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Community Christmas Card

We invite you to share your Christmas Greetings and reflections on our theme of \’Emmanuel, God with us\’ by posting a reply to this post. This is our virtual \’Christmas Card\’ – a substitute for the Church Christmas Card and Community Display that we would have been doing if we were bustling through the building! And if you are able, please make a donation to Action for Children through our Donate page – thank you.
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Christmas Illuminations

Please come past in an evening to see our Christmas message of ‘Emmanuel, God with us’ shining out through the lit nativity scene and an illuminated banner! (Click on the images below to see a full-size view.)

This year, our Christmas Tree in the church is smaller than usual, but conveys the important message of searching with the mind and the heart to find God this Christmastime. And you may be interested in this blog post about previous Christmas Tree productions…

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Christmas Tree 2020
Christmas Tree 2020 page from Wellspring

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Attending worship in December

We will holding services in church once again from December 6th, so we look forward to seeing you at church if you feel able to do so.

As there is limited seating capacity within our church with socially-distanced chairs, please let us know by each Saturday 6pm if you plan to attend the following morning, to enable as many people as possible to come to worship when they want to and speed-up the Test and Trace process on Sunday morning.

Please send an email to Bev Combes at comingtochurch@mhmc.org.uk to advise which service(s) you plan to attend.

Here is a brief reminder of what you can expect, and what you need to do for yours and other people’s safety:

  • Please wear warm clothing, as the building will be well ventilated and may be cold.
  • When you arrive, one of the Hosts will welcome you and check that you have a mask, which must be worn throughout your visit.
  • After gelling your hands, another Host will undertake Test & Trace.
  • Another Host will show you to a seat in the church.
  • During worship, please stay in your seat and refrain from singing.
  • After worship, please maintain social-distancing as you depart.
  • Please leave the site promptly.

Please be aware that access to toilets is limited to emergencies only.

We look forward to welcoming you to worship at church.

quiznight
David Combes
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Online Quiz Night on 5-Oct raising funds for Christian Aid

Let’s support Christian Aid — and have some fun together!

In common with other charities, Christian Aid’s funds have been severely hit this year, and our church’s contribution to Christian Aid Week was also much reduced. So here’s an opportunity to raise a bit for Christian Aid and have some fun together – a Quiz on Monday 5th October, starting at 8pm raising funds for Christian Aid, and YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED.

As well as the fun of a well-organised quiz, it will be an opportunity to catch up with friends from across the church that you may not have seen for a few months, as well as raise much needed funds for Christian Aid! Although using a computer/ smartphone is preferable, you can dial-in on a normal telephone, and it will be great to hear from you!

We will be using the same Zoom meeting room that we use for Zoom Coffee & Chat after Sunday Worship (9951954464, passcode 123456). If you’re calling from a telephone line, dial any of the following phone numbers (sometimes the first one is busy), then enter the meeting ID of 9951954464 followed by #, and # again when prompted for a participant ID: 020 3481 5237, 020 3481 5240, 020 3901 7895

The Zoom room will be open from 7.45pm to allow folk to check their settings, chat to friends and make a start on the marathon round, which will be shared with you when you join the quiz. Folk will be randomly allocated to teams when we start the quiz, and then remain in those teams for the evening (although everyone will be together in between rounds for the questions asking and answer giving). More detailed instructions as to how the quiz will be run will be provided on the evening itself.

We do hope that you will make a donation to Christian Aid, where the need for funds is so great. Donations can be made directly to the organisation through their website at https://donate.christianaid.org.uk, or via the Church General Account using BACS (sort-code: 30-99-86, account: 02322684, ref: XnAid). In both cases, please advise David Watson to help us keep a tally of our church’s giving to Christian Aid.

Although you can just turn up on the night, it would be useful to know how many people are likely to join the quiz, so please let David Watson know if you think you’ll be attending. We look forward to seeing you all on 5th October!

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Attending worship at church in October

As there is limited seating capacity within our church with socially-distanced chairs, our Ministry Team ask you to read this important letter regarding attending worship at church during October, which details arrangements for letting us know which services in October you plan to attend, to enable as many people as possible to come to worship when they want to.

In summary, please send an email to Bev Combes at comingtochurch@mhmc.org.uk to advise which service(s) you plan to attend.

Here is a brief reminder of what you can expect, and what you need to do for yours and other people’s safety:

  • Please wear warm clothing, as the building will be well ventilated and may be cold.
  • When you arrive, one of the Hosts will welcome you and check that you have a mask, which must be worn throughout your visit.
  • After gelling your hands, another Host will undertake Track & Trace.
  • Another Host will show you to a seat in the church.
  • During worship, please stay in your seat and refrain from singing.
  • After worship, please maintain social-distancing as you depart.
  • Please leave the site promptly.

Please be aware that access to toilets is limited to emergencies only.

We look forward to welcoming you to worship at church.

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Our first service in church since March!

On Sunday 20th September, we were very pleased to be able to hold our first service in church since mid-March, and you can listen to a recording of the service here.

And to give you an idea of how the church looks with socially-distanced seating, here are a couple of pictures taken on that Sunday:

     

If you are thinking of attending worship on 27th September, please advise Revd Stephen Poxon (07786 553833, stephen.poxon@btopenworld.com) so that we know how many people will be attending – thank you.

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Important message from Revd Stephen Poxon regarding potential re-opening of our church for Sunday Worship

Dear Friends,

I am sending this video to you sharing about the possible reopening of our Church at Muswell Hill. I explain what it may be like but forgot to say that masks will need to be worn. The circuit online services will be continuing for the next few months as we and the rest of the circuit begin to open for worship. I look forward to hearing your response.

Every blessing,

Revd Stephen Poxon

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Our online schedule of Prayers and Worship

We continue to pursue our mission and ministry during this period of enforced social-distancing through a range of online content provided by our Circuit Ministry Team with support from folk at different churches.

All our content is posted on both the New River Circuit Facebook and YouTube pages which can be viewed without having to sign-in, so you can easily browse through the back-catalogue of services if you missed any.

Here is a reminder of the weekly schedule; we look forward to your participation whenever you are able:

Sunday 10.30am – Worship led by the Circuit Staff and contributors
Monday-Saturday 9am – Morning Prayers (live)
Monday-Friday 11am – Thought for the Day
Monday 2pm – Lounging with the Lunn’s (live)
Saturday 10.30am – (on the last Saturday of the month) Virtual Coffee Morning (live), sharing good news, birthdays, prayer and photos of your #StayHome cuppa and cake

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