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Books and Banter

Books and Banter has moved online during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Books and Banter is St. Martin's informal book club, held on the second Monday of the month from September to June. Sessions begin promptly at 7:30 p.m., and end by 9:00 p.m. All are welcome at our open discussions.

All Books and Banter discussions are held online on Zoom.

Participants locate their own copy of the book, borrowing from the Free Library of Philadelphia (various branches) or from the Montgomery County Library system; reading on a Kindle, or buying a new or used copy (we recommend your local Black owned bookstore, like Uncle Bobbie's Coffee and Books in Germantown.)

Also see: One Book One St. Martin's for Fall 2020

One Book One St. Martin's

The fall selection for One Book, One St. Martin's is Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Pulitzer Prize-winner Isabel Wilkerson. Poetically written and brilliantly researched, Caste invites us to discover the inner workings of an American hierarchy that goes far beyond the confines of race, class, or gender.

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Book List and Discussion Schedule

Exit West

08Mar
Monday, Mar 08, 2021, 7:30 PM
By Mohin Hamid (2017, 231 pages) Books & Banter Selection for March 2021 In a country teetering on the brink of civil war, two young people meet--sensual, fiercely independent Nadia and gentle, restrained Saeed. They embark on a furti...
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Reading with the Rector: "Jack"

24Mar
Wednesday, Mar 24, 2021, 7:00 PM
A Community Conversation/Reading with the Rector Wednesday, March 24 from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Via Zoom Led by the Rev. Jarrett Kerbel Jack by Marilynne Robinson Join the rector for conversation and reflection on Marilynne Robinson's ...
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Fractured Lands

12Apr
Monday, Apr 12, 2021, 7:30 PM
By Scott Anderson (2016, 240 pages) Books & Banter Selection for April 2021 From the bestselling author of Lawrence in Arabia , a piercing account of how the contemporary Arab world came to be riven by catastrophe since the 2003 Unite...
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The Secret Life of Bees

10May
Monday, May 10, 2021, 7:30 PM
by Sue Monk Kidd Books & Banter Selection for May 2021 Set in South Carolina in 1964, this novel tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily's fier...
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Small: The Little We Need for Happiness

14Jun
Monday, Jun 14, 2021, 7:30 PM
By Jane Anne Staw (2017) Books & Banter Selection for June 2021 Small captures Jane Anne Staw’s journey via a collection of personal essays into “seeing small,” a practice she discovers one afternoon while walking h...
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Books and Banter books Fall 2019-Spring 2020

Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America, by Eliza Griswold (2018, 336 p.)

The Buried Giant, by Kazuo Ishiguro (2015, 345 p.)

The Man Who Planted Trees: A Story of Lost Groves, the Science of Trees and a Plan to Save the Planet, by Jim Robbins (2012, 216 p.)

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, by Rachel Joyce. (2012, 384 p.)

The Promise of the Grand Canyon, by John Ross. (2018, 400 p.)

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (2018, 384 p.)

The Swerve: How the World Became Modern, by Stephen Greenblatt (2011, 368 p.)

Two Books by George Orwell

1984, (1949, 328 p.)
The Politics of the English Language, (1946, an essay of 28 p.)

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, by Jack Weatherford. (2004, 352 p.)

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford. (2009, 290 p.)

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Calendar

Tuesday, 3/2 at 7:00 PM
Zoom Stephen Ministry Peer Supervision and CE
Tuesday, 3/2 at 7:00 PM
Zoom Stephen Ministry CE and Peer Supervision
Tuesday, 3/2 at 7:30 PM
Wellspring spiritual companion group
Tuesday, 3/2 at 8:00 PM
A.A. Meeting
Wednesday, 3/3 at 7:30 AM
Morning Prayer via Zoom (SM)
Wednesday, 3/3 at 6:30 PM
Parent Group on Zoom
Wednesday, 3/3 at 6:30 PM
Live-Stream Lenten Compline
Wednesday, 3/3 at 7:00 PM
Community Conversation: Salvation

Zoom Stephen Ministry Peer Supervision and CE

Tuesday, March 2, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

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Tuesday, March 2, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

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Wellspring spiritual companion group

Tuesday, March 2, 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

This small group meets for prayer and sharing on the first and third Tuesdays of the month at 7:30 p.m. on zoom. To join this group contact Scott Robinson at [email protected] .

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A.A. Meeting

Tuesday, March 2, 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

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Morning Prayer via Zoom (SM)

Wednesday, March 3, 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM

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Parent Group on Zoom

Wednesday, March 3, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

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Live-Stream Lenten Compline

Wednesday, March 3, 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM

6:30 Lenten Compline to end your day and reflect. Streamed live to YouTube, Facebook and https://stmartinec.org/live

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Community Conversation: Salvation

Wednesday, March 3, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

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Sermons

  • Feb 21 | The Rev. Jarrett Kerbel
    Squirrelly
  • Feb 14 | The Rev. Carol Duncan
    Our Call Through Blessed Absalom Jones
  • Feb 7 | The Rev. Barbara Ballenger
    Our Real Presence on Sunday
  • Jan 31 | Barbara Dundon
    Ten Years of Ministry with the Rev. Jarrett Kerbel
  • Jan 24 | The Rev. Jarrett Kerbel
    Pilot or Passenger?

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