**Coronavirus Church Response**
Church continues to be alive and active, but our buildings must close in London in response to Covid-19. All public worships are suspended. Colliwobbles is cancelled under further notice.
Stay at Home, Protect the NHS and save lives. Read the latest message from Archbishops and Diocesan Bishops of the Church of England to all clergy in the Church of England..
Please download the latest bulletin to keep up to date with what is going on at Christ Church. Please visit Church Diary and Rotas to find out who is leading the services.
Watch the Sunday Service – led by Belemo Alagoa, with the theme of “Palm Sunday.” We are reaching the Church community via digital media for worship and prayer during this time of closure of Church building. Please join us from wherever you are. This service...
We would normally be meeting for our Messy Church Easter Celebration on Saturday 11 April but of course we won’t be. Here is an idea. Attached are some craft ideas for drawing and making. If you can make something or draw or colour something please send...
Diocesan resources: The Bishop of Southwark is livestreaming from his Chapel – he celebrated the Eucharist for the Diocese on Passion Sunday, 29 March and you can watch that service via his twitter page at twitter.com/BishopSouthwark The Cathedral is livestreaming Morning Prayer and Compline daily from...
Pope Francis Urbi et orbi 27 March 2020 “When evening had come” (Mk 4:35). The Gospel passage we have just heard begins like this. For weeks now it has been evening. Thick darkness has gathered over our squares, our streets and our cities; it has taken...
Merton Priory Team Thoughts from Nature – Fiona Totty In times of uncertainty it is comforting to see the seasons changing, keeping to schedule when we have all changed ours. There is a pear tree outside our window, and I always love the moment when it bursts into...
The Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) promotes the study, practice and improvement of music in worship. In the absence of all of the usual routines of life, we RSCM has put together a whole range of initiatives, which will help to hold everyone together. For...
When it isn’t possible to join with the local church, this outline is designed to help you have a short time of worship as a household. Please adapt it to suit those who are present – add anything you might usually do in church or...
Ever present God, we give thanks for each new day. For all of us life is very different to one we experienced two weeks ago. As we get used to living lives of self-isolation and social-distancing help us to recognise the good things that each...
Watch the Sunday Service – led by Rev’d Alison Judge, with the theme of “Passion Sunday.” We are reaching the Church community via digital media for worship and prayer during this time of closure of Church building. Please join us from wherever you are. Sunday...
O Lord, open our lips and our mouth shall proclaim your praise. Welcome and introduction May Christ, the true, the only light banish all darkness from our hearts and minds. O come, let us sing to the Lord; ♦ let us heartily rejoice in the...
Most merciful God, who by the death and resurrection of your SonJesus Christ delivered and saved the world: grant that by faith in him who suffered on thecross we may triumph in the power of his victory; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who...
Letter from Archbishops and Diocesan Bishops of the Church of England to all clergy in the Church of England Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Stay home, protect the NHS and save lives We are writing further to you given the rapidly changing nature of...
Church continues to be alive and active, but our buildings must close in London in response to Covid-19. All public worships are suspended. The following are the letters circulated by Church authorities in response to coronavirus: Letter from Archbishops and Bishops of the Church of England....
We are living in strange and unfamiliar territory as a result of the Coronavirus outbreak. We are isolated from our friends and neighbours and many of us are living alone reinforcing a sense of isolation and loneliness. But what if we are to see it...
Following on from the Prime Minister’s message on 23 March, the Diocese of Southwark announces: Church continues to be alive and active, but our buildings must close in London. London is seeing a huge increase in the number of people falling sick with COVID-19. We...
“We are to pray in times of adversity, lest we become faithless and unbelieving. We are to pray in times of prosperity, lest we become boastful and proud. We are to pray in times of danger, lest we become fearful and doubting. We are to...
Join in us worship and prayer recorded by Rev’d Mark Eminson – Team Rector. During this challenging season, let us come together through digital sources to share our faith and exemplify the hope and peace that God offers to all of us. (Audio Recording)
Video Message from Rev’d Mark Eminson on Mothering Sunday. Coronavirus Pandemic: Thought for the Week 21.3.20, by Mark Eminson Here we are, brothers and sisters, in these unprecedented times, on the eve of a very untypical Mothering Sunday: no church services, no meals out or...
The term ‘Spiritual Communion’ has been used historically to describe the means of grace by which a person, prevented for some serious reason from sharing in a celebration of the Eucharist, nonetheless shares in the communion of Jesus Christ. The form of prayer below offers...
If it is not possible for people to worship together, the various Church of England apps for Daily Prayer and Reflections are a wonderful resource and unite us in prayer. Alongside them, we have crafted two simple acts of worship, particularly geared to those who...
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby is to lead a national broadcast as the Church of England responds to the challenge of becoming a “different sort of church” in the face of the coronavirus crisis. The service, including prayers, hymns and a short sermon, will...
Message from Mark Eminson, Team Rector of Merton Priory Team. Download in PDF Wednesday, 18 March, 2020 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Many of you will have heard that, in the context of the Coronavirus pandemic, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York have directed that...
Lent starts on 26th February and ends on 9th April. Please download our lent leaflet to engage with us in lent events and activities.
Wimbledon food bank is run by local people for local people to ensure we can continue to stop people going hungry. We collect food products at Church from people and handover to the food bank. If you wish to donate, please follow this link to offer a onetime gift or a regular gift.
Merton Priory – including Christ Church – is a founder member of the newly-launched Merton Citizens organisation, affiliated to Citizens UK. Merton Citizens will be campaigning for
At the launch events, on 19 April, Merton councillors from all major parties pledged to support these goals.
The Merton Priory Team Ministry has a Mission Action Plan, including Objectives for each Church and for the Parish as a whole.
For Christ Church, the summary is:
Christ Church is Open:
For more details, download the full Mission Action Plan.
