Welcome to St Martin's Church
All donations to the church greatly received. Please Gift Aid if possible.
Service Times
Sunday Worship: 9.30 am
Communion service with Sunday school
Tuesday Eucharist: 3.30 pm
Communion service
Latest Church News
Sunday 18th October 2026
St Martin's Church - Christmas Concert - Sunday 6th December 4.00pm
Get into the Christmas spirit with some joyful festive tunes and brass band favourites. Our now much anticipated annual Christmas concert is not far off and tickets are available online now and from Tuesday 20th October, from the church & centre. Our own fabulous choir will again be performing along with the always popular Backworth Colliery Band, poems, sing-alongs and a raffle. Don’t miss it and tell your friends.
Tickets are £8 adult, £4 child (10yrs & under).
Sunday 6th December 4.00pm
Friday 9th October 2026
MINE Together Harvest Service
Thanks to everyone who donated so much last Sunday for Thriving Walker. Also for all the marvellous refreshments brought along to share with our MINE church friends. It was a terrific spread and our thanks as always to everyone involved in setting things up and serving drinks. It was a great turn out that caught us a bit off guard but it was great to see so many from the MINE churches come along.
Forthcoming Events & Services
Sunday 1st November 2026 4:00PM
All Souls Day Service
Rev’d Tim will be dedicating prayers to remember and pray for deceased family members and friends. All are welcome to attend and have the names who have passed into God’s hands read out in our wonderful church.
Sunday 29th November 2026 10:00AM
MINE Together Service - Advent 1
The next MINE service is Advent Sunday which is the 29th November. It's at St Michael's church and will be 10am. Please note there will be no service here at St Martin’s that morning. It will be great to once more get together in the newly re-furbished Lighthouse in a now nice warm St Michaels.
The Vicar Writes
Friday 12th July 2024
Fresh Starts
Revd: Tim Ferguson
The mood of the country is hard to sum up, with a new government voted in with one of the lowest turnouts in recent times.