Upcoming events.
Chapel Service
Join us in our beautiful Chapel for communion and a contemplative, intimate time with God and each other. All welcome!
CAP⎪Money Course
With a climbing cost of living, keeping track of our money can be challenging . We believe that stewarding our money well, is essential to following Jesus. Come along to the CAP Money course, offered by our sister church Central Vineyard to learn how to live into the call of good stewardship and learn how to budget, spend and save so you can reach your financial goals.
During this three-session course, you’ll identify exactly how you spend your money and learn to prioritise the things that are most important to you. You’ll also learn to live well within your means, while managing or preventing debt, and saving for your future.
Registrations for the three evenings are essential as places on this course are limited to 20 people.Dinner will be provided at 6:30pm, sessions will start at 7pm.
Dates: 1st, 8th and 15th May, 2024 6:30 to 9pm Register here.
Walk, Talk & Coffee | Women’s Event
Invitation to all our wāhine 20+⎪ Beach Walk & Coffee
Ladies, join us for a beach walk, followed by coffee at Paulo’s, 10 Milford Road, Milford.
RSVP 1st May to annie@svc.org.nz
Chapel Service
Join us in our beautiful Chapel for communion and a contemplative, intimate time with God and each other. All welcome!
Chapel Service
Join us in our beautiful Chapel for communion and a contemplative, intimate time with God and each other. All welcome!
Follow ⎪Vineyard Aotearoa Intermediates Conference 2024
Calling all our intermediate (Seek) kids to spend the day together playing games, worshipping, and learning how to FOLLOW Jesus!
Matthew 4:19-20 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” At once they left their nets and followed him.Please speak with your parents to organise carpooling, so you can spend an awesome day together with other Vineyard Intermediates. Grab your friends, and get excited! This event is $15 per person ⎪ Register here
NOTE: If you are having trouble registering please email Ben.
Vineyard Aotearoa Conference 2024
Join us for this year’s Vineyard Aotearoa Conference! It will be a wonderful time as always gathering as leaders from across all our Vineyard Churches. Ted Kim, who is the new Pastor of Evanston Vineyard in Chicago, USA, is coming to share with us which will be fantastic as well as an exciting schedule with our workshop speakers. And then on Sunday there’ll be a combined service. How good is that?
Registration fee: $150 Students: $125 Click here for all the info.
Combined Service Vineyards Tāmaki Makaurau
What a brilliant way to finish this year’s Vineyard Aotearoa conference! Join us for a combined service with our Auckland sister churches - all welcome! More info soon.
No service at 252 this morning.
Men’s Breakfast
Invitation to all our men 18+ | Join us for coffee, breakfast (cooked by Vic and friends) and kōrero. Koha at the door, thanks.
Email shore@svc.org.nz to let us know you're coming.
New Series starting
Join us this Sunday, as SVC kids pastor is exploring this delicate and very relevant subject over the next three Sundays.
Chapel Service
Join us in our beautiful Chapel for communion and a contemplative, intimate time with God and each other. All welcome!
Easter Service
Bring all the family, and join us as we celebrate Easter, exploring the age-old but for ever-new truths of the greatest event in history!
Easter Camp 2024 ⎪ Let There Be Light
SVC Youth Pastor Carly Armstrong and her incredible team of leaders are already gearing up to get Easter Camp 2024 organised. Note the date! This year Easter is coming up fast, so if you have any youth year 9 and up, make sure they sign up early. Email carly@svc.org.nz for more information. More details / info on fundraising events soon.
Women’s Pilates
Back by popular demand. We’ll be using our carpeted auditorium for a beginner’s pilates session with a qualified Pilates Instructor. Suitable for all abilities. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat or towel. Light refreshments available in our café area afterwards. Gold Coin donation. To sign up please email shore@svc.org.nz stating your full Name and contact number.
Hire-a-Youth Auction⎪Easter Camp Fundraiser
Get ready for this year’s Hire-a-Youth Easter Camp Fundraiser! Want some help around the house and garden? Need a babysitter? This is your opportunity to catch two birds with a stone, and get some jobs done and support our brilliant youth get to Easter Camp.
Chapel Service
Join Vic (SVC pastor) and Fran Francis (spiritual director) in our beautiful Chapel for communion and a contemplative, intimate time with God and each other. All welcome!
No Service at 252 this Sunday!
This weekend is Camp Out, in which we stop doing church as in 8.45am and 10am and instead do church as in drink coffee, play games, eat and drink, build sand castles, chat, pray, laugh and cry, have communion at sunrise. That sort of thing. Same, same, but different. Still church, though. Check out Camp Out 2024 on what’s on page. We’ll be back at our usual place, 252 Forrest Hill Road next week.
Baptisms ⎪ Pakiri Beach
Thinking of getting baptised? Pakiri Beach on our Camp Out weekend is a beautiful spot to take this significant step in your faith journey. Situated about an hour North of Auckland, it’s equally accessible for campers and day visitors, so feel free to invite your loved ones to share this special moment with your church whānau. Speak to us on a Sunday, or email shore@svc.org.nz to find out more.
Camp Out 2024 ⎪ Pakiri Beach
This weekend is Camp Out, in which we do church as in drink coffee, play games, eat and drink, build sand castles, chat, pray, laugh and cry, have communion at sunrise. That sort of thing. Same, same, but different. Still church, though. Join us for the weekend - you can still book a campsite by contacting Pakiri Beach Holiday Park, or just join us for the day on Saturday and make sure you bring your own chair and some meat and salad for Saturday night dinner. (small entry fee to the camp).
Chapel Service
Join Vic (SVC pastor) and Fran Francis (spiritual director) in our beautiful Chapel for communion and a contemplative, intimate time with God and each other. All welcome!
Car Wash & Bake Sale⎪Youth Fundraiser
Have your Car Washed while you’re at Church! Opportunity to buy some home baked treats to have with your coffee or take home before and after our 10am service. This is a fantastic opportunity to help support our Youth get to Easter Camp. Arrive early to guarantee your spot in our bottom car park, and drive home from Church in a sparkling clean car. ⎪Car wash: $10 + (Please give as you can.)
Chapel Service
Join Vic (SVC pastor) and Fran Francis (spiritual director) in our beautiful Chapel for communion and a contemplative, intimate time with God and each other. All welcome!
Missions Fundraising Quiz Night
Let’s get behind nurse and cherished member of our Church whānau Hannah Jenkins, and help her raise funds to join Mercy Ships in Sierra Leone. This promises to be a fabulous, informative and fun filled night, so invite friends and family to come along.
Entry tickets: Individuals $10, Families $40
BYO drinks, Snacks available for purchase
Lent Series⎪The Daily
Lent Devotional to accompany our current series The Way. This is a great resource from the Auckland Church Network which offers daily reflections from Auckland pastors (including our pastor Vic and his wife and spiritual director Fran Francis!) to help us on the walk.
You can sign up to The Daily direct or watch it on YouTube here. We are hoping we'll all embrace this daily reflection of just a few minutes to help deepen our journey through Lent and our experience at church on Sundays. The daily videos not only include devotional reflections, but also spoken word poetry, art reflections, Lectio Divina, and song.
Volunteers Celebration Lunch
Celebrating all our amazing volunteers. Thank you so much for doing Church with us so brilliantly, adventurously and passionately.
Families Lunch
We are thrilled to be kicking off 2024 with a series of lunches: For this third Sunday we are inviting all our parents and anyone passionate about getting involved in serving our families for pizza lunch and kōrero. All welcome!
Communities Lunch
We are thrilled to be kicking off 2024 with a series of lunches: For this second Sunday we are inviting anyone passionate about outreach into the community or creating community within our church whānau for pizza lunch and kōrero. All welcome!
Ministries Lunch
We are thrilled to be kicking off 2024 with a series of lunches, beginning with Ministries: Inviting anyone passionate about our worship and prayer ministries for pizza lunch and kōrero. All welcome!
First Service 2024
We’re taking a break following our Christmas Eve Service. Have a fabulous summer, see you in the New Year!
Christmas Eve Service
Bring all the family, and join us for carols, Christmas voices and the lighting of the last of the advent candles.
No morning service.
Chapel Service
Join Vic (SVC pastor) and Fran Francis (spiritual director) in our beautiful Chapel for communion and a contemplative, intimate time with God and each other. All welcome!
Just (Healing) Ministry ⎪Just Prayer
Join us in praying together for the needs of our church, community and nation. We also offer prayer ministry for physical and emotional healing, as we are combining our Just Prayer and Just Ministry initiatives for our last Wednesday night prayer before Christmas.
Join us in the Chapel, entrance from the top car park between the dentist and the dairy. All welcome!
Just Worship
Just Worship, with acoustic music, is being spearheaded by Conrad Burn who is inspired to find ways to go deeper and get closer to the heart of God. Does that sound like you?
Join us at the Chapel, entrance from the top car park between the dentist and the dairy.
Chapel Service
Join Vic (SVC pastor) and Fran Francis (spiritual director) in our beautiful Chapel for communion and a contemplative, intimate time with God and each other. All welcome!
Just Prayer
Fancy drawing closer to God with a small group of like minded others? This group meets in a relaxed and comfortable setting, to lean into God through adoration, gratitude and thankfulness, before presenting the needs of our church, community and nation in prayer.Just one hour mid-week. You’ll leave feeling refreshed, strengthened and useful.
Join us in the Chapel, entrance from the top car park between the dentist and the dairy.
Just Worship
Just Worship, with acoustic music, is being spearheaded by Conrad Burn who is inspired to find ways to go deeper and get closer to the heart of God. Does that sound like you?
Join us at the Chapel, entrance from the top car park between the dentist and the dairy.
Chapel Service
Join Vic (SVC pastor) and Fran Francis (spiritual director) in our beautiful Chapel for communion and a contemplative, intimate time with God and each other. All welcome!
Make a Wreath
A lovely, gentle opportunity to create something beautiful for yourself or someone else at Christmas. Buy a cane wreath frame or bring ivy or other soft trailing branches for the right shape. If you have lots, bring it as others may not have much. We’ll provide wire, cutters, hot glue guns, mulled wine and a great vibe. All welcome!
Just Prayer
Fancy drawing closer to God with a small group of like minded others? This group meets in a relaxed and comfortable setting, to lean into God through adoration, gratitude and thankfulness, before presenting the needs of our church, community and nation in prayer.Just one hour mid-week. You’ll leave feeling refreshed, strengthened and useful.
Join us in the Chapel, entrance from the top car park between the dentist and the dairy.