Church Life/If you are joining us in the building please bring a face covering with you (unless exempt). We will continue to live-stream services online. For live-stream services please use our Facebook page or St Martin’s Digital.
Showing Care in Covid/As the virus is still a very real threat for many in our congregation, we are inviting everyone to continue to care for each other by wearing a mask indoors and following other social distancing measures. From this week, we are also offering rapid flow tests (available from the stewards) in order to test ourselves before coming into church.
Church Opening Daily/The church is open daily 9am-5pm (open afternoons on Tuesdays and Wednesdays), save for occasional pastoral services and music events. You are welcome to join us for Morning Prayer on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays.
Prayers of Healing/weekly after the 10am Eucharist from October. Team training is on Thursday 16 September 7pm on Zoom for new and existing team members.
Baptism and Confirmation/Sunday 26 September Anyone wanting to be confirmed or baptised at St Martin’s, please get in contact ASAP with sian.conway@smitf.org
Autumn Lecture Series/September-November ‘After the ravages of the pandemic, it’s time for church and society to learn to dream again’, Revd Dr Sam Wells. Tickets for those wanting to attend in-person and who want to watch online are available from www.smitf.org/lectures. There is the chance both to buy a ticket which helps to make this programme possible, make a donation, or request a free ticket so this series can be open to all.
Job Opportunities/Being With Development Coordinator; Worship Coordinator (coming next week); Organ Scholarship; Assistant Choral Conductor, Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields; Development Assistant; Front of House Team Leader; General Manager (Food & Beverage); Head Chef; Front of House Hosts; click here for more details, please pass on to your friends.
Volunteer Opportunities/Stewarding online or in the building, help others access worship, email sian.conway@smitf.org for more details.
Save the Date 1-6 November! To coincide with the international conference on the environment, COP26, St Martin’s will be having a cross-site festival of events to inform and inspire us all about our part to play in engaging with the environment.
Christian Saguyan, Sheppard Scholar for Congregational Development, has been accepted to train for ordination in Oxford. His last Sunday with us will be 5 September. If you would like to sign his card please speak to the vergers, if you’d like to contribute towards his gift please contact sian.conway@smitf.org.
Fortnightly Children’s Church returns in the autumn when they will be meeting weekly on Sundays in the Ho Ming Wah Centre 12-12.45pm. For children aged 4-12. For more information email sally.hitchiner@smitf.org.
Media and Wider Ministry
St Martin’s was part of a day-long gathering of the Tea House, a national network of Church of England clergy of Chinese heritage, earlier this week. Click here to read more in the Church Times.
