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Worship Schedule
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8am and 10am Holy Eucharist 9:45am Nursery
Wednesday
7am service with Holy Eucharist
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'Participants in Worship'
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Church Closing Information
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Music at St. Martin's
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Sunday, February 23rd
3:30 pm
Museum Concerts
"Capella Pratensis" an eight voice male chamber choir from Holland singing music of Josquin Des Pres and Pierre de la Rue.
3:30pm
Lecture/Demonstration Royal Obsequies- the funeral Music of
Philip the Fair
4:00pm
Concert: de la Rue: Requiem
tickets at the door $25/20/8
A reception will follow in the Great Hall
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Christian Formation
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Exciting opportunities are coming in 2014!
Please see the list of upcoming events. Come to Youth Group and find out about: Pilgrimage, Diocesan Events and a National Urban Mission with E.Y.E.
As the spring unfolds, we will be learning about Hunger in our community and how we can have an impact. Our youth will be creating 3 capstone murals with Mrs. Ray and Heather Annis which will beautify our Youth Space.
We need some parents to volunteer to provide lunch. And we also need volunteer Youth Leaders to help support this growing and important ministry.
Prayerfully consider joining us.
YOUTH
Feb 17-20:
ECC Winter Camp Grades 7-11
Feb 23:
Youth Group 11:15-12:15
Capstone Art Mural #1 12:30-1:30
UPCOMING
Mar 4 - Pancake Supper
Mar 9 - Adult Forum
(speaker from Crossroads)
April 4-6 Spring Conference
April 19 - Good Friday Hunger Walk
April 26-27
30 Hour Famine
May 2-4 Happening
May 9-10 Nightwatch
May 18 ECC Open House
July 13-16 EYE Episcopal Youth Event
July 16-23 Pilgrimage to Iona, Scotland
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Volunteer!
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To volunteer please contact:
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Collection Baskets
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We have four (4) collection baskets at
the back of the church designated for:
Homeless Shelters
and Meal Sites
Small or travel-sized toiletries including chapstick, razors, shaving cream, toothbrushes, toothpaste, new socks and underwear
Food Pantries
Non-perishable food for Camp street Ministries and Providence In-Town
**February collection goes to Camp Street Ministries
Bin of the Month
(February)
Harrington Hall Men's Shelter
New or gently used men's boots
Backpack Express
Weekend food for the Providence School System's neediest students including: beans, tuna, peanut butter, pasta, mac & cheese, cereal, milk boxes, canned vegetables or fruit
For more information on all these wonderful ministries
please click here.
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LINKS
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All the latest news and information on the:
'Thrifty Goose'
Epiphany Soup Kitchen
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From the Interim Rector
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Our Book of Common Prayer reminds us that, "The Holy Eucharist, the principal act of Christian worship on the Lord's Day and other major feasts, and Daily Morning and Evening Prayer...are the regular services appointed for public worship in this Church." (p. 13) Last week I reflected a bit on the Eucharist as our journey with and to Christ. Now we turn to the Daily Office (Morning/Evening Prayer, Noonday Prayer, Compline) in general, and Morning and Evening Prayer in particular, as our other ongoing encounter with Christ.
Whereas the Eucharist invites us to meet Jesus in bread and wine, Morning and Evening Prayer invite us to meet Jesus in Scripture - in readings from Old and New Testament, and especially in the Psalms. Our spiritual life that begins on Sunday then continues on a daily basis, alone or with others. The daily readings, arranged in a two year cycle, will take us through the bulk of the Bible, while the assigned Psalms will have us reading the Psalter pretty much every seven weeks. This becomes a disciplined, step by step engagement with God's word, as well as giving us prayers to either start, or begin to bring to a close, our day.
While we can see the Eucharist as a joyous feast and celebration, the Daily Office becomes our daily meal. Not every breakfast, lunch, or dinner is a mountain top experience, but they are the meals that sustain us and give us life. The Daily Office does not intend to wow us or bring an emotional high (something many people mistakenly look for in worship). Instead, passage by passage, Psalm by Psalm, prayer by prayer, it gradually shapes and forms us more and more into the people of God. Take a look in the Prayer Book if you are not already familiar with this pattern of prayer. I'd be happy to talk with anyone about how to get started praying the Daily Office.
Fr. Bill+
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Creativity Needed!!
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Lenten Devotionals
Help us build a Lenten Devotional 2014!
We are seeking 30 more participants to create a piece for the Lenten Devotional. Using the daily Gospel reading, create: a written reflection, essay, poem or visual art.
Please have your creation in by Thursday February 20th.
There will be a sign-up chart in the Great Hall or e-mail/speak with Racquel Ray atrray@stmartinsprov.org
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Sunday
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Click here for this Sunday's readings: Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)15:15-20
1 Corinthians 3:1-9
Matthew 5:21-37
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Prayer Team Meeting in the Chapel at 11:15am
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St. Martin's Youth Group - NEWS!!
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St. Martin's Youth Group has been invited to participate in a documentary for Rhode Island PBS. News reporter Jim Hummel is filming a documentary about TAP-IN, the charity our youth chose as the recipient for this year's Souper Bowl of Caring canned soup drive. Our youth group will be filmed delivering the 93 cans of soup to TAP-IN on February 23rd at 12:00pm. *There is still time to collect a few more cases of soup! Please plan on leaving St. Martin's at 11:30 and returning at 1:00pm. RSVP to rray@stmartinsprov.org as Racquel Ray will need the number of participants by February 20th, parents to drive and signed permission slips and photo releases for all participants. **Please note that work on the Capstone Mural in the Youth Group room will take place on returning from the documentary filming. |
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Mark Your Calendar
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Our Youth Group will be working with artist Heather Annis to create three murals for the Youth Space at St. Martin's.
The murals will be Capstone projects for the spring formation program focused on Hunger: Come Hungry, Be Fed, Feed Others. The murals will be created on February 23rd, March 30th and May 25th. Sessions will be from 12:30 - 2:00pm and will follow our normal Youth Group time.
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Habitat for Humanity: Saturday, March 8th
Please join us from 8:30am-3:30pm
We need 20+ volunteers, the minimum age is 16. Bring your own work gloves & lunch. If you'd like more information or want to join us please call or email the church or send an email to Will Burke at wdburke@cox.net. Additional information will be provided to those who sign up. Please consider helping with this project. High school students are highly encouraged to participate. It's a great way to earn community hours including those needed for the national honor society.
Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian ministry founded on the conviction that every man, woman and child should have a decent, safe and affordable place to live. They build with people in need regardless of race or religion. Decent, affordable housing dramatically changes a family's life.
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Coming Up in Lent!
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March 4
Pancake Supper at 5:30pm
March 5
Ash Wednesday services at 7am, 12noon and 7:30pm
March 9
Adult Forum at 9am (Guest speaker from Crossroads)
March 12, 19, 26 and April 2 and 9
'Soup and Study' at 6pm
March 22
'Quiet Day' with Sr. Sarah from the Society of St. Margaret
March 23
Sr. Sarah preaching at both services
March 30
Launch of Episcopal Charities (Guest speaker from PICA)
St. Cecilia Choir sings at Evensong service with other area youth choirs at Church of the Redeemer on Hope Street in Providence
**Watch for more details as dates approach
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Lenten Programs
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Soup and Study
Please join Fr. Bill and Racquel Ray for mid-week nourishment
throughout Lent. We will share a soup supper, provided by Amos House and study scripture using the Gospel reading for the coming Sunday.
We will meet for the five Wednesdays in Lent from 6:00pm - 8:00pm on March 12, 19, 26 and April 2, 9.
Lenten Devotionals
Help us build a Lenten Devotional 2014!
We are seeking 35 more participants to create a piece for the Lenten Devotional. Using the daily Gospel reading, create: a written reflection, essay, poem or visual art. Please have your creation in by Thursday February 20th. There will be a sign-up chart in the Great Hall or e-mail/speak with Racquel Ray at rray@stmaprtinsprov.org.
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'Walk in my Shoes'
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We all put on our pants one leg
at a time.
I heard this a lot when I was a young woman working in Hollywood. There is no need to act as if these movie stars are any different from me, we all put out pants on one leg at a time.
And, I urge you to consider for a moment and in those moments that you tie your shoes or pull up on your boot straps ... one at a time... consider that we are all human.
We are all cut of the same cloth. We all have particular needs.
My work with the Cloak keeps me grounded in the everydayness of socks and underwear. And, with winter temperatures, there is now a new need for boots and shoes.
So today, we are starting a campaign...
'Walk in my shoes'
$30 buys a new pair of men's work boots. Buy 1 or 5, but please consider buying something to help. Or, give us your gently used shoes and boots. When you are homeless, your boots are your car, your boots are your transportation.
Please put your boot donations in the 'bin of the month' for
Harrington House.
Through boots, we will bring the glory of God to the streets of Providence.
Mary Curtis Gray
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