We welcome children and young people to participate in our Sunday services, and there is a regular all-age service at St Luke's. At the 10:30am service we have a children's craft activity related to the theme of the day, and young people contribute to the 10:30am service with music as well as being an intercessor/ liturgist/ reader/ slideshow operator. Young people are also involved in other aspects of the life of the church, helping as leaders with kidsclub and youth group, participating in working bees, singing at rest homes, and having a leadership role on vestry.
We hold a fortnightly after-school kids' club at St Luke's Hall on Fridays during term time. More info here.
We have 2 reading groups to help children and youth with their reading; currently the primary group meet on Wednesday afternoons, and the intermediate/high school group meet on Thursday evenings. For more info, contact Andrea McDougall
Once a month we host a community lunch on a Thursday that anyone from the wider community is welcome to attend - just come along to the parish hall between 12 and 1:15.
Cursillo is a local discipleship movement within the Anglican Church which seeks to support and encourage people's relationship with Jesus. A group from the parish meet monthly for this purpose.
We believe it is important for people to meet together and study the Bible together, pray together, and share each other's lives. We regularly have short term study groups in the evening and occasionally have a daytime group.
The AAW (Association of Anglican Women) group meets monthly on a Wednesday evening/ afternoon.
We have a team who play the pipe organ at our communion services, and occasionally youth and adults play guitar/ ukulele on Sundays at 10:30 at St Luke's; new musicians are very welcome.
Visiting
We have a team who help with visiting and pastoral care.
We have people helping in a variety of ways:
Services - leading intercessions, leading liturgy, reading scripture, welcoming people, serving morning tea, and operating the slideshow for the service
Flower, linen, and brass-cleaning rosters
Gardening and maintenance
Visiting
Admin tasks
The Missions Committee meets monthly to encourage the parish to support missions. We actively support the work of CMS and AMB.
A small team holds a service at Harbour View on the 1st Tuesday each month at 11am; at Northanjer on the 3rd Wednesday at 1:30pm; and are on a roster for services at the Observatory Village.
The rental of 19 one-bedroom cottages on two sites is overseen by a trust that provides affordable rental accomodation for older Anglicans and other elderly in Oamaru.
We support Anglican Family Care North Otago in their work with Oceans (a grief and loss program for children) and Family Start (home visiting support for parents of under-fives). More info on these programmes can be found here.
On the first Sunday of the month we collect donations of food for the Combined Churches Foodbank; some parishioners volunteer at the Foodbank.
A group of volunteers keep St Luke's open to visitors and tourists Monday to Saturday from 10:30am to 3:30pm, from October to April. People are rostered every 3 weeks for 2.5 hours.
The parish is rostered for two months a year. Please let Beryl (ph 434 2018) know if you can help.
Various community groups use our buildings during the week. For more info on casual or regular room hire, contact Andrea McDougall
To contact people about these groups, please see our parish directory.