Browns Bay Presbyterian Church

Click on me Christmas At BBP Click on me

21 December 2022 (Saturday) @10:00am 9 Lessons & Carol Service at BBP Church	24 December 2022 (Wednesday) @11:30pm Christmas Eve Communion		25th December 2022 (Thursday) @09:00am Christmas Day Family Service
	28 December 2025 (Sunday) @10.00am *End of year combined service at BBP.*

Welcome to Browns Bay Presbyterian

Sunday Mornings
YouTube & @BBP

Services are held here at Anzac Rd & are streamed live to YouTube.

LINKS TO CLICK

PASTORAL SUPPORT

For counselling and support or other church enquiries contact Robin Palmer.

Prayer requests can be sent to office for the church prayer groups to pray for you.

We will continue to pray that all in our community will cope with this new way of life, and be able to find new ways of being a faith community. We can do this!

Every blessing,

Robin
(Pastor)

We're glad you're here! We hope you will find all you need to know about Browns Bay Presbyterian.
With Gods help we can get through this.

We are a community church comprised of people of all ages and various cultures. Our desire is to help people find and follow Jesus. This means we are discovering what it means to love God, love one another and love the community around about us.

You'll find more information about us from the links on the menu on the left.

From the Pastor’s pen:

Welcome to BBP Family Church’s weekly newsletter.
Prayer is available daily through the prayer chain and email list.

If you click on Readings and Vids for each week’s readings are in English or Korean/English parallel when you click on the Reference, Footnotes link.

07 December 2025

LIKE THE EARLY CHURCH - WE CAN MEET IN HOMES
I encourage you to join one. Speak to Dave, Val or Rob.

Welcome to BBP Family Church and our weekly newsletter.

TODAY WE LIGHT THE CANDLE OF PEACE
During the four Sundays of Advent we reflect on God’s coming into the world as we light candles reminding us of the hope, peace, joy and love He brings. On Christmas day we will light the central Christ-candle celebrating His coming as the light of the world.

Last weekend I was greatly blessed to finally meet friends on the Hellenic Ministries Australia Pacific Board after years of only meeting on Zoom. HM Director Johnathan Makris came over from Athens for our AGM and COM meetings. It was inspiring and encouraging to hear about the growth in the work that we have supported for some years now. I am hoping to be able to increase the profile of this ministry in New Zealand in the next two years. If you’d like to know more go to https://hellenicministries.org/. Many of the refugees aided by HM have been displaced by war and violence. The Gospel of the Prince of Peace means their lives can be transformed by His love and power bringing hope and peace.

Blessings and Peace,
Robin.

BBP - St Cuthbert’s Presbyterian History

The Original Building became the Hall The first place of worship in Browns Bay was built in 1950, and the building moved to the current site during the ministry of the Rev E Walsh. The new worship centre was built in 1965, and the old one became the hall. This original building was demolished in July 2004 to make room for the hall/new family centre.

The new St Cuthbert’s Building c 1980 James Hackshaw, the architect who designed the 1965 building, also designed many public buildings including various Roman Catholic schools and their associated churches. The St Cuthbert’s building was his only Protestant church design. The administration section, foyer and offices were added later.

The original East Coast Presbyterian Parish created in 1938 and pioneered by the Rev Morgan Richards extended from Castor Bay to Silverdale. Mairangi Bay became the centre of the parish in 1944, and the Browns Bay/Torbay Parish which St Cuthbert’s was part of was separated out of that in the late 1950s.

Recorded Services and Resources are here on our website.

On the menu on the left side of the screen you can click on
Readings & Vids to find each week's readings in English or Korean/English parallel. Previous services and readings are also found there. There are pages with each week’s newsletter, rosters and various other resources On the Browns Bay Presbyterian website. See https://bbpsermons.wordpress.com/ for written sermon texts.

‘And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory,
glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth’ (1:14)