Welcome to the website of the Parish of Merton Priory in South Wimbledon, London SW19.

The Merton Priory Team consists of three churches: Christ Church, Colliers Wood, St John the Divine, Merton and Holy Trinity & St Peter, South Wimbledon.

Church notice sheet
Click on this link to read the latest notice sheet for the churches in the Merton Priory Team Ministry.
(23 September 2021)

Sunday evening services
Evening Service has resumed weekly with a Simple Eucharist for Creationtide. We will continue to experiment with it taking place at St John's at 6 p.m. with a similar pattern of Contemplative and Celtic Worship, and Eucharist with Prayers for Healing being followed.
(19 September 2021)

Now that we are in step four, official restrictions are lifted and so all are welcome to attend. We will be maintaining a range of habits and moving gradually on the reintroduction of other practices.
  • People will continue to be encouraged to sign in and to use sanitiser and to respect others' space.
  • Face masks are not compulsory, but do consider using them.
  • We are beginning to sing again, but only a part of the eucharist and only two hymns.
We would love to hear people's views about how soon you would like the option of sharing the peace and receiving the chalice.
    The Archdeacons have issued a letter that you may be interested in reading.
   Do speak with the clergy or churchwardens if you have any specific queries or comments. God bless and keep us all.

The Parish Eucharist for 19 September (Creationtide; Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity) at Christ Church led by Revd Hannah Neale can be viewed as a YouTube video. You are invited to take part by following along with the order of service, the collect and readings and Sister Chris's sermon.

Service for 26 September (Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity)
The Parish Eucharist at Holy Trinity will be led by Mark and will be uploaded to YouTube later in the day.

Services from previous weeks are on the Merton Priory Parish YouTube channel and listed on the 'Looking back' page.
(19 September 2021)

The churches remain open for private prayer, so if any church member or someone from the wider community wishes to make use of that, these are the times of opening:

Holy Trinity: Monday 3.00–6.00 p.m., and Thursday 11.00 a.m.–1.00 p.m.
Christ Church: Wednesday 5.00–6.00 p.m., and Saturday 9.00–10.00 a.m.

Please refer to the guidance for those attending church, and wear a face covering in church (unless exempt) for the safety of all.

We pray for our NHS, for all afflicted with COVID, for those who have died, for all who grieve, for the roll-out of the vaccine and for one another: O God, make speed to save us; O Lord, make haste to help us.
(11 March 2021)

On Stephen Lawrence Day, 22 April, the Church of England released the report on racism with a statement from the archbishops. The clergy commend them to you and urge all concerned to read them.
(23 April 2021)

Visit our archival resource to examine and use items from the weeks since Mothering Sunday (22 March) 2020.
(19 September 2021)