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Our bishop is the Bishop of London, and our area bishop is Anderson Jeremiah, Bishop of Edmonton. Through them we are part of the Anglican Communion, in fellowship with churches on every continent. That is the affiliation that matters most. The Rector also serves the wider Church as Dean of Growing Younger for the Edmonton Area, helping parishes across this part of London think about children and young people.
Six Anglican churches take part, ours among them, alongside the United Reformed churches at Wood Street and Chesterfield Road, the Methodist churches at Barnet Brookside and Wesley Hall, Underhill Baptist Church and the Roman Catholic church of St Gregory. We share worship with them at certain points in the year, run courses of study together, and work side by side on projects for the community.
The Prayer Book Society
The parish is a corporate member of the Prayer Book Society.
We say Evening Prayer from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer every Sunday at 6.30, and on the third Sunday of the month we keep Holy Communion according to the Prayer Book. Even our main Sunday morning service, though it is in modern language, holds to the shape, cadence and theology of the Prayer Book. The Society exists so that this inheritance stays in use and within reach of anyone who wants it. That is what we try to do here, week by week, rather than keep it for occasions.
Guilds and associations
Our choir is affiliated to the Royal School of Church Music. Our tower belongs to the Middlesex County Association and the Hertford County Association of Change Ringers. Our Flower Guild is a member of the Church of England Flower Arrangers' Association. And Monken Hadley Church of England Primary School, beside the Common, is our church school.