Our Church

St Peters in the City, Tauranga is a church community excited about knowing Jesus and discovering how we can live His way in our world.

Messages

St Peters in the City, Tauranga offers a range of resources including programmes and messages designed to help you on your spiritual journey.

Prayer Ministry

At St Peters we offer prayer ministry as one of our core activities with elders more than happy to pray with you regularly.

Small Groups

St Peters in the City small groups allow you to get to know a bunch of people a bit better, to ask questions, to be cared for and to pray together.

Blog

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Youth & Kids

At St Peters in the City discipleship and spirituality are important to us. We are intentional about joining our children on the journey of faith.

2018 December Holiday Programme for Kids

Holiday Programme for Kids December 19-21 8.30am - 5pm We are running a programme for primary and intermediate aged children at the church.

Kids in Christ (KIC)

Christian faith for children through story and activities held during the 10.00am Sunday Service throughout the school term.

ICONZ & IGIRLZ

ICONZ Girls Brigade St Peters ICONZ is part of a nationwide movement for boyz aged 6 to 18 that has grown out of the Boys…

Youth

St Peters Youth and Junior Bible Classes are for people in years 7-8 (JBC) and years 9-13 (Youth) and meets every Sunday during the school term from 4:30-6:30pm.

Childcare

St Peters have our own childcare centre located behind the church in Selwyn St. It's a fabulous centre that caters for children from babies up

Playgroup

Hi! St Peters runs a play group on Thursday mornings from 9am until noon, all comers are welcome with your tots. Contact Adrienne Leech 579

Calendar

See when our services and events are

Programs

Programs With numerous ways available to help you on your journey of spiritual growth, St Peter’s offers: A basic introduction to the Christian faith. Several…

Inviting Church Workshop

Inviting Vhurcvh

Blend

St Peter’s in the City host performances of music and poetry in a relaxed open setting. We meet monthly from 7-9pm in the foyer at St Peters.

New to Faith

What is this thing called Christianity? The Christian faith is a process of discovery, a pilgrimage, a pursuit – and it’s deeply personal.

Outreach

Outreach At St Peters we are interested in others, we find that meeting with Jesus encourages us to go out into our community and share

St Peters House

St Peters House is our trust, our community ministry, our primary vehicle for outreach in Tauranga. St Peters people reaching out in love to our local community.

Operation Christmas Child Boxes - 2018

Operation Christmas Child Boxes For the past 25 years, Samaritan's Purse have been collecting shoeboxes filles with fits and delivering them to children in need

Alpha Marriage Course

Alpha Marriage Course Navigating life together Seven sessions designed to strengthen your relationship The course helps couples to: Understand each other's needs Communicate more effectively

CAP Life Skills Course

CAP Life Skills CAP LIFE SKILLS – a friendly group where you'll discover the life skills to thrive on a low income Money impacts all areas

Global Outreach

At St Peters Church we partner with a number of people around the world to bring the Love of God and the Good News of Jesus to people.

River of God - Mendoza

Mendoza update Oct 2018

About Us

At St Peters in the City, Tauranga we seek to be a people so inspired by our relationship with God that we are compelled to share it joyfully with others.

Venue Hire

Our modern building is well equipped to handle you small conference or group meeting needs. With an onsite kitchen and large auditorium we can cater for up to 250 delegates.

Vision

Life was designed to be lived to the full. At St Peters, we want to help you live life to the full, the fullness of Christ by growing your Christian faith.

Values

At St Peters in the city we have 5 values that we believe will help us to grow as Christians. Our values are Learning, Loving, Worshipping, Serving and Inviting.

History

Founded in 1878 we are 136 years old and we are the mother church in Tauranga for Presbyterians offering church services, youth groups, play groups, childcare, bible teaching and more.

St Peters Mission Plan 2015 - 2020 (rev. May 2017)

Contact

Contact St Peters in the City We'd love to talk with you a bit more, you can ring us or get a hold of us

Team

Team Our team of hundreds here at St Peters in the City is coordinated by our staff. We have a Senior Minister, Simon McLeay who

Directory Administration

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Giving

Giving of time and resources is an act of discipleship. Financial gifts to the local church are used to fund the ministry and mission of the Church locally, nationally and internationally.

Helping people Find, Follow and Know Jesus

Youth and Children

At St Peters in the City discipleship and spirituality are important to us. We are intentional about joining our children on the journey of faith in order for them to grow and flourish in Christ.

Our children encounter the Christian faith through story, song and play, activities and discussion.

KIC

Kids in Christ is for children from Year 1 to 6 and is held during the 10am Sunday Service throughout the school term.

Creche

Little Sonbeams is St Peters in the City preschool programme for children aged 2-4 and is held in the Nursery during the 10.00am Sunday Service throughout the school term.

Youth

Youth includes JBC (Junior Bible Class) for intermediate age kids and SPY (St Peters Youth) for high school aged youth. Both groups meet at the church in the Youth Room and have regular trips and activities.