Kairos is a course that will positively impact your worldview and all that you do to align you with God's heart for a lost world.

This is what one of the participants of the last course said:

“I have learnt so much about God's mission for the church and His heart for different peoples and cultures. Through this course, God has changed my focus and set my heart on fire to know Him, both here in NZ and overseas.”

It runs for 8 weeks and starts on Thursday 6th May, 7-9.15pm in The Life Centre, 21 Hania Street, Mount Vic. The cost for attending is $70. You will find leaflets on the table at the back of the Sunday service or you can email missions@thestreet.org.nz for more information or to register.

Our next Kairos course runs for 8 Thursdays during May and June, starting 6th May, 7- 9:15 pm at the Life Centre. It also includes one Saturday morning, 19th June. The cost is $70. Register through the website or missions@thestreet.org.nz

Testimonial: “A fantastic course to clarify what our mission is as Christians whether you are interested in overseas missions or not. A chance to grow, learn be encouraged and spurred on.”

Happy Easter! Bless you as we celebrate and remember our saviour Jesus Christ who died and rose again for you and me. We pray that this Easter weekend you would experience the love of God in a fresh and profound way. HE IS RISEN - hallelujah!

On Sunday, 21 March, we dedicated our morning services to honouring and commissioning our Senior Pastors of 24 years as they step out to launch a nationwide disciple-making movement called The Way. More information is available at www.theway.co.nz.

On Sunday, 28 March, we commissioned our senior pastors of 24 years as they step out to launch a nationwide disciple-making movement called The Way. More information is available at www.theway.co.nz

City did the same thing the previous week, so if you missed it at East, you may want to check out this video. Be praying for Nick and Sarah as they step out in faith in this way!

You may remember that over the summer we made lunches for Strathmore Community Centre to give to the children that attended their free holiday programme. By the 3rd week they had 30 kids attending each session and they were so grateful for the lunches we were able to provide.

They’ve asked us to do it again! If you’d like to find out more about helping with this please email east@thestreet.org.nz or talk to Jenny.

Can you sew? Would you like to make some flags?

As you know, we spend the first part of our service each week with the kids and adults all in together. We want to get better at worshipping together where both kids and adults are engaged and every person is encouraged to participate and actively bring their worship to God.

When we worshipped at Gateway Baptist during the summer, I (Jenny) noticed how much the kids loved the flags and so I thought we’d give it a try! If you would like to help by making some please get in touch - east@thestreet.org.nz

This Sunday 28 March at St Michael’s Anglican Church, 81 Upland Rd, Kelburn 5.30-7pm.

If you have a heart for helping former refugees settle and feel welcomed to New Zealand, then head along to St Michael's Anglican Church this Sunday evening to hear how you can get involved.

Easter Sunday is the absolute pinnacle of the Christian calendar and worth celebrating, but why? What is it about Easter that is such good news? Join us for hot cross buns, worship and a journey through the story of grace that God has been telling from beginning to end.  Why not think about inviting someone along?

Kids Zone will also have a programme running on Easter Sunday.

We are now part way through our sermon series in James called “Faith that works” which we started on 14 March. James is a book about real faith for real people. A book that shows it’s no good simply holding to a set of theoretical beliefs - James demands that faith must be put to work. Drawing from Jesus’ famous Sermon on the Mount and driving the same themes home with vivid pictures, the challenge of James is not understanding what it says but putting it into practice.

This Sunday 7 March we will be broadcasting an online service live at 10am - there will be no usual large gatherings at City, East or Night. While there is uncertainty over which Alert Level Wellington will be in, we have made the decision early to give clarity. It means we can prepare well for Sunday and means you know what your Sunday morning will look like.

For us that means East at Home. This is where you can register to attend someone’s home where you’ll enjoy some food and community, watch the online service and find spaces for Kids Zone as well. We’ll wrap up our We Are The Church series with the final metaphor: The Temple.

Register here to attend on Sunday https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/east-at-home-7-march-2021-tickets-143905524297

We are so grateful for the progress Markus Bain is making and that he was able to be transferred from Starship Hospital down to Wellington. He is however still very sick so please continue to pray for his healing. Karyn and Markus are in Wellington hospital and Mike continues to look after the other 2 boys at home.

One practical thing we can do to help them is to provide meals. If you could help with this, please sign up at the following link. All the info you need about how much to make, dietary requirements and how to drop off are on the link.

Take them a meal roster

This is such a great way to bless these guys as they continue on this hard road with Markus.

The Miramar Central School programme runs two sessions

Tuesday 9am -10.30am 

Wednesdays 9am - 10.30am. 

Volunteers arrive a little before 9am to meet Gillian (Kitchen & Garden) and get organised before the session starts. Gillian will let you know about any plans she has for the day and will give direction as to what tasks she would like you to do with a group of students. Gillian would appreciate help on either day.

The Holy Cross School programme runs two sessions (one after the other)

Tuesday 9.05am - 10.35am, 

Tuesday 11am - 12.30pm 

Volunteers arrive a little before 9am or 11am to meet Olivia (Garden) & Aleksandra (Kitchen) and get organised before the session starts. Olivia & Aleksandra will let you know the day before about the recipe of the day and any plans in the garden. They will give direction as to what tasks they would like you to do with a small group of students. When it is wet/cold - the gardening class happens indoors. We love for our volunteers to stay and share the food and converse with the students at the end of each session. The children tidy up/do the dishes at the end of each session. We are very happy for volunteers to choose either session.

If you’re interested in any of these please contact Olivia Boyd on 021 022 95948

Christians Against Poverty is an amazing organisation that we partner with to run a Debt Centre which enables us to help people who are living in unmanageable debt. A support worker is the person who joins the Debt Coach on visits to the client and then stays in contact with them to support them through their journey. This gives us the opportunity to bring them along to community dinners or to church, or whatever other opportunity arises. There are currently 6 CAP clients in our local area all of whom have support workers that live all around Wellington. We would love every CAP client in our area to have a local support worker. Please email Jenny to find out more if you’re interested. jenny.gill@thestreet.org.nz

Attention all parents of youth! Registrations are open for Easter Camp 2021

14 Feb - Early Bird Registration Deadline  - Cost:  $175

14 March - Standard Registration Deadline  -  Cost: $185

24 March - Late Registration Deadline  -  Cost: $205

Registrations are live at... https://rego.ec.org.nz/register/campers/

Click Here for all of the rest of The Easter Camp Info.

2020 was a year that challenged our concept of church. We could no longer come to a building at a particular time or on a particular day. The question that was often asked was, “When will church open again?” But the truth is that the church can never close because a church is not a time or a place but a people. Over four weeks we’re going to explore 4 pictures of the church in Scripture to help us understand what the Church is and why that’s important. Most importantly of all, we are going to discover the fundamental truth that we are the Church.

As you know, we are now holding our Sunday services at 56 Hobart Street. The agreement we have signed allows us to store our things in an office there during the week, and to use the building on a Sunday morning. This agreement is until June, by which time the two denominations responsible for the building will have made a decision about what will happen to it long term. Please commit this whole process to prayer, that God would have His way and that if this is where He wants us to be, that He would make a way!

Thinking matters presents: “Faith and Culture” online forum. For $20 you can watch the whole day, or download each talk individually. Find out more here

Attention all parents of youth! Registrations are open for Easter Camp 2021

14 March - Standard Registration Deadline  -  Cost: $185

24 March - Late Registration Deadline  -  Cost: $205

Registrations are live at... https://rego.ec.org.nz/register/campers/

Click Here for all of the rest of The Easter Camp Info.

If cost is an issue, please email jenny.gill@thestreet.org.nz to find out about accessing sponsorship.

Thank you for all of your prayers over the last few weeks as we have been negotiating the use of the building of Miramar Uniting Church, 56 Hobart Street. They have now agreed to us renting the space every Sunday morning. We will be in there from this Sunday 24th January! Praise God for His provision - we can’t wait to see you there!