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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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Click here for 'Participants in Worship' names on our website.
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Holy Week Schedule
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Sunday, April 13
Palm Sunday services
8am & 10am
Wednesday, April 16
Tenebrae
7:30pm service
Thursday, April 17
Maundy Thursday
7:30pm service
Friday, April 18
Good Friday Services:
12 noon Service
7:30pm Choral Service
Saturday, April 19
Easter Vigil Service with Baptism
7:30pm service
Sunday, April 20
Easter Services 8am & 10am
with music
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Lenten Reflections
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Watch for your daily electronic delivery of the Lenten reflections.
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Volunteer!
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Saturday, April 12th
at 9am
Help us get St. Martin's altar ready for Easter.
Join Father Bill for a silver-polishing 'party'. Many hands make light work.
Coffee and doughnuts provided!
Let Father Bill or the office know if you can help.
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To volunteer for our other ministries please contact:
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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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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
April 4-6
Spring Conference
April 18
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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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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Almost every Lent (every very few years Easter arrives before March 25) the Feast of the Annunciation comes as a moment of celebration in the midst of a solemn season. The Annunciation brings us the story of the Archangel Gabriel coming to Mary (nine months before December 25) to reveal God's invitation to become a key participant in God's plan. While our focus of course goes to Mary and her courage and openness to God, the day is actually classified as a feast of our Lord - specifically, his Incarnation.
There really is more to this than a random coincidence of dates and seasons. The Magi's gift of myrrh, a spice used to prepare bodies for burial, reminded us in the midst of Jesus's birth that there was more to come in the story. Celebrating the beginning of Jesus coming in the flesh at the same time that we are preparing for his death and resurrection weaves those events together. This baby who has taken on our flesh, all of our humanity, will also take on our brokenness, our sin - even our death. Only by the One who is the eternal Word also being fully human can his death and resurrection bring us redemption and salvation.
Join us on Tuesday, March 25 at 7:00 pm as we keep this feast day with a celebration of the Holy Eucharist in the chapel.
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Tomorrow
'Quiet Day'
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Saturday, March 22nd from 9am to 3pm Sr. Sarah from the Society of St. Margaret will discuss
The Secret Garden: Cultivating the Seed
We welcome you to come spend the day with Sister Sarah Randall, one of the sisters (who is also a priest), for a day of prayer and reflection focused on the season of Lent.
Please bring your lunch. Tea and coffee will be provided.
Please RSVP to the church office at 751-2141 or click here. To find out more about the Sisters of St. Margaret's please visit their website. |
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SUNDAY
Diocesan Evensong
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Sunday, March 23rd
5PM
St. Cecilia Youth Choir
will join other area youth choirs for a Diocesan Evensong Service at Church of the Redeemer on Hope Street in Providence.
The St. Cecilia Choir of St. Martins invites everyone to come and join uthem. A reception will follow.
Thank you!
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Discernment Team News
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The Discernment Team searching for a settled-Rector for our church is ready to interview two candidates here in Providence, one March 21-23, one Mar 28-30. We have already had extensive conversations, heard from references, held our own discussions. Now we are ready to meet face-to-face, interview, show off our church and Providence, respond to their questions, hear them preach and conduct liturgy at a somewhat distant location. Both candidates are male, have considerable church and life experience, exhibit fine gifts and skills for priesthood and church ministry. The Discernment Team appreciates your thoughts, support and prayers. We are honored to be trusted for this important move forward. You are a great church family to be partnered with. Team members are: Mary Curtis Gray mcurtis@whydata.com Mary DiSandro mdisandro@cox.net William Hollinshead wm.hollinshead@gmail.com Kate Chute mcchute@verizon.net Jane Langmuir JKLangmuir@cox.net Fla Lewis FLewis@weybosset.com David Whitman dpw@hansoncurran.com John Condon pastorjncondon@gmail.com |
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Sunday
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Exodus 17:1-7
Romans 5:1-11
John 4:5-42
Click here for this Sunday's readings:
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This Sunday we welcome Sr. Sarah Randall from the Society of St. Margaret who will preach at both services.
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Easter flower forms are available at the back of the church. Please help us enrich our Easter service with beautiful flowers in honor or memory of loved ones!
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Mural Project
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The Youth Group is 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.
Work on the murals will continue on April 6th and May 25th. Sessions will be from 12:30 - 2:00pm and will follow our normal Youth Group time.
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Mark Your Calendars!
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March 22
'Quiet Day' with Sr. Sarah from the Society of St. Margaret The Secret Garden: Cultivating the Seed
(see block above)
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March 23
Sr. Sarah preaching at both services
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St. Cecilia's Choir will sing at a Diocesan Evensong at 5pm at Church of the Redeemer on 355 Hope Street.
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March 26 and April 2 and 9
Lenten 'Soup and Study' at 6pm
We will continue to meet for four more Wednesdays in Lent from 6:00pm - 8:00pm on March 26 and April 2, 9.
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March 30
Episcopal Charities Launch: Our guest speaker at both services will be Executive Director Diana Burdett from PICA (Providence In-Town Churches Association).
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April 18
Good Friday Hunger Walk at 9am (registration at 8:30am)
**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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