At St Michael & All Angels Stonebridge, we are living to make a difference by being a Christian heart at the centre of the community. Everyone is welcome.
On Sundays we worship together at a Parish Eucharist at 10am in the church, and at 1:30pm there is a teleconference Service of the Word, “Church on the Phone” for those who dial in remotely.
For this week’s news, see our pewsheet “The Messenger” here in Word or PDF format. This Sunday, 8th June, we celebrate the Festival of Pentecost. Throughout the Easter season we have re-read Jesus Last Discourse, his farewell prayer and speech to his disciples, telling them God the Father and he would send them the Holy Spirit. This Sunday we come to the climax of that promise: a joyful outpouring of greetings in all languages and the Good News that everyone can understand as Jesus’ disciples do indeed receive the gifts that come from the Holy Spirit. (Join us for a celebration of this key event in the founding of the early church. Why not try wearing red if you can to celebrate the Fire of the Spirit?)
I hope you find the early summer season as stimulating to your faith as we do. There are several key events that we celebrate:
The Feast of the Ascension: Forty days after the Resurrection, Jesus Christ said an earthly farewell to his apostles once again as he ascended to heaven. This feast is therefore celebrated forty days after Easter Sunday, and always falls on a Thursday (this year 29th May).
Pentecost Sunday: As he prepared the disciples for his leave-taking Jesus promised them that God the Father and He would send them the Holy Spirit. This event took place on the day we now call Pentecost, fifty days after Easter Sunday (this year 8th June). We celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit to ordinary humans who believe, and all the gifts of the Spirit for which we pray.
This year we are trying out a tradition held by many other churches: dressing in red for Pentecost Sunday. (We emphasise that this is optional: please don’t go out and buy new clothes specially!) We would love it if you would join us for a celebration of the Holy Spirit and the gifts He brings.
The Sunday after Pentecost is Trinity Sunday, a day when we focus on celebration of our One True God who is Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Of course we always worship God as Trinity, but is traditional to meditate upon some of the aspects of the Trinity on this day. Then, during the many summer Sundays after Trinity, we often focus on the teachings of Jesus, especially in his parables.
We have a stained glass window showing Jesus as the Good Shepherd, in our south aisle:
Find out more details of our services and church events from our weekly “Messenger”, here to download as a Word doc or PDF.
Regular Services:
Our Saturday Service is held at 4:30pm. We have a time of Praise and Worship followed by a service of Holy Communion. You might find this useful if your work patterns or activities make it difficult to attend our main Parish Eucharist on Sunday mornings. We use the same Bible readings as the main Sunday service. Perhaps you would like to sing worship songs together, or you like a smaller and less formal service (which is held in our beautiful Lady Chapel). Everyone is welcome!
Morning Prayer is held at 9:15 am on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. At the moment we are online only, so if you are interested please ask for the Zoom link. We follow a simple version of the Church of England service including a psalm and two Bible readings every day, and the service takes around 25-30 minutes.
Link to our new facebook page below:
Communications and Resources
NEW FACEBOOK PAGE: at https://www.facebook.com/St-Michael-and-All-Angels-Church-Stonebridge-296910461762296 Unfortunately our old facebook page was malfunctioning so please use the new one!
Church on the Phone: You need to know a couple of code numbers so please call one of the pastoral team or the office mobile 07704 694445 if interested. Forty minutes (approx) of prayers and readings at 1:30pm.
Please contact us via the office phone (07704 694445) or email (see the Messenger) if you have anyone or anything for which you would like prayer, any queries, or would like to talk.
(New photos of the church building on our site courtesy of Mr John Salmon, a renowned photographer of churches.)
Hall bookings
We’re allowed to meet again! Have you been waiting to celebrate something or start a new class or activity?
We have a hall large enough for 120 guests available to hire on a casual basis at weekends including Saturdays until 10pm or some weekday evenings. We are also open to community groups, classes and courses using the space more regularly. The halls may be viewed by appointment on Sundays and sometimes Saturdays, and there is a hall booking phone line (07704 694432) taking calls on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Wishing you every blessing
Revd Sarah Liebert, vicar
I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly
John 10:10b
about us
This is our new website - details of all our services and activities are being updated here. If there is anything you need to know but cannot find, please call the church office on 07704 694445. Full contact details for our staff team are on our weekly bulletins available from the church at services.
SAFEGUARDING: St Michael’s takes seriously the well being of every person in our church community and values each equally. We have a Safeguarding Officer, Agatha Hallal, who can be contacted in church or on 07704 694432. We have systems in place to respond to concerns of abuse whether physical, sexual, financial, emotional or any other kind. For more details please click on the “SAFEGUARDING” link below. The London Diocese Safeguarding Team may also be contacted on 020 7932 1224.
We subscribe to the Church of England policy on Promoting Safer Church, which you can find here: https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2017-12/PromotingSaferChurchWeb.pdf
