Church Life/If you are joining us in the building please bring a face covering with you (unless exempt). Please see later for an update following 19 July. 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 (apart from Tuesdays for recordings, open from 12pm on Wednesdays. From 10 August, the church will also be open Tuesdays from 12pm). You are welcome to join us for Morning Prayer on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays.
Online Worshipers/We invite everyone to join with us in lighting a candle at the start of our worship to symbolise the presence of the Holy Spirit in each home, as well as in church.
Road Closures/today There will be road closures in place around St Martin’s for the London Landmarks Half Marathon. The start line is on Duncannon Street/The Strand, please allow extra travel time as there may be delays accessing the building. More information can be found on their website.
Hong Kong Ready Committee/Thursday 5 August, 7pm. Please email harry.ching@smitf.org for more information and the Zoom link.
Prayers of Healing/weekly after the 10am Eucharist from September. Team training is on Thursday 16 September 7pm on Zoom for new and existing team members.
Fortnightly Children’s Church returns mid-September 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.
Baptism and Confirmation/Sunday 26 September Anyone wanting to be confirmed or baptised at St Martin’s, please get in contact ASAP with ellie.waterhouse@smitf.org.
Join a Team? Our Wednesday and Sunday services depend on teams who facilitate our online and in-the-building worship. Would you like to be a steward either in our church building or from your home? Full training and support given with flexible dates. For more information email Ellie: ellie.waterhouse@smitf.org.
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.
Ellie Waterhouse (Worship Coordinator) will be leaving the church operations team to fulfil her long-standing ambition of becoming a police officer. We are hugely grateful for all she has contributed to the church this year. If you’d like to write in her card it will be available in the vergers’ vestry.
Media and Wider Ministry
Revd Sally Hitchiner reviewed the newspapers on Times Radio on Saturday 31 July, click here to listen again.
In line with the possibility of decreased social distancing we will be making the following changes. These will be under constant review so please check here for updates.
Wear face coverings indoors unless you are medically exempt – this enables congregational hymn singing.
Take home Rapid Flow tests and test yourself before coming into church.
Make use of the hand sanitiser stations throughout the church.
Remember that others may wish to maintain social distancing, we have included green ticks in the pews as guides.
At the Peace stay in our places and greet in non-physical ways.
In line with Church of England guidance, we invite people to leave contact information to be kept securely for 30 days for Track and Trace.
