Biblical Studies

Ongoing Reading and Discussing Scripture in Small, Lay-Led Groups

St. Martin’s continues its long history of biblical studies by offering several opportunities to meet weekly with a group to read the scriptures together. All are welcome. There is no homework and Bibles are provided. These small groups offer a process of reading and discussing the Bible guided by open-ended questions. Bringing the Word to life through thoughtful conversation provides unlimited possibilities for discovery.

Virtual Bible Study

7:00 p.m. Monday evening Bible Study with Grace Epiphany Episcopal Church
- Zoom video conference (please check/join Biblical Studies email group or contact coordinator, Cathy Glazer for the link at [email protected])
10:30 a.m. Tuesday morning Bible Study
- Tuesday morning group continues to read Paul’s Letters, led by Cathy Glazer.
- Zoom video conference (please check/join Biblical Studies email group or contact coordinator, Cathy Glazer for the link at [email protected])
- Zoom call in audio-only number: +1 646 558 8656 US (New York), Meeting ID: 330 189 908

(On hiatus) 9:30 a.m. Thursday morning Cathedral Village Lectionary Bible Study

(On hiatus) 10:30 a.m. Thursday morning Bible Study
- The group is led by David Contosta.
- This group will hold one more session on June 25, then break for the summer, resuming on Thursday, September 17, 2020.
- Zoom video conference (please check/join Biblical Studies email group or contact coordinator, Cathy Glazer for the link at [email protected])
- Zoom call in audio-only number:
  - +16465588656,,84102353083# US (New York)
  - +13017158592,,84102353083# US (Germantown)
  - Meeting ID: 841 0235 308
  - Password: 017365

Cathy Glazer

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Cathy Glazer is a member of the class of 2022 on St. Martin's Vestry. Cathy is an active member at St. Martin-in-the-Fields. She is the leader of the Greeting Ministry and can be found most Sundays welcoming newcomers and visitors. She also participates in two Bible Studies and is part of the Biblical Studies Leadership Team. She also is a member of the Hospitality Committee, Friends of the Columbarium and helps out the team who vacuums the hassocks. She also regularly participates in SUPPER at St. Martin's. Retired from the commercial paper industry, Cathy likes to spend time gardening and traveling. She and her husband Gary live in Chestnut Hill and they have two grown children and four teenage grandchildren.

The Rev. Anne Thatcher

Associate Rector

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(215) 247-7466 ext. 105

Anne is a native Westerner, having spent her childhood years in Oregon and Colorado. She follows in the footsteps of her great-grandfather from Wales who was an Anglican priest and her uncle who was an Episcopal priest. She holds a B.A. in Anthropology from Whitman College, a M.Ed. from Western Washington University, a graduate certificate in Leadership and Camp Ministry from Wheaton College (IL), a diploma in Anglican Studies from the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale and an M.Div. from the Yale Divinity School.

An experienced ropes course facilitator and wilderness trip leader and trained to work with traumatized communities, Anne believes in the power of conflict resolution and peace making through mediation. She has recently spent time with a Christian Peacemaker Teams delegation to Israel/Palestine and attended a human rights training with Cristosal in El Salvador.

Anne currently serves as the secretary of the Diocese of Pennsylvania’s Clergy Compensation and Benefits Commission, the Chair of the Diocese of Pennsylvania’s Central American Refugee Commission and Chaplain to both the Welsh Society of Philadelphia and the St. George’s Society.

Weekly Biblical Study Groups - suspended

Mondays from 7:00-8:00 p.m. at GRACE EPIPHANY CHURCH 224 E. Gowen Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19119
In January 2020, the Monday night Bible Study began meeting at Grace Epiphany (GE) in the Kline Auditorium. All are welcome. There is a small parking lot and plenty of street parking. Please contact the Rev. Christina Nord for more information: [email protected] or 610-416-4487

Tuesdays from 10:30 a.m. to noon in the Houston Room
Please contact Cathy Glazer for more information: [email protected] or 215-901-5432

Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. to noon in the Houston Room
Please contact Taylor Anderson for more information: 215-913-6517

Sunday Scripture Bible Study with the Rector at Cathedral Village
Thursdays from 10:00-11:00 a.m.
We will read and explore the lessons appointed for the upcoming Sunday to deepen our understanding and our connection with what God is saying to us.

Occasional Bible Study

Sunday Scripture Bible Study with the Rector
As announced, Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m.
Go deeper into the scripture readings for the coming Sunday! The rector will lead an occasional lectionary scripture study after SUPPER and Compline from time to time. No need to sign up, just drop in.

Bible Banter with Barb and Jarrett

Bible Banter with Barb and Jarrett is a weekly Lenten podcast for 2020 on the Sunday morning scriptures. Listen along with words of wisdom, laughter, and insight into the Sunday morning lectionary.

The Helen White Memorial Lecture remembers her lifetime dedication to making the Word of God accessible to "the people in the pews". Our inaugural lecture, on Saturday, April 13, 2019, answered the question, "Why Read the Bible" and featured Biblical Scholar and Princeton Theological Seminary Professor, the Rev. Dr. Eric D. Barreto.

In Memory of Helen White

Helen White, who died Ja…