All are welcome to our services.

Nine Lessons & Carols - we are joined by Four's Company
7pm Sunday 16 Dec 2018

Christmas Eve 
6.30pm   Monday 24 Dec - Christingle Service -
11.30pm Monday 24 Dec - First Christmas Eucharist

Christmas Day
9.30am Tuesday 25 Dec - Christmas Eucharist

Sunday 30 Dec 2018
No 8am or 10am services at St Matthew's.  We join the 10am service at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, cnr of Market & Lyndon Roads, Hastings.

Sunday 6 Jan 2018
8am & 10am Eucharist at St Matthew's.  St Andrew's join us at St Matthew's

January 2019

8am & 10am Sunday Eucharists will be held at St Matthew's

Thursday Holy Communion services - these will resume on Thurs 31 Jan at 10.15am

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Situated close to the CBD of Hastings, St Matthew’s has been involved in the life of Hastings city for over 100 years. 

One of Hastings’ oldest buildings, St Matthew’s Church holds a Category One designation from the NZ Historic Places Trust.

At the heart of the parish’s witness and activity is the historic church whose wooden nave was built in 1886 with the reinforced concrete additions added in 1915.  Damage was sustained in the 1931 earthquake but restoration was undertaken, and the tower rebuilt to a reduced height.  More recent modifications provide an effective setting for liturgy and a frequently used venue for concerts and recitals.  

Within such a beautiful building, regular worship services are held on Sundays and weekdays.  Our style has a dignity appropriate to the setting but is, we trust, warm and welcoming to both visitors and regulars.

The historic St Matthew’s Church shares its central city site with several other buildings used by the Parish and others.  St Matthew’s Primary School, established in 1995, is a co-educational integrated school of over 130 pupils, from new entrant to Year 8.  Waiapu Kids St Matthew's provides preschool education in the nearby Canon Drake Hall.  In the large Parish Hall are located the Parish Office and venues for art and craft groups, and many other activities run by various organisations.

St Matthew’s welcomes visitors and sightseers.  The church is open many weekday mornings, for Sunday Services and at other times by arrangement.

Location: 200 King Street South Hastings