Welcome to St Mary Magdalene, Enfield
Saint Mary Magdalene Church, Enfield, is a Church of England, Anglican Church serving the area from Enfield Chase to Chase Farm Hospital.
Find a warm welcome in the parish of Enfield Chase. Standing floodlit at the top of Windmill Hill, Enfield, St Mary Magdalene offers prayer and care at the heart of our community and has been a source of spiritual inspiration for worshipers and others in the local community for more than 125 years.
Our address is: Windmill Hill, Enfield, Middlesex, EN2 7AJ. Please click for a map.
Regular Weekly Events
| Sunday | 8:00 am | Holy Communion |
| 10:00 am | Eucharist (Second Sunday in month Family Service) | |
| 6:30 pm | Evensong (or other ‘special’ service) | |
| Please see the Google calendar for any further information regarding Sunday Services | ||
| Monday | 10:00 am | Mattins (BCP) |
| 6:00 pm | Home group | |
| Tuesday | 7:45-9:00 pm | Bell Ringing Practice |
| Wednesday | 8:30 pm | Drama Group |
| Thursday | 10:30 am | Holy Communion (BCP) |
| 7:30 pm | Choir Practice | |
Please see the calendar below for this month's events. If you wish to see all future events, please click here.
Next Upcoming Event
Oberammergau 2020
A holiday to Austria and Oberammergau
5-12 August 2020
Led by The Revd Dr Gordon Giles
Seven nights at the Inntalerhof hotel in Mosern and a night in Oberammergau receiving a first class ticket for a performance of the Passion Play.
Read our Vicar's Blog
A monthly piece from the Vicar, also published in the parish magazine.
You are warmly invited to join us at any of our services or group meetings.
Bell Ringers
Drama Group
Home Group
Fellowship
Coffee and Concerts
Sunday School
Did you enjoy this Sunday morning's Anthem sung by the choir?
we have a list of anthems sung or to be sung here.
Notes for Notes
In this final push for the organ restoration, we are inviting individuals, families, or groups to sponsor a note or two… or three, or even a chord (four notes!). Find out more by clicking on the button below.
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The June edition of the Vicar's blog by The Revd Dr Gordon Giles is now available to read on the St Mary Magdalene website. Church, is it just a company, a club, or even simply a charity? Or is it more than this? Find out here: stmarymagdalene.church/2019/05/vicars-blog-june-2019/
Vicar’s Blog June 2019 | St Mary Magdalene, Enfield
We are not a company, club, nor even simply a charity. We are far more than that – we are that unique body – the body of Christ - that is a church.#GPS God's Positioning System. The latest sermon by The Rev'd Dr Gordon Giles is now available on the St Mary Magdalene website - How do we find our way around today? How does this compare with the past (and not too distant past either!)? stmarymagdalene.church/2019/05/easter-4-gps-gods-positioning-system/ … @EnfieldDeanery
Sad news:
May 7th 2019.
Dear Choir Members,
I have been with the organ builder this lunchtime and have come away with the sad conclusion that we are going to have to postpone the opening concert on May 18th and the Choral Evensong on May 19th. The sad truth is that by the 18th the organ builders should have all the pipes in and mechanically everything will be working, but it will not have been voiced or tuned. In fact not all the pipes will be in as in the swell box one cannot put in certain of the pipes until others have been tuned as once the others are in, the ones at the back cannot be accessed.
The voicing and tuning could take up to two weeks.
We are not cancelling but hope that very soon we can put on this Choral Evensong and the opening organ concert.
My apologies to you and all those who planned to join us, it is a great disappointment to us, but we hope it will be possible to go ahead with it in the very near future, and we particularly hope you can still join with us in this joint venture.
I hope that it will not be long before I can write to you again and give you our suggested new date.
As far as rehearsals are concerned we will postpone using most of the rehearsals for the Choral Evensong, although we will continue working at the music as part of our rehearsals. I will let all our visitors know when we will start working on the music for most of our rehearsals.
Thank you for the work you have already done on this Evensong, when we have a date we will again give the music our undivided attention.
I look forward to seeing the St MM Choir on Thursday as we have plenty of new music and anthems to keep us busy in the coming weeks.
With all good wishes,
Jonathan.
The latest #sermon by The Rev'd Dr Gordon Giles is now available on the St Mary Magdalene website: stmarymagdalene.church/2019/05/easter-3-peter-and-the-pleasures-of-the-table/ … What was Peter really saying to Jesus on the beach? And how did Jesus respond?
The St Mary Magdalene Parish Magazine for May 2019 is now available on the website: stmarymagdalene.church/2019/04/magazine-may-2019/ … All sorts going on this month including Christian Aid, an Organ Spectacular celebrating the refurbishment of our organ and the Spring Fair
Magazine May 2019 | St Mary Magdalene, Enfield
Dear friends, Happy Easter! You will know that we have been spending time and money on the organ, and while we had hoped it would be ready for Easter Day, it wasn’t quite ready, but it very soon wil...Read the latest from The Rev'd Dr Gordon Giles in the Vicar's Blog for May 2019 on the St Mary Magdalene, Enfield website stmarymagdalene.church/2019/04/vicars-blog-may-2019/ … carrying an important discovery from the Parish Magazine archives of 100 years ago...
Vicar’s Blog May 2019 | St Mary Magdalene, Enfield
Vicar’s Blog May 2019Vicar's Blog ~ May 2019Dear friends,Happy Easter! You will know that we have been spending time and money on the organ, and while we had hoped it would be ready for Easter Day, ...Latest news from the Wren Academy Enfield: Significant progress has been made in securing a September 2020 start for Wren Academy Enfield. Consultation evenings 7&9 May. More details: stmarymagdalene.church/2019/04/wren-academy-enfield-update/ Co
Wren Academy Enfield update | St Mary Magdalene, Enfield
Significant progress has been made in securing a September 2020 start for Wren Academy Enfield. However, opening at this time does depend on securing planning permission for the initial temporary buil...The Maundy Thursday sermon by The Rev'd Dr Gordon Giles is now available on the St Mary Magdalene website to listen to, read or do both! stmarymagdalene.church/2019/04/maundy-thursday-2019/
Organ restoration project: Today's photos show the manuals and stops in place with the pedals waiting to go in and the pedal pipes sitting on the tops of the pews waiting to be refitted.
They're going fast but it's not too late to sponsor a note on our organ rebuild project. Head over to stmarymagdalene.church/about/music/organ-fund-notes-for-notes/ and sponsor a note or even a chord of four notes!
Manuals, Pedals and stops are being fitted to our organ, work started earlier today! Might still be ready for Easter!!
April 2019 Parish Magazine is now available to read online - lots there this month including The Rev'd Dr Gordon Giles sermon remembering Barbara Abernethy, a Mary's Meals update, Coffee and Concert information, Easter services and much more... read it here: stmarymagdalene.church/2019/04/magazine-april-2019/
Magazine April 2019 - St Mary Magdalene, Enfield
This month in our Parish Magazine April 2019 - Barbara Abernethy RIP, a centenary celebration, Christian Aid, Frinton outing, Mary's Meals update and much moreThe Vicar's Blog for April 2019 is now available on the St Mary Magdalene website - celebrating another centenary - read to find out more... stmarymagdalene.church/2019/04/vicars-blog-april-2019/
Vicar’s Blog April 2019 - St Mary Magdalene, Enfield
Dear friends, We must congratulate the ladies on the choir, who have now been singing with us for a hundred years! In the Parish magazine of April 1919, our predecessors reported: “An innovation has...Parish games evening at St Mary Magdalene on Saturday evening. Wine, juice,nibbles and lots of fun! stmarymagdalene.church/2019/03/parish-games-evening/
Pamela Hagan Malcolm Lunn Peter Rossiter
The latest sermon from The Rev'd Dr Gordon Giles is now on the website "Transfiguration and Time Warps" looks at the Transfiguration of Jesus and Stephen Hawkings book 'Brief Answers to Big Questions' stmarymagdalene.church/2019/03/transfiguration-and-time-warps/
Reflections on the #centenary of the Electoral Roll and how our Parish records these and other events of the time are in the latest Vicar's blog from The Rev'd Dr Gordon Giles on the St Mary Magdalene website stmarymagdalene.church/2019/02/vicars-blog-march-2019/
Vicar’s Blog March 2019 - St Mary Magdalene, Enfield
It is the time of year again, but this time in a year that only comes around every six years, when we revise and reconstitute the Electoral Roll of the Parish.The March Parish Magazine by St Mary Magdalene Enfield is now available on the website stmarymagdalene.church/2019/02/magazine-march-2109/ All sorts happening this month - #Lent Book by The Rev'd Dr Gordon Giles, Parish Games evening, Messiah with Enfield Choral, Sponsored #Bible reading and lots more besides!
Magazine March 2109 - St Mary Magdalene, Enfield
It is the time of year again, but this time in a year that only comes around every six years, when we revise and reconstitute the Electoral Roll of the Parish.Notes for Notes
stmarymagdalene.church/about/music/organ-fund-notes-for-notes/
In this final push for the organ restoration, we are inviting individuals, families, or groups to sponsor a note or two… or three, or even a chord (four notes!). One note costs three notes and a chord of four notes costs five notes… Which is to say:
A note, ranging from C-G over four and half octaves (black notes included) on the three manuals: £30 a note, or a 4 note chord (major or minor!), for £100 (See diagram). Other combinations of notes are also available by negotiation, subject to availability…! Similarly it would be possible to buy your favourite hymn tune, as melody, or even full harmony. But remember the more notes you buy, the more notes you spend! Cwm Rhondda, for example has nine notes in the tune and so would cost £230. The bass part has 8 notes (£200), the tenor 6 notes (£160) and the alto 8 notes (£200). Or you could ‘own’ the complete hymn for £790. Which is, we grant you, rather a lot, good as the hymn is! A complete major scale would be £200 and a complete chromatic octave (12 notes) £300. The possibilities are endless. You could even write your own tune, or spell your name… To buy the great name of BACH is only £100 (‘H’ is B natural in German…)
Notes may be bought anonymously or openly, and a grid mapping which notes remain is on display below and in Church. A form to indicate preference will be available in church. All donations are, of course, tax efficient where appropriate.
Gordon Giles
The latest sermon, by The Rev'd Jackie Fish, is now available on the St Mary Magdalene Enfield website "Why do people go to church?" stmarymagdalene.church/2019/01/why-do-people-go-to-church/
Why do people go to church? - St Mary Magdalene, Enfield
Why do people go to church? Is it because it’s their Tradition, is it for the Eucharist? Is it the Music? Is it to hear the Word? Is it to learn more about God?Life Events
Weddings
Getting Married?
Today more than a quarter of all marriages in England between a man and a woman take place in the traditional setting of a Church of England church. You're welcome to marry in church whatever your beliefs, whether or not you are baptised and whether or not you go to church.
Baptisms
Looking to baptise your child?
Parishioners and regular worshippers are welcome welcome to have their children 'christened' in St Mary Magdalene. During the christening service your child will be baptized and with the support of the church, you and godparents, your child begins an amazing journey of faith.
Funerals
Marking the end of a person's life here on earth.
A funeral marks the close of a human life on earth. It is the opportunity for friends and family to express their grief, to give thanks for the life which has now completed its journey in this world.
Daily Devotionals
Daily devotionals come from three sources that you can choose from (or use all!), whether travelling to work, sitting and relaxing during a well deserved break, or making one of them a part of your daily 'quiet time' with God.
Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer and Night Prayer (or Compline) come from the Church of England's Common Worship which provides prayers and readings for different times during the day.
The daily readings are taken from The Revised Common Lectionary which divides the Bible into a three-year cycle of readings, years A, B and C.
Pray As You Go is a Jesuit based, audio resource that can be listened to anywhere.
Morning Prayer
Please click this link to be taken to today's Morning Prayer readings and prayers from the Church of England's Common Worship.
Evening Prayer
Please click this link to be taken to today's Evening Prayer readings and prayers from the Church of England's Common Worship.
Compline
Please click this link to be taken to today's Night Prayer readings and prayers from the Church of England's Common Worship.
The daily readings are taken from The Revised Common Lectionary which divides the Bible into a three-year cycle of readings, years A, B and C. These readings complement the Sunday and festival readings: Thursday through Saturday readings help prepare the reader for the Sunday ahead; Monday through Wednesday readings help the reader reflect on and digest what they heard in worship.
The Church year begins in Advent. This church year, 2018-2019, is year C.
Daily readings from The Revised Common Lectionary
- Daily Readings for Saturday, May 25, 2019 May 25, 2019Psalm 67; Proverbs 2:9-15; Luke 19:1-10
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St Mary Magdalene receives no funding from external sources, all monies required for the day to day running costs, maintaining and keeping our church looking its best are raised through our weekly giving by stewardship and fund-raising activities. If you would like to donate to our work as a one off donation of £3.00, £5.00 or £10.00 by credit card please click one of the buttons to make your donation.
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