Welcome to St Matthews Digital
Nau mai, haere mai, welcome to St Matthew’s Digital. This is the online platform of St Matthew-in-the-City Anglican Church, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. To find out about services (including the livestream of the Sunday 10am service) , events, and the life of the community in Auckland visit www.stmatthews.nz. Here you are invited to belong to a community of people who share a desire to be enriched in their spirituality and faith. You may be a person of faith, you may not follow any faith; all are welcome. We invite you to explore our video and written material. You will find links to other communities we follow.
New Liturgical Robes for St Matthew-in-the-City
New Liturgical Robes. On Sunday 27 February 2022 we dedicated a new set of robes - chasubles, stoles and banners - designed by Miranda Brown. This was the culmination of a four year project. Watch the video to hear our design story.
Hybrid worship
Ryan Panzer writes about online worship - "hybrid ministry" which is when we are online and in person https://www.ryanpanzer.com/blog
The 2021 Christmas special
A Christmas service filmed in St Matthew's, with a reflection from Vicar Helen Jacobi on the Christmas story found in Luke's gospel
Advent wreath making
Cate Thorn shows us how to make an Advent wreath at home. This was a lockdown video. The Advent Wreath making starts at 9 minutes 50 seconds.
Topic:
Christian practices
Climate Crisis
20 September 2020. 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time. St Matthew-in-the-City, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand
Topic:
Season of Creation
Agents for Life
6 September 2020. 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time. St Matthew-in-the-City, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand
Topic:
Season of Creation
Lockdown Video for Lent 5
Our first worship video recorded at home at the beginning of the Covid 19 pandemic on 29 March 2020, the fifth Sunday of Lent.
Topic:
Lent
Separately together in these times
The first Sunday when church was cancelled at the beginning of the Covid 19 pandemic; a reading and sermon recorded in the church before we moved into the first lockdown
Topic:
Lent
Christmas in the dark
Helen Jacobi explores John 1:1-14 and its concept of light
Topic:
Faith