Mass at St Michael's
We have been worshipping online with recorded services on YouTube since the start of lockdown, but now every Sunday morning we will meet for live streaming worship via Zoom at 10:30am. The link and password you will need can be found below.
If you have not used Zoom before it is remarkably easy to use - for this act of worship your microphone will be muted throughout unless you are someone who has already volunteered to read or intercede.
Please let us know if you have any questions and especially if you have any prayer requests or thanksgivings you would like to include in the service.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87918963228?pwd=QWJGQWp0WitaZnZLL2R3UE5IWCtQZz09
Meeting ID: 476 390 0084
Password: 1F8FZt
Download the order of service here.
We can't pass around the collection plate, but you can make a donation online using Give A Little here.
You can see previous recorded services on Father Steven's YouTube channel here.
Jada has written and performed a beautiful and powerful song inspired by the
BlackLivesMatter Campaign.
Her family have been part of St Michael's Mill Hill for many years.
We are so proud of her.
Please consider supporting her campaign.
Please see our new section for information about resources during the COVID-19 lockdown.
The Colindale Food Bank is still open, now with more clients than ever.
Collection points in churches and many other places are closed, but there are still donation trolleys in most supermarkets.
In the current situation, the best way to help is to donate money online here. Gift Aid is available.
Most needed:
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Tinned tomatoes
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Tinned meat
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Tinned fruit
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Tinned vegetables
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Long life milk
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Jams/Spreads
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Squash/Fruit juice
(No Tuna or Baked Beans, please!)
Changes to children's and young people's emergency department
at Barnet Hospital
From midday on Tuesday 14 April the children and young people’s emergency department at Barnet Hospital will be temporarily diverted to other hospitals.
Local hospitals are working together to plan ahead and deliver the best possible care to all patients during the coronavirus outbreak.
The children and young people’s emergency department at Barnet Hospital will be temporarily diverted to other hospitals as follows:
North Middlesex University Hospital for London residents
North Middlesex University Hospital, Sterling Way, London, N18 1QX)
Watford General Hospital for Hertfordshire residents
Watford General Hospital, Vicarage Road, Watford, Herts, WD18 0HB
In north central London, children and young people’s emergency services also continue to be available at:
Royal Free Hospital (Pond St, London, NW3 2QG)
Whittington Health NHS Trust (Magdala Ave, N19 5NF)
The children and young people’s emergency department at UCLH is closed.
From this date anyone aged under 18 needing care for an accident or an emergency should go to the emergency departments at the hospitals outlined above.
If people urgently need medical help or advice, but it is not a life-threatening situation, or if they don’t know who to ring, they should check NHS 111 online.
For more information about services at other hospitals please check their websites:
North Middlesex: http://www.northmid.nhs.uk/
Watford General: https://www.westhertshospitals.nhs.uk/about/watfordgeneralhospital.asp
Whittington Hospital https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/
COViD-19 (Coronavirus): A letter from Father Steven Young
To the congregation at St Michael's Mill Hill,
“God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” (2 Timothy 1: 7)
This pandemic motivates us to discover a new way of being God’s people. Of being St Michael and All Angels and of being the body of Christ in Mill Hill.
The Government has called for non-essential travel to stop and for social venues to be avoided. In Parliament it was made clear that this includes public worship. Public worship will therefore have to stop for a season. This includes all baptisms and weddings however at this stage funerals may still take place in negotiation with funeral directors provided the congregation is very small and practices physical distancing throughout the service. Our usual pattern of Sunday services and other mid-week gatherings must be put on hold. But this does not mean that St Michael's has shut up shop. Rather, we shall need to be creative about sustaining our praying and worshipping life.
The Christian gospel speaks directly to the heart of this crisis. We are a people of faith, hope and love – and in the Holy Name of Jesus this virus will NOT defeat us.
Daily Prayer
First, I need you to know that I will continue to pray daily for each and every one of you. Prayers will be said daily in church. I will ring the church bell as loudly as I can so that it will be heard as far across our parish as possible. It will be a great help to me if you can email me any prayer requests at priest@smmh.org.uk. If you wish to join me in this tradition of daily prayer all the services I will be praying can be located here
https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-service-daily-prayer
WhatsApp Group for St Michael's Mill Hill Members
Pastoral support, prayer, bible study and information sharing for members of our congregation will be offered via a WhatsApp group, which all SMMH members will be welcome to join. If you would like to join the group please email me your mobile phone number. You will need to download WhatsApp onto your phone if you do not have it already. This is a free service to use but requires a compatible smartphone.
Sunday Parish Mass - your photos requested!
This will continue to be said every Sunday at St Michael's Mill Hill - although you cannot be there in person I would dearly like a photographic reminder that you are there in Spirit. I would be grateful if you could email me a picture of yourself - I will then print the photos out and place them around the altar. The Mass will be recorded and uploaded to the Internet. Every week I will send an email with a link of where this video can be found online.
Phone support
I am looking for a team of volunteers to offer support by the telephone to those who might be vulnerable and isolated. This will mean phoning someone once a day to find out how they are, having a brief chat and (if they wish) praying with them and encouraging them. Please let me know by return email if you would like to help us offer this ministry.
Take Precautions:
As hard as it will be there is real life saving value in physical distancing, washing hands and continuing to practice good hygiene. This is as an act of compassion for those who are most vulnerable. Please pray for the grace for all us to have the discipline to continue to do all we can to keep ourselves and others safe.
Volunteer to help the NHS
People aged 18 and over and in good health – and without coronavirus symptoms – are being asked to sign up online to help ensure vulnerable people confined to their homes get the essential supplies they need and to provide other support to the NHS.
You can volunteer at https://www.goodsamapp.org/NHS
Please note that St Michael's Mill Hill and Hartley Hall are not associated with ANY crowdfunding or Gofundme appeal
for Covid-19 or any other cause.
Finally, please do not hesitate to let me know if you have any questions. I would also very much value your prayers for Christian and myself at this time as we too adjust to this new reality.
With love, prayers and blessings
Father Steven
The Good Neighbour Scheme for Mill Hill and Burnt Oak - Emergency appeal for volunteers
We are a charity that has been offering support to the elderly in the Mill Hill and Burnt Oak area for over 40 years.
All our regular events and services in their current form have been cancelled because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
We will be supporting our clients in ways that come within Government guidelines and this means that we will need
many more volunteers over the forthcoming weeks and months.
If anyone can spare a few hours and are prepared to be DBS checked we would be very grateful of your help and support.
You can contact us on 020 8906 3340
WELCOME TO SMMH
Our congregation reflects the glorious diversity of our local community. We welcome all, irrespective of age, ethnicity, social background, disability, sexuality or gender. We believe all are equally loved and valued by Christ.
We strive to ensure our worship is open, accessible and relevant to all.
WHAT'S ON
REFLECTIONS & SERMONS
"Is this not the fast I choose?" Living in a beautiful state. No matter what.
by Steven Young
Ash Wednesday 2020
Walking through the car park of Barnet hospital yesterday I passed this sign on the pavement saying "This Way. NHS 111. Coronavirus Pod"
Immediately, I stepped out into the middle of the road with the intention of walking as far away from the potentially Coronavirus infected walkway as possible – and narrowly escaped getting hit by the 263 bus ...
