Today/Nazareth Community. We are full of joy that eight new people will be joining the Nazareth Community today. They are Georgie Illingworth, Francesco Aresco, Simon Tsang, Kristine Wellington, Ruth Hutchinson, Eugene Ling, and Mel and Stephen Adams Finchley. Please pray for them and for all the community as they continue to deepen and enrich their faith through silence, sacrament, compassionate service, sacred study and sharing the life of the Nazareth Community.

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 follow in the footsteps of Isaiah and imagine what the world will look like when God’s way of life comes to pass.

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/Coventry University Research Project/A team of researchers from Coventry University will be at the 10am service today, doing research on religious worship and social connectedness.

Today/Theology Group/Sunday 9 September, 12-1pm, 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.

Last Week/BBC Radio 4 Sunday Worship, 8.10am. Last week’s Sunday Worship was led by Revd Richard Carter, members of the Nazareth Community and Helen Harris, and produced by Andrew Earis. Its theme is Silence, Service, Scripture and Sacrament and the broadcast is based on the way of life of our Nazareth Community. You can listen again here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bgpbvc

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.

Tomorrow/Great Sacred Choral Classics: Freedom is coming!/Monday 10 September, 7.30pm. The Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields will be giving a concert before their ten-day tour to South Africa later this month, featuring music from Tallis and Dering to Pärt and the South African traditional Freedom is coming. The event is free, with a retiring collection to raise funds for the trip. All are welcome.

This Week/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. The Wednesday lunchtime service will be an additional Great Sacred Music, which begins at 12.50pm. All are welcome.

Next Week/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. For more information, please email Chris and Catherine on churchwardens@smitf.org.

Next Week/Chinese Congregation 54th Anniversary/Sunday 16 September, 1.30pm. All are invited to the ‘Beauty of Unity’ Eucharist and Social Tea Gathering afterwards. The preacher will be Revd Richard Carter. Please RSVP to Revd Paul Lau on 020 7766 1106 or email eugene.ling@smitf.org.

This Month/Welcome at London Open House/Saturday 22 September. If you would enjoy welcoming visitors to St Martin’s in a relaxed setting, and have two hours to spare between 9.30am and 3.30pm, then this is for you. It is being hosted by the Friends of St Martin’s but you don’t have to be a member in order to volunteer. Please contact Susanne Wood in church on Sunday, in writing via the Vergers or by emailing friends@smitf.org. There will be a Church tour at 12pm and bell ringing demonstrations at 11am, 12.30pm, 2pm and 3pm.

This Month/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.

This Month/Meeting of artists & craftspeoples’ group/Sunday 23 September, 12 noon, Tutu Room. All are welcome to attend a meeting to plan further artistic contributions to the St Martin’s community.

This Month/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/Archers/Thursday 4 October, 7.00pm. Due to the availability of our leaders, the next Archers has been moved one week later. It is the day the church celebrates St Francis of Assisi so we will be enjoying a Eucharist, harvest supper and discussion about how we care for creation. All are welcome. Please inform Ruth Hutchinson or Michael Moran, mtj_moran@yahoo.co.uk, if you would like to join us.