Browns Bay Presbyterian Church

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

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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.

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.

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

LIKE THE EARLY CHURCH - WE CAN MEET IN HOMES
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From the Pastor’s pen:

12 July 2026

The Pastoral letters sent to pastors Timothy and Titus When Peter addressed the crowd on the day of Pentecost, he made it clear that the message was for everyone. The Holy Spirit had come upon them and empowered the fearful disciples giving them a new boldness and an awareness of the Lord’s presence and power. If you were at Messy Church in this month, you would have appreciated how Peter had his ups and downs. The disciple who had denied Jesus three times had been restored. New life, forgiveness, new hope, power and purpose were real in Peter’s life. In that bold sermon he declares: “This promise is for you... and for your children, and for everyone who is far away” (Acts 2:39).

Within a remarkably short time, the Gospel message of this young movement spread across much of the known world. One way in which the “everyone” Gospel promise reached people and was worked out in practical terms was through the early leaders’ writings. Their letters and Gospel accounts were circulated. Letters were usually delivered by hand, and read out loud to the young Christian communities as they gathered.

Paul, who like Peter had his life transformed by this Gospel, wrote some of his letters to specific churches named by their cities or towns. The Pastoral Epistles (PE), or pastoral letters, were different. Two letters are written to Timothy and one to Titus in their capacity as the main pastors in the churches where they worked. In some ways the PE are ministry guidebooks. We shouldn’t assume, however, that they are only useful today for pastors, elders and deacons. They are so much more than that. We discover in them all kinds of valuable guidance, wisdom, and a deeper understanding of the riches of the Gospel and the power it offered. We’ve put the opening lines of 1 Timothy on the front page today and invite you to read them to get a sense of how letters were addressed in New Testament times and what was at stake.

Blessings,

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)