WEEK OF FEBRUARY 18, 2019
St. Martin's Welcomes Max Lucado
 
Sunday, March 3

Max is America's bestselling inspirational author with more than 130 million books in print. His writing has been translated into more than 54 languages and featured in countless national media outlets. Max currently serves as Teaching Minister of Oak Hills Church in San Antonio.

9 a.m., 11:15 a.m. and 6 p.m., Guest preacher
The Church

10:15 a.m., Basic Bible Study guest speaker
Bagby Parish Hall

4:30 p.m., Book signing
Welcome Center and Library
Building for the Ages
Ground Breaking Celebration
Featuring Shrove Tuesday Family Dinner and Fireworks  

Tuesday, March 5
5 -- 6:15 p.m., Shrove Tuesday Family Dinner
Bagby Parish Hall 
Tickets sold at the door: $8 adults; $5 children; $25 families of four or more (immediate family members)
6:30 p.m., Ceremonial ground breaking and fireworks on the Plaza
A commemorative gift will be given at the event.
 
Everyone is invited to attend the ground breaking celebration that will be held following the Shrove Tuesday family dinner. This event kicks off a much-anticipated expansion and renovation that will change the campus of St. Martin's for years to come. See you there!

Ash Wednesday Services

Wednesday, March 6
7 a.m., noon and 6 p.m.
The Church

"Remember that thou art dust, and unto dust thou shalt return." Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent and a special day of Holy Obligation. The ashes are prepared by burning palm leaves from the previous year's Palm Sunday celebrations.

Thursday Afternoon Adult Lenten Series
  
Thursdays, March 7 --
April 11
 4 -- 5 p.m.
Hope and Healing
Center Auditorium

Stop the world -- at least for an hour each week -- and join us for Thursday afternoons as our gifted speakers share how they personally grow in their faith through the practice of various spiritual disciplines.

Crucifixion Nail
 
In observance of the crucifixion of Christ, nails with a prayer card can be picked up in the Narthex of The Church and Old Church beginning on Ash Wednesday, March 6. The nail can serve as a prayer reminder during Lent for Jesus' sacrifice for our sins