A SPIRITED PLACE
WHERE PEOPLE STAND, CONNECT, AND SEEK
COMMON GROUND
From Tuesday 24 March 2020 until further notice the church will be closed.
There will be no public services.
Take care everyone and be kind to each other.
The team of St Matthew-in-the-City
We need to close the doors of St Matthew’s for now.
Yet her prayerful presence continues steadily, quietly, surely with us.
We who have rested, absorbed this into us in St Matthew’s, it is now our turn.
We invite you to light a candle, still your mind and heart,
allow to arise your concerns or those for whom you are concerned.
Breathe, name them, place them here. Trust them to be held and heard.
Know yourself sustained. Be strengthened.
We are to be St Matthew’s steady, quiet prayerful presence in these uncertain times.
We invite you to play the video above, read the names below and send us the names of your beloved ones
so we can light a virtual candle for them and add those names to our prayer list.
LIGHT A CANDLE
Our Vicar Helen Jacobi is saying farewell for now to the church building but not to the church community.
Tuesday 24 March 2020
ONLINE SERVICES
Music
Salve Jesu, pastor bone from Buxtehude's Membra Jesu nostri
Performers
Victoria Chammanee soprano, Amelia Gilies violin, Chris Adams violin, Sharon Baylis viola, Michael Weiss cello,
Tom Pierard cello, Michael Bell continuo
Recorded
3 April 2015, Good Friday Concert, St Matthew-in-the-City, Auckland, New Zealand
Sunday, 29 March
Sunday, 5 April
The candles are lit for:
Heather, Tom, Jenny, Molly, Jean, Jerome, Jeremy, Thérèse, Jean, Jeremy, Win, John, Jose, Harry, Xuan, Marcus, Sidney, Jeffrey, Keith, Rose, Paul, Philip, Antonina, Jim, Roger, Barry, Tessa, Sarah, Jake, Adaline, Caroline, Michael, Victoria, Amelia, Chris, Sharon, Tom, Michael.
The candles are lit for:
Eveana, Lynn, Ron, Rose, Sue, Pauline, AUT Midwifery whānau, Reid whānau, Mulqueen whānau, Joan, Peter, Margaret, Keith, Walter, Angie, Ferg, Wally, Vicki, Alex, Jason, Sean, Conor, Annie, Jordyn, Keshwan, Keith, Jessie, Maggie, Jonny, Ratna, Jaya, Naleen, Shri, Christian, India, Nehru, Jayshri, Pavan, Krishan, Trish, Sue, K.A.T.A.J.T., M.J.T, D.J.T., J.A.T.G., S.T., T.T.S.J.T., Ray, Fabio.
The candles are lit for:
Helen, Cate, Ian, Pip, Dmitry, Paul, Matthew, Linda, Wilf, Celia, Nathan, Yumee, Kirean, Kirk and Shirl and their whānau, Johh and Ericka and their whānau, Peter, Simon, Aloise, Tracey, Susan, Denise, Ian, Keith, Luke, Matthew, Sunghoo, Seungho, Vernon, Jesus V.
The candles are lit for:
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her government, Ministry of Health and Civil Defence, Police, Medical teams, supermarket workers, Terry, Lisa, Bill, Hannah, Bryce, Hannah, Shane, Miryam, Jack, Le Heron whānau, Spelman whānau, Prince Charles, PM Boris Johnson.
The candles are lit for:
Rosalind, Ross and family, pupils and staff at Te Aute me Hukarere kareti.
The candles are lit for:
Boris, Elena, Nicolai, Alexander, Vladimir.
The candles are lit for:
Francesca, Jean-Claude and Brigitte, Cathy, Steve and family.
The candles are lit for:
Ann, Juliet, Nick, all world leaders, church leaders, our everyday heroes - people at the front line.
FIRST TUESDAY CONCERT
JOHN WELLS (PIANO)
Tuesday, 7 April | 12pm
John Wells presents rare and exquisite Franz Liszt's "Via Crucis".
This performance was recorded as a "live concert"
from the artist's home.
Watch the concert from 12pm
here (the front page of our website)
MIDDAY PRAYER
Wednesday, 8 April | 12pm
MAUNDY THURSDAY | MIDDAY PRAYER
Thursday, 9 April | 12pm
GOOD FRIDAY
Friday, 10 April | 10am
EASTER VIGIL | REFLECTION
Saturday, 11 April | 8pm
EASTER DAY
Sunday, 12 April | 9am
Take a photo of Easter sunrise (it is at 6.43am)
and send it to dmitry@stmatthews.org.nz
(a photo gallery will be created on this page by 9am)
Watch the service from 9am:
* here (the front page of our website)
* St Matthew's Youtube Channel or St Matthew's Facebook page
Join a parish Zoom meeting at 10.30am (by invitation only)
MIDDAY PRAYER
Wednesday, 15 April | 12pm
EASTER 2
Sunday, 19 April | 9am
MIDDAY PRAYER
Wednesday, 22 April | 12pm
EASTER 3
Sunday, 26 April | 9am
MIDDAY PRAYER
Wednesday, 29 April | 12pm