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Marking the year together.

Beyond our weekly rhythm of Sundays and Connect Groups, we love marking the year with the bigger moments — conferences that stretch us, services that hold the season, and outreach that loves our town.

Through the year

The bigger moments we love together.

Specific dates and details land closer to the time — the best way to stay in the loop is to follow us on Facebook or sign up for our updates. The rhythm, though, looks like this:

Easter

Easter Services

Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday — the heart of our faith, marked together. Family-friendly, accessible to anyone, and a great time to bring someone with you.

Christmas

Christmas Services

Carols, candlelight, and the story of Jesus told fresh. Our Christmas gatherings are a favourite — for our church family, and for friends and neighbours we love to host.

Year-round

Community Outreach

Each year we get behind Villy Day Out — Bream Bay's community celebration — with a free sausage sizzle and our whare karakia (house of prayer). Practical love for our town, alongside the people who call it home.

Annual · King's Birthday Weekend · Youth & Young Adults

Breakthrough Conference

Where: Encounter Auckland When: Every King's Birthday Weekend Who: Youth & young adults

A youth and young adults conference — three days of worship, the Word, and the Holy Spirit moving, hosted by our family church in Auckland and gathered around what God is doing in the next generation across the nation. We travel down together every year. If you're up for it, come with us.

Visit breakthrough.org.nz
Encounter Church Bream Bay out in the community at Villy Day Out
Villy Day Out Out in our community each year with a free sausage sizzle and our whare karakia.
Good to know

Common questions about our events.

The most up-to-date listings are on our Facebook page — we post specific dates, times, and details as they're confirmed. You can also email breambay@encounter.org.nz and we'll let you know what's on in the next few weeks.
Easter services, Christmas services, and our presence at Villy Day Out (free sausage sizzle and whare karakia) are all completely free and open to anyone. Conferences like Breakthrough have a ticket cost, but we try to make travel and accommodation accessible for our church family.
Yes — Breakthrough is hosted by Encounter Auckland every King's Birthday weekend and is open to youth and young adults from across the country. We travel down as a group every year. Visit breakthrough.org.nz for details, or reach out and we'll loop you into our trip.
Our main community presence is at Villy Day Out — Bream Bay's annual community celebration — where we host a free sausage sizzle and run our whare karakia (house of prayer). We're always open to other opportunities to bless our town practically as they come up through the year.
Absolutely — please do. Our Easter and Christmas services are specifically designed to be accessible for anyone, even if they've never been to church before. Outreach events are open to the whole community. Bring whoever — we'd love to meet them.

Want to know what's coming up?

Reach out and we'll let you know what's on in the next few weeks — or follow us on Facebook for the live event listings.

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