Flower Festival: Words In Bloom and Cream Tea Day

 

Words in Bloom: A Literary Flower Festival
14th, 15th, 16th July
in aid of the St Catherine's Tower Restoration Fund

Featuring local clubs, schools and a display of work by the Runwell Art Club.
Donate a pew end in memory of a loved one for £5. Contact Caroline 07821 195388.

CREAM TEA DAY
SATURDAY 15TH JULY IN ST CATHERINE’S CHURCH HALL from 9.30am

Rodda’s clotted cream, Tiptree jam, freshly baked scones and tea or coffee for just £5 (Other cakes will be available)
All proceeds to St Catherine’s Restoration Fund - donations can be made via the QR Code below:

Why not come and visit the Flower Festival in the church and then come to the Hall for delicious refreshments?

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Julie & Buddy Miller - Holding Up The Sky.

Pentecost Sunday: Service, Oasis, Mass & Concert

We have an epic Pentecost Sunday lined up:

Pentecost Sunday Service

On the Day of Pentecost the message of Christ's love was heard in the languages of all those present. Our service for Pentecost Sunday (31 May) will reflect the global partnerships of St Martin-in-the-Fields through contributions from and prayers for our Global Neighbours and HeartEdge partners. The service is shared by our Chinese and English speaking congregations and will be led by Revd Harry Ching. Our preacher will be The Very Revd Obed Xolani Dlwati, The Dean of St Mary’s Cathedral Johannesburg.

There will be contributions from our Chinese congregations, Global Neighbours committee, HeartEdge partners, and the Youth Pilgrimage group from St Mary's Cathedral. The service includes photographs of our Global Neighbours from Church of Ceylon, Fikelela HIV/Aids Project, Patashala School, SENEthiopa, Sisters of Melanesia, St Mary's Cathedral, Tariro, and Tree of Life.

If you wish, have a candle ready to light at the end of this service. For translations of the various languages used, please follow the Order of Service.

Pentecost Oasis

Another ‘Oasis’ time of quiet scripture reflection, prayer and practical art in our homes. The Oasis encourages us to explore, play with colour and be creative through collage, painting, drawing or writing.

CTiW: Ecumenical Pentecost Mass

Churches Together in Westminster are pleased to announce that instead an ecumenical Pentecost Mass will be livestreamed from Farm Street Church of the Immaculate Conception at 6pm on Sunday, 31st May 2020. It is hoped that the service will include recorded music by Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir, and the choirs of Farm Street and All Saints, Margaret Street. All are very welcome from whatever Christian tradition or none, to celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost and to pray for our country and world at this time of crisis.

The link for the livestream is https://www.farmstreet.org.uk/livestream.

Keep Our Doors Open concert

Then at 7pm comes our first online concert from St Martin's! We’ll be streaming a special #KeepOurDoorsOpen concert at the St Martin's facebook page and everyone is welcome from the comfort of their own home (no ticket required!).

Enjoy a glittering programme of music and chat from some good friends. Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Revd Dr Sam Wells will begin the evening’s festivities. We'll be hearing from some of our own St Martin's Music musicians throughout the evening: St Martin's Voices, the Choral Scholars and Gabriella Nobel. our Choral Conducting Fellow.

Alongside the music, award-winning journalist and BBC broadcaster Julian Worricker will be chatting with some familiar faces. Interspersing the music will be interviews with some special friends of St Martin's: Hugh Dennis, Miko Giedroyc (Founder, Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir), Clarence Hunt (Choir Director, Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir) and Mel Giedroyc.

Join the event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/735191230353644/. To find out more and to support our appeal, go to www.smitf.org.

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Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir - The Prayer.

You can help us keep our doors open…

Covid-19 Emergency Appeal: please respond today…

Dear Friend

Given the current crisis, we’ve had no choice but to close our doors for the first time in the long history of St Martin-in-the-Fields.

Although our buildings have fallen silent, our vital work in the community must still continue – now, more than ever. That’s why today, we’re launching our St Martin-in-the-Fields Covid-19 Emergency Appeal to visitors and supporters like you.

DONATE NOW

You’ll know how important it is that we’re able to provide people who are homeless – or vulnerably housed – with shelter, food and advice when they need it most.

During this time, we are working incredibly hard to ensure that people continue to receive the support they need. We are helping people who were sleeping rough into accommodation to enable them to self-isolate, and are delivering food and other essentials. Your extra support at this time could provide frontline workers with the supplies they need to continue their work in spite of the unfolding challenges of this crisis.

Please, take a second to send your urgent gift today. I can assure you; your generosity will make a real difference to people’s lives at this incredibly frightening time.

I hope you and your loved ones are safe and well. Thank you so much for your continued support.

Revd Dr Sam Wells
Vicar - St Martin-in-the-Fields

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St Martin's Voices - Agnus Dei.

Breaking Down the Barriers

This Sunday at the 10.00am service at St John's Seven Kings we will be hearing from Rosie Venner, Christian Aid's Regional Coordinator, about the Breaking Down the Barriers: Working for Peace in a Holy Land initiative.

This is because we plan to take part in Christian Aid's Middle East Partnership Scheme which will directly benefit 30,000 people in Lebanon and the West Bank and its wider impact will improve the prospects for many thousands more.

Christian Aid has recently launched an emergency appeal to help partners in Gaza and across the Middle East respond to the political instability and violence affecting the region. You can give online via www.christianaid.org.uk, by calling 08080 004 004 or by sending a cheque made payable to Christian Aid to: Christian Aid, Freepost, London, SE1 7YY.

There is also a prayer which you may wish to use over the coming weeks: http://www.christianaid.org.uk/emergencies/current/gaza-middle-east-crisis-appeal/prayers.aspx.

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The Style Council - Walls Come Tumbling Down.