Services and special events
Find out more about our forthcoming services, events for the month ahead, and other exciting occasions at St Martin's
November 2026
8th November - Remembrance Sunday
November 15th- Parish Eucharist Service
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November 15th- A Time to Remember
1st & 22nd November - Morning Worship
29th November - Joint Parish Eucharist @ St Mary's Church, Sundridge
News & Updates
Licensing service for Reverend Hannah Glover
Join us at St Martin's for the licensing service of our new rector, Hannah Glover on Thursday12th November @ 7pm. We look forward to formally welcoming Reverend Hannah to the Parish and taking the opportunity to celebrate this happy occasion, as a church community, with a special time of fellowship.
Ride & Stride Kent 2026
We are thrilled to announce the combined efforts of all those who participated in this year's Kent Ride & Stride Day raised £300!
£150 of this has been received as a donation for the benefit of St Martin's Church,with the remaining £150 going to The Friends of Kent Churches These funds enable the charity to continue awarding annual grants to churches of all denominations throughout the county of Kent.
We extend our thanks and congratulations to all those who took part with this fantastic event including those who ventured forth riding or striding, those who welcomed participants into our church and offered refreshments, the leaders who coordinated our participation and of course all those who generously sponsored participants or made a donation.
Ide Hill Society History Talk
On 13th June, we hosted members of the Ide Hill Society for a talk on the history of St Martin's, together with a short tour of the churchyard highlighting some of its more notable monuments. Everyone found the walk and tour enjoyable as well as interesting with many members expressing their surprise about some aspects of our colourful past.
Having hosted a similar event for the Orpington U3A a few years ago, we would be delighted to organise one for people in Brasted!
If you would like explore planning a group history talk at St Martin's Church please contact our Churchwardens for more information
Hymns & Pimm's 2026...
…and the two went very well together on Sunday afternoon of 16th August when we met to have a good sing of some favourite hymns.
Between the opening Praise My Soul the King of Heaven and the closing Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer were sandwiched no fewer than nine others. The words of the eleven hymns ranged from some based on biblical texts, like those of Great Is Thy Faithfulness and I the Lord of Sea and Sky, to the outpouring of joy in Sing Hosanna and the personal testimony of Blessed Assurance. Some of the tunes which we sang so lustily have helped to keep alive words written a long time ago; Come Down O Love Divine, for example, is based on a medieval text - but the hymn became popular when the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote the tune which is associated with it today.
Singers were able to get their breath back between hymns because a few words were read out about each item. I wonder how many of us were aware that the lady who wrote Lord of All Hopefulness wrote articles for Punch magazine and also a column for The Times newspaper about the doings of an imaginary housewife. She also featured in an American radio quiz show and her fictional character was made into a film which won six Oscars.
Following the hymn marathon came the Pimm’s – and very welcome it was. All the chopping up of fruit and mint which had taken place earlier in the afternoon was readily appreciated, as were the little snacks which went with it. Throats restored, there was plenty of time for us to chat to one another and some even asked when the next event would take place.