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Saturday, Feb. 11, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Cost: $15;
please bring a beverage or dessert to share
The holiday season is over, is it finally time to relax? How about a fireside dinner and conversation with other parents while your children enjoy supervised play? Sounds like a date!
We'll organize food and care for your children in one room, while you enjoy a meal and fellowship in another room. We'll make sure everyone is home for bedtime!
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Parish Forum Feb. 12
Old Testament Bible Romp
Biblical Studies leader Helen White engages us in a tour of the Hebrew Scriptures in this energetic introduction to the Old Testament.
Parish Forum Feb. 19
New Testament Bible Romp
The Scripture tour with Helen White continues as we engage in the New Testament.
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Listening Lessons: Praying from the Silent Center
Wednesday, Feb. 15,
7:00 to 8:30 p.m. in Hilary House
Presenter: The Rev. Sharline Fulton
Suggested donation: $15
According to Basil Pennington, Centering Prayer is "but a simple way to open the door wide all the way to let God in Christ come in." The Rev. Sharline Fulton will lead an introduction to this prayer form that allows one to discover God in contemplative silence. Part of Wellspring at St. Martin's "Listening Lessons" ongoing series on ways to open ourselves ever deeper to the voice and presence of God in our lives.
Registration Required.
Mapping Your Lenten Journey: Practices for the Road to Easter
Saturday, Feb. 25, Noon to 2:00 p.m.
Presenters: Susan Cole and Lorraine Webb
Lent, like New Year's, is filled with hope and possibilities. But, like many New Year's resolutions, we often lose our resolve. In this afternoon program, explore and reflect upon various practices, such as prayer, fasting, and unplugging, which would help prepare you to be made new for Easter, as well as find a companion for your Lenten journey.
Registration required due to space constraints.
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Seeking Eucharistic Ministers!
Saturday, Feb. 18th 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Is being a chalice bearer or home visitor with Eucharist calling to you? Come to our training! Please contact Rev. Anne to RSVP: [email protected] or 215-247-7466
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by Moises Kaufman:
A Staged Reading
Sunday, Feb. 19th at 2 p.m. in the Parish Hall
In October 1998 in the middle of the prairie outside Laramie, Wyoming, Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old student at the University of Wyoming, was tied to a fence post, severely beaten, robbed, tortured and left alone to die. His body - battered, bloody, barely clinging to life - was discovered eighteen hours later. He was rushed to the hospital and put on life support. He died five days later. The reason for this brutal crime? Matthew Shepard was gay.
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Connect 8's
Introducing CONNECT 8's - regularly scheduled dinner groups of 8 people that rotate each time so you meet more and more members of St. Martin's. Dinner groups will be hosted in the homes of participants and will be easy to organize. Dinners will be scheduled the first Sunday of the month from March through May.
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Candles on the High Altar: Remembering Philly's Victims of Gun Violence
Why do we have votive candles lighted on the high altar every Sunday? Why a different number of candles every week? Some weeks there are 8 candles and other weeks 4 candles. These candles are lit in memory of the people in Philadelphia who were killed by gun violence that week. During January 2017, 28 people died in our city from gun violence. Multiply that sad and tragic number by grieving family members, traumatized neighbors and bystanders, hardworking first responders, ER doctors and nurses, etc., and we see the trauma inflicted on our city by preventable gun violence. When we light these candles, we pray for all the victims and we pray for the communal will to resolve the carnage.
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SUPPER at St. Martin's, followed by Compline
Wednesday, Feb. 22 at
6:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall
Join us for delicious food and fellowship, then stay for our beautiful sung Compline service in the church at 7:00 p.m.
And join us after Compline at 7:30 p.m. in the Library for conversation around the Bishop's Bible Challenge!
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Four easy ways you can help the Dahans find a new home!
Sameer, Majidah, Ayman and Iman are eager to move to an apartment in Northeast Philadelphia, closer to the heart of Philadelphia's Syrian community. There are several ways you can help:
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Follow up by phone with realtors on our short list, 2-3 times a week. Apartments turn over fast!
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Check Trulia and Zillow websites for apartments that meet our criteria.
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Drive 20 minutes to the Northeast to check out available apartments.
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Take the Dahans on a 20 minute-drive to to check out an available apartment. They are a lovely couple with two adorable children. You'll enjoy your time with them and they will be immensely grateful!
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SAVE THE DATE: Summer Camp Dates
Choir Camp: July 31st - August 4th
VBS: August 7th - 11th
Put these on your calendar! More information and registration coming soon!
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Help us meet our participation goal and make your 2017 pledge!
We consider our
participation goal
as equal in importance to our
financial goal
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We clearly asked every person who considers St. Martin's to be their church to make a pledge as an expectation of membership. 280 member households responded affirmatively.
We need 20 more households to meet our participation goal of 300 pledging units.
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Members in the News
If you catch another member in the news, pass along word so we can share!
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Monday, February 13th
7:30 p.m. in the Houston Room
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
"Christopher Boone is 15. He knows 'all the countries of the world and their capital cities and every prime number up to 7,507.' He lives in Swindon with his father and Toby, his pet rat. He abhors all yellow and brown things, thinks he would make a good astronaut, and has never been further than the end of the road on his own until his discovery of the 'murder' of his neighbor's dog turns him into an amateur detective."
- Charlotte Moore,
The Guardian
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Weekday Worship:
Morning Prayer:
Weekdays at 7:30 a.m.
Morning Meditation:
Weekdays at 8:15 a.m.
Mid-Week Eucharist:
Wednesdays at 12:15 p.m.
Compline:
2nd and 4th Wednesdays at 7 p.m. after SUPPER at St. Martin's
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Quick Info & Links
Our Mission
Welcome all seekers;
Worship God in liturgy, music, and prayer;
Equip all baptized persons for ministry;
Engage as agents of Christ's love in the world.
Our Core Values
Learning leads to God;
In giving and receiving care we encounter Christ;
Life in the Holy Spirit is beautiful.
Our Aspirational Values
Community engagement and social justice;
Unconditional welcome and inclusion;
A community that calls forth the gifts of its entire people;
Becoming a racism-free and diverse community that reflects the city where we worship.
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Field Notes is the weekly parish e-newsletter for the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia. Read about our events, programs, and other opportunities.
To submit news or articles, please send typed blurbs (75 words or less!) to Natalee Hill, Associate for Communications & Administration at
[email protected]
by Tuesday. Feedback is always welcome!
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Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields |
StMartinEC.org
| 215.247.7466
8000 St. Martin's Lane | Philadelphia | PA | 19118
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