Hi Church Family
Here’s Thursday Thoughts - This Week’s News!
THIS SATURDAY
- FREE SATURDAY CAFE
Come and join us at our Free Saturday Café from 10-11.30am where you can enjoy:
- Delicious fresh fruit
- Tasty toast and spreads
- Great coffee, tea, hot chocolate, chocolate mountains, and biscuits
- Great company
- Free essential food items to take home
So, come and join us - everyone’s very welcome!
THIS SUNDAY
- FREE TASTY SAUSAGE BAPS
Come and enjoy free tasty sausage baps at our Free Community Breakfast!
Come and join us from 10am-10.30am where you can also enjoy:
- Lovely fresh fruit and yoghurts
- Tasty toast and spreads
- A variety of cereals
- Great coffee, tea and hot chocolate
- Fruit juice
- Wonderful company
… and so much more at our Free Community Breakfast!
So, come and join us – you’re very welcome and we’d really love to see you!
- OUR SERVICE FOR EVERYONE
Come and join us for our Service for Everyone at 10.45am! It's informal, relaxed, you’re very welcome indeed, and you’ll find an awesome kids’ group, great songs, an inspiring talk, and prayers from the heart.
Our service is also a great opportunity to meet old friends & make new friends, help each other & our community, and learn about God’s amazing love for you! So, come and join us – you’re very welcome and we’d really love to see you!
- QUIET COMMUNION BEFORE OUR SERVICE
Normally, we have Communion in the service on the 1st Sunday of the month, but we will do this next week when Bishop Paul joins us. So, join us at 9.45am for our Quiet Communion service. It’s an oasis of tranquillity where you can touch base with God in peace at the start of the day.
- FREE FOOD STALL
The Free Food Stall is available to help you every Sunday from 12.30-1.30pm across the road in The Family Centre. Providing food for those in need, it is a valuable resource on our doorstep.
THIS MONDAY
- NEURODIVERSE SUPPORT GROUP
On Monday from 10-11.30am, come and unwind with fellow parents and carers for a cuppa and a chat with others who really get what you’re dealing with. You’re more than welcome as always. The next evening session is on Monday 26th May from 7.30-9pm
- HANDBELLS
Join us for handbells from 1.15pm-2.15pm. Everyone’s welcome!
- THE ALZHEIMER’S CAFÉ
Also, on Monday from 6.30pm-8.30pm, come and enjoy a free, delicious meal and enjoy building friendships with others who understand what you’re going through with this very cruel disease. Everyone is welcome!
THIS TUESDAY
- TUESDAY TOTS
Come and join us with your little ones for free fun from 9-10.30am!
- WORKING AGE WITH A LONG-TERM HEALTH CONDITION SUPPORT
Come for a free cuppa and a chat from 1pm-2.30pm at St Martin’s if you’re working age with a long-term health condition - we’d love to see you!!
THIS WEDNESDAY
- FREE WEDNESDAY CAFÉ
Come and join us at our Free Wednesday Café from 10-11.30am where you can enjoy free:
- Essential food & hygiene items
- Delicious fresh fruit
- Yummy homemade cakes
- Great coffee, tea, and hot chocolate
- Fantastic company
- THE FREE FOOD TOMBOLA
Simply pick up the item with your ticket number on it, which you’ll receive at Wednesday Café, and then you can either take it home, give it away to someone in need, or swap it with someone else in the café! It’s fun, fair, and free!
Next week, we’re back to our Free Essential Items
Week 1: Free Essential Items
Week 2: Free Food Tombola
NEXT THURSDAY
THE HOPE HUB AT ST MARTIN’S!
Come and see The Hope Hub from 10am-2pm at St Martin’s! You can get help with
- Universal Credit
- Debt or Money Management
- Homelessness
- Training and other courses in cookery/living well and volunteering
- Finding work or job coaching
- Mental health services
- Addiction
- Tenancy or signposting/information
Children are welcome with their parents and carers and free refreshments are provided.
YOUR SUPPORT MAKES A REAL DIFFERENCE
Your support makes a real difference to our work in the community as well as our support for each other.
If you would like to support this work on a regular basis it's very simple to set up a direct debit via the Parish Giving Scheme HERE
If you would like to make a one off or a regular donation to St Martin's using a card, then please click here: HERE
Your support makes a real difference - thank you so much!
COMING SOON
MEN’S BREAKFAST
Come and join us for a free cooked breakfast on Saturday 31st May at 8.30am. Thanks so much, Steve, for making this a reality!
FREE FOOD, FUN AND FRIENDSHIP FOR ALL SENIORS
Come and join us for Outlook – our free, fun group for Seniors on Wednesday 4th June from 2-4pm! With a fun activity and a lovely afternoon tea in a warm and welcoming atmosphere, it’s a real treat that’s not to be missed and loved by all! Come and join us!
PRAYER AND PRAISE EVENING
Following our first, wonderful Prayer and Praise, our next time together will be coming soon next month!
CAR PARKING
In addition to our car park, you may park at St Peter & St John Church in Caesar’s Camp Road as well as The Beacon Church in Berkshire Road.
We have been blessed enormously because we have been granted permission to park at the nearby Catholic Church in Caesar's Camp Road and the nearby Beacon Church in Berkshire Road.
I'm sure you understand that we need to prioritise spaces for people who are unable to walk to church. Therefore, wherever possible, (especially on Wednesdays and Sundays) please may I ask you to either walk to church, or park your car at the Catholic or Beacon churches?
Many thanks for your ongoing love, care and support for each other.
MORNING PRAYER
Please join us in the Prayer Room on:
- Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday at 9am (before Wednesday Café at 10am)
- Saturday at 9.30am (before Saturday Café at 10am).
PCC & STANDING COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Our next PCC & SC meetings:
May Deanery Synod 21st, PCC 28th
June SC 18th
July PCC 2nd, SC 23rd
September SC 10th
October PCC 1st, Deanery Synod 15th, SC 22nd,
November PCC 5th, SC 19th