Hope comes to Johnsonville

A new church, Hope Northern Hills, opened its doors at Johnsonville’s Waiora Community and Sports Hub eight months ago and is seeing a community eagerness to attend.

“Hope Northern Hills is clearly filling a need in the community for people of faith to gather and worship God,” Pastor Paul Saunders says.

“I think the disruption of Covid has left people hungry for face to face community.”

Adults, as well as families with children and teens, have been visiting the new start-up church in the Waiora Sports and Community Hub at Alex Moore Park.

The newly renovated hub runs a sports cafe on Sunday open to anyone in the community, as well as those wanting a post-church coffee. This spot has become a crucial community space for sports and community groups alike to utilise. Meanwhile several churches across the Wellington region are closing down and even being sold. However Pastor Paul Saunders says there is still a strong spiritual need, and a great hunger for spiritual things especially in the community.

“Hope Northern Hills has enjoyed its first few months in Johnsonville, but we need all the churches in Wellington to fill this great spiritual need in the capital city,”he says.

The church meets at 10am every Sunday Hope Northern Hills is part of the Hope Centre Network of churches. For more details on Hope Northern Hills go towww.hopecentre.org.nz

Written by William YIP

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