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Posada 2024

What is Posada?

Posada (meaning “home” or “lodging”) is an old Mexican tradition where young people dressed as Mary & Joseph from house to house asking for a room for the night and telling people about the imminent arrival of Jesus in the weeks leading up to Christmas. On Christmas Eve they would visit the local church to re-enact the nativity and place figures in a crib.

Modern-day Posada uses nativity figures of Mary and Joseph who travel from place to place. This gives each ‘host’ the chance to create their own celebration in their home or place in the community, worshipping and reaching out to their communities with the real message of Christmas, making room for Jesus in their lives.

Below are photos from our Posada characters’ journey this Christmastime…

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Hush the Noise

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Join the love song this Christmas

Christmas is loud, isn’t it? So much expectation. So many voices. Telling us how to celebrate, what to wear, what to eat and drink, what to watch and what to buy.

Instead, this Christmas we’re inviting everyone to hush the noise. To listen for the love song that the angels bring, this and every year. They sang it for the first time more than 2,000 years ago, on the midnight clear. They’re just waiting for us to join in.

So we look forward to welcoming you to our Advent and Christmas services and activities this December. Here is a summary of what’s happening, and you can find more details about each event on our Worship & Events page.

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Music in the Gardens 2024

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We’re delighted to invite you to the tenth season of Music in the Gardens at Muswell Hill Methodist Church!  On Sunday afternoons – the last one in June and all through July – sit or play in the sunshine (hopefully!) to enjoy singing, dancing, jazz, brass, rock in a lovely setting with bags of space for the children to run around or play on big outdoor toys.  We’re very grateful to a whole range of talented performers, and excellent refreshments are on offer, especially June 30th when home baking is provided by Brownies and Rainbows – not to be missed!  See the poster for full details.

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Holy Week 2024

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Please do come along to our Holy Week services:

Maundy Thursday Communion
7.30pm on 28th March

Good Friday service
10.30am on 29th March

Early Morning Communion
in the Garden
6.30am on Sunday

Easter Day Celebration
10.30am on Sunday

 

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Advent and Christmas Events

Our theme for Advent and Christmas this year is ‘Out of the Ordinary’, exploring how, every day, ordinary acts of kindness can breakthrough to the extraordinary.  You can read more about the theme at the central Methodist website.

Here is a summary of our Advent and Christmas events this Christmastime; you can find full event details in our worship and events calendar.

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Advent Bible Study
7:30pm on Thursday evenings on 30-Nov, 7-Dec & 14-Dec
Join in-person at church or online via Zoom (meeting ID: 995 195 4464, passcode: 123456). See the calendar entry for more details.

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in Advent

Morning Worship, 1st Sunday in Advent
10:30am on Sunday 3rd December
Join in-person at church or follow the live-stream on YouTube

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Advent
Service

Circuit Advent Service at MHMC
6:30pm on Sunday 3rd December
An opportunity to celebrate the start of Advent with friends from churches across the New River Circuit.
Join in-person at church or follow the live-stream on YouTube

All-Age
Nativity

All-Age Nativity Service, 2nd Sunday in Advent
10:30am on Sunday 10th December
Come and be part of the Nativity Story this Sunday!
Join in-person at church or follow the live-stream on YouTube

BabyTalk
and Toddlers

BabyTalk and Toddlers Christmas Celebration for 0 – 4’s
09:30-12:00 on Wednesday 13th December
Story, songs, action, craft and play-space.
An opportunity for under-4s to have fun at this end-of-term Christmas celebration!

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Special
Lunch Club

Christmas Special Lunch Club
1:00pm on Thursday 14th December
Come and share in friendly conversation and company whilst enjoying a home-cooked two-course meal (with vegetarian option) with tea/ coffee for £4.

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the Brewery

Carols at the Brewery
7:00pm on Friday 15th December
at the HillyBilly Brewery Taproom, Avenue Mews, N10 3NP
Come along and sing your favourite carols by streetlight, accompanied by a brass band!

3rd Sunday
in Advent

Morning Worship, 3rd Sunday in Advent
10:30am on Sunday 17th December
Join in-person at church or follow the live-stream on YouTube

Jazz &
Carols

Jazz and Carols
3:00pm on Sunday 17th December
All-ages are welcome at this informal opportunity to sing your favourite carols accompanied by the wonderful sound of the English National Jazz Orchestra!

Candlelit
Carol Service

Candlelit Carol Service
6:30pm on Sunday 17th December
Do join us for the return of the Candlelit Carol Service at MHMC!

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Christmas

Blue Christmas
7:30pm on Thursday 21st December
This is a service for those who find Christmas difficult, due to bereavement, other losses or loneliness.  Church will be open to light a candle.

4th Sunday
in Advent

Morning Worship, 4th Sunday in Advent
10:30am on Christmas Eve, Sunday 24th December
A reflective service to help us prepare for Christmas Day.
Join in-person at church or follow the live-stream on YouTube

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Christingle
Service

All-Age Christingle Service
3:00pm on Christmas Eve, Sunday 24th December
A lovely way to celebrate Christmas for all the family, with songs, and light in the darkness from the candles in the Christingle oranges.

Midnight
Communion
Service

Midnight Communion Service
11:15pm on Christmas Eve, Sunday 24th December
A candlelit communion service to end Christmas Eve and begin Christmas Day.

Christmas Day
Family Celebration

Christmas Day Family Celebration
11:00am on Christmas Day, Monday 25th December
A slightly later than usual start to our Christmas Day celebration, to allow Revd Matt to celebrate Christmas at another church community first. Please bring a wrapped gift that you are happy to open during the service!

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Programme for 2023/24

Rev Matt writes: “I am excited about our  2023/24 programme. Our Leadership Team have chosen the theme ‘Hidden Treasures’ for this coming year. This is the theme for the President and Vice-President of the Methodist Conference. ‘Hidden Treasures’ is based on Isaiah 45:3, with further inspiration from Romans 8:22-29 and Psalm 139. Our theme reminds us that God is at work in the darkness, and in the most difficult of times. We believe that God’s hidden treasures are present, often in the most unexpected places and unexpected people. This is an opportunity for us to discover our hidden treasures within our church community and the local community. 

We will be following ‘a rhythm of mission’ throughout the year. There are key calendar moments where we can naturally reach out into our community. These include Harvest, Remembrance Sunday, Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, and Pentecost. So I encourage you to be excited on what’s happening, write the dates in your diary, and invite your friends. Our vision going forward is ’to be an inclusive, justice-seeking and growing church’.  You are God’s treasure.”

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