St. Martin's Church,
Bowness-on-Windermere

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Our Mission:
As people at St. Martin's by God's grace we strive to live by his values, worship together, reveal the Good News, and see God's kingdom grow

Our Vision:
To see a thriving, growing Christian community

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Daily Prayer provided by the official Church of England web site © The Archbishops' Council of the Church of England, 2002-2004.

Prayer

From the Rector:
"I say Morning Prayer in church on most weekday mornings at 9.15 am (details on each week’s Keep in Touch sheet). You are very welcome to join me at church. If you can't join me in person, but would like to pray with the wider church, why not use the Church of England's daily prayer feed see below left."
James Richards

Latest Updates & Announcements

Garden Party!!!
Everyone is warmly invited to St. Martin's summer garden party on Saturday 28th July, 2018 from 10am-5pm. Entry is free. Refreshments. Stalls. Games.

Sponsored Abseil
Thank you to Eleanor and Lucy who both abseiled, and to everyone who helped support Izzy in her sponsored abseil event of 17th June. You all helped her to raise £1,500 towards her volunteering year in Namibia: FaceBook and Virgin Money Giving. Only about £1,200 to go!

Sermons and Services
We are working on providing recordings of our Sunday worship> Some recent recordings can be found on our Sermons and Services page

Visiting St. Martin's
Once again our wonderful team of volunteer welcomers are on duty for our 'open' season. We aim to keep our church building open to visitors seven days a week between 10.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. from Sunday 20th March to the end of September. You will be very welcome.
St. Martin's is fortunate to have in its East Window what an expert has described as 'the finest collection of medieval glass in the North-West of England'. We also have a unique 'Arts and Crafts' inspired decorative scheme from the 1870 restoration by Henry Hughes of the renowned stained glass makers, Ward and Hughes of Frith Street, London. Henry Hughes also carried out a very sensitive restoration of the East Window. For more information follow the Our Building link on the left.

On your visit to the Lakes why not spend half an hour enjoying the peace and beauty of this ancient building as part of your visit to our community.

The churchyard is always open to visitors and includes the listed gravestone of Rasselas Belfield (at the east end of the church) which is one of English Heritage's Sites of Memory. Ironically a tombstone at the West end of the church commemorates John Bolton the owner of Storrs Hall and a local benefactor much of whose wealth was founded on the "triangular trade".