POWER

The Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields is a founding member of Philadelphians Organized to Witness, Empower, and Rebuild (POWER), a faith-based community organizing project that includes over 40 interfaith congregations throughout Philadelphia and more throughout Pennsylvania. Through the intentional development of grassroots engagement in congregations, POWER seeks to create positive structural and policy changes for the benefit of the most vulnerable members of our communities.

News

Risen, Wounded Body

Posted April 14, 2021 Last week your clergy participated in a Zoom meeting with Chantay Love, the Director of EMIR Healing Center in Germantown. EMIR (Every Murder is Real) is a healing ministry for families affected by violence. Chantay c...

Tools for Democracy from your Local Organizing Committee

January 14, 2021 Member congregations of POWER (Philadelphians/People/Pennsylvanians Organized to Witness Empower and Rebuild) commit to regular meetings of a Local Organizing Committee (LOC). St. Martin’s LOC meets monthly by Zoom on th...

MLK Weekend 2021

January 13, 2021 There are a variety of ways for you to honor and celebrate the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. this coming weekend. Please join in these events to worship, learn, and act. Union of Black Episcopalians...

POWER Recommends: Vote "YES" on Policing Oversight and Ending Stop & Frisk

October 14, 2020 The following note comes from the "Live Free" priority group at POWER. " Live Free is working to end the scourges of gun violence, mass incarceration, and the criminalization of Black and Brown bodies that tears at the sou...

Northwest Philly POWER Voter Engagement Initiatives

August 12, 2020 Two POWER congregations, Mishkan Shalom and St. Vincent's Church, are inviting the members of your congregations to join us in our Get-Out-the-Vote efforts. They're conducting training on the OutVote App so that your voluntee...

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Calendar

Sermons

Apr 18 | The Rev. Barbara Ballenger
The Latest Portrait of Jesus Christ
Apr 11 | The Rev. Jarrett Kerbel
And Yet, Jesus Persisted
Apr 4 | The Rev. Jarrett Kerbel
Come Back to Life
Apr 3 | The Rev. Barbara Ballenger
Here's to You and Me and the Space Between Us
Mar 28 | The Rev. Jarrett Kerbel
The Silence of the Messiah