The Community Church of Akaroa
Banks Peninsula
Shining God's Light
The Community Church of Akaroa Banks Peninsula
An inclusive church, with congregations in Akaroa, Pigeon Bay, Little Akaloa, and Le Bons Bay.
Services at 10am on 1st and 3rd Sundays in St. Peter’s Rue Balguerie and 2nd and 4th Sundays in Trinity church Rue Lavaud.
Outer Bay services in summer. Everyone is welcome.
Note that with our Minister Pauline currently away please contact our Warden Annette Moore if you have any questions or queries – email: wardens@akaroacommunitychurch.org.nz – ph: 021 104 2754
Now the “Community Church” (inter-denominational under joint Presbyterian and Anglican governance), aimed at serving our community. You can read here our church’s constitution. Our Minister, inducted on June 29th 2025, is Pauline Hampshire, a Presbyterian ordained minister. Pauline is Tauranga-born, and has also had a career in Information Technology, in companies like Apple, Nintendo and Cisco, and living for 30 years in France. Pauline is married to Simon, and they have three grown-up children. Simon has a “Skippers restricted limits” and has worked in fishing charters and lake tourism. For more about Pauline, click here.
Services in Akaroa
Sunday 2nd August 10 am
St Peter’s Church, Rue Balguerie
Leader: Bishop David Coles
Sunday 9th August 10 am
Trinity Church, 39 Rue Lavaud
Leader: Simon Tipping
Sunday 16th August 10 am
St Peter’s Church, Rue Balguerie
Leader: Rev James Ullrich
Sunday 23rd August 10 am
Trinity Church, 39 Rue Lavaud
Leader: Diane Webster
Speaker: Paul Askin
Sunday 30th August 10 am
Trinity Church, 39 Rue Lavaud
Leader: Rev Alan Cummins
Services in the Bays
Winter Break
We are taking a break from services in the Bays over winter
