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(Website last updated on 14 January 2025)
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Collect for the Baptism of Christ
(12 January)
Heavenly Father,
at the Jordan you revealed Jesus as your Son:
may we recognize him as our Lord
and know ourselves to be your beloved children;
through Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Copyright © The Archbishops' Council 2000
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CHURCH SERVICES IN THE TEAM
(check the full notice sheet for variations)
Midweek
Monday 5.00 p.m. Evening Prayer, Holy Trinity
Tuesday 8.00 a.m. Morning Prayer, St John's
Tuesday 5.00 p.m. Evening Prayer, St John's
Wednesday 8.00 a.m. Morning Prayer, St John's
3rd Wednesdays 9.45 a.m. Creation Eucharist, Holy Trinity
Wednesday 5.00 p.m. Evening Prayer, Christ Church
Thursday 8.00 a.m. Morning Prayer, St John's
Thursday 12.15 p.m. Eucharist, Holy Trinity
Thursday 5.00 p.m. Evening Prayer, Holy Trinity
Saturday
9.00 a.m. Eucharist, Christ Church
10.00 a.m. (1st Saturdays) Climate Vigil, Christ Church
Sunday
8.00 a.m. (1st Sundays) BCP Holy Communion, Christ Church
9.30 a.m. Parish Eucharist, St John's
10.00 a.m. Parish Eucharist, Holy Trinity
11.15 a.m. Parish Eucharist, Christ Church
6.00 p.m. (2nd Sundays) Prayers for the Planet, St John's
TEAM MINISTRY ROTA
The Team Ministry rota for December 2024 to February 2025 can be found
here.
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Welcome to St John the Divine, Merton
We welcome and encourage all people to worship God with us. St John's is part of the
Merton Priory Team Ministry.
Whether or not you are new to the area, you are most welcome to join us in our acts of worship
and share in our Anglican tradition.
Epiphany letter
The Archbishop of York has written an Epiphany Letter to all members of the Church of England. The full letter can be found
on his website.
(12 January 2025)
Curate News
Simon. It was announced during the recent Team Service that Simon is to be the next Vicar of Christ Church Streatham,
subject to the usual procedures. Hearty congratulations to him; our loss is their gain! Simon's last service with us will be
a Team service on Sunday, 19 January (10.30 a.m. at Holy Trinity). Simon's licensing at Christ Church Streatham
will take place on Thursday, 13 February at 7.30 p.m. He would love to have folk from Merton Priory there!
Please email him directly if you would like to attend.
Mary Kilikidi. It was recently announced in churches that Mary Kilikidi is to join
the Team as Curate in the summer. Mary is Russian of Greek heritage and she spent most of her
adult life in Russia. She studied theology and philosophy in Moscow prior to moving to Devon in 2021.
In 2022 she started her training at Westcott House. Coming from Orthodox and Lutheran traditions, Mary
is interested in ecumenism and hopes to use her knowledge and experience in her ministry.
Mary is passionate about inclusion and has done some work in this field at her church attachment in Cambridge.
Another passion of hers is trauma theology and learning the ways of how a church community can become trauma-informed
and how it can serve those who have experienced trauma. Mary co-authored a liturgical book for trauma-informed and
trauma-oriented worship which is expected to be published in summer 2025. In her free time Mary likes travelling
and is interested in photography and history. Mary is excited about serving as a curate at Merton Priory and is
looking forward to serving the community.
(14 January 2025)
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Merton Priory PCC charity number is 1134253
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Prayer
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Accept, O Father,
the sacrifice of all our thanksgivings:
of praise, for your great mercies already received;
of prayers, that they may continue and increase;
of penitence, for the sins we have committed;
and the love of our hearts,
being the only gift that you seek or desire;
and this we ask through the merits of your Son our Saviour, Jesus Christ.
(John Donne, 1572–1631)
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INCLUSIVE CHURCH
The churches of the Merton Priory Team are members of Inclusive Church – a network of churches,
groups and individuals uniting together around a shared vision.
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MISSION STATEMENT
The Merton Priory Team Ministry is committed to promoting the Gospel of Jesus Christ according to the
doctrines and practices of the Church of England. We are guided by our
mission statement, agreed in 2011:
In Merton Priory Team Ministry we aim to be a community
Faithful to God
Sharing with those in need
Caring for one another
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