Greytown Brownies Rock Let’s face it, the Greytown Brownies rock! Thirteen of them came to church a couple of months ago and blessed us all. The night before, they had a sleepover in the Church hall that focused on their Faith Badge. I stayed with them, since my daughter, Eden, was there too. It was awesome. Beautiful, heartfelt prayers were coming from the pens of these girls. Some of you may remember the Poetree event St Luke’s had just before Easter,where we wrote poems and prayers on bark that had stripped off the big old eucalyptus tree facing the main road. Well, on Saturday night the Brownies all chose a piece of bark and wrote a poem or a question for God. Then, since these Brownies are very artistic and are also lovers of beautiful things, they decorated them, with glitter and beads and feathers and buttons. They were gorgeous. There were prayers asking God to look after Grandmas and cats who had already gone to heaven. There were prayers thanking God for nature and there were good, honest questions, like the young lady who asked on her bark whether God still loved people that didn’t like Him. Something we managed to answer even as she wrote it, since the worship song in the background spoke of His love for all. So thank you Brownies, it was so lovely to have you with us. We hope you come again and again, and Kids church would be just delighted to have you. Oh yes, watch out for even more. The Brownies recently painted a couple of lovely murals and some smaller pieces that will be installed in our play area sometime next month. And hats off to Sharon and Jenny their leaders, who make Brownies so much fun, the Greytown chapter is full to brimming.     Justine Eldred (Mother of a brownie)

As a congregation our desire is to create an environment of love, acceptance and forgiveness for any and all and be faithful partners with God in his plan to redeem creation.

What we believe…
We believe that God has revealed himself in scripture as a loving heavenly father who is alive and at work in the world he created and that his mission is to redeem everyone and everything and bring people’s spirits home to His love.

We believe that God has invited people to partner with him in his plan of redemption and sent His only son Jesus Christ to be our way, our truth and the source of our life and has given us the Holy Scriptures to teach us his ways and help us learn from the past mistakes of those who worked against God’s desires.

We believe that God moves in us and through us through his Holy Spirit who empowers us to overcome our selfishness and pride and helps us become more like Christ, humble servants of love, acceptance and forgiveness. We believe that this is the ultimate journey of the spiritual life and invite you to join us.

St. Luke’s offers a diversity of Worship:
Sunday Mornings at 9:30 we have our family service which is based on the liturgy of the New Zealand Prayer Book Eucharist. It is more traditional in flavour but we aren’t afraid to mix it up a bit with new music and creative sermon illustrations etc. This service also offers ministry to Children - Click here to find out more

Sunday Evenings at 7PM we have a totally different style of worship gathering that include contemporary worship music with a band and an interactive style of bible teaching and reflection. We intentionally keep this service bit more loose and responsive to what the Spirit might be doing or what the congregation may be needing. We also open to artistic expressions of worship so don’t be surprised to discover paints or sketching pencils as part of the worship. This is an all ages gathering.

The first Thursday of the month we have a pre-loved clothing sale in the Church hall. Here you can find a fantastic bargain on clothing or sit down and have a cuppa and a chat with our friendly volunteers.