St Martin-in-the-Fields is one of the Anglican church’s jewels. We have been welcoming Christians to worship here since the doors first opened in 1726, although records show there was a church on this site as long ago as 1222.

We hold between three and six services every day of the week, with two on Sunday held in Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese). Worship is still a primary focus of all that goes on at St Martin’s, drawing Christians into a stronger experience of God in their daily lives, and in the form of Christian compassion through our work with the marginalised, isolated and homeless. Purchases made through this online shop help us to fund that work.

Extract from a sermon – reflecting moving to St Martin’s in May 2006

“One thing which has struck me since moving to London is, of course, how busy it is! You don’t fully grasp the extent of that business until you live in it next to a building site. This city never stops or sleeps despite Ken’s congestion charges. On my first night I lay awake listening to shouts and voices, drunks and sirens, street cleaning lorries, dustbins and reversing delivery trucks and wondered how anyone ever slept in this place. But, of course, it is not just London which is busy, it is our lives, too: lives more driven than ever before as we rush to fit in everything that is expected of us. Instant communication requires instant answers with no space for a turn around; then rushing to get the children to school; to fit in the planned activities, to arrange the logistics of day evening and weekends; to answer the e-mails, the answer phone and the mobile text messages; to down-load more information, more films,

more music, more channels, more news on the hour than ever before; the workouts, the weight training, the twenty four hour supermarkets and consumer parks replacing a simple walk in the park.

“Jesus says “Abide in my love.” [ ]

“Every morning at 8 o’clock at St Martin-in-the-Fields we say Morning Prayer. It’s a special time … quiet … a sacred time. The light floods through the east window above the altar and a simple prayer is offered. And I have noticed each day how there are homeless people who come into the Church and sit here, read the newspaper or rest. And their presence adds a lot to the morning prayer. They could go somewhere else but they have chosen to be here for it is a place of peace and sanctuary. There is a great deal of wisdom in that presence, they are not doing anything they are simply being here.” Reverend Richard Carter, Assistant Priest

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