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Welcome to the Avonside website. We hope that some of the information provided here will be helpful whether you are a visitor passing by or someone looking for a faith community in which to belong.
Until the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes, Holy Trinity was a beautiful Church, one of the oldest in Christchurch, with an unmistakable spiritual presence about it. The generations of those who prayed and worshipped here left something of their sense of connection with God here. It was surrounded by an attractive and well maintained churchyard, that contains the graves of some prominent Christchurch citizens.
Holy Trinity Avonside may not now look like like a real Anglican parish, but it still feels like one. That sense of classical Anglicanism is reflected in its valuing of dignified liturgy, a strong preaching ministry, and traditional church music.
The parishioners are a prayerful, committed group of people who get along with each other. This warmth and acceptance makes it easy to join in and belong here. Quite a few of them come from all over Christchurch attracted by the style of worship.
The Church encourages a thinking, reflective faith that is informed by a wide reading of the great theologians in the history of Christian thought, past and present. We take the Bible seriously as a resource for prayer, as a treasure to be mined by critical Scriptural scholarship, and as a book of promises to be claimed by faithful, expectant believers.
Life at Holy Trinity Avonside revolves around the Sunday celebration of the Eucharist, the time and the place where heaven comes down to earth, and where God’s family gathers around the family dining table. Please join us at this meal of the Kingdom.
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