sunday 19th October – TRINITY 18
8am Said Eucharist
10am Sung Eucharist
6.30pm Choral Evensong
This Week
Harvest Thanks. Many thanks to everyone who brought gifts for Harvest and to those who organised everything so generously given to be delivered to the Foodbank, HAB (Homeless Action in Barnet) and Showerbox. Many thanks also to everyone who came to take part in and support the quiz last weekend. It was a really fun and successful evening, raising a fantastic £1100 for the two charities Explorer Scouts and One to One, Enfield. In particular, special thanks to all the amazing volunteers whose hard work enabled it to be such a great success.
Sunday 19th October: Southgate Sessions – Free Sunday afternoon concerts at Christ Church.
Matthew Warbis – organ, Organist at Christ Church
Join us at 3.30pm for a short concert (just 45 minutes to an hour) in the peaceful setting of our church. Free to attend – all are welcome. A retiring collection will be taken to support the performer and the music at our church.
Sunday 19th October 6.30 pm Choral Evensong: the choir will be singing Darke’s Canticles in F and Macmillan’s anthem A New Song.
Tuesday 21st October at 7.30 pm: Said Eucharist with Anointing and Laying on of Hands for Healing – nearest entrance, small north door up the ramp.
Thursday 23rd October 12.30 pm: Said Eucharist.
Friday 24th October: Coffee and chat in church from 10 am to 12 pm.
Saturday 25th October 2025 – Parish Walk: We will meet outside the main entrance to Morrison’s supermarket on Alderman’s Hill (opposite the Palmers Green train station) at 10:30 a.m. to continue our walk following the New River to Enfield Town. This will be a level walk of under 5 miles (8 km), finishing around 1 p.m. Those wishing to join please register with Jackie or Ronald.
Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th October the Choir will be singing services at Wells Cathedral.
further ahead
Tuesday 28th October at 7.30 pm: Bible Study. We are studying 1 Corinthians Chapters 7 and 8. Everybody is most welcome to join us, the group is friendly and informal. We meet at the back of Church on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month. Just turn up or contact Jackie Anderson if you are interested.
Saturday 1st November 5 pm: Concert by Claire Edwards and Friends. Claire, a member of our choir, is taking part in a singing day with a few ex-colleagues from the BBC in remembrance of a friend, and they will round off the day with a short performance in church at 5.00 pm. If you are free and would like to listen to around 45 minutes of music, sacred and secular, they would love to see you. There will be a voluntary retiring collection (cash) for The Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice, one of the charities supported by Christ Church.
Sunday 2nd November: All Souls Requiem at 6.30pm – featuring Fauré’s Requiem. If you would like your departed friends and family commemorated aloud during the service, please email the names to Caroline in the office, leave them in the office pigeon hole or add them to the sign-up sheets in church underneath the war memorial.
Sunday 9th November at 10.30am. Service of Remembrance with Laying of Wreaths and 2 minutes silence.
Sunday 9th November: Closing date for contributions to Operation Christmas Child. Hilary Meur is grateful for any contributions towards postage which costs £5 and/or the usual items such as small toys, hats & gloves, hair accessories, skipping ropes/balls, stationery items etc. Please look out for the flyers in the pews or visit www.samaritans-purse.org.uk for more information.
Saturday 15th November 9.30 am – 12.30 pm. Cleaning and Gardening morning. Please come and give what time you can to help clean the church before the busy run up to Christmas and give the garden a final tidy before winter sets in. As many hands on deck as possible will make light work of it. Thanking you all in advance. Sandra Anderson.
Sunday 23rd November at 6.30pm: Patronal Festival concert. This year, the Choir of Christ Church Southgate, directed by William Waine, and orchestra led by Liz Partridge, will perform one of the greatest pieces of choral music ever written – J.S. Bach’s St John Passion. The drama of the passion story is delivered by three soloists playing the Evangelist, Jesus and Pilate, with the choir acting as the frenzied and devastated crowd. We have three outstanding soloists joining us, including Edward Woodhouse, nephew of Clive, as the Evangelist.
Tickets are available on the door or online
We need your support to make this concert possible, and this year are inviting you to contribute directly to the performance of our musicians:
£1000 will sponsor the orchestral strings or woodwind
£500 will sponsor the Evangelist, Jesus, Pilate or Conductor
£200 will sponsor an individual orchestral player
£100 will sponsor one of our own choir’s soloists
£50 will name you as a Concert Friend
Sponsorship will include a complimentary pair of concert tickets, programmes, reserved seats and refreshment at the interval.
For more information, please speak to William Waine or email him at music@christchurch-southgate.org
The October/November edition of The Spire has been sent out to subscribers and is also available at the back of church or online. Please email Freya or Imogen with your articles or any queries. Copy for the December/January edition is required by Wednesday 19th November.
Pastoral Care Group. The pastoral care group meets the needs and serves those who would benefit from additional support. Contact: Jackie Anderson or Hilary Meur.
Enfield Food Bank Collection A reminder that we are always happy to collect non-perishable food and other items for the foodbank in Enfield. The collection point is just inside the door at the back of church to the left.
Giving to Christ Church: Thank you! We would like to thank everyone who responded positively to the stewardship campaign, it really is much appreciated. If you give regularly, or you are planning to start giving regularly, please can we encourage you to sign up to The Parish Giving Scheme however please note that the system is currently being updated and will not be available until the end of October when it will come back online.
On paper – use a form available at the back of church; by phone – call 0333 002 1271 and quote our parish code 230623352; online – use the following link https://www.parishgiving.org.uk/donors/find-your-parish/southgate-christ-church-london/ or scan the QR code below on your smartphone or tablet.
