Today/Crèche at St Martin’s. For the 0-4 age group, with trained childcare leaders, takes place in the Austen Williams Room every Sunday. Please ask a steward to show you where to go.
Today/Children’s C-Club Programme/11.30am, Dick Sheppard Chapel. We will be looking at how we can be ready to listen to the words of Jesus.
Today/Prayers for Healing with anointing and laying on of hands are offered by our healing team at the 10.00am service each Sunday morning at the front of the church near the altar.
Today/Theology Group/Sunday 12 August/12.00-1.00pm, Austen Williams Room. There will be an opportunity to reflect theologically on issues of the day and questions of forever with Revd Dr Sam Wells. All are welcome.
Today/Second Opportunity to Visit to the Archives & SMITF Trust/Sunday 12 August, 12-1pm, No 5 St Martin’s Place. Please meet in St Martin’s Hall just before 12pm. All are welcome to visit the archives in No5, featuring displays and recordings in connection with music, ‘historic’ St Martin’s (Vestry Hall), remembrance of past congregational friends, and the Pearlies, hosted by Lisa Cullen (Trust) and Michael Hellyer (Archives). Please send enquires and appointments to use the archives to archives@smitf.org
Summer pattern of services. Bread For the World is continuing through the summer at 6.3opm on Wednesday with a soloist but the supper and groups are taking a break, resuming on 5 September. Until the end of August Mondays at 4.30pm is a service of Evening Prayer in the DSC and our Wednesday 1pm Eucharist is a said service.
Next Week/Queen Eleanor Cycle Ride/24-27 August All riders and supporters welcome. One last volunteer is needed to act as navigator and general support team member, beginning on the afternoon of 23 August at Harby, near Lincoln. If you can help, contact Charles Woodd on 07962 213494 or charleswoodd46@gmail.com
Coming Up/Club Wednesday/Wednesday 5 September. There will be no Club Wednesday during August. The next session will take place in September.
Coming Up/It’s All Church! HeartEdge Annual Conference 2018/Wednesday 12 and Thursday 13 September, St Martin-in-the-Fields and Lambeth Palace. Cost: HeartEdge members rate – £79, non-members rate – £99. Tickets include conference programme, refreshments & lunch, plus complimentary Jazz on evening of 12 Sept. Registration: Book tickets at https://tickets.myiknowchurch.co.uk/gb/ODYyLTU/t
Coming Up/Marketplace Sunday and Annual Review of Activities/Sunday 16 September, 11.30am, Parish Hall and Lightwell. Marketplace Sunday is our annual fair for all programmes, committees, initiatives, groups and activities (large and small) across the SMITF family. If your group or activity would like a stall on Marketplace Sunday and/or you would like a report on it to be included in the Annual Review of Activities, please email Chris and Catherine on churchwardens@smitf.org registering your interest. They’ll then let you know next steps.
Coming Up/This year’s Autumn Lecture Series Encounter/From 17 September, 7.00-8.30pm. Lectures will include: Encountering the Other: Rowan Williams (17 Sept); Encountering Islam: Imam Ataul, Mujeeb Rashed, Sam Wells (9 Oct); Encountering London: Sarah Mullally, Jo Bailey Wells (15 Oct); Encountering Jesus of Nazareth: Mark Oakley, Br Sam SSF, Rose Hudson-Wilkin (29 Oct); Encountering the Sacred: Neil MacGregor with Richard Coles, Ben Okri and Nicola Green (5 Nov); Woven Gold in Concert (18 Nov); and Encountering God: Justin Welby in conversation with Sam Wells (19 Nov). Flyers are available at the back of the church or book a free place at stmartininthefields.eventbrite.com.
Coming Up/Support our St Martin-in-the-Fields Choir/September. The Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields are travelling to South Africa in September for a ten-day tour of exciting choral collaboration in support of an important new project to help disadvantaged young South Africans gain access to higher education. They will sing alongside the choirs of the Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin in central Johannesburg, the famous Holy Cross Church in Soweto, and St John’s Anglican College and the University of Johannesburg. Our choir contribute so much to the life of St Martin’s – let’s help them to raise the final £5000. Please sponsor at: https://smitfchoir2018.everydayhero.com/uk/The-Choir-of-SMITF.
Coming Up/Something Worth Sharing/13-14 October, St Martin-in-the-Fields. A weekend of events marking our seventh annual conference on Disability & Church, a partnership with Inclusive Church Details and registration – https://www.inclusive-church.org/disability-conference-2018. To find out more or get involved, speak to Fiona MacMillan or Jonathan Evens, or email disability@smitf.org.
Sunday Refreshments and Mug Ministry!/We would very much like more help from the congregation to join a team serving tea, coffee and biscuits, and providing hospitality after our 10am service on Sundays. If you are able to help once a month by joining a team, please could you let Bronwyn or Andrew know, or contact Georgie Illingworth on 020 7766 1143 or email Georgina.Illingworth@smitf.org. There will be a meeting to train new helpers on Sunday 9 September.
First Sheppard Scholar/Many congratulations to Georgie Illingworth who has been appointed as the first Sheppard Scholar – our new Pastoral Assistant scheme for HeartEdge churches – at St Martin’s, and who will begin working in that role from September.
Pastoral Assistant/Francesco Aresco has been appointed Pastoral Assistant from September 2018. Francesco is Italian. He studied for an MA in Classics at University College London. For the last year he has been Pastoral assistant at St Michael’s Camden Town.
Last Week/St Martin-in-the-Fields Cricket. The St. Martin-in-the-Fields Cricket Club faced off against their very own choir last Sunday, in extremely hot and taxing weather. With both sides providing excellent batting and bowling displays, the match ended on St. Martin’s CC on 181-6, and the St. Martin’s Choir Team on 132-5, a St. Martin’s CC win by 49 runs. It was the final game of the season, but we shall be returning next year for more fixtures. Please contact Roland Merz on rolandmerzcricket@gmail.com if you are interested in getting involved.
