Welcome to Our Church
The Rev'd Derek Tighe has been appointed the next Vicar of Dorking and subject to completion of the formalities will take up appointment in the summer. His induction is planned for the evening of Wednesday 18 July.
Our normal welcome page text follows below.
I am delighted you are visiting our site, which gives you a glimpse of what we are about. We aim to be a place of spiritual, intellectual and emotional refreshment. We are an inclusive church offering a warm welcome to everyone.
St Martin’s is a diverse group of people at different stages in our Christian pilgrimage, called to celebrate God’s presence. We embrace a range of worship styles which reflect our broad Anglican tradition. We are engaged both in developing our spiritual life together, and in using our gifts and skills to support our community, both within the church and outside it. We share our building with Dorking Methodist Church, and at major festivals we share in worship together.
At the heart of the life of the church is the belief that God is not remote and uncaring. Together we are discovering that Jesus Christ is not just a character from history, and that when we put Jesus at the centre of our lives the world begins to make sense. We want to learn to live with respect for creation, to love God, to love and serve others, to seek justice and resist evil. We see ourselves as part of God’s family, and like all families whose members have diverse interests, we don’t always see eye to eye - but we believe we can learn from each other, so that trusting each other, we can move forward together.
At Pentecost 2009 we had special reason to give thanks for a particular act of moving forward together - the signing of a covenant between the Anglicans and Methodists at St Martin's. This covenant is reviewed annually when its detailed provisions are updated with regard to the specific activities we undertake to pursue together.
So welcome to St Martin’s – I hope you will feel at home among us. Don’t hesitate to ask any of us about anything. If you would like to have a personal chat at any time, members of the clergy team (please see the contact page for phone numbers) would be delighted to talk with you.
Richard Cattley
Recently retired as Vicar of St Martin’s, Dorking
