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St Martin's Church

LIVING THE GOSPEL IN OUR COMMUNITY

ST MARTIN'S NEW OPENING HOURS

Public worship

St Martin's will reopen for public worship on Sunday 9 August. From that date we shall have one service per Sunday:

10am Eucharist (lasting for about 45 minutes)

Seating will be rearranged in the Nave to ensure social distancing, and worshippers will be guided to their seats by sidespersons. (We regret that for the time being the toilets will not be open.)

Following government guidelines, it is required that those gathering for worship wear face coverings.

Anyone showing symptoms of coronavirus, or individuals who are self-isolating, should not attend church due to the risk that they pose to others.

We shall not be able to sing, but the organ will play before, during, and after the service.

Communion will be received in one kind only (i.e., only the bread, not the wine).

You are most welcome to come and join us.

If you wish to do so, please familiarise yourself with the guidance issued for those wishing to attend public worship. The information is found by clicking the link below.

The order of service will be available below. Please bring a printed copy with you, or a smartphone or tablet on which to view it. Please do not leave your printed copies in the building after the service. (A small number of printed copies will be available in the building for those without access to computers.)

For those unable to attend, for whatever reason, services will be live-streamed on Facebook. From 9 August you will be able to view services on the church Facebook page by clicking the button below. Each service can be watched live or later. Services will remain available to watch for one week. (You do not need a Facebook account to view services on Facebook.)

Guidance

Facebook

Order of Service

Church open for private prayer

The Church is now open for individual private prayer in the Lady Chapel.

Opening times are:

Monday-Thursday
from 10am to 3pm

The area is cleaned and sanitised each morning before opening, and the seating is arranged to enable social distancing and compliance with the guidance.

St Martin's online

We are also hosting live online video services on the ZOOM website (www.zoom.us). If you have internet access you are very welcome to join us. The following midweek services are available:

Morning Prayer: Monday to Friday at 8.30am

Compline: Monday to Friday at 8.30pm

Prayer meeting: Monday at 4pm

Midweek Eucharist: Wednesday at 10am

Prayers for Peace and Justice: Saturday at 12pm

If you would like to participate please contact us so that we can send you a link to join in.

For the prayer meetings on Mondays or Saturdays, please email Joan Hazzard on joanhazz@gmail.com.
For the Eucharist, Morning Prayer, and Compline, please email Mike Bunclark on mbunclark@tiscali.co.uk.

OUR Magazine

Due the coronavirus outbreak, we regret that we are currently unable to print and deliver our Parish Magazine. However, you can download a free copy of the latest edition right HERE

July–Aug 2020 download

JULY-AUGUST EDITION

out now!

From Revd Robin Parry, Assistant Curate

Welcome

Why We Love St Martin's

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

In light of the Government guidance around non-essential contact, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York have issued advice that public worship is suspended until further notice. Consequently, there will be no services at St Martin's Church for the time being. Regrettably, the church building will also have to be kept closed.

All other public gatherings run by the church are suspended until further notice.

If you need to contact us for pastoral support or prayer the website will be monitored, so please do be in touch. We remain committed to serving the needs of the parish.

We shall monitor the situation and update the website as appropriate.

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Well, a few of us