Welcome!
Christchurch South Methodist Parish
40c Stourbridge Street, Spreydon, Christchurch, 8024
Phone: (03) 980 5002 or 027 428 7356
Minister: Rev Andrew Donaldson
St Marks Methodist Church (Christchurch)
5 Somerfield Street, Somerfield, Christchurch, 8024
Phone 027 428 7356
Email: revandrewdonaldson@gmailcom
St Mark Methodist Church Somerfield has space available for clubs, community groups and private gatherings. Facilities include an activity room, lounge, hall and kitchen. Long-term or short-term rentals.
To hire these facilities contact Property Manager Paul Titus Ph 021 655 092
For use of the church contact Rev Andrew Donaldson 027 428 7356
Presbyter
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Rev Andrew Donaldson
Phone: 027 428 7356
Preaching Plan
MARCH 2026 SERVICES
Sunday March 1st:
10 am Morning Worship
Preacher: Rev Andrew Donaldson
7 pm Contemplative Service
at Whareora 8 Athelstan St.
Sunday March 8th:
10 am Morning Worship
Congregation led with
Guest Preacher Kanalapa
Sunday March 15th:
10 am Morning worship
Peacher: Rev Andrew Donaldson
Sunday March 22nd:
Morning Worship 10 am
Preacher: Rev Andrew Donaldson
We celebrate Harvest Festival
Please bring canned food for the
Central Mission Foodbank
Sunday March 29th:
All age Morning worship 10 am
Preacher: Linda Cowan
Our Vision
- Growing & sharing our faith in God,
- Joining together for worship & celebration,
- Living faith by serving others and offering hospitality to our local community.
Our Values
Acceptance
Caring
Creativity
Outreach
Teamwork
Worshipfulness
Presbyter's Ramblings
Presbyter`s Ramblings
We are back in our place for 2026. Our year starts again as we settle back into our regular activities. In worship our liturgical seasons will transition from Epiphany into Lent. Epiphany is when we traditionally reflect on the manifestation of Christ to all peoples commencing with the visit of the Maji. The final day of this season occurs on Shrove Tuesday (this year on then 17th February), the day before Ash Wednesday, which is the first day of Lent. We don’t generally celebrate Shrove Tuesday, aka Pancake Tuesday.
On Shrove Tuesday, Anglo-Saxon Christians went to confession and were “shriven” (absolved from their sins). The tradition of pancake breakfasts on Shrove Tuesday owes itself to the practice of using up the surplus eggs, milk and butter” prior to the austerity of Lent when believers abstained from eating animal products, including meat. Lent is the time we spend in preparation for Easter. The 40 days of Lent excludes Sundays. The forty days commemorate the forty days Jesus spent in the wilderness. There are more than forty days between Ash Wednesday and the evening of Maundy Thursday1
Sundays are regarded as mini-Easters.2 But we are getting ahead of ourselves - So we welcome ourselves home today.
Andrew