Rector: Reverend Jim Pye

Email: The Rector

Cardstall
The cardstall consists of two displays at the rear corner of St. Martin’s Church, offering cards for sale.

The table display holds a range of both Christian and ‘blank for your own message’ cards for all seasons and personal greetings. Also available are small scripture cards, bookmarks and, occasionally, small gifts.

An upright display stand also holds a minimal stock of books as the demand for this facility is low and is currently being run down.

A little profit is made on sales which, in the past, has been used flexibly where needed to help fund Church books and replenish the stall with a regular supply of stock.

In the absence of Sue Howcutt, who administers the card stall, a simple system of paper communication and a locked wall safe box facilitates self – service by payment or IOU and also enables orders for book, (please give details of your name and phone number).

Book Aid
This charity is also administered by Sue Howcutt at the cardstall. If you have any unneeded Christian books and Bibles at home that you would like to pass on to developing countries, please put them in the box marked ‘BOOKAID’ situated behind the upright stand.

Sue will then take these books to the Luton Christian Bookshop where they, in turn, send over 500 books per annum overseas on a regular basis.

Quite apart from Bookaid some home and Bible study groups subscribe regularly to another Charity that sends new Bibles all over the world.

Library
Our Library is housed on a trolley at the back of St Martin’s and on some occasions, such as an Alpha course session, can be taken elsewhere (the Parish Centre), to become available wherever needed.

The books held have been donated or loaned, to form the library. All are available to be loaned out and lending is recorded simply in a book by title, date and borrower. The Library is overseen by Sally Groves.

If you have any queries then please email The Rector for more details.

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