10.15am Morning Worship Service is now Church Online
You can still join us on YouTube and Facebook
Under current Covid circumstances we are not open for public in building worship. Please join us online on our YouTube page
Online
In building
For kids
Little Disciples
Join us at 9am on YouTube and Facebook for our service for kids online.
ST MARY HORNSEY RISE
WORSHIP AT ST MARY
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ABOUT US
Meet the team
Tamsin Merchant
Vicar
Rob Merchant
Associate Vicar
Emily Howarth
Ordinand
Joanna James
Church Warden
What are we like?
St Mary is a lively, multi-cultural and community-based church. Our congregation is largely from the local community and we seek to worship the trinitarian God and serve those we live amongst. As a worship community, we hold to the following values:
Confident
in speaking and living of the love of Christ Jesus.
Compassionate
in serving our community and places of work with the love of God the Father.
Creative
in reaching new people and places with the Good News in the power of the Spirit.
Elaine Clarke
Church Wardenur
Sunday morning service
Our 10:15am Sunday service is live from the building and streamed via YouTube and Facebook. We have started to gather on a new church hub called church online. You will see a tab for this at the top of our web page. You can gather for our church service using this tab.
Our services are lively and informal, with a loosely evangelical feel. We follow simple and modern liturgy from the Church of England and mix modern songs with traditional hymns. All are welcome. We have Communion twice a month.
Church at Five
We are not currently running our youth and children's provision at 5pm in the building, but hope to do this soon. This is a much more informal worship service designed for children and young people. We use action songs, creative activities, prayer spaces and other interactive worship ideas designed to meet all ages and learning styles. Children under 7 must be accompanied by an adult.
Worship
Safeguarding policy
We are committed to safeguarding children, young people, victims of domestic abuse and adults at risk. The Parochial Church Council (PCC) has adopted the Church of England’s policies and best practice on safeguarding which may be found on the Church of England’s website.
If you have a safeguarding concern please contact one of the following:
Our Parish Safeguarding Officer, Dawn Wakeling by email safeguarding@stmaryshornseyrise.org.uk.
Our Church Wardens, Elaine Clarke and Joanna James on 0207 2811459.
Our Vicar, Rev Tamsin Merchant on 0207 2811459.
Other helpful telephone numbers are:
Diocese of London Safeguarding Helpline: 020 7932 1224
Childline: 0800 1111
Family Lives: 0808 800 2222
Project 31:8 Helpline: 0303 003 1111
NSPCC Helpline: 0808 800 5000
Formal statement adopted by the PCC
Every person has a value and dignity which comes directly from the creation of male and female in God’s own image and likeness. Christians see this potential as fulfilled by God’s re-creation of us in Christ. This implies a duty to value all people as bearing the image of God and therefore to protect them from harm.
* We accept and endorse the principles set out in ‘Safeguarding in the Diocese of London’.
* We commit ourselves to nurture, protect and safeguard all our members, particularly children, young people and vulnerable adults.
* We recognise that safeguarding is the responsibility of the whole church community.
* We undertake to exercise proper care in the selection, appointment, training and support of those working in both paid and voluntary positions with children or vulnerable adults, including the use of Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosures and making appropriate referrals to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
* We will respond without delay to concerns or allegations that a child or vulnerable adult may have been harmed, cooperating with the police and social care services in any investigation.
* We will challenge any abuse of power by anyone in a position of trust.
* We will seek to offer pastoral care and support to anyone who has suffered abuse, developing with them appropriate pastoral support.
* We will seek to offer pastoral care and support, including supervision and referral to the proper authorities, to any member of our church community known to have offended against a child, young person or vulnerable adult.
The PCC of this Church agreed and adopted the above Policy at its meeting on 15/07/2019.
Volunteer with us
Here at St Mary we have a long established relationship with the Hive Foodbank, giving out food to those most vulnerable in our community. During the pandemic we have also established a Friday Night Takeaway meal for those in need in our community. We have seen a big increase in need and therefore an increase in the work involved. Here are some of the ways you could help us. Volunteers are the backbone of all our work, and we are grateful to anyone who is able to give time to help out. Have a look at the job roles below to see where you could serve your local community.
Food stackers
Mondays to Fridays for one to three hours
We get a lot of deliveries each week for the Hive food bank. Stacking the shelves, keeping things clean and moving around food is weekly work that can always benefit from a helping hand.
Drivers
Weekday evenings
If you have a car and time in your day, drivers are always welcome. We are regularly donated food from charities and companies who partner with us. Drivers are needed to collect the food and deliver it to the church on an ad hoc basis.
Cooks
Fridays or Tuesdays from 11am-2.30pm
Lead cooks and helpers are needed to prepare our Friday Night Takeaway and make up ready meals for the Hive Foodbank on Tuesdays. Experience is helpful, but novices are welcome.
Small Groups
It's really tough not being able to meet together to worship in person, a chance we would normally not only use to worship God, but also to check in with each over a coffee after the service, get to know new people and so much more. While this is not safe, we need to be intentional about looking out for each other.
Our small groups are all based around three important things: our relationship with God (spirituality), our relationship with each other in that group (community), and our relationship with those who aren't in this group (mission). These three things are equally important to a group, but the group itself might initially form over something related to one of those things. What that might be is as diverse as our community!
Have a read about each of our groups below and follow the button to join in.
Men in this Generation
Using resources from mental health charity Kintsugi Hope, this group is a safe and supportive place for men to get together and offer spiritual and emotional support to one another. Together we learn how to build resilience, and cope with disappointment, loss, anxiety, anger, perfectionism and shame. Click on the button to join Fil and the boys on this journey as they meet on Thursdays over Zoom.
Mum's group
Being a mum has never been easy. But right now, it's a marathon. Join others in the same position as you to find support, advice, spiritual direction and friendship.
Exploring the Bible
This is a group for those who want to get into reading their Bible for all it's worth. This is not about exploring it as a dusty old book, but as the spirit-breathed word of God. With each session the group will share what they have been experiencing while reading the Bible and explore that together. Informal and friendly, this group is for all who want to go deeper into the bestseller of all time.
When Faith Gets Shaken
The last few months have left many of us reeling. This group is for those who feel spiritually bruised by their experiences. Together we will ask where is God in what I am going through right now?
Exploring worship
Too easily we think worship is just about singing songs in church on a sunday morning. But there's so much more to it than that. Join us on a journey as we explore so many different ways of being able to worship God - in groups, on our own and in our everyday life.
Read Share Pray
We study the Bible together, read books by Christian authors or follow resources that help us explore our faith together. In other words, it's open-ended. We share the leading of sessions between us. Most importantly we support each other through prayer. We meet together every two weeks on a Wednesday at 7:30pm.
Safeguarding at St Mary Hornsey Rise