St Francis Church Tairua
Welcome


St Francis Church offers a communion service each Sunday at 9.30am: love to see you there.
Op Shop open Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays 9.30 – 1pm.
For other news, info on upcoming events go here.
Also,
- if there are any pressing needs, feel free to use the contacts listed below.
- Other blogs and reflections are posted on this website occasionally. Keep an eye out. The three latest posts are:
A Proclamation and a Pooh-like Response, 21st Dec 2025
Joys – Simple and Profound, 14th Dec 2025
Advent Implications, 7th Dec 2025
And … have you seen the latest jokes, here?

About St Francis Church in Tairua
We are a parish of the Auckland Anglican Diocese
Address: 248 Main Rd, Tairua
Email: stfrancis.tairua@xtra.co.nz
Contacts:
Warden: Pat Gilberd 07 864 8727
Priests: Rev Sharon Marr 07 864 7064
Rev Joan Fanshawe 07 864 9489
If urgent: Joan 021 139 2875, Sharon 021 027 56807
St Francis House
Neighbouring the church is St Francis House, a wonderful facility for the community to use, with different spaces for meetings, counselling, music, hospitality …
Please contact us to book.
email: stfrancis.tairua@xtra.co.nz
SFH Coordinator: Pat Gilberd 07 864 8727

Foodbank
Contact for the Tairua Foodbank is 021 356 666. Approaches are received confidentially.
Photos


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Op Shop
Come and browse our busy Op shop, support the church and environment through recycling and reusing.
We welcome your donations.

Currently:
Op Shop is open Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, 9.30 – 1pm.
Cash only – no Eftpos available – but Eftpos is available a few steps away outside the local Four Square.
Thank you. We look forward to seeing you there.
248 Main Rd, Tairua | stfrancis.tairua@xtra.co.nz
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