Church Life in Lockdown
In light of the guidance from London councils and Bishop Sarah, we will be worshipping online until Wednesday 10 March. The church will be closed for Private Prayer during this lockdown. To join us for live-stream services please use our Facebook page or St Martin’s Digital.
New online worship initiatives. 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.
Fortnightly Children’s Church/today, 4-5pm for children aged 4-12 on Zoom. For more information email sally.hitchiner@smitf.org.
Inspired to Follow: ‘Who is my Neighbour? – A journey through Lent’ – today, 2pm, zoom. Register here.
Sermon Preparation Workshop, Tuesday 2 March, 4.30pm, livestreamed on the HeartEdge Facebook page.
Lent Art Oasis, Sunday 7 March, 3-5pm on Zoom. An opportunity to read a Bible passage then have time in our own homes to use art materials we have to hand, to explore the passage for ourselves. Email jonathan.evens@smitf.org to receive the Zoom link.
Special Parochial Church Meeting/Sunday 7 March, 6pm, on Zoom. This meeting is for the consideration of a report on changes to the voting procedures at future Annual Parochial Church Meetings. Please email sian.conway@smitf.org if you have any questions. The zoom link will be provided closer to the time.
Annual Archbishop Romero Service/Saturday 13 March, 11am. Livestreamed from St Martin-in-the-Fields on YouTube.
Phone Prayer/Mondays, 3.30-4.15pm. Call Christian on 07846195972 or email christian.saguyan@smitf.org.
Lent Youth Group/Tuesdays, 7pm-7.30pm until 30 March. For more info contact christian.saguyan@smitf.org. Suitable for teenagers.
Please hold in your prayers the 85 members of our online congregation who are participating in the Silent Retreat this weekend from 25-28 February, and leaders Richard Carter, Catherine Duce and Christian Saguyan.
Faith Companions are groups of 3-4 congregation members who commit to making contact with each other once a week through the pandemic. If you are not in a faith companions group and would like to be contact sian.conway@smitf.org.
Baptisms and Confirmations with Bishop Sarah. This has been postponed due to lockdown. If you haven’t been baptised or confirmed yet, please speak to Sally sally.hitchiner@smitf.org for more information.
Media and Wider Ministry
Sally Hitchiner will be reviewing the newspapers on Sunday morning, February 28, click here to listen.