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Saving St Mary’s

April 11, 2023April 12, 2023 N8N 1 Comment Gordonton, Rev David Smithson, Ruth Cleland, Saving St Mary's Church, St Mary's church Gordonton, the Clelands

  It’s just short of three years since the doors shut at St Mary’s Church in Gordonton. But now plans

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A calf for St Mary’s

August 24, 2020August 24, 2020 N8N 0 Comments Gordonton church demolished, New venue for St Mary's, Rev David Smithson, St Mary's Gordonton

Meet St Mary’s new temporary home – light and airy, with a heat pump that keeps it very warm, says Rev David Smithson.

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St Mary’s Church: closed due to earthquakes

July 21, 2020July 21, 2020 N8N 2 Comments Earthquakes St Mary's Church, Rev David Smithson, St Mary's church Gordonton, St Mary's Gordonton closed, Waikato churches

Gordonton’s St Marys Church is temporarily closed.  The building, built in 1934, is deemed at high risk from earthquakes.  Rev David Smithson tells more.

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Planting spree

September 20, 2014September 22, 2014 N8N 0 Comments Care of Creation service, community planting Gordonton, Gordonton, planting day at St Mary's, Rev David Smithson, St Mary’s Church

A merry band of St Mary’s parishioners braved the elements and donned raincoats and gumboots to muck in on the

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Birthday bash for St Mary’s 80th

March 10, 2014May 7, 2014 N8N 0 Comments 80 years of Gordonton church, Rev David Smithson, St Mary's in Gordonton

St Mary’s Gordonton celebrated its 80th Anniversary on Sunday 2 March with a packed church service full of regular worshipers,

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The animals came in one by one

November 8, 2013February 17, 2014 N8N 0 Comments Blessing of the pets, Gordonton Church, Rev David Smithson, St Mary's Gordonton

THERE were indeed interesting sights and sounds from St Mary’s Church when the Blessing of the Animals service was held.

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