St Mary by the Sea is an Anglican church at 168 Deep Creek Road in Torbay, Auckland. It was planted in 1885 as an Anglican presence in the Northern Bays, and is part of the Diocese of Auckland. The website says its main Sunday service is at 10am, and is intergenerational, with sung worship, confession, scripture, a response to scripture, prayer and communion. Worshippers sit at tables of eight. The church runs children's and youth programmes, and its website lists a weekly group for parents of babies in their first year. You can phone 09 473 8183.
Reviewers describe a beautiful old church with a pioneer cemetery, which is well kept and set on a hill near the Torbay shopping centre. One reviewer describes it as a small, welcoming community. Parking is angled along the kerb right outside, and the website lists buses 856 and 861 to a nearby stop. One reviewer says there is not much parking.