Worship at St Martin's hopes to be joyful and uplifting and accessible to everyone. On most Sundays it is a Communion Service, or The Eucharist. We sing, greet one another, listen to Scripture and a Sermon, and spend time in prayer. We conclude by receiving bread and wine, remembering Jesus' Last Supper with his disciples, something that Christians have done in worship since the very early church. On most Sundays there is a Sunday School for children during the first part of the service.
The Church is first and foremost a worshipping community. We are most ourselves when we are worshipping God together. We bring all our lives to Church with us: things we are very thankful for, our happiness, our sadness, our confusion, even our sin. Nothing needs to be held back in our life in Jesus Christ. He understands us and rejoices and grieves with us, and forgives us so we can continue in life, renewed.
We hope worship to be:
Joyful
St Martin's Church is committed to:
The care, nurture of, and respectful pastoral ministry with, all children, young people and adults.
The safeguarding and protection of all children, young people and adults.
Being a safe and caring community which provides a loving environment where victims of abuse can report or disclose abuse and where they can find support and best practice that contributes to the prevention of abuse.
This commitment is shared by all our staff and volunteers.
The Diocese of Newcastle's Safeguarding policies and procedures, together with national Church of England documents relating to Safeguarding, can be viewed on the Diocesan website: Safeguarding
St Martin's Safeguarding Adviser:
Rev Tim Ferguson:
Priest-in-charge St Martin's Byker
07814 797 484
[email protected]
Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser:
Jill Thirlaway
Safeguarding Case Worker
07738 415 238
[email protected]
