St. Martin's Newsletter
   Weekly E-News May 20, 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



Our Senior Warden, Sean Mulholland, his wife Angela Dills and their children, Julian, Porter, and Ryn will be leaving St Martin's and moving to Western North Carolina in July. Angela has been appointed to a named chair and Sean appointed as full professor in the economics faculty at Western Carolina University. This is a wonderful professional opportunity for them both, and the added bonus is to be within half an hour of family. We will miss this wonderfully committed church family. Speaking personally, I will miss Sean and our close working relationship of Rector and Senior Warden. For me, Sean has been a source of wise counsel, enthusiastic support, and warm friendship. We will say a formal goodbye to them on June 26th and wish the Mulhollands God's speed, an expression that derives from the Anglo-Saxon phrase God's speden, meaning God's prosperity.
 
June will see three significant events...

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This Trinity Sunday...
Healing Prayers will be offered in the Chapel during communion 
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Adult Christian Formation in the Great Hall following the 9:30am service
Children's Formation in the KidZone following the 9:30am service 
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The Women's Spirituality Group will meet sUNday from 6pm to 8:30pm at Susan Allen's home. The Theme will be Lectio Divina, reading and meditating on scripture in small groups. There is no advance rea0ding. Please contact Susan at 274-2397 or email her at susan_heuch_allen@brown.edu to let her know that you can come and what you are bringing. A-E salads, F-K desserts, L-R drinks, S-Z entrees.

Please click here for Participants list for Sunday, May 22nd.  
READINGS THIS WEEK

 
Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 (OT)
Romans 5:1-5 (NT)
John 16:12-15 (Gospel)
 Click here for this Sunday's readings.
     THIS SUNDAY
8am  Holy Eucharist
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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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Adult Christian Formation in the Great Hall and Children's Formation in the KidZone both following the 9:30am service
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Gluten Free Hosts available at the altar rail
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Sunday Coffee Hour is hosted by the Chutes. 
MORNING PRAYER
    
Morning Prayer is said in the Chapel of the Church at 9am on Tuesday through Friday each week. All are welcome!
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Biblebox
(Weekly Bible Study) 
John 16:12-15
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.

June 5th, 2016 
After the 9:30am service we will celebrate our choirmaster Jay MacCubbin's  
30 years at St. Martin's!! His last official day is July 31st. Please join us for the festivities.
Coming Up...   
Saturday, June 11th 11am-3pm
Prayer Shawl Ministry 
Last Prayer Shawl Ministry session until the Fall 
Great Hall  - Pot Luck 
For more information contact Natasha Lofgren  
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Sunday, June 26 
Join us for our special "End of Year Story" during the Formation hour
following the 9:30am service. 
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  ♫ "Take me out to the ballgame "♫
  PAWSOX Day is July 25th!!
St. Martin's has 40 FREE tickets for a 7:05 pm night game. The ticket includes a $2 food voucher. First come, first served. Call the office for more information.
Calling all graduating seniors!
We'd love to hear from you! Let us know what you will be doing next year, so we can brag about you.  We are proud of you! Please contact the office at 751-2141 with your graduation news or email Susan Esposito at


The Book of Comic Prayer: Using Art & Humor to Transform Youth Ministry
by our own Heather J. Annis is available for pre-order on Amazon.com
for August 24th delivery.
The Thrifty Goose
 
Time for your Annual Spring closet cleanout!
The Thrifty is in need of spring and summer items: clothes for men, women and children, swimwear, umbrellas, sun hats, sneakers and beach toys for the kids. Make your spring closet cleanout a win-win situation!
 
Drop-offs can be M-F 9am to 3pm, as well as Thrifty hours of Wed. and Sat. from 10am to 2pm. Please call ahead if you would like assistance from the sexton.
[Correction to step #4 below...please take note]

St. Martin's joins the Amazon Smile Program!
St. Martin's has registered with Amazon's charitable giving program which is called Amazon Smile. Under Amazon Smile, ½ of 1% of all your purchases go a to a charity of your choice. Parishioners can now designate St. Martin's to receive ½ of 1% of their Amazon purchases.  
Here is how to participate:
  1. Go to smile.amazon.com
  2. Enroll in program by giving your email address and your regular Amazon password
  3. The next page will welcome you to the program and show a default charity such as the Audubon Society. Next to the default charity name will be a small arrow asking if you want to change the charity. Click on the arrow.
  4. Type in St. Martins Parish (exactly) in the box and our name will come up. Click select.
  5. After this, when purchasing from Amazon you must go through smile.amazon.com for you purchases to qualify.
  6. Price, service and selection is exactly the same as on the 'normal' Amazon web site. Subscribers to Amazon Prime can use the Smile program.
If you have any questions please contact the office. (And thank you!!)