Our Mission and Welcome statements
Our Church Council has recently agreed revised Mission and Welcome statements, which are summarised in the posters here.
Lent 2023 – Living Hope
Our theme for Lent 2023 is Living Hope, and we invite you to personally engage in prayer and reflection during Lent in whatever way works for you. This poster provides three different ways that you can get involved:
Stop at 12!
Commit to stop and pray at 12 noon every day during Lent.
Photo-a-day Challenge
Take a photo each day in Lent around the daily theme.
Lent in a Bag
Reflect on Lent from home using symbols and reflections; pick up a bag from the main entrance.
COME ON INN!
There is room in the Christmas story for you.
Come and take your place at our events this Christmas.
Sundays at 10:30am
Join us for our Advent Sunday Worship either in-person at church or watch live on YouTube.
Anytime before Christmas Eve!
There are 10 sheep in 10 shops in Muswell Hill to be found as part of our Muswell Hill Sheep Trail. Can you find them all? Pick up an answer sheet from Muswell Hill Methodist Church on Pages Lane. The prize draw will take place at our Christingle Service at 3.30pm on Christmas Eve.
Thursday evenings in December at 7:30pm
Join us for our series of Advent Bible Study sessions, either in-person at church or on Zoom. Please see here for more details and to register your interest.
Sunday 11th December at 3:30pm
Carols in the church car park (or inside if it’s wet!). Mince Pies and Refreshments served afterwards.
Friday 16th December at 7pm
Carols at the Muswell Hillbilly Brewery Taproom
14 Mews Avenue, N10
Sunday 18th December at 10:30am
Come dressed as your favourite nativity character! It will be fun!
Watch on YouTube @mhmcvideo
Wednesday 21st December at 7:30pm
The church will be open to light a candle for personal reflection for those who find Christmas difficult due to bereavement, other losses or loneliness.
Or watch a short service on YouTube @mhmcvideo
Saturday 24th December
3:30pm – Christingle Service for all ages
11:15pm – Candlelit Communion Service
Every Thursday 12noon – 3:30pm
Offering a safe and comfy heated space.
Food, games, WiFi, mobile charging and the kettle is always on!
Sunday Morning Worship is now being Live Streamed!
Did you know that you can now watch each week’s Sunday Morning Worship live on YouTube? Just tune in to our homepage on YouTube at 10:30am each Sunday and join us from the comfort of your home (and in your pyjamas if you wish, as we can’t see you!).
And if you Subscribe to us on YouTube, you’ll get a helpful reminder when we start Live Streaming!
Here’s the most recent service to catch-up on if you missed it live:
Attending worship at church
We have now put more chairs back in church, providing capacity for our usual numbers on Sunday morning whilst still maintaining a safe space for members of the congregation.
Here is a brief reminder of what you can expect, and what you need to do for yours and other people’s safety:
- The external doors will remain open to provide good ventilation, so please wear extra layers and we encourage you to keep your coat on in church.
- Following recent changes in Covid regulations, you are no longer required to wear a mask whilst at church, although please continue to wear a mask if you feel safer doing so.
- We are serving refreshments after services once more, and you are encouraged to take your drink outside and chat to others there.
We look forward to welcoming you to worship at church.
Easter Services
Palm Sunday Hybrid Worship – Sunday 28 March 10.30am
See here for details of how to attend in person or on Zoom.
Maundy Thursday Holy Communion – 1st April 7.30pm
In church – please email Bev on comingtochurch@mhmc.org.uk to attend
Maundy Thursday Tenebrae Service – 1st April 9pm
On Facebook Live and YouTube
Good Friday Service – 2nd April 10.30am
On Zoom (meeting ID 676 254 7363, passcode 527197)
Easter Day Holy Communion Sunrise Service – 4th April 7am
In the Gardens at Church – no need to book
Easter Day – 4th April 10.30am
Easter Celebration of Resurrection Hybrid Worship
See here for details of how to attend in person or on Zoom.
Easter Day – 4th April 4pm
Messy Church at Home – online on Facebook or Youtube
Hybrid Worship comes to MHMC!
‘What is Hybrid Worship?’, we hear you ask. It’s where we bring together both physical and online attendees in real time through the power of technology, enabling both communities to meet and share together in the same act of worship.
Hybrid Worship is a step-on from ‘Live Streamed’ worship (which allows you to watch a live service, but not participate in it); in Hybrid Worship, Zoom enables people at home to appear on screen in church and contribute to the service, and for the folk in church to greet their friends who are online.
To attend Hybrid Worship from home, just click on this Zoom Meeting link at the time of the service (or go to www.zoom.us and follow the instructions to join a meeting using meeting ID 995 195 4464 then enter the passcode 123456). To chat with other online folk and be greeted by people arriving at church, do join the meeting from around 10:20.
We look forward to seeing you with us on-screen at our Hybrid Worship!
Christmas is not cancelled…
The Prime Minister has just announced that Christmas is cancelled. For those of us in London we now enter into a new tier 4 which allows no mixing and no travel. We rejoice that Mary & Joseph were allowed to travel to Bethlehem because of a census and how we long for the time we can travel and move around freely.
However, the good news is that no prime minister or government can cancel the Coming of Christ – Christmas – for God continually comes among us offering life and hope now and for the future.
A king and those in power sought to destroy the Christ-child and failed. Throughout His life and ministry people sought to destroy Jesus and in the end, when the time was right, He gave his life on a cross to bring salvation, hope and life to the world in every generation.
And as we remember the death and resurrection of our Lord, especially in the holy communion or the eucharist, so we celebrate the mass of Christ – Christmas……Alleluia!
Christmas is not cancelled for every day is Christmas when God surprises earth with heaven and bursts in upon our lives again.
Matt, Myrtle and Stephen
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.