St. Martin's Newsletter
   Weekly E-News April 1, 2016
Worship Schedule

Sunday  
   8:00am  Holy Eucharist
   8:45am  Bible Study 
   9:15am  Nursery
   9:30am  Holy Eucharist with choir
and sermon 
     10:45am   Christian Formation 
Tuesday-Friday
9am Morning Prayer in the Chapel
Wednesday
7am service with Holy Eucharist

Please click here for Participants list for Sunday, April 3rd.
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For photo gallery of 2016 Easter at St. Martin's please click here.
(Photos courtesy of David Brookhart)


We are trying to make the reader format to E-news more user-friendly. We want to try to reduce the amount of scrolling-down. After Easter we will experiment again with two column format. A change to the format of my weekly recap, sometime referred to as an epistle, will give you an short introduction and then refer you via a link to the full text on our website. This way we hope to condense the appearance of the E-news page.

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The Weekly Epistle   
The Sunday after Easter is traditionally known as Low Sunday. It's not clear why it's so called. Maybe it is in contrast to the high festival of Easter, or it could be a corruption of the Latin Laudes, the first word of the Gospel hymn in the old English (Sarum) Rite. I associate it to the low attendance in church on this Sunday. In any case, Low Sunday is when we are going to start our community reading of The Story - the Bible edited in the form of a novel. 
Continue reading here 
 
A message from the Director of Christian Formation
 
On Sunday, to help kick off this program, we are going have an inter-generational class in the Great Hall. Using Legos to respond to a Bible story is an excellent way to build on (pardon the pun) our reading and experience of Scripture, and it is what the kids have been doing regularly in KidZone this year. But why should they have all the fun?

Please join us for a time of story, pondering and play with fellow parishioners and theologians of all ages. I look forward to seeing and creating with you!

Linda 

This Sunday...
Healing Prayers will be offered in the Chapel during communion
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The Thrifty Goose will be open 9am to 12noon
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Christian Formation for all ages in the Great Hall following the service
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Also, please pick up your copy of The Story in the Great Hall
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Episcopal Charities will once again be manning a table in the Great Hall 
 


The St. Martin's Stepping-Out Site for The Good Friday Walk for Hunger contributed $1320.00 to this very important cause! 
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"A heartfelt thank you to all who so generously gave of their time and donations of goodies for our Easter celebration. It takes the community for these events to happen."
Jane Taylor
READINGS THIS WEEK

 
Acts 5:27-32 (OT)
Revelation 1:4-8  (NT)
John 20:19-31 (Gospel)
 Click here for this Sunday's readings.
     THIS SUNDAY
8am 
Holy Eucharist in the Church
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8:45am 
Bible Study
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9:15am  Nursery 
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9:30am Holy Eucharist with choir and sermon 
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10:45am
Christian Formation 
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Gluten Free Hosts available at the altar rail +
Coffee Hour this Sunday is hosted by Bob Amarantes.
MORNING PRAYER
    
Morning Prayer is said in the Chapel of the Church at 9am on Tuesday through Friday each week. All are welcome!
               Mark+
Biblebox
(Weekly Bible Study) 
John 20:19-31
To dig a little behind the Gospel text for this Sunday, take a look at this week's  Working Preacher in preparation for discussion at our weekly Sunday Bible study at 8:30am in the Church Office this week.
Happy Easter from Episcopal Charities
Progress Report 
Due to the generosity of those who have pledged so far, we are well over halfway to our monetary goal of $18,000.  However, we need more people pledging.  Please consider making a charitable donation to Episcopal Charities this year.  Any gift, regardless of amount, helps to positively  change a life. 

We will be manning a table in the Great Hall this week and next.  Please stop by. 

Thanks! Kurt Loell, Episcopal Charities 2016 chair
 

Coming Up...

Prayer Shawl Ministry
Saturday, April 9th 12:30-3:30 in the Stearns Room
Saturday, June 11th 11am-3pm
Last Prayer Shawl Ministry session until the Fall
Great Hall  Pot Luck
For more information contact Natasha Lofgren
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Sunday, April 10th
The Providence Village Social Events Committee presents "Let's Talk Opera" from 2-5pm here at St. Martin's $12 charge payable at the door. 
 
Learn how opera began, who the great composers are, why it is so popular and how to understand and appreciate it. Lecture time by Dr. Alice Grellner, RIC, will be followed by wine and excerpts from several well-known operas.
Please RSVP by April 6th to Ada Winsten at awinsten@aol.com 
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Sunday, April 24th at 4pm: Evensong at All Saints' Memorial Church 
Sung by the Combined Choirs of All Saints' and St. Martin's
Jay MacCubbin and Barry Turley conducting.
 
Special One-Night Appearance!
Singer-Songwriter Caroline Cotter Performs
to Benefit The Peace Flag Project
SATURDAY, APRIL 30th
   
    WHERE
Lincoln School Music Center 
    301 Butler Avenue, Providence
    WHEN
April 30, 7:30 pm
    (Doors open 6:30 pm)     TICKETS: $25 per person
    CONTACT: Ginny Fox  401-862-9348
 
Caroline (Walter Cotter's daughter) grew up on the East Side, attended Lincoln School and graduated from Classical High School, before heading off to college and becoming a lover of travel and world music.  You may want to check out her web-site: http://www.carolinecotter.com/
The Episcopal Church Women
Diocese of Rhode Island
Cordially invites you to

The Annual Spring Ingathering
of the
United Thank Offering and Mother's Day Tea
Saturday, May 7th, 20176
Cost: $10 per person   Deadline is May 1st, 2016
Gathering begins at 11:30am

St. David's on the Hill Episcopal Church
200 Meshanticut Valley Parkway
Cranston, RI

Contact Mrs. Carol Blackinton at 401-996-3456 for more information and to mail payment.
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