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OPPORTUNITIES FOR MINISTRY September 2014

Where is your Ministry?

Ministry happens wherever we are, not just in church. The mission and ministries of the people of God are in the world. Remember, Jesus sent the disciples out into the world to spread the good news, we too are sent out to serve God in the world throughout the week.

For the St. Martin’s family, it is living a life of joy, giving, acting justly and seeing the face of God in all people.

As a community of faith, together we gather weekly to worship God and to study, pray and serve. Just as Jesus maintained a core commu-nity, we too must help to nourish our St. Martin’s community. During Sunday, you can witness many people making the service possible. The Choir, Acolytes, Lectors, Servers, Eucharistic Ministers, Ushers, Altar and Flower Guild members; all very visible in their ministries.

Additional programs for serving include Winter Shelter, Backpack Buddies, Paul’s Place, SPAN or knitting Prayer Shawls. These repre-sent only a few of the many opportunities to serve at St. Martin’s.

So…ask yourself, what does your ministry look like? Each of us has been given a unique set of spiritual gifts to accomplish their ministry. Paul enumerated some of these in his letter to the Ro-mans. He listed wisdom, teaching, generosity, diligence and cheerfulness. In his first letter to the Corinthians, Paul said the members of the church were like parts of the body each doing its part and depending on each other.

Prayerfully consider becoming involved in one of the wonderful activities and ministries available at St. Martins. Ask yourself, what is God calling me to do? Remember, together we have all the gifts needed to make God’s will for the St. Martin’s community thrive.

Peace & Blessing,

Kathy+

There is No Church Without You

On behalf of Bishop Sutton, and as the Canon for Transitions for the diocese, I’m writing to bring a word of comfort in this time of change. With the Rev. Pierre-Henry Buisson leaving to take a call as rector in Arizona — and in the long-planned absence of your rector on sabbatical — cer-tainly there will be questions concerning pastoral care at St. Martin’s-in-the-Field.

But, as the angel said to the shepherds in the field, “Fear not.” Your vestry has ensured that all pastoral duties are covered until the Rev. Doris Johnson returns. Like any change, saying good-bye and wondering about the future can sometimes be troubling. But we give thanks for Pierre-Henry’s ministry in this church, we move on, and we prepare for our future together. The mission and min-istry of St. Martin’s-in-the-Field will go on, as it has all these many years!

The staff of the Diocese of Maryland is happy to support you in this time of transition.

~ The Rev. Canon Stuart Wayne WrightCanon for Transitions

Times of Change

The Herald: Opportunities for Ministry ~ September 2014

On behalf of the wardens and the ves-try, we welcome parishioners to a new pro-gram year that promises to be both exciting and revitalizing. In this edition of the Herald you will hear updates from our commissions, the Diocese and our terrific staff. Thanks to the ongoing hard work of our clergy and lay leaders, we have several exciting initiatives underway. We are trying new things and learning what works best for our community. We are also taking a step back to look at how we run our church and what, if any, changes we can make to support our goal of serving as Jesus served. A few examples of the positive changes underway at St. Martin’s include:

• Fresh Grounds: As the new church program and school year begin, you will notice the vastly im-proved appearance of the campus. In partnership with the school board, a professional landscaper was hired. Thank you Curt McFarlin and Louise Knight!• A New Look: Check out our new Web site at www.stmartinsinthefield.org. Many thanks for the hard work of our staff in conjunction with Amy Welsh and John Sodergreen. Plans are also under-way to redesign the church and schools signs.• Reach Out: There are countless examples of ongoing outreach at St. Martin’s. A few new proj-ects include Brett Sturgeon’s efforts to re-launch our commitment to Habitat for Humanity. Pick up a hammer! We also welcome our new friends at Abundant Life, the Korean Church in Heck Hall. Don’t be afraid to stop in and say hello.• Nuts & Bolts: The Vestry and our leaders

are actively transforming the way we work as an organization. Change management is the name of this game. Thanks especially to David Mallery, Mark Kellogg, Mark Zielinski, and Tony Deasey for their diligent efforts within personnel and finance. Another bitter-sweet change came to us in late August, as we bid a fond fare- well to Rev. Pierre-Henry Buisson, his wife Sophie and their three wonderful children.

While they will be dearly missed, we wish them success as they begin their next new adventure as Pierre-Henry steps in to lead St. Luke’s Parish in Prescott, AZ. The Buissons touched all of us deeply, and we were bless-ed to have spent time with them. Given this turn of events and the absence of Rev. Doris Johnson due to her long-planned sabbatical, the vestry developed a plan for continued clergy coverage including a chaplain at the school. Clergy will be available for regular Sunday ser-vices, Episcopal School activities, pastoral care and cleri-cal emergencies. In closing, this is a year of positive changes for St. Martin’s. The vestry and the wardens invite parishioners to join us as we move to create a community and church that will be a spiritual beacon in Anne Arundel County. St. Martin’s is not just a church. It is a community. It is your community, a community the wardens and vestry are blessed to be a part of with all of you.

Peace be with you,~ Scott Songer, Senior Warden~ Cynthia Shimp-Day, Junior Warden~ The Vestry of St Martin’s-in-the-Field

News from the Junior and Senior Warden:

The role of our commission is evolving. We seek to improve communication and connectedness within our parish, finding new and creative ways to help us inter-act and to improve the dissemination of information by means of the St. Martin’s website, Facebook, the Epistle, and to publicize our activities in the community at large in local media and other means. As always we are working towards keeping our com-muncations fresh and current. This year we are unvailing

Communicationa new user friendly look for our website and an updat-ed logo for St. Martin’s. Our group is the liaison between commissions and the communications coordinator, Am-ber Kaltz, and will be looking for ways to keep everyone connected and abreast of what’s happening.

Commissioner: Amy Welsh, [email protected]

Vestry Liaison: John Sodergreen, [email protected]

St. Martin’s-in-the-Field Episcopal Church, Severna Park, Maryland

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With God’s Grace, the Pastoral Care Commission’s role is to assist the Clergy by helping, where and when needed, to provide spiritual, emotional, and physical sup-port, as well as, ongoing prayer for members and friends of St. Martin’s Parish and community. This is made possible by the unselfish and willingness of time and talent given by the volunteers who head the eight ministries that fall under Pastoral Care! Cards, Notes & Booklets: Sends an appropriate re-minder to parishioners of God’s constant love and pres-ence during the happy times and the times of distress in their lives and that they are in our thoughts and prayers. Contact: Bunny Macleay at [email protected] Daughters of the King: This is an Order founded in 1885 for women of the Episcopal Church comprised of a caring community of women who support each oth-er in their faith journey and who work to strengthen their parishes, focusing on prayer, service and evangelism. Fol-lowing a two-month formation class, members take vows

Pastoral Carethat reaffirm their confirmation promises. There are over 20,000 Daughters in the U. S. and around the world. All women are welcome to join. Contact: Dona Weingarten at [email protected] Eucharistic Visitors: Following a Sunday service, a Eucharistic Visitor takes the Eucharist when requested to those who are unable to be in church. It lets them know they are with us in spirit when we worship. Training is avail-able to become a Eucharist Visitor. Contact: Don Nicholson at [email protected] Helping Hands: This ministry is an opportunity to not only nourish souls but to nourish bodies by providing meals for our church family members experiencing illness, undergoing surgery, or who have experienced a death in the family. Other HH services available are transportation to medical appointments and/or pharmacies or help with other small needs. This loving service is made possible by

St. Martin’s-in-the-Field Episcopal School is a long standing educational outreach ministry of the church. Our parish school has been educating children in the Severna Park area for over fifty years. We provide a strong, developmentally appropriate, academic program for 3 year olds through eighth grade.

From the beginning of each day until its conclusion, our program is carried out in a nurturing, caring Chris-tian environment. Our weekly chapel services ground our program in faith. Lessons learned in chapel are carried into the classroom.

As an AIMS –accredited Pre-K to 8th Grade school, we’re confident that our academic product is rigorous and vigorous. Our teachers not only teach academic lessons with passion and joy, but also take seriously their commit-ment to the nurturing of the spiritual core of each child.

This year, we’ve launched new programs of distinc-tion that touch all Elementary and Middle School stu-

dents: STEM Science, Global Studies and Environmen-tal Stewardship are woven throughout the curriculum as an authentic, cross-curricular focus for our students. We were also able to infuse our curriculum with technology this year: the generosity of our guests at the Spring Auc-tion Event brought 40 new iPads to our classrooms.

Finally, we’re thrilled to welcome new Head of School Jamey Hein to campus this year. He brings to us decades of independent schools experience along with fresh perspective and enthusiasm as we continue to grow our school. You may reach Mr. Hein at any time at [email protected] or 410-647-7055

We’d love to have you join us for our Admissions Open House on October 28 to learn more about the school or come by any Wednesday morning for a person-al tour with our Admissions Director, Monica Stone.

Thank you for your interest in the mission of St. Martin’s Episcopal School!


several dedicated parishioners. There is always room for more Helping Hands! Contact: Abby Miller at [email protected] Men’s Circle: The Men’s Circle is a group of men who gather twice a month to share their lives and prayer-fully encourage each other. They listen attentively, but do not try to “fix” problems. All men are welcome to join the circle. Contact: Jeff Hider at [email protected] The Prayer Team: This ministry provides the congre-gation with an additional avenue of communicating with God through individual prayer at most Sunday services at the St. Mary’s Altar rail. The Team is small and more pray-ers are needed. Please consider if God is calling you to this ministry. Contact: Libby Olton at [email protected] Prayer Shawl, Lap Throws and Baby Blankets: This year the prayer shawl commission has given out a number of prayer shawls and baby blankets, thanks to the prayers, knitting, crocheting and embroidery of many will-ing hands. Currently, this ministry needs workers to help replenish the inventory, which is now very low if not down

to zero. Contact: Lolly Bieri at 410-421-5699. Stephen Ministry: An important ministry through which one-on-one care is given to those who are in need of someone to listen and pray with them during a temporary or long-term crisis. Stephen Ministry leaders have a week of intensive training to become leaders and Stephen Minis-ters have 50 plus hours of training over several months to qualify as caregivers. Recipients of this ministry are called “Care Receivers”. Confidentiality is an absolute given! The 2014 Stephen Ministry training class has been canceled due to a lack of care receivers for approximately 20 Stephen Ministers in our consortium of local churches. Stephen Ministry is currently under review at St. Martin’s as a viable ministry for the future. Contacts: Jeff Hider at [email protected] Libby Olton at [email protected], and Abby Miller at [email protected]: Jeff, Hider, [email protected] Liaison: Dona Weingarten, [email protected] Contact: Katharine Shahinian, [email protected]

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Save The DateSat., Oct. 4 from 6 to 8 p.m.

EVERYONE’S INVITEDto a Stewardship Dinner

to Celebrate the u in our Ch_rchat St. Martin’s Parish Hall

Stewardship is the management of our gifts of time, talent, and treasure with which God has blessed us. Stew-ardship at St. Martin’s involves every member in every ministry in everything we do in the honor of our Cre-ator. The Stewardship Commission is involved specifi-cally in the following: Stewardship of Creation: Remaining a Maryland Green School, maintaining our Bay-Wise certification; reusing/recycling all that is possible; tending the Joe Di-Nunno Memorial Garden. Contact: Rob Fraser, [email protected] Buildings and Grounds: This group maintains all of St Martin’s campus area as we take time to care for all that God and past generations has given us. Contact: David Eagleson, [email protected] Architectural Committee: Maintains the aesthetics of our interior spaces and campus. Contact: Debbie Fitz-gerald, [email protected]. Gifts and Talents: Discover your calling at St Mar-tin’s with our God given talents through our Opportu-nities for Ministry Fair on Rally Day. Help realize our gifts in community to do the ministry God calls us to do. Contact: Rev. Doris Annual Pledge Campaign: This team of parish-

Stewardshipioners leads the way in organizing ourselves to reflect all the abundance God has blessed us with and returning a portion through the annual pledge drive to fund the next year’s budget. Contact: John Bonanno, Brock Swartz Planned Giving: Do you have will? We honor pa-rishioners past and present wishes to remember St Mar-tin’s in their wills in opening their hearts and treasure to God’s bountiful blessings and continue His work in the church. Contact: Frank Hilton, John Poulton, Betsy BannatCommissioner: Brock Swartz, [email protected] Liaison: Scott Songer, [email protected] Contact: The Rev. Doris


St. Martin’s Adult Spir-itual Formation ministry offers opportunities for spiritual growth through education and fellowship with all others who seek to incorporate their beliefs in God and Christ Jesus with their daily lives. There are a number of on-going op-tions that you may recog-nize by name. NEW: ChurchNext On-Line! An easy way of en-gaging your faith! The first of each month Rev. Doris will sign up for a class and send invitations for you to join in five easy-to-follow lessons. On the last Wednesday of the month, all those “enrolled” will meet to discuss, ask questions, and determine what topic will be next. Watch for the announcement! NEW: Taproom Theology: Ever wonder how God impacts your daily life? Or how God is present in the world around us? Here is a chance to bring it all to the ta-ble once a month at a local pub or restaurant and wonder aloud. Place and first meeting in November. Led by Char-lie Fitzgerald or Rev. Doris. Watch for the announcement!! Deepening Our Spirituality: Participants deepen their spiritual walk through monthly sessions exploring various aspects of faith. Currently, sessions are scheduled through the end of the year with the possibility of con-tinuation in 2015. We invite you to explore! Contact: Joan Townshend, [email protected]. Sunday Morning Adult Forum: Meets in the Par-ish Hall following the 8 a.m. service and focuses on one element designed to elicit your individual responses to the message. Topics vary from hearing the spiritual journeys of those who travel the way with us; to “Exploring our Faith,” a series focusing on events and seasons of the church calendar; to guest speakers on many topics that merge our daily life decisions with our faith beliefs . The forum is intended as a conversation among all attending, rather than lecture. Bring your coffee and join in! Wednesdays Together: Three 6-week sessions of fellowship and dinners followed by classes throughout the year. On these Wednesday evenings, we share a meal and then break up into smaller discussion/fellowship groups. There is an ongoing marriage group, book stud-ies by thought-provoking authors, and occasional special

events. Once a month the ChurchNext group will meet on the last Wednes-day of the month. Education for Min-istry (EFM): A four-year program of theological education that covers the basics of education in the Old and New Testa-ments, church history, lit-urgy, and theology. Contact:

Charlie Fitzgerald, [email protected]; John Dirks, [email protected] Contemporary Christian Thinkers: This class studying the works and ideas of contemporary Christian theologians is an outgrowth of the Children of Abraham class, and will meet on alternate Wednesday nights starting in the fall through May. Contact: Sylvia Marston, [email protected]; Shepherds’ Group: Reviews and discusses the up-coming scripture readings prior to Sunday’s worship ser-vice. Our Shepherd’s Group meets at different homes on Thursday afternoons. Contacts: Sylvia Marston, [email protected]; Bill Corddry, [email protected] Cursillo: A weekend retreat that seeks to create last-ing friendships of faith that continue throughout one’s spiritual journey. The Cursillo movement consists of pro-claiming the best news of the best reality: that God, in Christ, loves us. Contact: Wamahdri Williams, [email protected] Baptism Class: An exploration of the spiritual life as one comes forward to be cleansed by the waters of baptism. Required for parents of small children and adults who will be baptized. Contact: The Clergy Inquirers’ Class: For all who are new to the Epis-copal faith and also for those who want to brush up on Episcopal tradition. This class explores who we are in the Episcopal Church. Sign-up required. Call the office for classes and scheduling (410-647-6248) or email Doris ([email protected])Commissioner: Charlie Fitzgerald, [email protected] Liaison: Dan Sturgeon, [email protected] Contact: Rev. Doris, [email protected]

Adult Spiritual Formation: Adult Journies 2014


Mission and Outreach looks forward with renewed enthusiasm to serving those less fortunate members of our local and international communities. In the greater Severna Park area, Mission and Out-reach for St. Martin’s provides continued active support for the local community: Backpack Buddies, Abundant Life Korean Church, Arundel House of Hope, Habitat for Humanity, Holiday Sharing, Paul’s Place, SPAN, and the Winter Shelter. We continue to provide our facilities for use by the Boy Scouts of America, Narcotics Anony-mous, Alcoholics Anonymous, Mothers of Multiples, and the Asperger’s Support Group. Internationally in 2014, we gave to La Resurrection School in Gros Morne, Haiti and Tatua, Kenya. See below under each section for more information. The St. Martin’s Christmas Bazaar: Raises funds for our outreach ministries. Thanks to Sandy Kelley, Pat-ty Zeilinski and Merla Tootle who have stepped up as our leaders. They are working on filling our Parish & Heck Halls with crafters. We may have the White Elephant sale if room permits. Be on the lookout in the E-pistle for more updates! Contact: Merla Tootle [email protected] Arundel House of Hope/Fouse Center: Provides emergency, transitional, and permanent housing for the homeless; employment assistance; mental health and sub-stance abuse support. Contact: Susan Griesmyer, [email protected] or Kathy Shahinian. Backpack Buddies: Headed by Michele Cummings and Cindy Rott, Backpack Buddies provides weekend food to 15 children in Anne Arundel County School who have been identified (by their teacher and counselors) as coming to school hungry. Breakfast and lunch is often provided by the school system during the week but many of these families struggle on the weekends. This program provides a backpack to take home that contains nutritious foods for the weekend. Holiday Sharing: Under the guidance and leadership of Michele Cummings and Mary Ina Bourdon, food and presents were collected to assist families in need for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. Food products were collected from the School and Parish, and delivered, pro-viding a festive Thanksgiving Dinner for individuals and families from the area. Following the Thanksgiving holiday members of the School and Parish again graciously do-nated food for Christmas Dinner and as well as Christmas gifts. This annual event has been generously supported by the Parish. Paul’s Place: A soup kitchen in Baltimore where

Mission and Outreachmany of our parishioners supply chili and others serve lunch the first Tuesday of the month to the residents/homeless of the Baltimore community of Washington Vil-lage/ Pigtown. Contact: Kate Cleven, [email protected] Scouts: St. Martin’s has sponsored Boy Scout Troop 855 for 50+ years and the Cub Scout Troop. Parishioners are always welcome to join our troops. The Episcopal School’s “Daisy Troop” for girls in kindergarten and first grade continues as well. Girls Contact: Kate McCullman, [email protected]; Leah Conway, [email protected]. Boy Scouts: Mike Rogers, [email protected]. Cub Scouts: Cubmaster, Brian Lavallee, [email protected] SPAN, Inc. Serving People Across Neighbor-hoods: Since 1990, when 6 member churches (including St. Martin’s) started SPAN to help our neighbors in cri-sis, member churches (now 13), along with community businesses and organizations and individuals who sponsor fund raising projects, contribute food and funds. This en-ables SPAN to assist clients needing emergency help with food and financial assistance for utility bills, court ordered evictions, medications, and other needs. SPAN also net-works with other local service organizations so that oth-er resources can be identified and accessed to assist the SPAN clients. In 2014 SPAN provided $94,273 in finan-cial aid to almost 5,000 individuals and 1,757 families and distributed almost $116,000 worth of food and food cards. Kathy and Gary Berge, our church representative and al-ternate (respectively) on the SPAN Board of Directors, can be reached at [email protected] should you have questions or needs. Winter Shelter: A ministry of Arundel House of Hope, now in its 20th year, is a rotating winter shelter for homeless men providing meals, beds, and showers for approximately two-dozen men each winter. Thirty volun-teers make this week long ministry a reality. Contact: Susan Griesmyer, [email protected] Fresh Fruits Farms: Uniting the Christian commu-nity in order to demonstrate God’s love through offering the first fruits of the harvest to those in need. First Fruits Farm is a non-profit corporation founded as a ministry to provide fresh produce, honey, eggs and beef for various shelters, soup kitchens and food banks. Contact: John Poul-ton, [email protected]. International Support: As you are aware, SADLY this summer we ended our partnership with La Resurrec-

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tion School & Parish in Gros Morne, Haiti. This was a 29 year old relationship and we cry for the children who are affected! If you would like to have a deeper conversation about this, please contact me. Also if you feel called to get involved with something in Haiti, please let us know! Contact: [email protected]. On a separate note, this spring we gave to Tatua, Ken-ya. Our parishioner, Charlie Fitzgerald sits on the board for this international mission. Tatua trains local citizens ages 18-80 in the skills of community organizing. The trained leaders help their communities to identify needed changes and development opportunities and most im-portantly, how to take ownership and responsibility for creating the change that they want for themselves. Rather than driving change imposed from the outside, through our training, the community drives the efforts, owns the process and learns to create the change that they want for themselves. To learn more about Tatua visit this website: http://tatuakenya.wordpress.com or contact Charlie at [email protected].

Tickets are $75 per person which includes unlim-ited beer and wine, pit beef, ham, turkey, shred-ded beef BBQ, oysters, baked ziti, delicious sides, desserts and more! Entertainment includes live music, silent and live auction, fun games and more ways to support Outreach! 12-years and under are $25 each. To order your tickets, please go to the “Buy Tickets” page of this website. stmartins-bullandoyster.myevent.com. Contact: Katie Collier, [email protected]

Outreach Commissioner: Anne Minor Kurtz, [email protected] Vestry Liaison: Brian Cleven, [email protected]

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Save The DateSat., Nov. 15 from 6 to 9 p.m.

2nd Annual Bull & Oyster Roast WITH GAMES!

We welcome all to serve this church in music minis-try. There are many opportunities to improve your musical skills and join this community in worship and fellowship. Where might you fit in? All music in this parish strives to support our celebra-tion of the liturgy. The most demanding and yet rewarding effort is serving in the Parish Choir, which requires weekly rehearsal and commitment to singing every Sunday. Music reading is not required, but willingness to expend the ef-fort necessary to learn your part is expected. There is also a high expectation for singers to make an extra effort to be present for the major festivals of the church. We encourage parents to view our children as an inte-gral part of our community, and children’s music as more than ‘one more activity’ in their week! My vision for St. Martin’s has always been for one choir – children singing the top line of music and adults filling all the other parts, which would be a reflection of our congregation. Until that is possible, children still learn to sing correctly, get a solid musical education and contribute mightily to the va-riety of expression found here. Consider making children’s choirs as indispensable as soccer! There could be an opportunity for children K-2; please contact Dr. Jim if you are interested!

WEEKLY PRACTICES Tue. 8-9 p.m.: Handbells

Wed. 10:30-12 noon: Recorder Consort Wed. 4:15-5:30 p.m.: Girls and boys grades 3-8

Thur. 7-9 p.m.: Parish Choir (adults & grades 9-12) Ad hoc rehearsals for St. Martin’s Ensemble -

and all instumentalists!

Music for children in grades 3 through 8 will incor-porate Royal School of Church Music training scheme - a method that utilizes a system of rewards and incentives to inspire and recognize personal and team achievement. Adults and children are welcome to participate in all instrumental music. Music reading and at least an inter-mediate level of instrumental skill is necessary. Handbell choir and recorders have similar demands – attendance at rehearsal is vital, but usually perform only once per month. The instrumental ensemble plays three times per year, with rehearsals scheduled for three weeks prior. Instrumental-ists with an advanced skill level are invited to offer solos and to add variety to hymn accompaniments. Contact: Dr. Jim Walton, [email protected] or at the church office at 410-647-6248.

Music


“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers for some have entertained angles, unaware.” (Hebrews 13:2) “I was a stranger and you welcomed me.” (Jesus the Christ) Since the time of Moses, people from all walks of life have come together in both secular and religious settings, to meet, greet and eat with one another. St. Martin’s Hos-pitalty and Parish Connections invites you as “U” are the church body, to join in and continue this tradition of cele-bration and fellowship! One of the main purposes of Hospitalty and Parish Connections is to bring together both parishioners of all ages and newcomers to the parish community in joyful fel-lowship outside the worship experience. This can take place at a coffee hour (Confections and Connections) after a Sunday Service, the Taco Bar at the Annual Advent Wreath Making, a summer-time BBQ, a Chili-Cook-Off, or even at a Special Reception. New ideas are always welcome! We give you new and exciting ways to connect with others and enjoy the pleasure of being together in fellow-ship! No experience is necessary and ‘training’ is open to any individual or family who wants to meet new people and/or increase their circle of church friends. Hospitalty and Parish Connections gives all of us the wonderful opportunity to meet, greet, and eat...so come and share your gifts of time and talent!Parish Connections Men of St. Martin’s (MOSM): Provide fellowship, worship and service in the church and in the larger com-munity. MOSM holds monthly prayer breakfasts with guest speakers; helps around our church and its campus; “mans” the grill and provides great fellowship. The men participate in Winter Shelter, Earth Day, and Habitat for Humanity; they plan and help with the Rally Day picnic, Super Bowl party, Shrove Tuesday pancake supper, and other func-

Hospitality and Parish Connections (formerly Parish Life)

tions. Join us for fun & fellowship! Contact: Chris Werth, [email protected] Summer Barbeques: Wednesday nights through the summer parishioners gather at the deck for grilled meats, salads and desserts. Contact: John Theune. Parish Picnics: As we begin and end each program year. All are welcome to join in the fun! Contact: Chris Werth, [email protected] Hospitality Ushers: Welcome all who attend services at our Church each Sunday. Contact: Pam Ward, [email protected] Coffee Baristas: This fall, our goal is to have two families sign up each week to host Confections and Connections. A Barista will make the coffee and tea and the families will be in charge of the refreshments. This is an effort to bring “U” into serving our parish good things for eat while we visit or attend Sunday School and Adult Forums. Contact: Lisa Radike [email protected] Reception Coordinators: Anne-Marie Poulton con-tinues to make receptions beautiful with her wonderful touch. If you have a flare for party decoration we would love to talk with you. Newcomers: All are welcomed by Jane O’Donnell who also plans events to help them feel welcome and find a connection to St. Martin’s. We all enjoy the opportunity to share God’s love with others and welcome all who are called to help in any man-ner. We want everyone here at St. Martin’s to feel welcomed and involved and the first step is “U.”Commissioners: Lisa Radike [email protected] and Christopher Werth [email protected] Liasion: Ann Bacot-Edwards

St. Martin's Journey to Adulthood Youth Program is gearing up for an exciting year ahead of us. Each of our classes of youth is advancing this year, so we'll have students with different teachers sharing God's love, their faith and perspective. New members of the youth group are always welcome. Our Young Adults in Church (YAC) group (10th to 12th grades) will continue to learn what it means to live out their faith and to prepare themselves for the sacrament

of Confirmation. In addition to the regular class they will be invited to tie scripture to their daily lives to serve others and to have true fellowship. Kassy Sodergreen and John Poulton return as teachers for this class; Chris Rott assist-ing. Contact: John Poulton, [email protected]; Kassy Sodergreen, [email protected] J2A class (8th and 9th grades) begin their 2-year spiritual journey that will lead them to their Summer pil-

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Our purpose is to enhance and build our children’s relation-ship with God through teach-ing. Within Children’s Ministries, we create many opportunities to broaden and strengthen this rela-tionship by providing a structure and setting for children and fami-lies to gather and learn the founda-tions of our faith in Sunday school and Children’s Chapel. By caring for God’s youngest people in the Nursery Co-op, reaching out to the community through service proj-ects; and leading children and fam-ilies in joyful celebration of God’s presence in the world, we begin a lifelong commitment and praise to God. Activi-ties such as Vacation Bible School, Advent wreath making, the Christmas pageant and Kids-in-Worship celebrations enable us to accomplish our goals. Volunteers sign up for a two year commitment.

Children’s Chapel: This program ushered in last year, strives to deepen our children’s understanding of our Episcopal worship service. The children go directly to the Parish Hall to begin their Chapel Service. They return for the Prayers of the People. During the service, Chapel Lead-ers provide a program oriented towards children which is based on scripture readings. Volunteers rotate and each provide a few chapel dates per year. Training, curriculum and materials provided. We warmly welcome volunteers of all ages to join us in leading chapel for our children. Contact: Alana Underwood, [email protected]

Nursery Co-Op: Care is provided during church ser-vices and Sunday school to children ages 3 and under. Vol-unteers help our professional childcare provider, Ms. Reita Turro, for approximately 2.5 hours on Sunday morning, on

a recurring basis. Volunteers of all ages, not just families of young children, are welcome. Contact: Kate Cleven, [email protected] Sunday School: Deepens the foundation of our children’s rela-tionship with God. Caring, devot-ed, and nurturing teachers teach their assigned classes for an entire school year (September–May), al-lowing for consistency and routine in our program. Training, curric-ulum, and materials are provided.

We welcome anyone who feels a calling to teach our young-est members about embracing and celebrating the joy of God’s presence in their lives. Contact: Susie Hill, [email protected] Vacation Bible School: Was held again at St. Martin’s this summer and what a great time we had! We are eager to continue the momentum and offer VBS every summer, but this program requires a lot of volunteers (adults and youth alike). This is an excellent opportunity for someone who may want to participate in Children’s Ministries but is unable to teach Sunday school or conduct Children’s Chap-el during the school year. Plans begin in late spring with VBS typically being held the last week of July. If you are interested in learning more about this amazing program please let me know! Contact: Alana Underwood, [email protected]: Susie Hill, [email protected]; Amy Tate, [email protected]; Alana Underwood, [email protected] Liaison: Mike RadikeClergy Contact: Rev. Doris Buchanan Johnson

Children’s Ministries

grimage in 2015 while continuing to find Jesus in their daily lives. . Laura Sheely and Bob Slattery are joining Roy Wallace and Margaret Tenney to co-lead this class. Contact: Roy Wallace,[email protected]; Margaret Tenney, [email protected]; Laura Sheely, [email protected]; Bob Slattery,[email protected] Rite-13 (6th and 7th grades) begin the journey to adulthood together, learning about faith, prayer, the Bible and what it means to be a disciple of Christ. At this time we are still looking for 2 peoples to lead this class. Please

consider seriously this opportunity to serve the youth. Our youth groups will also have opportunities to par-ticipate with youth from the entire Diocese of Maryland for activities such as Happening at the Bishop Claggett Center and Night Watch at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. Commissioner: Donna Elis, [email protected] Liaison: Ann Bacot-Edwards, [email protected] Contact: Rev. Doris Buchanan Johnson

Youth continued from page 8.


Fall Worship Service Schedule

8:00 AM Holy Eucharist, Rite I: A quiet reflective service for those who like to start their Sunday with the simplicity of the liturgies of the Word and Sacrament.

9:00 AM Christian Education for all ages; Sunday School and Adult Forum. Fellowship and refreshment too.

10:00 AM Holy Eucharist, Rite II: A service for those who enjoy a mix of generations, music and liturgies.

10:00 AM Children’s Chapel: Mimics the traditional liturgy with a homily directed to those 3rd grade and younger.

Worship is the coming together of all God’s people to praise and glorify God, God’s creation, and God’s works among us. We come... committed to being in God’s pres-ence, and open to hear what God has to say in our read-ings, in the sermon for the day and in the music we sing. Many hands—choirs, altar guild, flower guild, lectors, Eucharistic ministers, prayer team members and clergy - carefully craft each Sunday and holy day to be a deep connection to God in ways beyond our understanding.

Holy Eucharist is the thread that not only draws us each together in God’s love, but reminds of us of Jesus’ sac-rifice on the cross for each of us. It is the root of our community here at St. Martin’s. It is the tie that binds us as one in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Clergy Contact: Rev. Doris

Worship Leaders: All are invited to join us!

Altar Guild beautifully and reverently prepares the altar and vessels for service. Contacts: Kip Senholzi, [email protected]; Kay Nelson, [email protected]

Flower Guild arranges the flowers for services and de-livers the flowers to donors or those in need of cheer. Contact: Marge Acree, [email protected]

Wedding Coordinator provides wedding day sup-port for bride, groom, and all their attendants.

Contact: Pam Ward, [email protected]

Acolytes serve as crucifers and torch bearers for our three services. Fourth grade through adults are wel-come to join.

Eucharistic Ministers (EM’s) share the “cup of sal-vation” during the Holy Eucharist during each service.

Servers assist the clergy at the altar during Holy Eu-charist, as well as acting as Eucharistic Ministers, inter-cessors, etc, dependent upon which service they attend.

Lectors share the Word of God from the Old Testa-ment and the Epistles at each service.

Intercessors share the prayers of the people. All are welcome to join.

Contacts: 8:00 service: Maria Fiery, [email protected] 10:00 service: Leah Musiker, [email protected]

Weddings: Require six months notice of members, 1 year notice for those new to the church, so that required counseling can take place. Contact: Rev. Doris

Noon Prayer: Tues-Fridays in the church, praying for the needs of the parish, its members and those whom we love who are ill, suffering or in the Armed Forces. (Please note noon prayer will be suspended for the fall).

Holy Baptism

Baptisms are scheduled four times a year and may be held at any of the three morning services on the date noted or at the 7pm Easter Vigil service. Sun - Nov 2 All Saints’ Day Sun - Jan 11 Epiphany Sat - April 4 Easter Vigil (7pm service) Sun - May 24 Pentecost

Baptism Classes and RehearsalsThere is a baptism class/rehearsal the Saturday be-fore the baptism at 10am. Godparents should be present for instruction. Contact: The clergy

Worship


Clergy The Rev. Doris Buchanan Johnson, Rector [email protected] The Rev. Katharine Shahinian, Deacon [email protected]

Vestry Officers Scott Songer, Senior Warden [email protected] Cynthia Shimp-Day, Junior Warden [email protected]

Tony Deasey, Treasurer [email protected] Elaine Dickerson, Registrar [email protected]

Vestry Class of 2015 Robert Fraser [email protected]

Mike Radike [email protected] Scott Songer [email protected] Brian Cleven [email protected] Class of 2016 Ann Bacot Edwards [email protected] Julie Reiter [email protected] Cynthia Shimp-Day [email protected] Dona Weingarten [email protected] Class of 2017 Dan Sturgeon [email protected] David Eagleson [email protected] John Sodergreen [email protected]

Alex Major [email protected]

Permanent Committees of the Vestry Finance Tony Deasey, Chair [email protected]

Building & Grounds Dave Eagleson, Vestry [email protected] Personnel David Mallery, Chair [email protected] Cynthia Shimp-Day, Vestry [email protected]

Stewardship of Creation Rob Fraser [email protected]

Diocesan Convention Delegates Diocesan Convention Alternates David Mallery, [email protected] Open Dan Sturgeon, [email protected] Diocesan General Convention Deputy Dan Tootle, [email protected] David Mallery, Alternate

St. Martin’s Episcopal School Louise Knight, board chair, [email protected] Curt McFarlin, board vice-chair Julie Reiter, vestry representative

Church and Day School Staff (church 410-647-6248; school 410-647-7055) Dr. James Walton, Director of Music [email protected] Amber Kaltz, Communications Coordinator [email protected] Leah Musiker, Administrative Assistant [email protected] Kathy Key, Bookkeeper [email protected] Doug Blake, Facilities Manager Reita Turro, Nursery Director

James (Jamey) Hein, Head of School [email protected]


The vision of St. Martin’s-in-the-Field is to gather as a welcoming community of Christ, called to love and serve God, our neighbors, and each other in joyful celebration of God’s presence in the world.

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ST. MARTIN’S-IN-THE-FIELD EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Mark your Calendar for these Upcoming Events:Sat., Sept. 14 ~ Fall Worship Hours Begin (see page 10)

Sat., Oct. 4 ~ Stewardship Dinner (see page 4)Sat., Nov. 15 ~ Outreach Bull and Oyster Roast (see page 7)

Sat., Nov. 22 ~ Fall Campus Clean UpSat., Dec. 6 ~ Christmas Bazzar (see page 6)

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