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.
Today/Refreshments after the 10am service will take place in the Gallery in the Crypt, as we host the London Symphony Orchestra who are performing in Trafalgar Square.
Today/Occasional Singers’ Workshop, 11.30am, Church. Tom Williams will be running a workshop for the Occasional Singers after the 10am service. All are welcome to come and learn some summery music.
Today/Disability Advisory Group Workshop/12-1pm, George Richards Room. Liturgy writing with Sam Wells. Dates for future workshops/conference will be Saturday 12 October/Sunday 13 October, focusing on neurodiversity. For more information email disability@smitf.org.
Disability access audit/17-30 June, covering the whole St Martin’s site. There is an opportunity to meet the Auditors on Sunday 7 July at 1.00pm in the George Richards Room. All welcome.
This Week/Club Wednesday/Wednesday 3 July. Choral Eucharist at 1pm followed by lunch at 6 St Martin’s Place. Francesco Aresco will be talking about his discernment and selection for ordination training.
This Week/Bread for the World/Wednesday 3 July, 6.30pm. Our Associate Vicar for Ministry will be speaking on how to talk about God without losing friends.
Lambeth Palace Gardens Open Day/Friday 5 July, 12-3pm. Michael Angus is the Director of Barons Court Project, a day centre for people who are homeless or living with mental health issues. Entrance is £5 and lunch will be available to buy, with all proceeds to Barons Court Project. Entertainment is provided.
Pride 2019. LGBT+ Christians and allies are invited to take part in our activities with Pride in London this year on 6 July. Morning Prayer 9am followed by a commissioning. LGBT+ members are invited to march with http://www.christiansatpride.com/ and allies are invited to support in activities from the sidelines. Our Associate Vicars for Mission and Ministry are offering prayers and blessings for passers-by throughout the afternoon next to the church.
Theology Group/Sunday 7 July, 12-1pm, Austen Williams Room. There will be an opportunity to reflect theologically on issues of on justice and what it means to act justly with our Vicar, Revd Dr Sam Wells. All are welcome. Subsequent upcoming date: 28 July.
Summer Pattern of Services/from 8 July. Bread for the World is continuing through the summer at 6.30pm on Wednesday with a soloist but the supper and groups will take a break in August, resuming on 11 September. Until the end of August, Mondays at 4.30pm will be a service of Evening Prayer in the DSC (except 15 July when a visiting choir will sing Evensong in Church). Our Wednesday 1pm Eucharist will be a said service. Sacred Space takes a break in August and resumes on Sunday 1 September at 7pm.
Parish Away Day: What is Church?/Saturday 13 July. This exciting day at the beautiful Focolare Centre in Welwyn Garden City with all our clergy team and visiting speakers explores what church is and what it is that makes a church deepen and flourish. The day ends with Great Sacred Music. Flyers available in church – please return an application form or sign up and pay online on our website, where further information is also available. ALL ARE WELCOME!
Meditation Group meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at 6.30pm in the Dick Sheppard Chapel. All are welcome.
Inclusive Church AGM and Annual Lecture/Tuesday 9 July, 7pm, Southwark Cathedral. St Martin’s has worked with Inclusive Church since 1998, and this year our Vicar is giving the annual lecture – ‘Citizens of Heaven: Identity, Inclusion and the Church’. All are welcome – you don’t have to register but it really helps if you do! Details & registration on Eventbrite under Inclusive Church Annual Lecture and AGM 2019 or speak to Fiona MacMillan, IC Trustee.
Great Sacred Choral Classics: Faith, Hope and Love – Love/Monday 15 July, 6.30pm. Join St Martin’s Chorus directed by Emily Dickens and led by our Vicar in a free hour-long exploration of Love, including Tallis If ye love me and Gjeilo Ubi caritas. All are welcome. A retiring collection is taken to support the work of St Martin-in-the-Fields.
Calling all Cricketers. If you are interested in joining St Martin-in-the-Fields Community Cricket Club (no experience necessary), please contact Roland Merz (rolandmerzcricket@gmail.com). Future date: Caribs XI (17 July, Battersea Park). All ages and abilities are welcome!
Discussion Group/Sunday 21 July. Meeting from 12-1pm in the Tutu room to discuss faith,
using that day’s sermon as a starting point. Future date: 4 August.
Reading Theology/Wednesday 31 July. We will gather to read The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis, after Bread for the World, from 8-9.30pm in the Tutu Room. Next date for the diary is 20 November.
Regular Cyclists! Book for the QECR now! It’s not too late to register for this year’s 200-mile Queen Eleanor Cycle Ride, which takes place 23-26 August. Register and raise money to support The Connection. More details at www.friendsoftheconnection.org.uk/events/ or contact Charles Woodd (07962 213494/ charleswoodd46@gmail.com).