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Education for Ministry

Want to go deeper in your understanding of Scripture and theology and how to apply them to your life and ministry? Education for Ministry (EfM) is a unique four-year distance learning certificate program in theological education based upon small-group study and practice. Held annually at St. Martin’s from September through mid-June, the weekly course helps the faithful encounter the breadth and depth of the Christian tradition and bring it into conversation with their experiences of the world as they study, worship, and engage in theological reflection together.

The course, developed by the University of the South in Sewanee, covers a four-year curriculum. Learners enroll for one academic cycle at a time, with new participants beginning with the first lesson of year one. While learners study their individual year’s topics and readings on their own, students from all the levels meet together in a weekly seminar to discuss their individual learning and engage in theological reflection.

The Rev. Anne Thatcher

Former Associate Rector

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.

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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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Zoom Stephen Ministry CE and Peer Supervision

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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Join us online for Sunday morning worship!

  • 8:00 a.m. Traditional spoken Holy Eucharist with sermon - live streamed.
  • 9:15 a.m. Family Worship - a lively service for preschool through older elementary children and their families - live streamed.
  • 10:30 a.m. Traditional Holy Eucharist with music and sermon - live streamed.

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