From today, it is mandatory to wear a face covering in church, except children under the age of 11, those with certain disabilities/health conditions and those who are speaking as part of leading the service.

Please print your own order of service at home or bring it on your phone. Please also allow extra time to enter the building and be seated for the service. Please maintain a strict 2m distance throughout your visit and use hand sanitiser regularly. We invite those who wish to participate in the Government’s Test and Trace initiative by giving your name and phone number at the door. The service will feel a little different, as movement will be restricted. We will be able to join in singing only in our heart.

Coffee after the service/today. The cafe is open Friday-Sunday, please click here for opening times. Please pick up a coffee after the service (and why not buy one for a friend) to support St Martin’s.

Inspired to Follow/today, 2.00-3.00pm. Join on Zoom or in your own homes. Topic: Luke 23:26-38 / ‘Christ carrying the Cross’, Italian, Venetian, about 1500, NG6655. Please email Jonathan (jonathan.evens@smitf.org) if you would like to join in.

Online Parish Day/Saturday 15 August: The Imagination of God with inspirational writer and poet Malcolm Guite. The day is online on Zoom so everyone can attend. For those able to travel in to St Martin’s after the day online, join us to support our St Martin’s café in the courtyard for refreshments from 6.00- 8.00pm, with a 20% reduction for all joining and a very special offer on bottles of wine. Please click here for the full programme. Tickets are £10, email harriet.merz@smitf.org with any questions or to requst a free place. Sign up using this
link https://bit.ly/3gmfF8A.

New Stewards We Need You! Are you a member of St Martin’s congregation that regularly attends the Sunday Eucharist service? If you can assist as a steward do contact Kristine (kristinewellington@gmail.com) or Helen (hm.riley@gmail.com) to discuss ways you can support our church service.

Prayer Garden/Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 1.30-3.00pm. This week join Harry on Tuesday and Richard on Wednesday.

Bread for the World/Wednesdays, 6.30pm, join us on our Facebook page or in
church; this week, Francesco will be preaching on Luke 21:26-33 (Heaven and earth shall pass away), transformation in lockdown: journeying through coronavirus. If you’d like to join the small groups on Zoom after the service please email ben.sheridan@smitf.org.

Theology Reading Group/Sunday 20 September. The next book we’ll read
together is Silence by Shusaku Endo.

Sam Wells delivered BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day on Tuesday 4 August,
listen back here https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08mq6qv. Sam Wells’ next
Thought for the Day is on Tuesday 11 August.

BBC Radio 3 Choral Evensong was broadcast live from St Martin’s again this
week. Listen back here https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000lplf.