Week of September 25, 2022, With St. Martin's
Facebook Live Link: http://www.facebook.com/SaintMartinsEpiscopalChurchBridgewaterNJ

The Leaflet for this week's service can be found by going to
Canticles For Life
AIDS Benefit Concert
October 2, 4 - 6
St. Martin’s is once again hosting Canticles for Life – a concert whose proceeds benefit three NJ charities helping those impacted by HIV/AIDS. Admission is free, and there will be a free-will offering.  St. Martin’s will also host a reception in the undercroft following the concert.   If you can provide a baked good or a finger food appetizer for the reception, let Alison know – or just drop it off at church anytime on Sunday. We hope to see you there!
WORSHIP SCHEDULE
Saturdays: 5:30 pm
Sundays: 8:15 am and 10:30 am
Wednesdays: 6 pm

Calendar
Place these dates on your calendar
September 28: - Spirit Lab*
October 2 - Canticles for Life*
October 5 - Rosary Group
October 9 - Blessing of the Animals
October 30 - Consecration Sunday
November 13th - Confirmation
*more information below
Trunk or Treat
with Movie
October 22nd at 4:30 p.m.
We realize this is short notice, but we want to bring back our Trunk or Treat for the community. We will need about 10 cars to decorate your trunks. At around 5:30 p.m. we will show the Disney movie Coco either outside or in the undercroft according to the weather. The local community will be invited. Please email Alison ASAP if you will be able to decorate your trunk and provide treats for the children. We will need to know within the next week so we can start advertising.
Stewardship Campaign
Sunday, October 9 is the kick-off for the 2023 Stewardship Campaign. Next week you should receive a letter and a pledge card in the mail. You can bring your pledge card or mail it in, or there is an online pledge card on the website.   Our stewardship pledge goal this year is $200,000. Consecration Sunday is October 30 and we hope to have in all pledge cards by this date.
Prayer Requests
  • Cindy Myers asks for prayers for her new granddaughter, Reece, and her father, Ed, who just had a stroke.
  • Prayers for Joy Dybas who is having surgery this week.
  • Anne Marie Verdaramo severely injured her right thumb, and her father, Vincent.
  • From Maureen Prendergast: For strength and peace of heart for her daughter Katelyn who is grieving the loss of her father.
  • Marilyn's grandson, Ian, and a dear friend, Mary.
  • Yvonne Comeau's aunt, Pat Sailer, has many health issues.
  • Healing prayers for Karen Bockus.
  • Raymond Okonsky, Denise's father.
  • Olivia, prayer request from Fr. Rob
  • Dwight, a childhood friend of Fr. Rob's
  • Audrey, Bill Valiant's wife
  • Bill Valiant
  • Fr. Rob's mother, Evelyn.
  • Kathy Picazio asks for prayers for Doug Newton, his wife, Zhenya, and her adult daughter.
  • Bonnie Whalen requested prayers for her 28 yr old grandson.
  • Linda Virtue
  • Chris Semanchik
  • Mary Irwin
Please send your prayer intentions to Philip at philip.muniz@gmail.com. Also, if you want a name removed, you can email Philip.
Volunteer Opportunities
Interested in serving at Mass as a Lay Reader, Lay Eucharistic Minister, or a Thurifer? Please email Father Rob for more information at 
Spirit Lab
Prayer in a labyrinth. We will gather in the Conference room for a short period of instruction before moving to the labyrinth for prayer.
St. Martin's/St. John's Youth Group
The next meeting, on October 9, will be at St. Martin's. Be looking for more information about this new venture.

There will be one joint youth Sunday School program for middle school and high school students. Genevieve Williams and Fausto Beleno will be co-leading this group. The group will meet in the Lady Chapel on the First Sunday of each month from 11:30 AM-12:15 PM, beginning the first Sunday in October.
Facebook Livestreaming
We are looking for help with our Facebook Livestreaming every Sunday. If Randy or I cannot be at church, the livestream does not happen. If you are interested in any aspect of Audio/Visual work, please contact us. Young adults and teenagers are welcome as well.
GRACE for ALL
Grace for All is a prayer and support small group for LGBTQ+ Christians. People from any Christian tradition and people from no religious tradition at all are welcome to join us for a time of mutual sharing and support. This is a safe space for people struggling to reconcile their faith with their sexual orientation and/or gender identity/expression. It is a space to be nurtured and affirmed by the Church and to celebrate God's loving grace for us all. We will meet on Tuesdays from 7-8 pm in the Lady Chapel. Please share this information with LGBTQ+ people in your life who may benefit from this kind of supportive small group.
Contact Fr. Rob if you have any questions.
Save the Date: Confirmation and Reception- November 13, 2022
Bishop Stokes will be visiting us on Sunday, November 13 (St. Martin's Sunday). On this Sunday youth and adults will be Confirmed by the laying on of hands by the Bishop, and newcomers who were confirmed in the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, or Lutheran Churches may be received by the laying on of the hands by the Bishop, thereby becoming a full member of the Episcopal Church. 

If you wish to be confirmed (youth and adults), or if you are already confirmed and wish to be received as a full member of St. Martin's, or if you are confirmed and wish to reaffirm your faith in a public way, please contact Father Rob. Confirmation classes for youth and adults, (and for those wishing to be confirmed or received) will be conducted in September and October (with an overnight retreat on September 23-24). More information will be forthcoming.
St. Martin’s Episcopal Church
1350 Washington Valley Road,
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
www.stmartinsnj.org
Call Us: 908-526-1350
Contact information for Fr. Rob
rectorstmartinsnj@gmail.com or fatherroblaws@yahoo.com