A BIT ABOUT US
St Mary’s is a vibrant Anglican church in the heart of Silverstream.
We are a Spirit filled family being shaped by Jesus, seeking to be a redemptive community in our neighbourhood.
We live out and share the life changing work of the Holy Spirit, we seek to perceive and understand the King and His kingdom and to follow Him. We share our lives through table fellowship with those who are known to us and those who aren't!
Everyone is welcome to come along to our Sunday Services.
We have a service at 8am, which is a traditional Anglican service with hymns, intercessions and Eucharist - and we gather together for breakfast afterwards.
And we have a service at 10am. This is family friendly service with activities for the kids, prayer ministry and morning tea afterwards - with ice-cream for the kids!
We have other activities during the week so please have a look around the site to find out more about our courses and groups, that provide a community through which we can grow spiritually and build friendships.
You'll find us at 13 Terminus Street, Silverstream - the church on the hill.
We are a Spirit filled family being shaped by Jesus, seeking to be a redemptive community in our neighbourhood.
We live out and share the life changing work of the Holy Spirit, we seek to perceive and understand the King and His kingdom and to follow Him. We share our lives through table fellowship with those who are known to us and those who aren't!
Everyone is welcome to come along to our Sunday Services.
We have a service at 8am, which is a traditional Anglican service with hymns, intercessions and Eucharist - and we gather together for breakfast afterwards.
And we have a service at 10am. This is family friendly service with activities for the kids, prayer ministry and morning tea afterwards - with ice-cream for the kids!
We have other activities during the week so please have a look around the site to find out more about our courses and groups, that provide a community through which we can grow spiritually and build friendships.
You'll find us at 13 Terminus Street, Silverstream - the church on the hill.
Our History
From the early days of the European Settlement, the Parish of Silverstream was first in the Trentham Missionary Parochial District with the Chapel at Whirinaki which was used by both Maori and Pakeha in the 1860's. This chapel was on the site where St Patricks College now stands. It was also used by the Parish of Upper hutt but in 1955 the three parishes were divided into three to form Upper Hutt, Trentham and St Mary's Silverstream.
The first local church was the Church of St John the Evangalist which was at the corner of what was then called Main Road, now called Ferguson Drive. This building was completed in 1863 and consecrated in December 1865. This church is older that Old St Pauls in Wellington.
In 1919 people felt that there was a need for a church at Silverstream which at that time would serve the Trentham Parish. A site was offered by a Mr W.G. Gard for the sum of 600.00 pounds ( a lot of money at that time) The parishioners held a meeting at the Trentham site on the 8th November 1919 and a committee was appointed. The Parishioners decided that it was essential to the needs of the People of the Parish to accept the offer and by the end of 1919 90.00 pounds had been donated towards the purchase price of 600.00 pounds. The Parishioners raised the deposit of 200.00 pounds by March 1920 and Mr Gard kindly agreed for the balance of the mortgage to be paid off at a reasonable rate of interest.
At this time the people wanted a state school in Silverstream as their children had to travel all the way to the Upper Hutt School and the trains were very infrequent. St Johns Vestry decided that they would look at investigating a Parish day school in Gard Street. They had plans drawn up but before the school could be built the government of the day decided that a school in Silverstream was necessary and the school was opened in 1924. The plans that were drawn up by The Vestry are still in St Mary's possession today. The question is did the efforts of that small group of people spur the Government into doing something about this perhaps?
By March 1921 a church fete in the Parish brought in 250.00 pounds which went towards the outstanding mortgage and three months later the Title for the land in Terminus Street was secured. Some of the original land was sold off for housing because of a rates increase. The proceeds from the sale were used to erect a Church room. In 1929 Architects were invited to prepare plans for a brick building with a slate roof at the cost of some 800.00 pounds. The construction began in late 1930 and was completed in March 1931. Three weeks after the building was completed Bishop Sprott dedicated the Church Room under the name of St Mary the Virgin. At this time a half acre strip of the land was gifted to the Upper Hutt Borough Council so that a road could run parallel with the Railway line and this today is the Church access road Terminus Street.
For Many years until the 1980's the Church was known rather aptly as "St Mary's on the Hill"
From the early days of the European Settlement, the Parish of Silverstream was first in the Trentham Missionary Parochial District with the Chapel at Whirinaki which was used by both Maori and Pakeha in the 1860's. This chapel was on the site where St Patricks College now stands. It was also used by the Parish of Upper hutt but in 1955 the three parishes were divided into three to form Upper Hutt, Trentham and St Mary's Silverstream.
The first local church was the Church of St John the Evangalist which was at the corner of what was then called Main Road, now called Ferguson Drive. This building was completed in 1863 and consecrated in December 1865. This church is older that Old St Pauls in Wellington.
In 1919 people felt that there was a need for a church at Silverstream which at that time would serve the Trentham Parish. A site was offered by a Mr W.G. Gard for the sum of 600.00 pounds ( a lot of money at that time) The parishioners held a meeting at the Trentham site on the 8th November 1919 and a committee was appointed. The Parishioners decided that it was essential to the needs of the People of the Parish to accept the offer and by the end of 1919 90.00 pounds had been donated towards the purchase price of 600.00 pounds. The Parishioners raised the deposit of 200.00 pounds by March 1920 and Mr Gard kindly agreed for the balance of the mortgage to be paid off at a reasonable rate of interest.
At this time the people wanted a state school in Silverstream as their children had to travel all the way to the Upper Hutt School and the trains were very infrequent. St Johns Vestry decided that they would look at investigating a Parish day school in Gard Street. They had plans drawn up but before the school could be built the government of the day decided that a school in Silverstream was necessary and the school was opened in 1924. The plans that were drawn up by The Vestry are still in St Mary's possession today. The question is did the efforts of that small group of people spur the Government into doing something about this perhaps?
By March 1921 a church fete in the Parish brought in 250.00 pounds which went towards the outstanding mortgage and three months later the Title for the land in Terminus Street was secured. Some of the original land was sold off for housing because of a rates increase. The proceeds from the sale were used to erect a Church room. In 1929 Architects were invited to prepare plans for a brick building with a slate roof at the cost of some 800.00 pounds. The construction began in late 1930 and was completed in March 1931. Three weeks after the building was completed Bishop Sprott dedicated the Church Room under the name of St Mary the Virgin. At this time a half acre strip of the land was gifted to the Upper Hutt Borough Council so that a road could run parallel with the Railway line and this today is the Church access road Terminus Street.
For Many years until the 1980's the Church was known rather aptly as "St Mary's on the Hill"