Welcome to St Mary Magdalene, Enfield
Pray with us
Would you like to pray but don't know what or how to? Why not join with members of our congregation in saying The Lord's Prayer. When we begin to think about and unpack the words of this simple prayer it covers all of life in such a profound way.
Latest News on Events
Our Sunday Services are available on the website from 10am Sundays until Friday nights.
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Weekly Online Service
Our doors are open on:
Sunday mornings at 9:30am for a said Eucharist Service with hymn singing
Tuesday mornings at 10am for Morning Prayer
Thursday mornings at 10:30am for Holy Communion
Please note: Tuesday and Thursdays are Book of Common Prayer services.
Please check back for more news on future events.
Devotional Resources for your spiritual life:
Please click the button for resources that are available through the internet.
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 worshippers and others in the local community for more than 135 years.
Our address is: Windmill Hill, Enfield, Middlesex, EN2 7AJ. Please click for a map.
Regular Weekly Services and Events
| Day | Time | Event | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday | 10am-11am | Said Eucharist Service | ||
| Tuesday | 10:00am - 10:30am | Morning Prayer - Book of Common Prayer | ||
| Thursday | 10:30am-11:15am | Holy Communion - Book of Common Prayer | ||
| Please see the Google calendar for any further information regarding future events | ||||
Kindly note:
There are no Sunday evening services.
Please see the calendar below for this month's events. If you wish to see all future events, please click here.
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10:00 am - 10:30 am
Morning Prayer
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11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Coffee Morning
A Parishoner's home
Events for October
20th
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
2021 Autumn Concerts
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2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Fellowship
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At St Mary Magdalene Church Enfield we place a high priority on safeguarding the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well-being of all our children, young people and vulnerable adults.
For further information please click here.
Our Vicar's Blog
A new series of informal teaching videos from our vicar, The Rev'd Dr James Lawson begins July 2021.
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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.
Our organ refurbishment
Thank you to everyone who has so generously donated to our organ refurbishment fund, we couldn't have done it without your support. Read about the history of our organ and see pictures of the refurbishment - and why it was so desperately needed!
Our organ
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Book our facilities with Tutti
Book our Church, Hall or Vestry for photography, music, dance or drama rehearsals. We have a lovely church with good acoustic and grand piano and newly refurbished organ. We have two halls, the small one is suitable for a small ensemble and the large one for a larger group of singers or players. Choirs may prefer to use the church, but the Halls are also suitable. We have no car park, but street parking is free and permitted. All available for very reasonable rates.
To book please click on the Tutti button.
Calendar of events
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10:00 am - 10:30 am
Morning Prayer
St Mary Magdalene Church
11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Coffee Morning
A Parishoner's home
Events for October
20th
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
2021 Autumn Concerts
St Mary Magdalene Church
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Fellowship
St Mary Magdalene Church
Events for October
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No Events
Events for October
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From The Rev'd Dr James Lawson:![]()
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It seems as if the strategy of the churches in this country for decades has been to adapt to the secular world as much as they can. We can see the result today: a church that, because it no longer takes its own teaching seriously, is no longer taken seriously by the world. So embracing a countercultural identity as Christians today is not only about our survival but also our task to be a light to the world: “We cannot give the world what we do not have.”
Join us tomorrow at 10:00am for Trinity 20. We will be serving coffee after the service again this week. Not able to make it in person? Why not join us online for our audio service also from 10:00am: stmarymagdalene.church/weekly-online-service/
Weekly online Service - St Mary Magdalene, Enfield
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The weekly online service of St Mary Magdalene
God is true: He has a long memory for His own promises and a short memory for our failures to keep ours.
Join us tomorrow at 10:00am for our Harvest Festival. We will be serving coffee after the service again this week. Not able to make it in person? Why not join us online for our audio service also from 10:00am: stmarymagdalene.church/weekly-online-service/
Weekly online Service - St Mary Magdalene, Enfield
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Harvest Festival and Gift Day Sunday 10th October 10:00am. We will be collecting non-perishable goods for the North London Foodbank on our Harvest Festival next Sunday. Items needed by North Enfield Food bank:![]()
Carrier bags; Toilet paper; Shower gel; Men's deodorant; Toothpaste; Hair conditioner; Long Life puddings; Long life / Tinned ready meals; Baby wipes; UHT milk - red / green / blue. Provided your gifts are not pershable foodstuff I'm sure any items will be gratefully received.
Trinity 18: God’s Love for the Hurting![]()
Our gospel reading this morning starts with a discussion about divorce and ends with a discussion about entering God’s kingdom like little children. While they seem to be disconnected, they really are not, and...![]()
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Trinity 18: God’s Love for the Hurting - St Mary Magdalene, Enfield
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Our gospel reading this morning starts with a discussion about divorce and ends with a discussion about entering God’s kingdom like little children. While they seem to be disconnected, they really a...
“How did you go bankrupt?" Ernest Hemingway once asked. “Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.”![]()
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Vicar's vlog: October 2021 - "Save the Parish" and the General Synod - St Mary Magdalene, Enfield
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Vicar's Blog ~ October 2021: "Save the Parish" and the General SynodDear Friends “How did you go bankrupt?" Ernest Hemingway once asked. “Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” As elections to Gen...
Join us tomorrow at 10:00am for the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity. We will be serving coffee after the service again this week. Not able to make it in person? Why not join us online for our audio service also from 10:00am: stmarymagdalene.church/weekly-online-service/
Weekly online Service - St Mary Magdalene, Enfield
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The weekly online service of St Mary Magdalene
At the beginning of the month we changed our profile picture and mentioned an important announcement. The wait is nearly over...
The Parable of the Ducks![]()
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Once upon a time there was a little town of ducks. Every Sunday the ducks waddle out of their homes and waddled down the streets to their church. They waddle into the nave and sit in their accustomed places in the pews. Then the duck choir processes in singing the opening hymn. The duck priest comes down to read from the duck Gospel. This is what he says: “Ducks! God has given you wings! With wings you can fly! With wings you can mount up and soar like eagles. No walls can confine you! No fences can hold you! You have wings. God has given you wings and you can fly like birds!” The ducks all say “Amen!” And after the final hymn and coffee the duck priest and the duck congregation all waddle home.![]()
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Trinity 17: An analogy and an adventure - St Mary Magdalene, Enfield
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Trinity 17: An analogy and an adventure Mark 9.38-50 Our Lord uses harsh and shocking language in the Gospel today. He speaks of exorcisms, demons, amputations, and hell. Why does He talk like this? I...
Join us tomorrow at 10:00am for the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity. We will be serving coffee after the service again this week. Not able to make it in person? Why not join us online for our audio service also from 10:00am: stmarymagdalene.church/weekly-online-service/
Weekly online Service - St Mary Magdalene, Enfield
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‘I am the greatest’ the mantra of Mohammed Ali, some thought it presumptuous, but he really was a very successful boxer. If we are honest that’s how we’ve lived in this very ‘me’ centric culture. That’s what I see happening in much of our world today. ‘To be first we have to be the servant of all’ is probably what most of us were taught when we were growing up. Yes, we probably heard that verse in Sunday school or church and even agreed with it, but then Monday came.![]()
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Trinity 16: True greatness - St Mary Magdalene, Enfield
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Trinity 16: True greatness Mark 9. 30-37 Do you want to be great? May I speak in the name of God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen. ‘I am the greatest’ the mantra of Mohammed Ali, some thought it...
Join us tomorrow at 10:00am for the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity. We will be serving coffee after the service again this week. Not able to make it in person? Why not join us online for our audio service also from 10:00am: stmarymagdalene.church/weekly-online-service/
Weekly online Service - St Mary Magdalene, Enfield
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Gift, 11, of Zambia, speaking as Mary's Meals celebrates feeding more than two million children in 19 countries: "I don't feel hungry at school any more. I get energy when I eat the porridge."
Dostoyevsky wrote, “love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.”![]()
The latest sermon from The Rev'd Dr james Lawson is available on our website here: stmarymagdalene.church/2021/09/trinity-15-take-up-your-cross/
Trinity 15: Take up your cross - St Mary Magdalene, Enfield
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Trinity 15: Take up your cross Mark 8. 27-38 In today’s Gospel Jesus conducts a sort of survey. He asks his disciples: Who do people say that I am? They give Him different responses—John the Bapti...
Join us tomorrow at 10:00am for the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity. We will be serving coffee after the service again this week. Not able to make it in person? Why not join us online for our audio service also from 10:00am: stmarymagdalene.church/weekly-online-service/
Weekly online Service - St Mary Magdalene, Enfield
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ephaphtha - Be Opened This week's sermon from the Rev'd Dr James Lawson is available here:![]()
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Trinity 14: “ephphatha” - Be Opened! - St Mary Magdalene, Enfield
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Trinity 14: “ephphatha” – Be Opened! St Mark 7. 24-37 There’s one word in the Gospel today that sums up the whole mission of Jesus Christ. It’s one small word that sums up all His work. The ...
St Leo on the Eucharist![]()
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"For in that mystic distribution of spiritual nourishment, that which is given and taken is of such a kind that receiving the virtue of the celestial food we pass into the flesh of Him, Who became our flesh."
You may have noticed a change in our profile picture ahead of an important announcement. All will be revealed soon.
Join us tomorrow at 10:00 for the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity. We will be serving coffee after the service again from this week. Not able to make it in person? Why not join us online for our audio service: stmarymagdalene.church/weekly-online-service/
Weekly online Service - St Mary Magdalene, Enfield
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Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.![]()
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This week's sermon from The Rev'd Dr James Lawson is available here: stmarymagdalene.church/2021/08/trinity-13-the-flow-of-power-is-reversed/
Trinity 13: The flow of power is reversed - St Mary Magdalene, Enfield
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Trinity 13: The flow of power is reversed Mark 7 1-23 (with omissions) Today we meet Jesus’ most persistent and regular antagonists, the Pharisees and the Scribes of Jerusalem... when they saw some ...
Join us tomorrow at 10:00 for the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity. Not able to make it in person? Why not join us online for our audio service: stmarymagdalene.church/weekly-online-service/
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The weekly online service of St Mary MagdaleneLife 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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, 2020-2021, is year B.
Daily readings from The Revised Common Lectionary
- Daily Readings for Sunday, October 17, 2021 October 17, 2021Proper 24 (29)
Other resources
The RSCM have a daily hymn and Sunday Services on their website
Would you like to listen to a Choral Evensong or Sunday Service? BBC Radio Three have daily Choral Evensong and weekly Sunday Service broadcasts.
The whole New International Version of the Bible, read by David Suchet is available free to listen to at Bible Gateway who have many other versions, translations and study resources freely available.
Donate to St Mary Magdalene
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, £10.00 or £20.00 by credit card please click one of the buttons to make your donation.
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