Gatherings start at 10.30AM

doors open / espresso coffee from 9:30AM

Our Sunday Gathering is a chance for us to come together as a community of believers.

We spend time each Sunday worshipping together through music, prayer, and other creative means, hearing God’s word, and sharing together as community. There’s often cafe after the service, or morning tea. We always have coffee - come early and grab a cuppa before the service starts!

We would love for you to join us this Sunday- you’re welcome to come check us out any time! Here’s a bit more about what you can expect to experience at MCC when you visit.

There are three core components we emphasise: Worship, Teaching, and Community; here’s what we mean by that:

WORSHIP

We offer a place for people to connect with God through a variety of means – music, prayer, Bible readings, creative items like dance and drama, responsive readings, and quiet reflection.

TEACHING

We are committed to the teaching of the Bible and believe it is the Word of God for his people today just as much as it was in the past. We have a range of teaching styles – expositional preaching, topical messages, story-telling, and small group (Ako) discussions which occur at the end of some series. Preaching is done by a variety of people who are approved by eldership and who have had theological and preaching training.

COMMUNITY

We believe that we are called to not only know and serve God, but to know and serve each other. We consider each other to be whanau and are committed to being involved in each other’s lives. We are not a spectator church. A range of people participate in up front roles on Sunday mornings and MCC members are encouraged to let others hear their voice and to share their stories about God’s work in their lives – both for their own and for others’ encouragement.

OUR SUNDAY RHYTHM

MCC leadership has decided to move forward with the following rhythm as a result of prayerful discussion and taking into consideration congregation feedback.

Week 1: In our MCC buildings

  • Usual MCC worship likely

  • In-person sermon

  • Thrive & Youth programmes running

Week 2: In House Churches

  • Discussion in HCs based on last week’s sermon with questions, further ideas, Scripture etc to explore

Week 3: In our MCC buildings

  • Usual MCC worship likely

  • In-person sermon

  • Thrive & Youth programmes running

Week 4: In our MCC buildings in HCs

  • Various different corporate worship experiences likely

  • Discussion in HC groupings based on last week’s sermon with questions, further ideas, Scripture etc to explore (some groups may use other rooms at MCC)

  • Thrive & Youth programmes running (most times)

  • Shared lunch

The Difference between Small Groups and House Churches

We still have a number of MCC Small Groups meeting during the week. These are different to House Churches in a few ways:

  • They tend to be more homogenous with people of a similar age and stage in life meeting together

  • They set their own direction and are not bound by any teaching schedule set by the pastors

  • They have different intervals of time between meetings – some weekly, some fortnightly, some monthly

There is room and a role for both small groups and HCs at MCC and leadership will be supporting the continuation of small groups alongside our House Church and larger gathering structure.

If you’d like to talk more about this with one of our Leadership, please get in touch below:

SUNDAY DATES COMING UP

With our Sunday rhythm we understand it can be difficult to know where we are on a Sunday. We hope the details below can help and we look forward to seeing you!