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Anchor is a charismatic church that meets on Sundays at 10.30 am at Cashmere Bowling Club rooms, 12 Crichton Terrace, Cashmere. You are also welcome to check us out at the same time on Facebook Live.

In a time when the underpinnings of Western life are teetering, we invite you to turn to God to find real hope and a new reality. The good news of Jesus Christ gives us hope in this life and the next.

Come as you are!

Services Times & Location

Sunday Services

10:30 AM

Good Friday Service 3 April

12 noon

Easter Sunday with Holy Communion 5 April

10.30 AM

Location

Cashmere Bowling Club,

12 Crichton Terrace, Cashmere, Christchurch 8025

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What to Expect at an Anchor Service

If this is your first time attending an Anglican church, you may not be familiar with some of the rituals that form part of our worship service. This guide should help you.

These are available off the corridor past the bar.

We do not have any reserved seats, except on special occasions. You may sit wherever you feel most comfortable.

We love the sound and energy that children bring to Anchor. Any child who has been baptised or christened is welcomed to receive the bread and the wine. Unbaptised children may receive a blessing. Children’s activity sheets are also available.

Most of our members make regular contributions to cover all our expenses the via automatic bank payment. An offering bowl is available near the door for cash donations, but please do not feel obliged to contribute.

One or more passages from different parts of The Bible will be read: The words of a congregational response will appear on the screen after the reading.

At Anchor, we stand during the songs and during the communion prayers. At other times, we sit down. If you find standing for long periods is difficult, you are welcome to sit down.

Holy Communion (the Eucharist or the Lord’s Supper) is held on the first and third Sundays. It is open to everyone who has been baptised (as an infant or otherwise) in any Christian denomination. This is the remembrance meal Jesus instructed his followers to observe, and, thus, is restricted to committed believers and their baptised children. We usually come forward in a line to the bread (or wafer) and the wine with the people in the front rows going first and so forth in an orderly manner. Place your open hands together to receive the bread. You may choose to receive the wine via intinction (dipping) or by sipping after eating the bread. If you want to intinct the bread, please keep it clearly visible until the intinction cup is offered. After receiving the bread and wine you are welcome to light a prayer candle on the Lord’s table you may pause for reflection before returning to your seat. If you are not baptised, or just want to receive a blessing rather than receiving communion, please join the line and simply ask for a blessing and keep your hands at your side. If you are not baptised but are interested in following Jesus, we would love to talk with you about the faith and what baptism entails.

At the end of the service confidential prayer is available for healing or any need you may have.

We meet at the nearby Zeroes Cafe for ongoing fellowship. If this is your first time please be our guest. A drink is on us.