Dear friendsIt's good to be back with you after having a couple of weeks leave. I've just been to Ibiza to celebrate a wedding, and hadn't realised we were going to the "party capital" of the island ... if I'm honest, it's not for me, I couldn't understand how people wanted to start their evenings at 11.30pm when I was ready to be tucked up in bed at that time! It was interesting to be away with a body of people who all had different ideas of what fun, relaxation, and socialising looked like. In some ways (and bear with me for a slightly tenuous link!) I see an echo in the readings this week, where in the place of difference, and judgement, we are being reminded of what it is to be a body of people within God's wider, provident, bigger picture. It was easy for Simon and I to take ourselves off to a quieter place, separate from the rest of the crowd we were with, than it can be to find common ground, or unity, with a body of people that belong together and are interdependent, as indeed we are as the body of Christ. As I read recently, what is it like to belong to a body of people you don't agree with, whether you like it or not!Frank is preaching at both the 830 and 1030am services, and we've tried to select hymns this week that will also help us navigate what can be a difficult subject - judgement, forgiveness, difference. I hope you will be able to come along and explore this as well. Both services are Holy Communion, and there is Sunday Spirit during the 10.30am service for our young people. You're invited.A further invitation is extended for next Saturday 23 September, as a reminder, when the Unity Singers come along to St Martin's for a concert. The last time they came was a wonderful experience, with a breadth of music, and talented singers. It's for a great cause, with a retiring collection being shared between their charity (St Peter's Hospice) as well as much needed funds for our church. Do please come along if you're able, you will be in for a treat. Refreshments will also be available.So a new term, a new season, begins. You're invited to be part of all that is St Martin's church, this expression of the body of Christ.With every blessing, as everBecky