Successful repair cafés
Next repair café will be on Saturday 27 July, 10.30 am to 1.00 pm. See you there! Thanks to all our superb volunteers who work so generously at the Birkenhead repair cafés. We hold one every couple of months. Fixers, advisers from a range of community groups, church members who make morning tea and run […]
Community breakfast
Do come along to our community breakfast on the third Sunday each month. We meet in the hall instead of the church and there is a speaker each month who informs us on an interesting topic. A social time over food. Kids welcome: there are crafts and Lego to keep them entertained!
We were in Christmas party mode
What a fun few days as we counted down to Christmas! From our conversations workshop on 6 December, we headed into the Northcote Christmas craft afternoon on 8 December. That included afternoon tea. Then on to the last mainly music session for the year (presents and food) and the Thursday group lunch. Thursday group is […]
Matariki craft success
On 30 June, Onewa Christian Community ran a Matariki craft afternoon in Northcote for school aged children and their whānau. Cathy and the team delivered an event that had several points of success. Cathy says, ‘I love the way people talked to each other and all expressed appreciation for the afternoon.’ What made our Matariki […]
Kind words at children’s church
Children’s church in February 2023 did rock painting. Bright colours and uplifting words paid tribute to Proverbs 16: 24: ‘Kind words are like honey – sweet to the taste and good for your health’ (Good News Bible). The kids popped some of the rocks in places where other people will discover a nice surprise.