Week of November 6, 2022, With St. Martin's
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The Leaflet for this week's service can be found by going to
Thanks to all who helped ready the sanctuary for the Bishop's visitation this Sunday!
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. A reception will be held after the mass.

This is also St. Martin's Patron Saint's Sunday, so we would love everyone to join in the celebration. If you need a ride to church, please contact the church office or Alison.
WORSHIP SCHEDULE
Saturdays: 5:30 pm
Sundays: 8:15 am and 10:30 am
Wednesdays: 6 pm
Stewardship Campaign
Thank you to all who participated in Consecration Sunday. We are currently at $145,519 in pledges for 2023. Please continue to send in your pledge cards or make your pledge online on the website under the Donate Tab. Our goal is $200,000. We are over halfway there.
 Outreach
Outreach will be collecting winter coats/jackets and warm-weather clothing during the month of November. Please separate the adult clothing and children’s clothing. Place all donations in the coat/storage closet in the narthex. In addition, we are collecting food donations for the Raritan food pantry. All donations may be placed in the orange, labeled bin. As a follow-up, the donations we collected for Operation Yellow Ribbon were used to help fill 36 stockings. Those stockings were included in the 2,040 stockings that Operation Shoebox sent to military members overseas. Your contributions help. Thank you.
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.
Prayer Requests
  • Cindy Meyer's brother, David, was in a serious car accident and is now paralyzed from the waist down
  • Laura Butrico asks for prayers for Christine Pudimott and Cristina Butrico
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
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