St. Martin's 
Episcopal 
Church

Weekly E-News
September 5, 2014

Worship Schedule

Sunday        
8am and 10am
Holy Eucharist 
 
9:45am  Nursery 
 
Tuesday-Friday
9am
Morning Prayer in the Chapel

Wednesday 
7am service with Holy Eucharist        
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The Reverend Mark R. Sutherland
Rector

Parish Staff

               Deborah Bshara
Parish Administrator
                Missy Bennett
Financial Administrator
                  Linda Griggs
Director of Christian Formation
               Susan Esposito
Director of Volunteers
                 Jay MacCubbin
Organist and Choir Director
Gordon Partington
Property Manager
Lloyd Price
Parish Sexton
                     David Ely
Parish Sexton
Anny Fragoso
Nursery
Gaby Acosta
Nursery

Vestry

Elizabeth Welshman
Senior Warden
Sean Mulholland
Junior Warden
Albert Anderson
Clerk
Dennis Stark
Treasurer
News from the CLOAK
hangers

We have started a new relationship with Harrington Hall and PICA to provide a monthly donation for both women and men.   

 

Delivery dates for the rest of the year:
10/17, 11/14, 12/19

 

Mary

 

**If you would like to volunteer with the Cloak please contact Mary Gray here.

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'Participants in Worship'
Click here for list of 'Participants in Worship' for this week and next.
  Thank You
To our September volunteers
Diana and Rosie Hassel

for helping to maintain

St. Martin's Memorial Garden.

You Are Invited!

  

 

To a 'get to know you' gathering with  
Father Mark Sutherland
and Al Marcetti

 

The New Rector Welcome Committee is pleased to announce a series of small gatherings where parishioners can get to know Mark and Al. A variety of dates are available this summer and fall. We will gather at parishioner's homes and at church for summer barbeques. Please call or email the church to reserve a date and location that suits you. 

 

The Welcome Committee and Vestry extend a 'hearty thanks' to all who have offered their homes for these gatherings.

 

RSVP sesposito@stmartinsprov.org or (401) 751-2141


   Volunteer!
VolunteerHands 

To volunteer for these ministries please contact:

CLOAK 
(Mary Gray)
 
       THRIFT SHOP           
(Karen Bracken) 
 
(John Lawlor)
LINKS
All the latest news and information on the:

'Thrifty Goose' 
 
Epiphany Soup Kitchen
  
                     and CLOAK 
 
can be found here. 
 
Collection Baskets


We have four (4) collection baskets at  
the back of the church designated for:   

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      Epiphany Soup Kitchen at
S. Stephen's.  Small or travel-sized toiletries including chap stick, razors, shaving cream, toothbrushes, toothpaste, new socks and underwear.  
 
** We are looking for three volunteers for the next date which is September 27th from 3-5 pm.
Please contact John Lawlor at 434-9769 or johnlawlor405@gmail.com if you can help.


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Food Pantries

Non-perishable food for Camp street Ministries and
Providence In-Town (PICA)

**September collection goes to PICA (Providence In-Town Churches Association)

 

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Bin of the Month

(August/September)

New underwear for men/women/children
 **Collection for Harrington Hall and PICA

 

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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.

 
Rector Recap

 

 

    The Rector's welcome to Homecoming Sunday

 

In my sermon last Sunday entitled: Jesus, take the wheel, I quoted from Matthew Skinner who comments:

 

            As we journey soon into the new beginnings of post-Labor Day autumn, what will it mean to deny ourselves, take up our crosses, and follow Jesus? More, certainly, than giving up a few things; more than suffering as part of the human condition; more than moving forward on new paths-

 

Although we hope to be able to add a weekly sermon pod cast to our website soon at the moment you can read my exploration at: relationalrealities.com and at: https://www.facebook.com/stmartinsprovidence?ref=hl

 

As we approach autumn's transitions finding that we belong to one another is a very appropriate way to welcome you all back for Homecoming Sunday. Have you noticed that while the calendar year runs from January to December, the significant rhythm to our lives actually runs from September to June?

 

I have been so looking forward to the beginning of September, and while I am experiencing a little anxiety in anticipating a sharp step-up in the pace of parish life, I am very excited about meeting so many more of you.
 

This Fall marks not only the start of the rhythm of a new annual Parish Program, it also marks the commencement of a new period of expectation, which inevitably accompanies the arrival of a new Rector in the life of the parish. I liken my arrival to the dropping into place of a needed piece of a larger picture puzzle. Sometimes it only needs one piece, on its own insignificant, around which a renewed picture begins to coalesce.
 

I invite us to consider ourselves as a community on a journey towards a deeper engagement with our individual interests and passions. Discipleship is never about duty or obligation. Discipleship is passionate engagement. In today's society, many of us feel powerless to make any real difference. Through our discipleship as members of St Martin's Community we have an opportunity to bring about change in the world around us. Stimulated by the energy of our passions and interests, through we celebrate our becoming agents in the building-up of the Kingdom of God in this world.
 

Shaping the direction of the journey requires the energy and imagination of everyone in our community. Together, we bring to life our Parish motto:
 

Come as you are, Grow with us in faith, Go forth in peace.
 

Together we seek the wisdom of the Christian Tradition in facing-up to the challenges that confront Christian living in the 21st century. Our particular characteristic as Episcopalians is our willingness to tolerate living in the tension of the yet-to-become-known. It's in the heart of this tension that we realize the fullness of God's dream for us.

 

Looking ahead to the rest of September in particular I want to draw your attention to an event we are co-sponsoring along with Fr. David Aims of All Saint's Memorial Church in central Providence, and the Diocese of Rhode Island on an effective response to the Ebola epidemic in West and Central Africa. Chaired by Donald Cunnigen, a member of our 8 am congregation the seminar and discussion will start at 7pm and refreshments will be provided. Please look for the announcement about this event in this e-news.

 

It seems that all that is left for me to say at present is all aboard, let's get going! See you on September 7th for Homecoming Sunday 2014.        
 

Yours in Christ, 

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If you are interested in reading past or present sermons please check out relationalrealities.com
 
Also please visit our St. Martin's Facebook page where the extended reflection on last Sunday's gospel is also
posted.

 

TONIGHT!!

Church School Families!!

Ice Cream Social in the KidsZone at 5:30pm.
Come enjoy some fun and fellowship.

Homecoming Sunday!

 

Ezekiel 33: 7-11
Romans 13: 8-14
Matthew 18: 15-20
Click here for this Sunday's readings

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 Healing Prayers in the Chapel after the 10am service

The Thrifty Goose will be open this Sunday from 9am to 12noon
 
Ebola Forum - This Week

 

Thursday, September 11th at 7pm, All Saints' Church in Providence, RI will host a forum about the Ebola crisis that has been spreading throughout West Africa.
  

Dr. Maria Melino, an infectious disease physician, will be the lead-off speaker on a panel.  Others will include Elaine Williams, a local nurse who has been working with our Liberian community, and Bill McBorrough, a member of  All Saints' Memorial Church.  The panel will be moderated by St. Martin's own
Donald Cunnigen, professor of sociology at the
 University of Rhode Island.
 

Ebola is an often fatal virus has been around since the mid 1970's but this is the first time it has infected thousands of people. Citizens of Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra-Leone, Ghana, and other countries have been affected. 

 

Please plan to attend this informative and important forum. St. Martin's, along with St. Luke's/Pawtucket will be providing refreshments following the presentation.
** If you can contribute cookies please call the office at
751-2141 or email sesposito@stmartinsprov.org.

There will be time for questions and responses from the panelists, and donations will be accepted for Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD) in the affected countries.
Calendar Events

Thursday, September 11th
Ebola Conference
All Saints' Church
7pm
refreshments will follow

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Sunday, September 14th
Hot Dog Picnic Lunch
following the 10am service
Parish Life

 

Welcome to Parish Life! 

Please send any items that you would like to share with the parish to dbshara@stmartinsprov.org. 

 

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Shake It Up! A Cocktail Celebration Toasting Those Who Make a Difference in Rhode Island

 

Amos House with host the event on Wednesday,
September 24th from 6-9pm. 

 

One of their honorees is our very own Fla Lewis!

 

Please click here for more event and ticket information. 

 

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On Saturday, August 2, 2014,  Amanda Harter Fogle-Donmoyer was wed to Samuel David Grafton in Warwick, Rhode Island.

The bride (daughter of parishioner Faith Fogle) will spend this coming year doing doctoral dissertation research through a Fulbright grant in Durban, South Africa . 
 

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Arline Walker will be fulfilling the term of Vestry member
Fred Mason, who has moved with his wife Sharlene to
North Carolina.


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The Rev. Daniel Burke, former rector of St. Martin's, is currently residing at the Veteran's Home in Bristol, RI. His wife Jo says that he would love to have visitors, and are welcomed at any time. A card would also be a lovely gesture. The Veterans Home is at 480 Metacom Avenue, Bristol, RI 02809 (401) 253-8000.

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Morning Prayer

It is my practice to endeavor to say Morning Prayer in the Chapel of the Church on Tuesday -Friday each week at 9am.
I would be interested in knowing of anyone who would like to join me. Morning Prayer takes about 25 minutes. 

 

I would also like to hear from those of you working downtown, which I believe is referred to as downcity here, who might be interested in saying Evening Prayer and or celebrating Eucharist at least one evening a week at around 5.30PM.

 

       Please email me with your thoughts. 

 

Best wishes.

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The Rev. Mark R. Sutherland

Rector

St Martin of Tours

Providence, RI