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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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Daylight Savings
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Don't forget to turn your clocks ahead this Saturday night.
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'Participants in Worship'
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Click here for 'Participants in Worship' names on our website.
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Visit our
Thrifty Goose on Facebook!
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Our Thrifty Goose now has a page on Facebook!
Find them here on Facebook
and 'like the page'!!
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Wanted: Coffee Hour Hosts!!
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It is a St. Martin's tradition to offer coffee and snacks after our 10am Sunday service.
Parishioners volunteer to host these weekly Coffee Hours. Hosts provide two gallons of juice, a half-gallon of whole milk and snacks to share. David Ely will be available to help you with set-up and
clean-up.
We have quite a few openings for the spring.
Please consider signing up, today!
The sign-up sheet is on the flip chart in the Great Hall.
Attending Coffee Hour is a great way to greet visitors, catch up with old friends, and get to know new friends.
Questions? Contact Susan Esposito.
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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.
We need some parents to volunteer to provide lunch weekly. And we also need volunteer Youth Leaders to help support this growing and important ministry.
Prayerfully consider joining us.
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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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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Lent is upon us, and it calls us, as we all know, into a season of penitence, confession, and self-examination. We will have plenty of opportunities to do the spiritual work of Lent at St. Martin's through the Ash Wednesday services, our regular times of worship on Sundays and Wednesdays, the Wednesday evening Lenten Program, and the Quiet Day on March 22 with Sister Sarah of the Society of
St. Margaret.
We will also have another, more lighthearted way to keep Lent, by participating in "Lent Madness", with which some of you will be familiar. Playing off of March Madness, the college basketball tournament, Lent Madness sets up a bracket of saints who compete against each other by way of people voting for their choice online. The bracket begins on March 6 with Basil the Great vs. Christina the Astonishing. Don't know who Christina the Astonishing is (neither do I)? That's part of the point. We get to learn about the holy people of our faith as well as face impossible choices - how do I pick between Alfred the Great and J.S. Bach? There will be a bracket set up in the Great Hall so we can track the progress of the madness. You can get your own bracket and vote each day by visiting lentmadness.org.
Past winners have been C.S. Lewis, Mary Magdalene and Frances Perkins. Who will win the Golden Halo this year?
Bill+
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Lenten Reflections
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Watch for your daily electronic delivery of the Lenten reflections starting Tuesday, March 4th. |
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Sunday
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Click here for this Sunday's readings: Exodus 24:12-18
2 Peter 1:16-21
Matthew 17:1-9
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The Thrifty Goose will be open from 9am to 12noon
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Healing Prayers in the Chapel after the 10am service
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TAP-IN SUCCESS!!
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St. Martin's Youth Group was filmed by RI PBS filmmaker Jim Hummel last Sunday, for a documentary on TAP-IN, the East Bay food pantry in Barrington.
They delivered about 15 cases of food, met the Director Lynn Moran, organized and stocked the shelves and had a tour. Not only was it a service mission for the Youth, it was an educational experience as well.
We had 9 youths and 8 adults participate.
We learned that TAP-IN has an ongoing need for: toothpaste, shampoo, coffee and toilet paper.
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Creativity (still) Needed!!
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Lenten Devotionals
Help us build a Lenten Devotional 2014!
We are seeking 10 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 contact Raquel Ray if you are inspired!
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Mark Your Calendars!
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March 4
Pancake Supper at 5:30pm
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March 5
Ash Wednesday services at 7am, 12noon (in the Chapel) and 7:30pm (in the Church with music)
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March 8
Habitat for Humanity Building Project:
Saturday, March 8th
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March 9
Adult Forum at 9am
Our guest speaker from Crossroads is:
Michelle M. Wilcox
Chief Operating Officer
Crossroads Rhode Island
Click here to find out more about this wonderful organization!
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March 12, 19, 26 and April 2 and 9
Lenten 'Soup and Study' at 6pm
We will meet for the five Wednesdays in Lent from 6:00pm - 8:00pm on March 12, 19, 26 and April 2, 9.
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March 22
'Quiet Day' with Sr. Sarah from the Society of St. Margaret The Secret Garden: Cultivating the Seed
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March 23
Sr. Sarah preaching at both services
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March 29
Good Friday Hunger Walk at 9am (registration at 8:30am)
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March 30
Launch of Episcopal Charities (Guest speaker from PICA)
Our St. Cecilia Choir will sing at Evensong service with other area youth choirs at Church of the Redeemer on Hope Street
in Providence
**Please click here for more detailed information.
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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 (PICA)
**March collection goes to PICA
Bin of the Month
(March)
Harrington Hall Men's Shelter
Tees and/or underwear, especially larger sizes (XXL+)
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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