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Community Conversations / Link in Bio
A Chat with the Bishop (Note the earlier time!)
posted on Jun 1, 2020 *Please Note the earlier time!*
For this week's Community Conversation, we are excited to welcome our Bishop, Daniel Gutiérrez for a time for us to join him in a virtual gathering. As we continue to journey through this pandemic...
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Guatemala Companion Parish Ministry / Generosity and Community / Give
Guatemala Scholarships for 2021
posted on May 28, 2020 May 28, 2020
The community at Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields has long supported children at our Companion Parish San Juan Apostol, Chichicastenango, to go to school. The school year in Guatemala begins in January and we are collecting fu...
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Rector's Note / COVID-19 Response / Link in Bio
The Glory of the Cross
posted on May 28, 2020 May 28, 2020
Rector's Note for the week of May 25, 2020. The Rev. Jarrett Kerbel, rector of the Episcopal Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in Philadelphia, PA, shares a re-play of his sermon from Sunday, May 24, which offers comfort in r...
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Refugee Resettlement Ministry
A special thanks from Samra Bulbol
posted on May 27, 2020 May 27, 2020 St. Martin's Refugee Resettlement Ministry, along with other partners, have supported Samra Bulbol's university journey from the very beginning. In the letter below, Samra shares how meaningful this support has been. Dear all, ...
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Community Conversations
Virtual Real Presence?
posted on May 27, 2020 The current pandemic has forced us into theological reflection on how our sacraments work and do not work in the virtual world of Zoom, Google Meets, and Facebook Live. Is this charted or uncharted territory? Does our tradition have the tools to ...
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Lay Leadership / Link in Bio / COVID-19 Response
Online Morning Prayer and Annual Meeting
posted on May 26, 2020 10:30 a.m. Morning Prayer
11:15 a.m. Annual Meeting
At our annual meeting we'll share updates from the year, discuss plans to resume limited in-person worship, and confirm our Vestry and Diocesan Convention delegate voting. Please wat...
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Lay Leadership
2020 Nominees for Vestry & Diocesan Convention Delegate
posted on May 26, 2020 May 27, 2020
Each year in May, St. Martin's elects new vestry members and new lay delegates to Diocesan Convention at Annual Meeting. This year, Annual Meeting takes place on Sunday, June 14, 2020. Due to restrictions on gathering, the meeti...
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COVID-19 Response / Link in Bio
Process for Resuming In-Person Worship
posted on May 25, 2020 May 26, 2020
The Rev. Jarrett Kerbel, rector of the Episcopal Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in Philadelphia, PA, talks about where St. Martin's is in the investigation process for reopening in-person worship, and what we do and don't y...
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Give / COVID-19 Response / Generosity and Community
Rector's Stimulus Relief Fund
posted on May 25, 2020 May 25, 2020 If you do not need your stimulus check, please consider donating your stimulus check to the Rector's Discretionary Fund. The Rector is partnering with St. John's Church in Norristown to get these funds to very low income people wh...
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St. James School / Hunger / Link in Bio
Sweet Sunday Bakers
posted on May 19, 2020 May 19, 2020
On Monday, May 18 we delivered home baked goods for over 100 family meal bags to St. James School. When we arrive, all is hustle-bustle with families and neighbors arriving to pick up Share boxes, homework assignments, and boo...
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