New Church Room.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume XVII, Issue 5, 1 November 1926, Page 11

New Church Room.

The Bishop 7 dedicated a; new Church room at Napier on October 16th. The room liis ;situatpdri^ yigoiv rßro^ni; street,- r M 6 Aiig-ustine^s parish,^ and ; . has .accommodation for about., 250 adults, .A't':.^hie end , of the large roqiri '? is a recess, behind folding doors cpn^ ' tainin^ a Koly.table. This, of course, , will t>e open during divine service closed a|; rofcheiv times: . The room igj ; |o ■„ be used as a Sunday; . School^ : and mis- , . sion hal) and as a room for socialr gatherings. ; The Bishop expressed , ,a ; . wish that f the conjunction of a S:^nc.T ; ; tuaiy] with a. social hall might; help' ; . those" who used it i to remember tl|at, , our jpleasures and recreations as weii t : as our ; work. and. worship should, be; ; sanctified by the realisation of t^e :; presepee of God 's . Holy Spirit, that the young; peopje:, might, be taught the ; . meaning of th.c. .altar and of Christian , worship and that :the work. in Soutfi -r

Napier might so develop that a yery ; vigorous parish might grow up and k worthy Church be,. erected on the. same . section. The section had been sold to the parish by Mr W. Nelson for the nominal sum of five shillings, strict cash, and the cost of the building was £1209, of which £500 was still a debt. The room will be known as St. Luke's Church Boom. :