street, Gore

Palm Sunday 24 March
10am Family Eucharist

Maundy Thursday 28 March
6pm Agape meal, service and vigil

Good Friday 29 March 9am Liturgy

Holy Saturday 30 March
5pm Celtic Healing Service

Easter Sunday 31 March
10am Family Eucharist  

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Invercargill – St John’s Parish
St Luke’s – 10 Black Road, Otatara

Please join a service at a neighbouring Invercargill Parish – no Easter services scheduled for St John’s Parish.

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Invercargill Children’s and Family Easter Celebration Service

To be confirmed…

Contact 021 326 307 for more details.

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Maniototo Parish –  Contact Warwick Smith (Bishop’s Warden), 021 434536
St. Hilda’s, 16 Welles Street. Ranfurly;
St. George’s, 46 Derwent Street, Naseby;

Easter Sunday 10.30am Family Communion Service at St George’s Naseby

St. Alban the Martyr, Downs Road, St. Bathans 

Open for quiet reflection

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North Invercargill Parish
Holy Trinity – 61 King Street, Invercargill

Palm Sunday 24 March- 9.30am Eucharist and blessing of Palm crosses, 11.45 am Potluck luncheon in the hall

Maundy Thursday 28 March

6 pm – Pot luck tea @ Cheynes
7. 30pm Service of Shadows and stripping of the Altar

Good Friday 29 March 9.30am Stations of the Cross

Easter Sunday 31 March Easter Eucharist

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Upper Clutha Parish
St Columba’s – Corner Upton Street and McDougall Street, Wanaka
St Andrew’s – Corner Blyth Street and Donegal Street, Cromwell
Tarras Community Church – Church Road, Tarras

Holy Week and Easter Day in the Upper Clutha Parish

St Andrew’s Cromwell

Palm Sunday, 24 March, 9.00am

Maundy Thursday, 28 March, 7.00pm

Good Friday, 29 March, 2pm

Holy Saturday, 30 March, 7.00pm (Taizé)

Easter Day, 31 March, 9.00am

St Columba’s Wanaka

Palm Sunday, 24 March 11.00am

Maundy Thursday, 28 March 7.00pm

Good Friday, 29 March, 2.00pm

Easter Day, 31 March, 8.00am & 10.00am

Tarras Church

Easter Celebration 7 April, 11.00am

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Wakatipu Parish
St Peter’s – 2 Church Street, Queenstown
St Paul’s – 16 Berkshire Street, Arrowtown
Glenorchy Community Church – 13 Argyle Street

Maundy Thursday 28 March
7pm Holy Communion and optional foot-washing – St Peter’s 

Good Friday 29 March

8.30am St Paul’s Arrowtown
10am St Peter’s Queenstown
11.15am Walk of the Cross – St Joseph’s Church, Queenstown

Easter Sunday 31 March

8.30am – St Paul’s Arrowtown
10.30am – St Peter’s Queenstown

  
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Western Southland 

St Mary’s Riverton:

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Winton – Contact: Rev’d Richard Johnson, 021 124 2746
Holy Trinity Church – 252 Great North Road, Winton

Good Friday 10 am
Easter Sunday 10am