sunday 19th APRIL – third Sunday OF EASTER
8 am Said Eucharist
10 am Sung Eucharist
6.30 pm Choral Evensong
This Week
New Vicar of Christ Church, Southgate
We are delighted to announce that The Reverend Robert Coupland has been appointed as the next Vicar of Christ Church, Southgate. For more information see https://www.christchurch-southgate.org/home/people/vicar/
Friends of the Christ Church Garden gardening mornings: Saturday 18th April, 16th May, 13th June, 11th July, 15th August from 9.30 am. Everyone welcome. No experience needed. Come and help care for God’s creation (and have fun). Sandra Anderson.
Easter Window Displays: Thank you to everyone who created such wonderful window displays for Easter. Decorations can be taken down this coming week on Wednesday or Friday between 10am-4pm or next Saturday between 9.30am – 11am or between 4-5pm.
Sunday 19th April at 6.30 pm: Evensong. The choir will be singing canticles in C by Stanford and the anthem, Behold the tabernacle of God by Harris.
Tuesday 21st April at 7 pm: Said Eucharist with Anointing and Laying on of Hands for Healing.
Thursday 23rd April at 12.30 pm: Said Eucharist.
Friday 24th April 10 am till 12 noon: Coffee and chat in church.
Friday 24th April at 3.30 pm: Funeral of Marjorie Skinner at Counties Crematorium-Chapel, Northampton. The service will be live streamed free of charge and the recording will be available for 28 days thereafter. To access the service visit https://watch.obitus.com and log in with the following details: Username vihe4459 Password 720317.
Friday 24th April the CCA bar will be celebrating Saint George with Turkish/Greek snacks.
further ahead
Saturday 25th April at 10 am Parish Walk: We meet at the car park of Church House to go to the Lee Valley Country Park in a car pool to start our walk from the Pindar Car Park near Cheshunt train station (next to YHA London Lee Valley) [Pay & Display at 231 Windmill Ln, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross EN8 9AJ]. It will be approximately 6 miles of level walking on good paths around the park. Bring your own picnic lunch and drinks for the walk. Please contact Ronald or Jackie to register.
Sunday 26th April at 3.30 pm: Southgate Sessions. The next concert in our recital series will be given by Susannah Farrell (soprano) and Matt Warbis (piano). Free to attend. All welcome.
Tuesday 28th April at 6.30 pm: PCC meeting in Church.
Tuesday 28th April at 7.30 pm: Bible Study. Our next session will be on Micah chapter 2. Micah’s prophecy begins in chapter 1 by saying it is for all the people of the earth – so everyone is welcome to join us! We meet at the back of the church. For more information, contact Simon Walkden.
Thursday 7th May: Church will be used as a Polling Station therefore Said Eucharist at 12.30 pm will take place in Walker Hall.
The April/May edition of the Spire has been sent out to subscribers and copies are available at the back of church and on the website. Copy is due for the June/July edition by Wednesday 20th May. Please email Freya or Imogen with your articles or any queries – christchurchspire@gmail.com
Sunday 31st May at 11.15 am Annual Church Meetings: The Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) will be held in Church preceded by the Parish Meeting to elect the Churchwardens. Only those at the meeting can vote on resolutions and elections for Churchwardens, PCC and Deanery Synod representative. There are 4 vacancies for elected members of the PCC. If interested, please speak to the Clergy or Churchwardens. Nomination forms should be returned to the Parish Office or Churchwardens by 5 pm on Saturday 30th May either as hard copy or electronically. Electronic signatures are acceptable. Nomination forms for the PCC are available at the back of church and available to download here https://www.christchurch-southgate.org/home/apcm/
2026 Elections to Deanery Synods. Elections of lay representatives to deanery synods will take place at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting on 31st May. We currently have two vacancies. If anyone is interested in volunteering please see Graham, Ronald or Sandra, our current members, for more information or visit the link here.
Revision of Church Electoral Roll Notice is hereby given that the Church Electoral Roll of Christ Church Southgate will be revised by the Parochial Church Council, beginning on Sunday the 19th day of April 2026 and ending on Sunday the 3rd day of May 2026. Names can be corrected, added, or removed. If you would like to be added to the Roll, application forms are available to download here (If you cannot do this, please speak to an Officer at the back of church.) After revision, the newly revised Roll will be available on request from Sunday 10th day of May 2026 for a period of two weeks for further scrutiny, until and including Sunday 24th day of May 2026. No new additions can be made during this period but errors can be corrected. For both the initial revision and subsequent scrutiny of any changes, copies of the Roll will be available at the back of church on request.
Choir tour to Rome and Florence – 24th to 26th May 2026 The Choir are excited to be going on tour to Rome in May 2026. Arrangements are almost finalised. We will be singing:
for Eucharist (24/5) at St Paul’s Within the Walls, the first non-Catholic church to be built within the city walls with mosaics by Burne-Jones;
an afternoon concert (24/5) at the Papal Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls, the burial site of Paul the Apostle and the second-largest church in Rome;
an evening concert (25/5) at the Basilica of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, which was consecrated in c.325 AD to house various relics of the Crucifixion;
and a lunchtime concert (26/5) at Santa Maria dell’Orto a beautiful and intimate church dating back to 1492 linked to an ancient garden where a miraculous healing took place in 1488.
If you happen to be in need of a holiday in May, we’d love to see some friendly faces in the audience!
The Weld Car Park. The Trustees of Walker Ground have advised us that the car park will remain closed for the foreseeable due to the problem of anti-social behaviour and until they can decide a way forward. The Parish Centre car park is still available as usual for all services.
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. The collection point is just inside the door at the back of church to the left. At present they are in need of: long life milk/juice; coffee/hot chocolate; tinned meat/fruit/veg/pasta sauce/ soup/rice pudding/ custard; toiletries; nappies size 5 & 6.
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.
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.
