News from First Church

A Huge thank you to everyone for a superb Book Fair result
Please see the accompanying item with a fuller account of our successful fair last month – we can hardly thank everyone enough. Money raised will be used to maintain First Church’s presence in Martinborough and to make our buildings safe, and members feel very encouraged by the generous response and goodwill of the wider community.

Special mention must be made of our convener Carol Hawkins who headed the team so well which gave such a great result – a record $7,000!

We celebrate 145 years
On Sunday, August 7th there is to be a celebration of the founding of First Church, marking 145 of worship, service and witness in the South Wairarapa. We will have a special Church Service at 10.00am, expressing thanksgiving, recollections of the past and importantly looking ahead to explore ways of continuing to be a relevant and effective presence in Martinborough.

This will be followed by lunch in the Hall. If you have had some connection with First Church at any time in its history – were baptised, married, attended Sunday School or Bible Class, were or are a member of our church family, we warmly invite you to join us. To assist with catering, please contact Mary Smith on 306 9594 by July 31st.