We are invited to gather for an evening to celebrate 50 Years of International Needs.

The late Ray Harrison, a former member of The Street, birthed this global ministry in July 1974, and God has used the incredible support from Wellingtonians to this ministry since this time to transform many, many lives. This celebration evening is a chance to hear stories, connect with supporters and be updated on the global work right now.

WHEN: 18th September
WHERE: The Street Church, Life Centre, 21 Hania St
TIME: 7:30 - 10pm
REGISTER: on the website or App

Dessert and coffee provided

Missions is a big part of who we are as a church. We love to support missionaries who have answered a call to go out and make disciples full-time.

Tertiary Students Christian Fellowship is an organisation that supports students to share the Gospel with fellow students and help them explore their faith. Caitlin is involved with Wellington campuses and attends The Street East.

Learn more about the rest of the missionaries supported by The Street HERE. If you’d like to subscribe to our quarterly Missions Newsletter to receive email updates from our missionaries, please email: missions@thestreet.org.nz

Souvenirs Worship is a worship collective led by our very own Jamie Rodwell and Tom Field. As a church we partner with Souvenirs as they seek to write and produce worship songs that would be a blessing to the global Church. They are recording their 3rd Album on 14th September Live at The Arise Centre. God has gifted them with a bunch of new songs and they need to be sung.
Many of you have contributed by making donations which they are so grateful for, thank you. But now they need our voices and our worship to make this a reality.
Early bird tickets are available at Souvenirsworship.com There's a limited amount, so get in quick to get a $10 ticket and make sure to share with your family and friends!

For the whole month of August we continue through our series looking at the different genres of the Bible. We begin with an overview and then head into the books of the law, history and the Psalms.

A couple of weeks ago we asked for help for a CAP client. Thank you so much to everyone who has donated clothes, and special thanks to Richard for fixing her toilet. You guys are the best and have blessed this family hugely. Thank you!

This week marked four years of us running the Strathmore Community Dinners, which we think is worth celebrating!

Every Wednesday, with only a 3-4 week break each summer, our team from East serves up a hot, nutritious meal for anyone who wants to come. We even managed to continue through COVID! Our busiest week over the years would have been around 60 people, and we've never had less than about 20.  That means we've opened up for dinner about 190 times, cooking nearly 10,000 portions of food over that time!

We've met many precious people along the way from all sorts of situations and backgrounds. We've had spiritual conversations, prayed for people, and we're excited for all that God may have in store for the future. Thank you if you have played a part in that! 

Please pray for our dinners—that people would encounter the love of Jesus through what we do. Pray for spiritual conversations and soft hearts to believe in Jesus. If you'd like to join the team, contact Jenny at jenny.gill@thestreet.org.nz.

Dessert and date with a purpose...
The (Alpha) Marriage Course is an opportunity to spend a small amount of time investing into your lifelong commitment of marriage.
7 sessions with uninterrupted time for each couple to enjoy supper together while engaging with the course material. There is no large group discussion, just time for you and your spouse to listen, talk and reflect together.

Hosted by Hugh and Sarah Gollan
Tuesday evenings 7:30pm - 9:00pm over seven weeks
Starting 13th August
9 Hania St, Mt Vic, Wellington
Cost - $40 per couple (includes supper) if cost is a barrier please be in touch

We are one church that meets across multiple Locations. 'Together' plays a crucial part of ensuring we maintain unity and connection as well as to encourage EVERYONE as we push forward with the Mission and Vision God has given us.
Our next TOGETHER is on Sunday 13th Oct,10am-12pm. Stay tuned for more information!

Soul Tour is the ultimate Christian life-skills course for young adults! It's a crash-course aimed at giving 16-28 year olds helpful insights and tools to better understand themselves, God and the world around them. This course is highly recommended for everyone in this age group.

The course will be held on Friday night October 4 and all day Saturday October 5. It's $195pp.
Registration details available on the website, and you can check out a clip with more information here.

The Massive is our high school age (13-18yrs) youth ministry here at The Street! We are all about coming alongside young people and helping them to grow in their relationship with God, as well as reaching the youth of Wellington who don’t know Jesus yet! One of the ways we do this is through our youth program that is on Friday nights at 9 Hania St.

We’re currently looking for new people to join our team, and there are heaps of different ways you can get involved. A few current needs are:

• Worship leading

• Service leading

• Welcoming

• Connecting with youth - discipling, mentoring, being a role model and friend!

If you’d like to find out more please get in touch by emailing themassive@thestreet.org.nz

Our next Together is happening on Sunday, October 13th at Wellington College.
Mark this in your calendar now - registrations open on August 12th.

Expressions of love can be shown in many different ways. Often, extending the love of Jesus is practical. Meeting a felt need of someone. Through the incredible ministry of CAP we are able to come alongside someone experiencing crippling debt and be part of their journey to financial freedom.

Our CAP debt centre manager, Merrie, is currently supporting a client and her two teenage daughters who have a few specific needs and we would love to be able to meet these for her. Please get in touch with office@thestreet.org.nz if you are able to help in any way.

• A tumble dryer. Doesn't need to be new, but does need to work.

• Fix a garage door? The roller type.

• Plumber who could fix a toilet. It leaks around the base.

• Warm woman’s clothes size 6/8/10

Update: Due to sickness we had to push the start date by a week, so the first meeting is now this Wednesday, July 24th

We believe there is great power when we gather together to pray! Vaughan and Julia Flanagan are hosting a fortnightly prayer meeting at their house in Miramar, starting this week from 7:30-9pm. All are welcome, email vaughanflanagan@gmail.com for the address.

There is a new client of our CAP Debt Centre in our area and they are in quite a difficult situation. They have two teenage girls and they don’t have many warm clothes for winter. Also there are a couple of things in the house they are in need of.

Size 6/8/10 women’s clothes - long sleeve tops, jumpers, pants etc

Working dryer - theirs has broken and will cost too much to fix

Does anyone know how to fix a leaky toilet?

If you can help with any of this please let Jenny know, email Jenny.gill@thestreet.org.nz

Missions is a big part of who we are as a church. We love to support missionaries who have answered a call to go out and make disciples full-time.

One of the Missionary couples we support at The Street is Ben and Bekah Baker who are currently serving in Bangkok, Thailand with CRU, which is a sister organisation to Student Life here in New Zealand. Here is an update from Ben:

Hey, we are Ben and Bekah, we have two daughters Lucia and our very new addition Rosa. We live and serve in Thailand working with a ministry named Cru. Our main area of interest are university campuses in Bangkok where we work to engage students with the gospel so that they have the opportunity to begin a life-changing relationship with Jesus Christ. Those who become Christians are then discipled so that they too can share their faith with others. We are currently working on two campuses, Chulalongkorn university which is the highest rated university in Thailand, and King Mongkut University of Technology which is a small STEM university. We have growing movements of believers in both universities. Thailand is predominately Buddhist and to be Thai is to be Buddhist. We need prayer to break down these spiritual strongholds that hold Thais so strongly to worshipping false gods and idols. Please pray that we would see more Thais saved, and that we would see more Thais sent out.
Prayer requests:
Pray for our family as we adjust to being a family of 4,
pray that Rosa and Lucia will become good friends,
pray for Ben as he dives into intensive language this year that he would obtain conversational fluency in a year.

The Lord continues to provide in abundance. We are so pleased to announce Emma Roche has agreed to take up a secondment as the Interim Location Pastor for Night. Emma has been on staff since 2021 as a full-time Children’s Pastor and will now split her time 50/50 between Night and Children’s Ministry.

Melissa Rowan has been Acting Location Pastor as part of her fixed-term maternity leave cover for Anna Field, which ends on the 21st of July.  Melissa has chosen to head back into the education world, taking up a permanent position as a Maths teacher. She will be greatly missed from our staff team but we are grateful that she remains committed to the Night Leadership Team.

The Prepare for Marriage course, written and produced by The Street, is designed to help engaged couples prepare for marriage within a biblical framework, alongside a mentor couple.

Register via the app and someone will be in touch. The course is available anytime.

For the first Sunday in July we take a look at the passage in Galatians about the Fruit of the Spirit. Then there is a two week break from Kids Zone for the school holidays. For the last week, we begin our next series which helps is a long one! Till the end of September we learn about the different genres of the Bible and how to correctly read each one.

First Step is an event we run for anyone new to The Street. It's an opportunity to get to know you and for you to hear a bit more about The Street, meet some of the leaders, and discover how you can get more connected.

We really encourage every person who starts coming to The Street to get along to one of these. If you can't make this one, please message us and we'll make sure we organise the next one so you can come!

Date/Time: Sunday 21st July 12:30-2pm

Venue: Angus and Grace's house 

Register here if you can come

Recently we have had two wonderful people join our staff team. Anna Watson: Life Groups Pastor and Piper Clare: Associate Youth Pastor. We are very thankful for them both!

Hi, I’m Anna! I’m married to Matt and we have two boys. I was born and raised in the Hutt Valley and studied at Victoria University before I moved overseas with Youth With A Mission. I spent ten years with YWAM, serving in Colorado, Southern France and then most recently we were in Tauranga. We moved back to Wellington at the end of 2020 and since then I’ve been mum to our boys, have run a weekly community playgroup at Knox Church and also have my own family photography business. I’m really excited to now be a part of The Street team!

Kia Ora! My name is Piper and I am super excited to be starting as the new Associate Youth Pastor here at The Street. I have called this church home since 2016 so about 8.5 years now. I went to The Massive when I was in high school and have been a leader there for the last 3.5 years. I recently finished a 2 year qualification in youth work/development and am super passionate about young people. When I'm not at The Street, I also work at Scripture Union NZ as part of their youth team as the Wellington Youth Consultant. In that role I work with youth pastors, churches and youth leaders around the lower North Island to help equip, train and resource them. My parents/family attend the East location while I mostly attend the Night service on Sundays!