News & Announcements
To keep up to date with what’s happening, take a look at our weekly Newsletter here and our latest Parish Magazine here.
Coming Up:
St Aidan’s Day, Sunday 25th August
There will be a lunch, following the 9:30am service. Please bring a plate of finger food to share.
Men’s Breakfast, Thursday 29th August
Join the team, 7:30am at Brown’s Café.
Family Movie Night, Saturday 31st August
3pm in the Gathering Area. Appropiate for primary school ages and preschoolers. Grandparents can bring grandchildren. 6pm second G-rated movie, more details coming.
St Aidan’s Bake-Off , Sunday 8th September
Friday Pre-Sale Soiree, Friday 13th September
Tickets $5 on the night.
Save the date, Garage Sale, 14th September
It’s back and it’s bigger and brighter than ever! More space for shopping comfort and more bang for your buck. Don’t miss our spectacular Garage Sale with loads and loads of good quality items at bargain prices.
There is something for everyone!
Located in the Church Hall Complex…
• Books and Media
• Bric-a-Brac
• Clothing & Footwear
• Electrical and Appliances
• Household items
• Furniture and Jumble
• High Class Junk
• Jewellery and Bling
• Plants
• Toys and Kid’s Stuff
• Sporting Goods and on it goes!
And for that something a bit more special we have art, antiques, furniture, collectibles, high end items, the interesting and unique, all located in the Gathering Area (annexed to the Church).
New this year: Shop ‘N Drop Station. Secure storage of your items while you shop.
Grab a tea or coffee. Enjoy fabulous home-baked cakes and treats. And you can’t go home without a jar or two of our delicious home-made jams and preserves. There will also be raffles, a Sausage Sizzle and home-made lemonade.
All Welcome – Event on Rain or Shine! FREE Entry
Donations of saleable items gratefully accepted. We can collect oversized items by arrangement.
Enquiries to our Parish Office Phone 09 929 4670 or office@staidans.co.nz
Recent Events:
Quiz Night, Friday 9th August
We fundraised just over $3,000 for the Auckland City Mission HomeGround project, which will include a safe, permanent shelter “to stand against homelessness, hunger and poor health.”
The dress code was 1920s style, as Auckland City Mission was established in 1920 and there were prizes for the best-dressed table & best-dressed team.
For more info about the Auckland City Mission HomeGround Project: https://www.aucklandcitymission.org.nz/homeground/
Sri Lanka Fundraiser
To support the families of the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka, we had reusable coffee cups on sale in the Gathering Area. $16 for one, $30 for two. The funds will go through the Salvation Army in Sri Lanka.
One Can – Two Can Appeal, June 2019
St Aidan’s was part of the City Mission’s One Can – Two Can Appeal again this year. City Mission are only able to meet the needs of so many people because of the support they receive from the Auckland community, through donations of staple food items and money.
Although the Appeal is over, we do have a weekly collection of food, so if you would like to donate some food, please bring drop them off in the Gathering Area. To find out more about the Auckland City Mission Food Parcels, click here.
Pentecost, 2019
We celebrated Pentecost, the coming of the Holy Spirit, with a bit of flair this year by picking up the old medieval church practice of Holy Spirit Holes…
Kids’ Church, Youth and our Young Adults also cooked marshmallows together and played a few games.
Paper, Pens Pencils
We recently had a stationery collection box for Paper Pens Pencils, available at church. We were collecting contributions of new and unused stationery items (e.g. pens, pencils, colouring pencils, erasers, sharpeners, exercise books, etc.). Please check their website out if you would like to make a contribution!
Fishing Trip, Saturday 11th May
A dozen keen anglers arrived at the marina at 7am ready for a big catch. The fog kept us waiting and it looked like we might have to cancel, but fortunately, it cleared briefly and allowed us to head out into the bay a couple of hours late.
Going slowly through the fog we watched the fish jumping but they proved elusive. We arrived at our fishing spot around 11:30am near Motutapu Island and as the sun burnt off the fog the catch finally started coming in, however, they were all on the small side and we had to throw everything back until Lily Ashworth caught a generously sized snapper.
Sadly that was the only fish we brought home, but everyone had a great day out on the water enjoying the sun, sea and scenery.
A big thank you to George, skipper of “Marnine”, and Pete for organising the trip.
Christchurch support:
Christchurch unites in grief: What you need to know
How to support NZ’s Muslim communities
Donate to Christchurch City Mission
How to talk to your kids about: Trauma
St Aidan’s Church Family Picnic, Sunday 3rd March 2019
Our first intergenerational event for the year was a lovely picnic in Cornwall Park. We had a range of parishioners come along to this event, which featured; a scavenger hunt, shared food, ice-creams, cricket, chatting and playing around in the trees. We look forward to our next event, and would love to see you there!
Christmas, 2018
Let us be reminded of our Christmas challenge – to remember that as people who believe in God, we are called to walk a different beat to society; we are the ones who should be demonstrating God’s love to those around us, reaching out to those in need, and being God’s hand and feet here on earth. The drum is a reminder of this challenge.
The gift box reminds us of our call to be part of the ongoing gift of Jesus’ birth at Christmas, and be like Mary and the shepherds willing to see God in surprising places, willing to be part of the ongoing Christmas story that started over 2000 years ago.
Garage Sale & Spring Fair 2018, Saturday 15th September
The sun shone. The spring showers stayed away but the bargain hunters came in their droves.
Queues formed outside the Gathering Area – the temporary home to quality furniture items and other high-end goods ranging from antiques to Stihl gardening equipment. All priced to sell.
The 8am stampede in the Church hall didn’t disappoint either as shoppers jostled for the pick of the bargains – and there were plenty – linen, toys, appliances, kitchenware, bric-a-brac, household, tools, sports goods, clothing and jewellery & bling.
Our bake stall took pride of place at the entrance/exit to the hall and many a shopper was seen balancing a baked treat and a couple of jars of jam on top of already laden arms, as they made their way out the doors.
Again, we exceeded expectations – posting our best ever result. Always a good thing but especially so as this is our major fundraiser of the year and the ever increasing costs of compliance and maintenance associated with running a church and providing a community facility; make this endeavour all the more important.
A big thank to all those who gave willingly of their time to help make this another successful year. Thanks also to our local community who responded to our requests for donations of quality merchandise – we really appreciate your support. A special mention also to those local businesses and organisations that got right behind us with practical support and donations of merchandise. Thank you Remuera Rotary, Bed, Bath & Table – Remuera, The Sitting Room – The Village Green, Remuera and Gerard Charteris of Ray White, Remuera.
Last but not least – thank you to our shoppers – many whom we delight in seeing year upon year. Thank you all for making the St Aidan’s Garage Sale fundraiser such a great day.
Quiz Night, Friday 10th August
St Aidan’s hosted a Quiz Night on Friday 10th August and the proceeds went to the Hearts4Kids Trust, to help this year’s mission to Fiji where there is no heart surgical unit of its own and relies on intermittent visiting teams. Click here if you would like to donate!
Women’s Fellowship Evening, Tuesday 15th May
It was the Royal Wedding week so we celebrated by looking back on our own weddings. A fun night of memories and a lovely cake to enjoy with a cup of tea. Antoinette played beautiful wedding music and sang Handels “Let the Bright Seraphim”. We wished Prince Harry and Megan every blessing in a long and happy life together!
Fishing Trip, Saturday 7th April
Meeting at the Outboard Boating Club, some of our parishioners had a great day together on the water, on board the beautiful Marnine. Although fishing was a bit sparse they managed to come home with a feed and along with swimming, kayaking and banter it was an enjoyable day!
