St. Martin's Newsletter
   Weekly E-News June 3, 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



Trinity Sunday was my second anniversary as Rector of St Martin's. Like all rectors, I arrived with my own baggage. Through a process of trial and error, the last two years have felt to me like a process of being folded into the ethos and culture of St Martin's. One key emphasis in my worldview is spiritual practice. Spiritual practice is the living out on a daily basis of our calling as Christians. Spiritual practice can be very solitary and intimate at one end of a continuum, and very public and active at the other end. The question is:
This Sunday...
Healing Prayers will be offered in the Chapel during communion
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Join us Sunday after the 9:30am service as we celebrate our choirmaster
Jay MacCubbin's 30 years at St. Martin's!! His last official day is July 31st.
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The Thrifty Goose is open Sunday from 9am to 12noon
*Everything is half-price!!
 

Please click here for Participants list for Sunday, June 5th.  
READINGS THIS WEEK

 
1 Kings 17:8-16, (17-24) (OT)
Galatians 1:11-24 (NT)
Luke 7:11-17 (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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Gluten Free Hosts available at the altar rail. 
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) 
Luke 7:11-17
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.
 
To the following graduates:

Spencer Izzo from Cranston West, will be attending Wentworth Institute of Technology majoring in Mechanical Engineering.

Gavin P. Fuller from the United States Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in Quantitative Economics. He has chosen to serve in the Navy's Submarine Fleet and attend the Nuclear Power School (Masters in Nuclear Engineering).
 
Katie Hegarty from Wheaton College. She will be a Fulbright Scholar doing research on turtles in Malaysia beginning in January 2017.

Matthew Kleyla from Elon University with a double major in Strategic Communications and Political Science.
 
David Medeiros from LaSalle Academy who will be attending Cornell University in the fall, majoring in Biology.
 
Catherine Piper from Boston College with a major in Nursing and a minor in Psychology.   
We are so very proud of you all!
 
Saturday, June 11 at 10am 
The ordination of Jim Kelliher
to the Sacred Order of Deacons
St. Paul's Church, 50 Park Place, Pawtucket, RI
Please come and share this event with Jim!
Coming Up...   
Now through June 30th
Photographic exhibition by Brooke Hammerle titled Heavenly Hosts at the Cranston YMCA
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Wednesday, June 8th  9am-12noon
Kitchen Clean-up
We need a few more hands to help out. Please contact Susan Esposito at 751-2141 or at sesposito@stmartinsprov.org if you can assist.
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Saturday, June 11th
Prayer Shawl Ministry  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, June 19th
Discussion of 'The Story' Chapters 7-9 during the formation hour.
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Sunday, June 26th
Join us for our special "End of Year Story" during the Formation hour following the 9:30am service
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The Women's Spirituality Group will meet for a potluck party at 6pm.  
Contact Susan Allen for more info at susan_heuck_allen@brown.edu
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  ♫ "Take me out to the ballgame "♫
  PAWSOX Day is July 25th!
Tickets going fast!!
We only have 20 FREE tickets left for a 7:05 pm night game. The ticket includes a $2 food voucher. First come, first served. Call the office to request tickets.
[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!!)