Welcome to our website and we very much hope to have the pleasure, to welcome you through the doors of our church and yours – “The Church By The Bridge” – very soon.  Use this link to drop a line.

We have been open to our congregation and visitors for well over 280 years and as a church we have had a long and treasured association with our local community.    

WHURC wants to spread the message and love of Christ and the Christian way of life, to serve people in the community, to offer a place of worship and a safe space for everyone. 

We offer support, prayer, companionship and empathy during tough times; and to celebrate with you at special moments in your lives.

• All legal marriage ceremonies
• Thanksgiving for a new birth
• Baptisms
• Funerals

Church Services

You are warmly invited to Sunday morning services at 10.30 am, usually for an hour.

• Liberal, Bible based theological perspective 
• Member of the Inclusive Church Network
• Traditional yet informal
• Holy Communion usually celebrated first Sunday of the month
• Coffee and chats

Whatever you are seeking, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Happy to help:  We are not a ‘fifth emergency service’ but we are happy to help if we can.  Email or call 073 4470 7720 for Rev Packia. 

For hiring rooms or to receive occasional emails which share church news: Please contact our Church Administrator by email [email protected] No personal data will be shared.

MUSIC:  We are looking for an occasional organist to accompany some services (prelude, postlude and hymns in between.)  We can only afford a modest fee but offer access to the well-maintained, two manual organ for practice. 

SOCIAL MEDIA: We would also appreciate help with keeping the website and Facebook up to date and producing monthly posters of church life for noticeboards.  We could probably negotiate an hourly rate.