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Table of ContentsAnnual Meeting Business Documents Rector’s Message 6 Annual Meeting Agenda 7 Table Questions 8-11 Minutes from the Annual Meeting on June 14, 2015 12-13 Welcome Newcomers 14 2016 Graduates 14 Proposed Vestry and Diocesan Delegates Slate 15 Nominees for Vestry 16-17 Finance Report 18-19Ministry Reports for 2015-16 Musical Worship 22 Liturgy 23 Anti-Racism 24 SUPPER Expands! 25 Wellspring at St. Martin’s 26 Women Connecting 27 Biblical Studies 28-29 Education for Ministry 29 Parish Forum 30 Stephen Ministry 31 Climate Action Team 32 POWER 33 Guatemala Companion Parish 34Appendix Newcomer Ministry Project: Invite.Welcome.Connect 36-39 2015 Parochial Report 40-43 Thank You to our 2016 Pledging Members 44-45 Planning Calendar for 2016-17 46 St. Martin’s Contact Information 47 St. Martin’s Mission & Values 48

Thank you to Lucy Baber Photography, Larry Kanevsky Photography, and our staff and parishioners for the contributions to this publication.

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Annual Meeting Business

Lucy Baber Photography

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Rector’s Message Annual Meeting is an Annual Conversation

As I have said over and over in my 6 years here at St. Martin’s, I believe that leadership is an ongoing conversation that builds trusting relationships. For this reason, I am always looking for opportunities to convene large cross-sections of the congregation for conversations that advance our ministry and mission into all the abundance God has in store for us.

Our Annual Meeting, after the Bluegrass Mass on June 19, will be more about conversation and vision for the future than reports and reminiscing on the past. The Vestry, staff, and various committees and ministries have convened visioning discussions throughout the program year, and now it is time to include the whole congregation.

We will be discussing our vision for hospitality at St. Martin’s which stretches us beyond Welcome to also think and pray about InvItIng and BelongIng. How do we intentionally offer the gift of belonging to newcomers? How do we intentionally help folks find expression for their gifts for ministry through St. Martin’s? As in all things at St. Martin’s we are building on our growing gift for welcome when we explore these new dimensions.

We will also discuss our new vision for Community Engagement at St. Martin’s. Community Engagement is the new name for the “Outreach Committee.” This name highlights our commitment to relationship in all we do. Community Engagement is looking at new ways to put mutual relationship at the heart of our engagement work. This is a long-standing aspirational value of St. Martin’s, and we are looking forward to finding new ways to go deeper on this path.

We will also discuss our role as a Resource Parish in our region of the Episcopal Church. Our congregation is richly blessed with talented, committed, creative, and energetic lay ministers and staff as well as significant and growing financial resources. How do we learn to resource surrounding congregations that are struggling so they can thrive too? SUPPER expanding is a great vanguard for our future as a Resource Parish.

In addition, following our rule that mission drives spending on staff and buildings, we will look at some of the future capital needs that would support Youth Ministry, Choirs, SUPPER, and Hospitality as well as basics like adequate bathrooms and air conditioning that keeps staff offices habitable all summer. In my tenure here, I hope to stop hearing the following statement of shock and surprise, “My home has more bathrooms than this church!”

Jarrett Kerbel, Rector

June 19, 2016 at 11:00 a.m.Mission Statement

The mission of the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields is to Welcome all seekers;

Worship God in liturgy, music and prayer; Equip all baptized persons for ministry; and

Engage as agents of Christ’s love in the world.

Welcome – The Rector

Opening Prayer – The Rector

Call to Order/Announcement of Quorum – Pam Hill, Rector’s Warden Approval of Minutes – Jane Good, Secretary

Introduction of the Staff

Future Focus – The Rector

Celebration of Service – Pam Hill and The Rector

Election of Vestry Members and Convention Delegates – The Rector Finance report – Robert Allen, Accounting Warden Other business

Closing Prayer – The Rector

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Table Question 1If Jesus visited St. Martin’s, where would he see evidence of his ministry in our faith community? Tell stories, use examples...

Table Question 2What is your story of belonging at St. Martin’s? How did you gain a sense that you belong here? How do you offer that to others, and what could we do as a church to offer a sense of community to newcomers?

Aspirational Values: Unconditional Welcome and Inclusion; Becoming a Racism-Free and Diverse Community that reflects the City where we worship

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Table Question 3How have you become aware of your gifts for ministry while at St. Martin’s or in other areas of your life? How might our congregation encourage the gifted ministry of our members?

Aspirational Value: A community that calls forth the gifts of its entire people

Table Question 4In Community Engagement (formerly “Outreach”) at St. Martin’s we struggle to get beyond grant-maker to form real relationships of mutual and reciprocal ministry together.

How might we adapt our Community Engagement to encourage relationship development and broad engagement by the congregation?

Aspirational Value: Community Engagement and Social Justice

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The Mission of the Church of St. Martin in the Fields is to Welcome all seekers; Worship God in liturgy, music and prayer; Equip all baptized persons for ministry; and Engage as agents of Christ’s love in the world.

Opening Prayer The Rector welcomed everyone to the Annual Meeting, noting how full the past year had been. He then led those assembled in prayer.

Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Pam Hill, the Rector’s Warden, at 11:30 a.m.; she declared the presence of a quorum.

Approval of Minutes Upon motion duly made and seconded, the Minutes of the 2014 Annual Meeting were approved as distributed.

Election of Vestry and Diocesan Delegates Upon motion duly made and seconded, Justina Barrett, Mary Hopkins, Andrew Roberts, and Deborah Schaaf were unanimously elected to four-year terms on the Vestry; Teresa Parris was unanimously elected to a three-year term; and Michaela Prell was unanimously elected to a one-year term as a Youth Representative. Melissa Buckingham, Susan Davis, Donna Duncan, and Rush Smith (alternate), were unanimously elected as Diocesan Delegates.

Report by the Associate for Spiritual Formation & Care Barbara Ballenger highlighted two programs of spiritual growth and care. She first spoke about Wellspring, which was started two years ago. The program has experienced steady growth. Total attendance for the 19 programs offered went from 210 last year to 319 this year, not counting the Women Connecting Program. The average number of people attending programs increased from seven to sixteen. The goal next year is to create even more programming that is illuminated by the Christian tradition and to draw even more community members to our programming. Patricia Cornelius is now the chair of Wellspring. Barbara also discussed Stephen Ministry, which is our ministry of compassionate listening. There are now 18 trained ministers active in the program. A Stephen Minister goes through 50 hours of training, as well as two meetings a month for continuing education. She closed by saying that she hopes to begin a Health Ministry during the coming year to develop a more coordinated approach to managing health, social, and pastoral needs, under the leadership of Joan Mechlin and herself.

Report of the Rector The Rector thanked everyone for their support as we all walked together on a journey of spiritual growth during the past five years, particularly their depth, intensity, sincerity, and lack of division within the Parish. Since the Vestry retreat this past spring, the Parish and Church leadership has entered into a period of Sacred Listening, primarily through the opportunity to nominate causes and the CAT survey. There were 245 responses to the CAT survey, which was a high rate of return, and the Vestry will be meeting tomorrow night to review the responses, which will, in turn, guide the direction of the Parish for the coming years. The purpose has been to involve the members of

Minutes of the 2015 Annual Meeting

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the Parish in the process, so that when a commitment is made to a particular Outreach program or other cause, the Vestry can by guided not only by the Mission, Core, and Aspirational Values of St. Martin’s, but also the views of the Parish as reflected in these surveys. For the coming year, the Rector hopes to be able to concentrate on three areas: first, with respect to anti-racism, a program is being developed within the Parish, so that a course will be offered at St. Martin’s on Becoming a Beloved Community next fall. Second, as to our Church School and Youth Program, he hopes that we all discern what our youth and children need to know to be recognizable as followers of Christ when they graduate. Being a person of faith is often challenging in today’s world, and we want to equip our children as best we can to navigate their way. Finally, with respect to our liturgies, how do they reflect our core and aspirational values? What messages are we delivering? He also thanked Helen White for her work with Christ Church & St. Michael’s, Debra Roberts and the SUPPER crew for the incredibly successful ministry of SUPPER at St. Martin’s, as well as Bob Allen and Pam Hill for their wonderful service as Accounting and Rector’s Wardens. He praised Connie Haggard for her contributions to the office, Natalee Hill for her administrative and communications efforts, Erik Meyer for the extraordinary music program which he oversees, and James Kent for being such a wonderful Sexton. We are truly blessed with such talent. Finally, he encouraged everyone to welcome Anne Thatcher, who is arriving as a new priest at the end of July.

Finance and Budget Report Bob Allen reported that St. Martin’s had achieved a third consecutive year of strong financial performance. Total giving was $573,633, a 3% increase over 2013. Woodward Trust income increased by $8,000 in 2014 due to one of the seven beneficiaries of the Trust being no longer eligible to receive distributions. St. Martin’s and the other remaining five beneficiaries will receive an additional $33,000 per year. The endowment fund market value was $3,811,413 at year end. The parish staff exercised excellent expense controls during 2014, and expenses were under budget. The Parish funded $214,692 of capital improvements, the largest item being the access ramp. The Parish paid its full Diocesan Assessment and an additional $15,000 to the Diocese in 2014. Bob announced that Garry Duncan was now the Chair of the Investment Committee, replacing Fred Seving, who served as a wonderful steward of the Parish’s endowment for so many years. He concluded by thanking Betsy Wolford for her invaluable contributions as a part-time Parish Accountant.

Rector’s Warden Report Pam Hill thanked the Rector for his extraordinary first five years of service to the Parish. She noted that during the past year we had a glorious 125th Anniversary, and we now have an access ramp and a terrace. She predicted doors and a new sidewalk would be in place by the fall. She thanked the Vestry for their hard work and dedication during the past year.

Property Committee Dave Harrower thanked the Property Committee for their work in completing the ramp, and for their efforts with respect to the doors, sidewalk, and lighting projects to come.

Celebration of Departing Vestry Members Pam Hill thanked Donna Hecker, Alec Kerr, Tony Wells, Michelle Williams, and Meredith Broussard for their years of service, and an appropriate token of appreciation was delivered.

Adjournment The meeting concluded with a closing prayer at 12:20 p.m.

Respectfully submitted, Alexander Kerr, Secretary

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Welcome NewcomersDavid Adams & Robert Jennings

Kyle & Jessica Bauman and FamilyMatt Billas

Eric & Kate BorgstromJapheth & Suzanne Brubaker

and FamilyJeff & JoAnn Chapman and Family

Zander Crawford & Elizabeth Harris and Family

Kathy Crusi and FamilyEllis Dingfield

Kathy DoughertyAlexander & Yenssy Goyins and

FamilyGreta Gretz and FamilyTim & Alicia Hanchin

George Henderson

Julie HoffmanMichael & Denise Khouri

Marci LandsmannBen & Kelly Landt

Michael & Mary Mabry and FamilyFabian Marechal & Rob Raymond

and FamilyMatt McAlpin

Jill McNishThomas Queenan

Kent & Amanda Reichert and Family

Jennifer Ruger and FamilyPaula Siry and Family

Sandra SmithBeth Ten Have

Suzanne Zimmermann

Congrats 2016 GradsJesse BallengerOlivia Browne

Meredith ChernakLydia Brubaker Haggard

Henry KelleyNigel Law

Hannah Maniates

Tate MillerCarson MutchMichaela Prell

Joe PrevidiSally Sitton Stanley

Nick Wells

OCLASS OF 2016Garry Duncan (Departing from class of 2018)

Grace McGinleyMichaela Prell (Youth Representative, one-year term)

Karen West

CLASS OF 2017 Jane Good

Jo Ann MilesPam Prell

Dorsey Sayer

CLASS OF 2018David Harrower

Teresa ParrisJames Simpson

CLASS OF 2019Justina BarrettMary Hopkins

Andrew RobertsDeborah Schaaf

PROPOSED INCOMING CLASS OF 2020Robert Allen, Accounting Warden - renewing

Chris Benson Christoph (2-year term, class of 2018)Pam Hill, Rector’s Warden - renewing

Cary NicholasChristina Smith Paul

PROPOSED DELEGATES TO DIOCESAN CONVENTIONBarbara Ballenger

Harry GouldSeth McDowell

Alternate: Shirley Mann

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Meet the Nominees for Vestry and Diocesan ConventionRobert (Bob) Allen, Accounting Warden (Vestry) is a life-long Episcopalian, a member of St. Martin’s for over 35 years, and is renewing his term as Accounting Warden. He serves St. Martin’s as an acolyte and Stephen Minister, although he is probably best known for occasionally smoking up the church with incense! Bob enjoys his work in public service as Director of Property and Concessions Management for Philadelphia Parks & Recreation and before that, Assistant Managing Director of the City. Bob also worked in the financial services industry for 30 years. Bob loves St. Martin’s for the liturgy and exceptional music program, but most especially for its talented, diverse and caring people.

Barbara Ballenger (Delegate) joined St. Martin’s as the Associate for Spiritual Formation & Care in 2014. Barbara’s ministry background includes more than 17 years in a variety of faith-based positions, including parish faith formation director, campus minister, newspaper reporter, and program coordinator for Catholic Relief Services, eight years in a performing arts ministry as a retreat leader, songwriter, and storyteller, and with Episcopal Relief & Development as a training coordinator in US Disaster Preparedness and Response. She joined the Episcopal Church six years ago, with the long-term goal of priestly ordination. Woven through her work in ministry is a passion for social, economic and environmental justice. Barbara’s family includes her husband Jess, adult son Jesse, and teenage daughter Hannah.Chris Benson Christoph (Vestry, 2-year term) is honored to serve on the Vestry

at St. Martin’s. She has been an active member since 1996, serving as a Sunday School teacher, a member of the Altar Guild, and helping out whenever needed. Her sons Jonathan, Robert, and Carl were all acolytes and crucifers when they were younger. Chris teaches third grade at Penn Charter and in her free time volunteers at Special Equestrians Therapeutic Riding Center. She is married to her long-time partner, Konstanze Fabian. Chris is looking forward to serving St. Martin’s in this new capacity.

Harry Gould (Delegate) and his wife Sandra were married at St. Martin’s 15 years ago and have been active members ever since. In addition to serving as an usher, greeter, or lector during the 11:15 Sunday services, Harry is also a Stephen Minister. From 2005 to 2009, Harry served on the Vestry and, in the year that followed, served on the Discernment Committee charged with recommending a new rector for the parish. Raised in New York City, Harry spent his first career as a journalist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, and now enjoys a second career as a software developer. He and Sandra reside near Schwenksville.

Seth McDowell (Delegate) and his family have been a members of St. Martin’s since moving to Philadelphia in 2014. Seth serves on the Community Engagement Committee. He has worked professionally as an information technology consultant and before that was a Peace Corps volunteer in West Africa. Seth lives in Chestnut Hill with his wife Diane, son Ian, and dog Rex.Cary Nicholas (Vestry) grew up in an Episcopal church in Cold Spring Harbor, New

York. After a stint as a Quaker, she joined St. Martin’s in 1995, drawn happily back to deep and powerful liturgy, music, and community. She sings in the choir, and is one of the leaders of Stephen Ministry at St. Martin’s. Cary spent several years as attorney and director of the Women’s Law Project, and since 1990 she has worked at The Nature Conservancy, having been led there by an abiding passion for God’s gorgeous creation. Cary has two grown daughters and a grandson.

Christina (Tina) Smith Paul (Vestry) is a St. Martin’s “lifer.” She was baptized at St. Martin’s as an infant, sang in the youth choir, and was confirmed and married here. Tina graduated from Springside School, Princeton University, and Jefferson Medical College. She is board certified in family medicine and sports medicine and practices at the University of Pennsylvania’s Student Health Center with a clinical and research expertise in sports concussion, and also teaches in the medical school. Tina and Matt reside in Erdenheim with their two children, Finley (6) and Richie (4), and live a few blocks from Tina’s parents, Pat and Rush Smith.

Pam Hill, Rector’s Warden (Vestry) Soon after arriving in Philadelphia in 1977, Pam began attending St. Martin’s. Newly married and expecting their first child, she knew no one here, and the people of St. Martin’s became some of her first and dearest friends. Over the years, she has served on committees involved with religious education for both children and adults, been on long-range planning committees, served as an acolyte, liturgist, and vestry member. As a leader of the high school youth group, she accompanied them to South Dakota on their pilgrimage. Since Jarrett’s arrival in 2011, she has served as his Rector’s Warden.

Shirley Mann (Alternate Delegate) has been a member of St. Martin’s since 2011 when she moved from Ohio to be closer to her daughters after the death of her husband. She attends 8:00 service and serves as an Altar Guild member. In Ohio, Shirley was an active member of St. Philip Episcopal Church where she served as a Sunday school teacher, VBS assistant, on Altar Guild, Finance committee, Vestry, Lay Eucharistic visitor, and chalice bearer. After receiving a law degree, Shirley worked as an attorney examiner for the Bureau of Worker’s Compensation. Later, she transitioned to the field of education and held several positions, ending her career as a principal and area executive director. Currently she takes piano lessons at Settlement Music School, plays bridge, and is active at the Y.

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Summary of Financial Results 2011 to 2015

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015Giving 519,523 571,434 556,509 573,633 610,544Endowment Income 290,302 300,647 310,000 335,873 373,213Miscellaneous Income 17,884 22,124 13,092 12,693 10,844Total Revenue 827,709 894,205 879,601 922,199 994,601 Total Expenses 831,491 892,082 870,921 915,756 994,075 Net surplus (deficit) (3,782) 2,123 8,680 6,443 526

2015 Financial Results RevenueSt. Martin’s reported the fourth consecutive year of solid financial performance. Pledge giving totaled $543,928, slightly under the Stewardship and Budget goal of $550,000. Collection Plate and General Giving totaled $67,662, exceeding the budgeted amount of $36,000. Total Giving was $610,544, a 6.4% increase over 2014.

Woodward Trust income increased by $33,000 in 2015. The increase was due to one of the seven beneficiaries of the Trust being declared no longer eligible to benefit from the Trust. St. Martin’s and the other five remaining beneficiaries each received an additional $33,000 annually from the Woodward Trust. Income from the Parish’s endowment funds also increased to $184,891. $134,570 of endowment income was distributed to the operating budget and $49,921 was contributed to the Capital Improvement Fund for capital repair projects. Due to market conditions, the endowment fund market value declined to $3,660,144 at year end 2015, compared to $3,811,413 at year 2014.

The Parish received a one-time distribution of $107,248 in 2015 from the Harriet Woodward Trust. The Vestry authorized that the full amount be contributed to the parish endowment funds.

ExpensesThe Parish staff exercised excellent expense controls in 2015. Total operating expenses of $963,075 were slightly under the budget. The Vestry approved an additional $31,000 to be expensed in 2015 and contributed to the Capital Improvement Fund in advance of 2016 capital project needs.

Capital Improvement Projects The Parish funded and completed $139,512 of capital improvements in 2015, compared to $214,692 in 2014. The reconstruction of the Willow Grove Avenue sidewalk and completion of final elements of the ramp project made up the largest portion of capital expenditures.

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Diocesan Assessment and Pledge The Parish paid its full Diocesan Assessment of $34,969 (the Diocesan request) and pledged and paid an additional $18,000 to the Diocese in 2015.

2016 Year-To-Date Accomplishments

2016 BudgetThe Finance Committee and Vestry approved a balanced budget that calls for pledge giving to increase from $550,000 to $575,000 in 2016. Woodward Trust income will decrease by $33,000 to $200,000 due to market conditions and expenses related to the transition from seven to six beneficiaries. Income from the Parish’s endowment fund is budgeted to decrease slightly from 2015’s level.

Total expenses excluding Community Engagement will increase by about 4% in 2016. The increase will fund:

• A part-time youth ministry assistant to start in August.

• Increased funding for hospitality programs and for the Choir Camp and Vacation Bible School.

• A projected 2% cost of living adjustment for staff.

• An increase in our Diocesan Assessment and voluntary Diocesan Pledge.

• Modest increases in some administrative expenses to reflect actual 2015 costs.

2016 Year to Date St. Martin’s parishioners have been generous in 2016. For the five months ended May 2016, total giving exceeded the budgeted amount by 2.5%. Total expenses through May 2016 were 2% less than the budgeted amount. The Parish reported a net surplus of $30,985 compared to a budgeted surplus of $16,692 through the end of May 2016.

Investment CommitteeThe investment committee, under the leadership of Garry Duncan, initiated a request for proposal process for the management of our endowment. The committee will be reviewing proposals from major local banks and trust companies to make sure we are getting the best value, performance, and service at the best rates for our endowment.

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Ministry Reports

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worship has been so important. Brian’s battle with cancer this year and my own battle with hearing impairment has at times seemed overwhelming, and yet the way music is done at St. Martin’s has allowed us to continue to be able to be a part of this community. We are so happy for the choir and the open hearts in it. - Tanya Regli

For as long as I can remember, great choral music has had an electric and emotional effect on me, but despite having a decent ear, I grew up convinced that my singing voice was inalterably terrible. Well, it was terrible, but thanks to the generous choir program at St. Martin’s, I

have sung in two wonderful choirs, I’m taking lessons from our fabulous Alto section leader, and my singing voice and confidence are improving. What a gift to be able to sing my way through the service, to be transported by the music while helping to create it. Definitely a “bucket list” experience for me. - Emily Law

As we sing our way through rehearsals and services, we grow to care deeply about each other as we become an extended family of sorts. Being able to sing together is a profound gift. - Martha Crowell

When I come to rehearse in the choir room, and I see photographs of both of my children in different choir groups, I feel that I am home. - Faith Watson

I get regular blessings in choir, often in a text. One such text was a composition by Grayston Ives – a setting of George Herbert’s poem ‘Whitsunday’. I was struck by “Lord, though we change, thou art the same.” As a child, I took comfort in the innocent belief that my grandparents’ house in Staunton, VA, would be a refuge in summers into perpetuity. Ever so slightly wiser, I now

know that God, unchanging and ever faithful, is always there for me. And that, ever changing, I can count on the slow but sure rebirth promised to me in the Gospel. - Al Pearson

The Germantown Meeting House on Coulter Lane was packed to capacity on a chilly April afternoon as we waited for the memorial service for Randy Dalton to begin. Michael Martin Mills, longtime member of St. Martin’s and the choir, was seated at the center of the room with members of Randy’s family. There was a low buzz of voices, punctuated by an occasional greeting. Our own Erik Meyer was at the piano, playing Debussy. Already you could tell this would be no ordinary Quaker service. Then our mezzo-soprano Alyson Harvey stood, turned to face the crowd, and slowly launched into a solo rendering of Steal Away to Jesus. You could hear the intake of breath across the room. The tone was set. We were ready to mourn. And celebrate! Celebrate the love between our dear Michael, beloved member of the Chancel Choir, and his life’s partner as choir members stood in place and sang Healey Willan’s sweet, romantic Rise Up My Love. I was so very proud of our choir for creating this loving tribute to life and love. - By Barbara Dundon

Been with St. Martin’s for a very long time. Started attending regularly when my oldest child was 7 years old. I made a wager with her after I met David Dieck and Howell Herring who were tenors in the choir, giving me the Parish Pitch. I said to her, “Missy, I really think you will like singing with a choir. Matter of fact, if you join the church choir, and you like it, Daddy promises that he will join too!” Well, 21 years later, Big Al is still singing with the choir! My oldest daughter went on to sing in high school, college and still has a fabulous voice. Waiting for her to return some day. - By Al Good

Choir is something we do as a family because music is an important part of our spiritual and social life. It is also a way to give our son, Gabriel, and our entire family, community and a place in our church. It hasn’t always been easy, especially this year, but the fact that we know it’s there as an outlet for our family

Musical Worship

It’s music to my ears.. 81 Singers

59 choir campers46 Instrumentalists

358 hymns and 159 anthems95 times we sang the “sanctus” (holy, holy, holy Lord)

10 Magnificats8 complines, 8 evensongs, and 12 concerts

2,737 pipes in the organ513 keyboard keys throughout the church

120 copies of the new Lift Every Voice and Sing

Morning PrayerMorning prayer attendance and leadership has increased this year! In the fall we had our traditional morning and evening prayer offerings during Advent, all lead extremely well by parishioners. In January, Rev. Anne offered a morning prayer leader training which was enthusiastically attended. In addition, in January, Jarrett and Anne began offering daily morning prayer at 7:30 a.m. Monday-Thursday. We now have solid attendance four days a week and there are always opportunities to lead whether occasionally or consistently. We will continue to have it be completely led by parishioners in Lent and Advent.

ComplineThis Lent we tested out the opportunity to offer Compline on Wednesday evenings. We started off with a test run in January, followed by offering it every Wednesday evening during Lent. These complines were accompanied by SUPPER at St. Martin’s or a simple soup meal each week, and were brief enough to enjoy before heading off to evening meetings. This “nightcap for the soul” was extremely popular especially on SUPPER evenings with a diverse crowd which included a full spectrum of ages down to young children. We look forward to offering compline again in the fall.

Palm Sunday Passion Play & Youth SundayThis spring we were excited to include our youth in two opportunities to lead worship. The first was our Palm Sunday Passion Play written and presented by our High School Youth Forum. Their modern interperetation was a moving display which many people greatly enjoyed. The Church School students also contributed art which hung above the altar.

Then on May 21st we held our first Youth Sunday. This time the Junior High Youth Forum had an opportunity to contribute their talents, writing a news report version of the gospel from Matthew of the Feeding of the 4,000. This was recorded and is available to listen to on St. Martin’s Sermon Archive and SoundCloud account. In addition, the Treble Choir sang a lovely rendition of “All Things Bright and Beautiful” by John Bertalot which we also recorded. We thanked our Church School teachers for a fantastic year and look forward to finding even more

ways to incorporate the children and youth in liturgies next year.

Sermon Audio RecordingsThis year we finally worked out all of our technological needs in order to have regualar recordings of our Sunday morning sermons. Thanks to the donation of a MacBook, the coordination by Erik Meyer and Natalee Hill who figured out the tech, and our “sound guy” Daniel Cooper, who makes sure the computer is recording each Sunday morning. You can now find weekly Monday morning postings of the sermon audio on our Sermon Archive on StMartinEC.org, our SoundCloud account, or on Facebook. Coming soon we’ll get them set up as downloadable MP3s as well. Get a second chance to listen, or catch up on what you missed if you couldn’t attend.

Children’s Soft Space Makes Its Debut!Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me; do not hinder them.” On Sunday, June 19, 2016 we debuted our soft space for young children at the front right of the nave, in the transept by the Lear (healing) Chapel. This space was designed especially for young children who still need to move about during worship. It gives them a space to play quietly, with parents able to sit nearby, and it keeps the whole family in worship together. We hope you welcome the soft space and the next generation of Christians using it!

Liturgy

“I love choir. It’s one of the places where I get to be ‘me’.”

~ Chorister

Sophia, our spectacular, high-flying Angel Gabriel for the 5 pm Christmas Pageant in 2015.

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By Debra RobertsOver the past four years, thanks to the ongoing efforts of our volunteers, the SUPPER at St. Martin’s program has flourished!

We started by serving 42 guests on February 29, 2012 and then 200 guests at our 4th anniversary celebration on March 9, 2016. Since we opened our doors in 2012, over 9,300 SUPPER guests have been served, creating a consistent source of food for many food insecure individuals and families. As evidenced by the comments people wrote on our March survey, we have welcomed guests from Chestnut Hill and surrounding communities who then decided to make St. Martin’s their church - “I credit SUPPER with my settling in at STM”. Creating a sense of community for young families, isolated or elderly neighbors and fellow St. Martin’s parishioners, not only because it offers a “free, all-are-welcome, home-cooked meal”, fun and fellowship, but because

it is lovingly provided by committed SUPPER at St. Martin’s Crew members! “Someone told me the SUPPER volunteers work all afternoon, chopping, cooking, etc. Thank you for all you do and for volunteering your time!” “Thank you with all my heart for your generosity and dedication in offering this gift to the community!”

In Jarrett’s role as Dean of the Wissahickon Deanery, he has shared the positive impact of SUPPER at St. Martin’s with members of the Deanery. After learning the specifics of what is involved, Christ Church & St. Michael’s in Germantown and Grace Epiphany in Mt. Airy launched SUPPER programs at their churches. Christ Church & St. Michael’s held their first SUPPER on Saturday, April 23, at 5pm, with a chili cook-off. It was well attended and received with people from as different experiences as a lawyer, a priest, and a homeless man all dining and conversing together. SUPPER at Christ Church & St. Michael’s will continue once a month, on the 4th Saturday. Helen White and Cathy Glazer were instrumental in helping bring this

congregation on board.

Then, on Wednesday, May 18th, Grace Epiphany held their first monthly SUPPER at Grace Epiphany. This SUPPER was also well attended and resulted in front page placement in The Leader of the Roxborough Review on June 10, 2016, with 3 pages of article and photos. In the article, The Rev. Naz Javier, Rector of Grace Epiphany, was quoted as saying, “We live in a world where there are many people who are isolated and hungry. Many people will not tell you that they are skipping meals because they can no longer afford food.”

Both communities provide wonderful opportunities for outreach and fellowship. Over 26% of Germantown residents live in poverty, with 12.8% living in deep poverty. Deep poverty is defined as a family of four living on less than $11,000/year. The community surrounding Mt. Airy includes a mix with retired, elderly individuals, and young families, with many living on fixed incomes and/or limited resources.

Both parishes follow the model that has been created at St. Martin’s:

• A free, home-cooked meal prepared by parish and community volunteers.• Each parish will recruit their own volunteers and certainly welcome any volunteer support from St.

Martin’s or the broader community. • Each program will be marketed as a SUPPER program so that consistent marketing & leadership support

can be provided as needed from St. Martin’s staff/SUPPER Crew.

Both communities are very excited about welcoming SUPPER guests to their churches, expanding fellowship to the Germantown and Mt. Airy communities, and growing their congregations.

St. Martin-in-the-Fields sponsored several parish and regional programs on undoing racism this year – efforts that will continue in 2017 with the hope of fostering ongoing racial healing in our parish and community practices.

Becoming Beloved CommunityDrawing from the wisdom of both biblical imagery and the writing of Martin Luther King, the ongoing anti-racism efforts at St. Martin’s have been titled “Becoming Beloved Community”. Key in this effort is the knowledge that the work of racial healing requires ongoing commitment, it requires transformation of hearts and structures, and it is fueled by grace.

In October of 2015, 36 parishioners participated in a five-week Becoming Beloved Community training to build skills in acknowledging, talking about, and addressing racism at St. Martin’s and in our community. The curriculum was developed by parishioners Nikki Wood, Chris McGinley, and Bill Jacobs, staff member Barb Ballenger, Associate for Spiritual Formation & Care, and Rev. Jarrett Kerbel. Participants shared stories, examined the history of racism in the community and delved into their own experiences with racism.

In January, local race researcher Ali Michael facilitated a Parish Forum and an afternoon workshop on Seeing Whiteness. More than 50 people attended the forum that morning. And more than 30 people attended the workshop which explored the concept of whiteness, how it shapes what is normal in society, and how understanding it can help white people address racism more effectively.

During Lent, the Rev. Carol Duncan, St. Martin’s deacon, led a weekly discussion of more than 10 people on the book Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates.

The number of programs or the size of attendance alone do not determine if an effort is successful. However, the level to which our members have continued to stay engaged with this challenging issue says something about its importance at St. Martin’s and about people’s willingness to see this as ongoing work.

Listen for a Change: Sacred Conversations on Racial JusticeSt. Martin’s also spearheaded a local, live web-cast of Trinity Wall Street’s Trinity Institute, themed Listen for a Change: Sacred Conversations on Racial Justice. The conference was held at Lutheran Theological Seminary and was cosponsored by the seminary, The Episcopal Mission Center, The Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, The Lutheran Synod of Southeast Pennsylvania, the Anti Racism Commission of the Diocese of PA, The Advocate Center for Culture and Education, The African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, and Episcopal Community Services. More than 120 people from throughout the community attended this local conversation, which featured webcasts of the live conference in New York City.

The strength of the program was in the local discussion facilitated by volunteers from the community. While a record snow storm caused the cancelation of the third day of the national institute, local participants have continued to stay in touch.

In April, the Rev. Anne Thatcher facilitated a follow-up dialogue, in which several participants of the Trinity Institute met at St. Martin’s to discuss how to support one another in the ongoing work of undoing racism in our community. This group is considering a proposal to encourage and foster “Congregations and Communities of Resistance to Racism” which would involve committing to educating members on racism, evaluating internal practices for racism, and speaking out against racism in the community.

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By the end of June, Wellspring, St. Martin’s ministry for spiritual growth and care, will have offered 26 programs since October. The year has been marked especially by prayer and self-care.

In our new Great Ways to Pray series for example, participants learned to pray with icons, explored the mystery of prayer beads and African Bible Study, encountered the Psalms in new ways and explored powerful ways to pray on the go. Increasing our emphasis on spiritual care, Wellspring offered two “days of care” for caregivers and provided grief support around the Christmas and Easter holidays for those experiencing loss.

Asking a modest “suggested donation” for these programs has allowed Wellspring to cover nearly all of its expenses this year, which include paying presenters, purchasing supplies and offering refreshments. This means that the ministry, which served over 200 people this year, has been able to run with minimal cost to the parish. About one-third of participants continue to come from outside the parish, mainly from the Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy areas. The quality of the programming continues to exceed expectations, as measured on evaluations.

Wellspring Committee members Patricia Cornelius (chair), Scott Robinson, Lucy Hines, and Barb Ballenger, Associate for Spiritual Formation & Care, not only planned but designed and offered several of this year’s programs. Additionally, Wellspring brought in out-of-town presenters, including:

• Icon writer Rev. Peter Pearson of Scranton, who taught us how to pray with icons in October.

• Rev. Heidi Havercamp of Bolingbrook, IL, who presented a family program based on her book Advent in Narnia in November.

• Westina Matthews, a New York City-based spiritual director who offered a retreat day on Treasure Mapping in May.

Here are some of the comments that participants have shared:

• My 10-year-old was engaged the whole time. She enjoyed it all! (Advent in Narnia)

• I learned everything I never knew I always needed to learn about the meditation that I had been doing. (Mindfulness Meditation Day)

• The Psalms have new value for me. (Praying through the Psalms)

Other Wellspring ProgramsWellspring is also committed to making a space for spiritual direction and other supportive programs. This year we hosted Musehouse, which offered several programs in writing. Angela York Crane began to offer spiritual direction and other programming, and Deborah Cooper continued her popular offerings in mindfulness meditation, as well as counseling. Also under the Wellspring tent is the monthly Spirituality of Aging group, which meets every first Wednesday of the month.

The mission of Wellspring is to provide a welcoming place for all people seeking to deepen their spiritual

journeys. In an atmosphere of acceptance, Wellspring offers a sacred space for individuals and small groups to nurture their spiritual awareness through practices in the Christian tradition such as spiritual direction, contemplative prayer, and pastoral care, as well as

workshops and retreats.

WellspringBy Joanne ConwayWomen Connecting is a gathering of parish and community women who meet once each liturgical season to pray, share stories, and reflect deeply upon their lives. It is offered through St. Martin’s Wellspring ministry.

This year, Joanne Conway served in the role of Coordinator with the assistance of Mary Hopkins. Volunteers were invited to help with the planning for each program. While several “regulars” returned to help, there were new faces among those who took an active and enthusiastic interest. Two such

consistent volunteers were Lorraine Webb and Jennifer Cardosa. Both these women were new to the program; Jenny coming from the community outside of St. Martin’s.

While this year’s programs tended to follow the original guidelines of prayer, silence, refection, and small group sharing, there were small but significant alterations to the format that signal flexibility and increased experimentation in the future.

The following titles describe the focus of each of the 2015-2016 gatherings:

Ordinary Time: Women Across Generations: How God Calls Us into Community

Advent: Journeying Through Advent with Hope and Grace

Epiphany: The Curiosity of the Magi: Are We Open to Faith-filled Curiosity?**

Lent: The Lenten Dumpster: Where Grace Abounds

Easter: Finding the Light of Resurrection in Community

An average of 24 women attended each gathering. Most have been members of St. Martin’s parish, with an average of 5 to 8 women from the outside community. These community women have tended to return and bring others with them. Members of the parish have brought guests as well. We experimented with offering child-care this year and while this was not used by any of the participants, we will continue to do this in an effort to attract younger women to the program. We saw a rise in the number of younger women and hope that this continues.

Our plans for the coming year begin with a June gathering, where we will be asking women to complete an evaluation form that will help us learn how well we are meeting their needs and our goals. We will have a Visioning Meeting at the end of June where we will invite others to come and share in the creative visioning of our coming year’s programs.

** This program was cancelled because of snow. Readings were sent to the participants.

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The Birth Narratives As an introduction to the Biblical Studies program, Leni Windle led a four-evening study in November, focusing on the story of Jesus’ birth, which only appears in two Gospels: Matthew and Luke. They read together and discovered the similarities and differences between the two Gospels.

Participants Speak Up“We read with immediacy, as if hearing these words for the very first time. And, in many ways, we were,” said participant Taylor Anderson. “We searched for meaning, exchanged ideas and perceptions, dug more deeply into the intent of the writers who are still speaking to us. Reading scripture this way has been an amazing journey on which we were all changed as we traveled it together. And although we came as we were able, I hated to miss a session. I look forward to fall and beginning again.”

Jeanne Allen said she was most struck with the “contemplation of how these scriptures spoke to us, their pervasive presence in our speech and culture, shared ideas we garnered from many sources that helped illuminate them for us and a lifetime of experience brought to bear on them ripened our activity from reading to living through them, a sacred blessing. We were surprised again and again by their immediate relevance to our times and lives.”

The groups will start up again in the fall. For information on how to join, connect with a member of the leadership team: Carol Duncan carol.duncan8031@gmail.com, Cathy Glazer cathyglazer@verizon.net, Helen White hlwwhite@comcast.net, and Charlie Day cday3614@verizon.net.

Biblical StudiesBy Cathy GlazerFollowing an approach to Scripture study that has been in place at St. Martin’s since 1978, the Biblical Studies program continued with three lay-led groups that read and discussed the Bible together every week from October through May. Additionally, a short introduction class was held in November. These text-centered groups are open to all and have no homework.

“It is helpful to note that throughout the experience of the small group, questions and answers emerge which will not be the same for everyone, not even for the same person at different times,” says Helen White, who has been leading classes since 1997. “A balanced process takes place. On the one hand, participants come to see a variety of insights which the texts evoke, and then on the other, come to genuine respect for many points of view which are legitimately and honestly seen.”

Here is a snapshot of what the groups studied this year:

Tuesday Group (10:30 am – 12:00)The Tuesday morning group of a dozen participants moved from Proverbs through several of the “Wisdom” books to Psalms and grew in involvement with the scriptures and each other. The coordinators were Carol Duncan and Cathy Glazer.

Thursday Group (7:30 am – 8:45) The longest running group has cycled through some of the books of the Bible several times. This year up to ten gathered to read and discuss Isaiah and are now reading the Book of Samuel. Charlie Day has been called to be the new facilitator, following Greg Williams who will be moving later this summer.

Thursday Group (10:30 am – 12:00)This probing group of up to seventeen participants continued reading and discussing the New Testament. After finishing the Synoptic Gospels, it continued on with the Gospel of John and is now reading the Book of Acts. The facilitator is Helen White.

“We read with immediacy, as if hearing

these words for the very first time. And, in many ways, we

were.”

- Taylor Anderson, Biblical Studies participant

Education for MinistryEducation for Ministry (EfM) is a four-year program designed to teach adults about Christian theology and history. It is created and administered by the Episcopal seminary at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. This year Taylor Anderson and Barb Ballenger, Associate for Spirituality & Care, served as “group mentors”, who facilitate the independent learning and large group discussion.

In the year that began in September 2015, the EfM Group at St. Martin’s included two students in Year One, studying the Hebrew Scriptures, one students in Year Two, studying the New Testament, and two in Year Three, studying church history.

Participants individually study material for their particular year, then share their learning with all participants at the meeting. Discussion connects the various learning to a general theme, which was spiritual maturity this year. The second part of the class is devoted to theological reflection, a process of exploring feelings and images around a topic in light of large spiritual themes such as creation, sin, forgiveness, and reconciliation.

More than 30 St. Martin’s parishioners and a few community members have completed one or more years of EfM study. For information regarding EfM opportunities next year, please contact Barb Ballenger at bballenger@stmartinec.org. The deadline to apply is August 1, 2016.

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By Barbara ThomsonThis year St. Martin’s offered 25 Parish Forums from September 2015 to June 2016, drawing 25 to 65 participants each Sunday to the 10 a.m. formation hour in the Parish Hall. Topics ranged from the Nicene Creed to examining privilege. We have been building upon becoming a more inclusive parish and welcoming community, continuing to promote anti-racism, practicing active listening, and embracing differences.

The Forum Committee included Barbara Thomson, Leni Windle, Charlie Day, Pam Gabell, Jim Rowley, Teresa Parris, and Victoria Sicks. Every presentation had a shepherd assigned to greet and introduce the presenter, ensure usage of the audio equipment with the hearing impaired in mind, and collect the evaluations. Committee roles also include introducing, developing topics, and presenting.

At each presentation, the committee distributed evaluations to capture how well the topic corresponded to the presentation; speaker preparation; meaningfulness of the material; comfort of the room; what was learned; future topics, and age group of participant. Topics were evaluated on a 5 point scale from 1 (needs work) to 5 (outstanding). The average results for each of the forums ranged as follows:

• Speaker Presentation: 4.1 – 4.9• Speaker Preparedness: 4.5 – 4.9 • Meaningfulness of Material: 3.9 – 4.9• Comfort of Room: 3.8 – 4.6

• Overall, the speakers were very well received and were well-prepared.

Of those who responded, the presentations with the highest scores were “Walking the Stations of the Cross” and “Radio, Africa, and Climate Change.” The least favorite presentation was “When Did We See You Hungry?” although it still received a rating of 4.1 (exceeded expectations).

One criticism is the difficulty that some people have hearing the speakers and questions. The committee is working hard to accommodate this condition and walk the microphone around for each person asking a question.

A snapshot of who attends Forum:

• Overall, the age of the participants is 40 and older.• Most (60%) of the attendees who fill out the evaluation forms are 60 or older. • Almost 35% are between the age of 40 and 60. Of these, 17 percent have school-aged children.

Parish Forum

What will you keep thinking about after Forum?

• The relationship between faith and the environment• Meaningful conversations are transformative• The youth are impressive.• Thinking about the way I inadvertently fail to listen.• The qualities of the saints• God is in the midst of horror.• The importance empathy and understanding how it feels to be marginalized.• Islam and Christianity have things in common.• The Stations of Cross opened new worlds. • Learning about Muslims is a good/necessary topic. • Don’t give up.• Everybody has transcendental moments.

You or someone you know may need us...Even with the support of family and friends, enduring difficulties and losses can feel like a pretty lonely walk.

Stephen Ministers provide regular, dependable care that is faith-based and confidential. To learn more about how a Stephen Minister might offer compassionate support for you or someone you care about, please contact Barb

Ballenger, Associate for Spiritual Formation & Care, at 215.247.7466 x102 or email bballenger@StMartinEC.org. She’ll arrange a meeting to explain Stephen Ministry and discuss our intake process.

By Leni WindleStephen Ministry is St. Martin’s one-on-one ministry of pastoral listening and care for people going through difficult times. Fifteen trained caregivers currently make up the Stephen Ministry team, which served 15 people this year.

The leadership team of Cary Nicholas and Karen West grew by two last summer, when Barb Ballenger and Leni Windle were trained as Stephen Leaders. Barb continues to be the point person for new care receivers, and Leni has assumed responsibility for Continuing Education. We look forward to identifying new leaders in the next year.

Efforts to increase awareness of Stephen Ministry this year included:

• An invitation for Ronnie Polaneczky to speak at the Parish Forum on June 5, with an emphasis on Stephen Ministry and the healing power of listening. Ronnie is a former St. Martin’s parishioner who writes for the Philadelphia Daily News. Her TED Talk “The Power of Deliberate Listening” is powerful and inspiring.

• Developing a brochure for the congregation and greater community, with the help of Barbara Dundon and Joan Menocal.

• Hosting the showing of Caregivers, a documentary from National Association of Social Workers member Vic Compher, which examined “compassionate fatigue” among social workers, doctors, police, and other helping professions. We are very grateful to Kate Maus for arranging the showing.

Upcoming - Save the Date!St. Martin’s will be hosting a morning Introduction to Stephen Ministry Seminar, presented by a representative from the central office of Stephen Ministry in St. Louis on October 1, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. It will be an opportunity to introduce other churches in the greater Philadelphia area to Stephen Ministry. St. Martin’s parishioners are invited to attend the event for free.

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Climate Action TeamSt. Martin’s Climate Action Team got its start in 2015 in partnership with the faith-based climate advocacy organization, Pennsylvania Interfaith Power and Light (PA IPL). The parish group developed at a time when advocacy and awareness on the moral implications of climate change were gaining traction nationally. Meanwhile at the parish level, St. Martin’s parishioners had named climate change as a key cause they wanted to address.

Spearheaded by parishioner Greg Williams, the Climate Action Team developed a list of interested parishioners and community members that grew from 25 to about 70 over the year. A smaller group began to meet regularly to plan programs and activities. Throughout the year the team has offered Parish Forums, developed reading groups,

encouraged advocacy efforts on climate change, helped the parish create a compost pile, and helped clear invasive species from nearby parkland.

The group has also been a vibrant participant in community efforts to educate and advocate on climate change. Some members have supported Green Justice Philly, attending the hearings of the Port Authority Board. Others have supported EQAT, the Quaker-led group trying to get PECO to buy their solar energy from North Philly rooftop solar that employs North Philly installers. And some have become involved in starting a Northwest Philly solar power Co-Op. The group also collaborated

with PA IPL Philly to offer events such as an Earth Hour party and fundraiser in January of 2016.

Finally, the group extended Earth Day into a Climate Action Fortnight with a pop-up prayer service on Earth Day, a tree planting, a forum, a petition-signing campaign on climate justice, and the showing of the documentary, This Changes Everything, in collaboration with the Weaver’s Way Co-Op in Mt. Airy.

Much of the effort and leadership in this busy first year can be credited to Greg, a board member of PA IPL, who has led many an expedition to clear invasive species from around Buttercup Cottage. Greg will soon be leaving St. Martin’s and relocating to Central Pennsylvania. Leadership has passed to parishioners Jess Ballenger and Kathy Greely.

By Rev. Carol DuncanIn January, Philadelphians Organized to Witness Empower and Rebuild (POWER) rolled out its revitalized organizational structure. The biggest change was that strategy teams now meet all on the same evening – usually second Tuesdays at 6:00 – in the same place – Second Baptist Church of Germantown. A carpool of St. Martin’s members travels to every meeting. All POWER’s work is about ending poverty and establishing racial and economic justice. POWER divides this work into three areas of concentration:

1) Good education in Pennsylvania’s public schools 2) Economic dignity for all Philadelphians 3) Racial justice.

The Economic Dignity team’s primary goal continues to be campaigning for a living wage of $15 for all Philadelphia employees along with strengthening unions in order to improve working conditions. Toward that end we organized a Poverty Summit to create a justice platform for City Council and City Administration. POWER also partners with SEIU, Fight for $15, and many other organizations to raise awareness that a wage of $15 an hour would bring families out of poverty. A secondary campaign called Power Local Green Jobs collaborates with the Quaker action group Earth Quaker Action Team (EQAT). This campaign urges the electric energy company PECO to purchase energy locally from solar installations in low income neighborhoods of Philadelphia. The idea is to create jobs, decrease climate stress, and revive communities. See Carol Duncan to join this team.

The Education Team’s primary goal continues to be full fair funding for public schools. Recently the campaign presented citizens’ warrants of arrest to state legislators at the Pennsylvania State Capitol building, for not voting for adequate education funding. The lack of funding has left some school districts without adequate counselors, nurses, books and toilet paper. Additionally, there are districts that owe millions of dollars, because of budget cuts and a lack of state appropriations. “It puts some of the school districts in such a situation that they owe loans in excess of $40 million that have to be paid back, with interest, to banks and other financial institutions,” said Bishop Dwayne Royster, POWER’s executive director said. See Susan MacBride to join this team.

The Live Free racial justice goal concentrates on police fairness and mass incarceration. Currently the work is listening to understand the burden of shame imposed by disproportionate imprisonment

of persons of African heritage. From POWER’s congregations, leaders and members are coming forward to testify to experiences of arrest and prison. The hope is that when we are able to hear these human stories, our outrage will swell and we will all speak out. See Rev. Anne Thatcher to learn more about this team.

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Lucy Baber Photography

By Terry ClattenburgThe Companion Parish Committee funds a variety of programs and projects proposed by our partner parishes and also pays the travel expenses for Guatemalans visiting St. Martin’s. It plans trips for parishioners to visit our companion parishes in Guatemala and keeps our parish informed of its activities and the ministries of our companion parishes. Funding comes from four sources: outreach funds, money raised by direct appeal for the San Juan Apostol, Chichicastenango, scholarships (and occasionally for disaster relief), money from the Guatemala Scholarship Fund (a bequest fund), and money from the crafts sale account.

This year, we maintained our regular activities at St. Martin’s including planning and leading a 15-day trip to Guatemala for three parishioners, and holding a sale of Guatemalan crafts to raise money for companion parish projects and to expand awareness of the range and skill of Guatemalan artisans. We also worked with the Diocese of Pennsylvania hosting meetings and participating in the planning of the diocesan medical project, the Epiphany Wellness and Water Filtration Project.

This year the majority of our support went to our partner parish San Marcos in Quetzaltenango. There we provided funding of $6,000.00 for four programs, including the Intercultural Education Program (IEP), now in its thirteenth year, cooking and sewing self-help groups of women, a virtual library and video library, with computers with internet service and a copier, and lay leadership training in assisting with the sacraments and in pastoral care, grief counseling, crisis intervention, consoling and accompanying the sick and accompanying vulnerable populations. There are several health ministries in at San Marcos that we also assisted with including providing funding for the Health Ministry to train volunteer health workers in the neighboring communities of Chumanzana and Chucalibal and the project of Ministry to Persons Living with HIV/AIDS; this program supports monthly meetings of a self-help group and two celebrations for persons with HIV/AIDS and their families during the year.

One of St. Martin’s priorities for Community Engagement is to assist women and children. At San Marcos we provided funding for their Ministry to Women Deprived of Liberty. This program of sacramental accompaniment strives to provide the women in prison with the opportunity for spiritual growth and a more healthful living environment. St. Martin’s also collected delivered used sandals for the women in prison in Quetzaltenango. Finally, we provided funding in the amount of $1,200.00 to San Marcos for the purchase and installation of a cistern.

At our partner parish San Juan Apostol (Chichicastenango), we provided funding in the amount of $4,890.00 for repairs to and replacement of windows in the small building at the back of the church property. The parish uses this building to provide temporary shelter to needy individuals. We continued the scholarship program for parish members to sponsor school expenses for one year for children from the congregation of San Juan Apostol, Chichicastenango; a total of $13,799.00 was sent in order to

support the education of 20 children in 2015; raised contributions for school year 2016. We also provided funds in the amount of $142.99 to pay for an eye examination and eyeglasses for one of the scholarship students, who is cross eyed, to correct her vision.

Our third Companion Parish is San Martin, Obispo de Tours (Totonicapan) where this year we provided funding in the amount of $2,000.00 for the eighth year of the partial scholarship program. This helped 20 children go to school in 2016.

Finally, we sent all three of our companion parishes crayons for church school.

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Newcomer Ministry Pr oject

As followers of Jesus Christ, we are One Church within the Anglican Communion and The Episcopal Church. All are sought and embraced in worship, mission and ministry in a spirit of mutual love and respect. Vision Statement, The Episcopal Diocese of Texas

As a response to the Vision and Mission of the Diocese of Texas, a newcomer ministry project was initiated in the spring of 2010. Assessment tools for systematic, intentional structures of invitation, welcome, and connection were researched, designed, and implemented in four pilot congregations. In addition, ongoing consultation with these churches provided accountability for progress and data collection to measure the results of this new work.

Specifically designed with clergy, vestries, staff and congregational leadership in mind, the primary objective of the newcomer ministry project is the creation of a tangible, transportable product supporting the development of effective newcomer ministry. This product includes assessment tools for newcomer ministry, and information about systems and processes for congregations of various sizes, creative materials and concrete resources.

Inviting, welcoming and connecting persons into our congregations are vital steps toward building healthy and vibrant churches, and the Newcomer Ministry Project is one of the most important diocesan initiatives we have underway for this critical work of the church. Over 75 congregations in the Diocese of Texas are currently using the newcomer ministry assessment tools, and positive, encouraging results have been reported. Training for clergy, staff, and laity who are significantly involved in newcomer ministry is currently being offered at the Houston and Austin diocesan offices.

Project Vision StatementCultivating new practices of invitation, welcome, and connection that are rooted and grounded in the Gospel of Jesus Christ will gradually change our congregations and help shape an authentic culture of effective newcomer ministry.

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Project Core Values Prayerful: We pray that God will give us the hearts to reflect God’s gracious invitation and welcome. It is not our table to which we welcome people—it is God’s table!

Intentional: We must intentionally nurture a commitment to effective newcomer ministry.

Relational: Relational ministry is critical. The way to close the back door and empower folks for ministry at the same time is to be in relationship with them!

Accountable: We are accountable to God, the Gospel, and to each other. I was a stranger and you welcomed me. Matthew 25:35

The challenge for Episcopal congregations today centers on two key points:

Complacency: Complacency around newcomer ministry is our prevailing sin. We think of ourselves as a “friendly community” when in reality we are truly just a “community of friends.”

Action: At the end of the day…our actions speak louder than our words. It is not what we say, teach, or preach….it is what we do! At the end of the day…did we see Christ in the newcomers who walked in our doors? More importantly, did they see Christ in us?

Three Essential Elements of Newcomer Ministry Invite a.k.a. EvangelismGo therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age. Matthew 28:19- 20

Invitation is not only about inviting people into a relationship with you and others in your congregation, but rather it is about inviting them into a relationship with God through Jesus.

People need a language with which to talk about their faith. We need to help them “spell Episcopalian with the alphabet of their own soul.”1

Welcome a.k.a. Ministry of HospitalityWelcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. Romans 15:7

Welcoming the stranger is welcoming Jesus. Jesus paid attention to what was going on around him and especially to those people he encountered on a daily basis. He modeled for us a new way of seeing the other - ‐ the way of love, compassion, and forgiveness.

epicenter.org/newcomer

Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place....We cannot force anyone to such a personal and intimate change of heart, but we can offer the space where such a change can take place. Henri Nouwen

Connect a.k.a. Assimilation or ‘Closing the Back Door’For as in one body we have many members, and all the members do not have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ and individually members one of another. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them. Romans 12:4- 6

Connection is giving meaning to membership, discovering the gifts of the people, and encouraging them in their journey of faith.

Connection helps the newcomer answer these questions: Where do I fit in? Can I make friends in this church? Is there room for me relationally? Does this church need me? Can I find a place to belong and serve? Am I safe here? How can I live into my giftedness?

For more information and/or questions, contact Mary Parmer, project consultant or Mary MacGregor, director of evangelism & Congregational development.

The Episcopal Dioceses of Texas

1Roy Oswald, Speed B. Leas. The Inviting Church, Alban Institute, 1987

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Philadelphia PennsylvaniaChurch of St Martin in the Fields

Average Sunday Attendance

for 20157. Sunday (& Saturday Evening) Attendance: Divide total attendance by the

total number of Sundays when services were held.

Total Sunday & Saturday Evening Eucharists 0

(12)12.

Daily Offices Held on Weekdays 80

(11)11.

Daily Offices Held on Sunday 0

(10)10.

Total Private Eucharists 110

Total Weekday Eucharists 36

(9)9. Easter Sunday Attendance 944

281Average Sunday Attendance = 7.

6. Others who are active whose baptisms are not recorded in the

Parish Register, or in another Episcopal congregation.

Others Active

Others = 6 0

Youth

3. Adult communicants in good standing (age 16 and over) =

Communicants in good standing: All baptized members of the reporting congregation, who “have

received Holy Communion at least three times during the preceding year” and are faithful “in corporate

worship, unless for good cause prevented,” and “in working, praying, and giving for the spread of the

Kingdom of God.”

Communicants in Good

Standing of the Reporting

Congregation

Total Active Baptized Members (end of report year) = M15.

M15: Add the increases entered in Box 1 to Box M14. Then subtract the decreases entered in Box 2

for the total active membership as of December 31, 2015

Active Baptized Members of

the Reporting Congregation

At Year-End

Using the 2014 Parochial Report, record the Number of Baptized Members Reported as of

December 31,2014. (See your 2014 Parochial Report, Box M14)

Using Last Year's Report:

2. Decreases during year: All baptized members lost by death, transferred to another

congregation, removed to inactive status in the Register of Church Membership and Rites, removed for

other reasons, or not removed from last year's membership count.

Decreases in Membership Total Decreases = 2. 26

Increases in Membership Total Increases = 1. 37

823Members Reported Last Year = M14.

1. Increases during year: All members added to the baptized members section of your congregation's

Membership Register during 2015 by: baptism, confirmation/reception, or transfer; and those persons

restored from inactive status, or not counted in last year's membership count.

During the Report Year

(14)14.

Burials conducted in 2015 7

(13)13.

Marriages conducted in 2015 3

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Easter Attendance in 2015

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22.

23.

Number of adults engaged in religious education or spiritual formation24.

Education:

8. Average Principal Worship Service Attendance on a Weekday (in

congregations without Sunday or Saturday evening services)

730

90

820

0

140

= 8.

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Name of Congregation

Street Address 1

Diocese

City State

CountyZip + 4

Mailing Address 1 City State

Zip + 4

Federal Tax ID # Congregation's E-mail address

Report Preparation

Certified by the Clerk of the Vestry

Certified by Treasurer/Financial Officer

Certified by Rector/Vicar/Person in Charge

Page 2 Prepared by (Print or type name)

Page 3 Prepared by (Print or type name)

Daytime Phone

Daytime Phone

Certified by (Print or type name)

Signature Date

Daytime Phone

Certified by (Print or type name)

DateSignature

Certified by (Print or type name)

Signature Date

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia8000 Saint Martins Ln PA

Philadelphia19118-4101

8000 Saint Martins Ln Philadelphia PA

19118-4101

23-1352390 nhill@stmartinec.org

Rev. Jarrett Kerbel (215)247-7466

Betsy Wolford (484)802-8562

Jane Good

Robert Allen

Jarrett Kerbel

THE 2015 REPORT OF EPISCOPAL CONGREGATIONS AND MISSIONS

ACCORDING TO CANONS I.6, I.7, AND I.17

(OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PAROCHIAL REPORT)

Vestry Approval

Indicate date that your 2015 Parochial Report was approved by the Vestry or Bishop’s

Committee (Canon I.6.1)

Date

Phone #

215-247-7466

Congregation's Web Address

www.stmartinec.org/

(215)247-7466

Street Address 2

Mailing Address 2

Church of St Martin in the Fields

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Philadelphia PennsylvaniaChurch of St Martin in the Fields

Priest(s) Serving this Congregation

Title of position Year ordained Diocese of canonical residence

Employment status at this congregation Year called to this

congregation

Church pension status

Full time

1. Anne Thatcher

Associate for Formation 2015 Pennsylvania

X 2015 X

Last name of Rector, Vicar, Dean, Priest-in-charge or interim First name Middle name

ActivePart time Non-stipendiary Retiree Non-active

Title of position Year ordained Diocese of canonical residence

Employment status at this congregation Year called to this

congregation

Church pension status

Full time

2. Kerbel Walter Jarrett

RECTOR 1994 Pennsylvania

X 2011 X

Last name of associate priest, assisting priest or curate First name Middle name

ActivePart time Non-stipendiary Retiree Non-active

Title of position Year ordained Diocese of canonical residence

Employment status at this congregation Year called to this

congregation

Church pension status

Full time

Last name of associate, assisting or other priest First name Middle name

ActivePart time Non-stipendiary Retiree Non-active

Title of position Year ordained Diocese of canonical residence

Employment status at this congregation Year called to this

congregation

Church pension status

Full time

Last name of associate, assisting or other priest First name Middle name

ActivePart time Non-stipendiary Retiree Non-active

If you have no priest at present, who leads Sunday worship services? (check all that apply)

Supply priest Deacon Lay worship leader Other:

A long-term supply priest: (Give full name of long-term supply)

Deacon(s) Serving this Congregation

Year ordainedDeacon (Vocational) 2011

Last name of Deacon #1 First name Middle name

Carol1. Duncan

X Transitional Deacon

Year ordainedDeacon (Vocational)

Last name of Deacon #2 First name Middle name

Transitional Deacon

Name(s) of other congregation(s) currently served by these priests (if any)

Explanation of Unique or Unusual Clergy Situation

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Philadelphia PennsylvaniaChurch of St Martin in the Fields

(5)Other operating income, including unrestricted gifts &

restricted gifts used for operations, & contributions from

congregation's organizations

5.

(4)Money from investments used for operations in 20154.

(3)Plate offerings, pledge payments & regular support3.Operating Revenues

(2)2.Total $ Pledged

(1)1.Number of Pledges

(6)Unrestricted bequests used for operations6.

Stewardship and Financial Information of the Reporting Congregation

Total All Revenues (B + C) = D

Subtotal Non-Operating Revenues (8 + 9 + 10 + 11) = C

Funds for transmittal to other organizations

Contributions & grants for congregation based outreach

& mission programs

Additions to endowment, & other investment funds

Funds received for capital projects

(11)

(10)

(9)

(8)

11.

10.

9.

8.

Total Operating Revenues (A + 7) = B

(7)Assistance from diocese for operating budget7.

Subtotal Normal Operating Income (3 + 4 + 5 + 6) = A

Non-Operating Expenses

Operating Expenses

Non-Operating Revenues

12. To diocese for assessment, apportionment, or fair share (12)

13. Outreach from operating budget (13)

14. All other operating expenses (14)

Subtotal Operating Expenses (12 + 13 + 14) = E

15. Major improvements & capital expenditures (15)

16. Expense for congregation's outreach & mission (16)

(18)18. Funds transmitted to other organizations

Subtotal Non-Operating Expenses (15 + 16 + 17 + 18) = F

Total All Expenses (E + F) = G

At Year-End:

19. (19)Total cash in all checking & passbook savings accounts

Total investment at market value (not including cash

reported in line 19)20. (20)

258

$575,146

$592,472

$139,214

$271,986

$17,773

$0

$81,113

$169,383

$26,899

$4,907

$34,969

$100,500

$871,804

$139,512

$36,631

$4,907

$296,162

$8,332,760

As of December 31, 2015

Giving Information for 2015:

Report of Revenues and Expenses for 2015:

Number of signed pledge cards for 2015 -report year

Total dollar amount pledges for 2015-report year

$1,021,445

$282,302

$1,303,747

$1,007,273

$181,050

$1,188,323

$1,021,445

(17)17. $0 Funds contributed to Episcopal seminaries

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Betsy MastersKate Maus & Steven WrenNed McConaghyRichard McConaghySeth & Diane McDowellChristopher & Grace McGinleyLyndon McNallJoan MenocalAnn MeredithErik & Anna MeyerKenton & Paula MeyerJo Ann MillerLudlow & Babbie MillerBeckie MillerMichael MillsStanley & Julie MoatJill MonahanCarol-Lynn MoranDavid & Susan MorseLainey MoseleyRick & Amanda MoseleyEleanor MurdochJohn & Linda Mutch, IIIDiane NewburyCary NicholasSallie NorrisMinturn & Starr OsborneLaura PalmerKenneth & Teresa ParrisMatt & Tina PaulAl PearsonSarah PearsonBob & Susan PeckDiane PoffRalph Pothel & Michelle WilliamsJohn & Pat PregmonMichael & Pam PrellHubert PresslyBob & Barbara PrevidiPhil & Sarah Price, Jr.Rocky Query & Betsy BatesDavid & Daphne RaaschDani ReedBrian & Tanya RegliAmanda ReichertMartha Repman

Jim & JoAnne ReynoldsBarbara RideoutBetsy RipleyJane RiveraLucretia Robbins & William SiemeringAndrew & Susan RobertsIke & Debra Roberts, IIScott Robinson & Allison BallantineJim & Karen RowleyEdward & Ruth RussellTerri RyanAdrienne SachsChris & Eileen SatulloDorsey & Virginia SayerDavid & Debby SchaafDorrie SchenkelBill & Maggie SeefriedCarol SevingJim SicksVictoria SicksLinda SilvaJim Simpson & Kathy WildeMichael & Cynthia SkinnerEric & Rebecca SmithMelanie SmithRush & Pat SmithSandra SmithSallie SmithPatricia Stranahan & Ed RhoadsWayne & Carol StrasbaughJim & Sally StuddifordMatt & Anne SudduthCarol SudtelgteBabbie SuehleMary Ellen SykesEleanor TarboxHal Taussig & Susan ColeJim TaylorKaren TeelAaron & Priscilla TennantAnne ThatcherJoan ThayerGeorge & Therese Tiger, Jr.Anne (Mrs. Philip) TorreyErnie & Karen TracyChristopher & Molly Turman, III

Larry & Cynthia TurnerJohn TutonGeorge & Ronna TyndallStanley & Martha ValciukasDeb ValentineCourt Van RootenDaniel Wagner & Mary EnoPatricia WallaceMark & Rachel WalshJohn & Cornie Walton, IIIFaith WatsonMindy WeaverBea WeidnerTony WellsJohn Wentz & Justina BarrettRalph & Karen WestHelen WhiteMary Ty WhitneyGreg Williams & Cynthia PotterMary WilliamsAlan & Leni WindleJohn & Paula WinelandMark Winicov & Marie FordKenneth & Bernice WisslerCaroline WistarAndrew & Hyacinth WoodGeorge Woodward, IIIEvans WoollenHarriet YeagerDavid & Sandy Zopf

2016 Pledging MembersChristopher Hall & Mary Ann BoyerCharley HarmarDavid & Monica HarrowerSherman HawkinsDonna HeckerBill & Bode HenneganEmily HillJames & Pam HillClifford & Charlotte HoodMary HopkinsVictoria HoppesErin HorvatJudy HowardJohn HoweAnn HozackSallie JackalBill Jacobsen & Anne SwoyerBob & Laine JacobyBeth JammeCraig & Sally JohnsonRick Josiassen & Rita ShaughnessyLarry & Kim KanevskyMartha KearnsJack & Ann KellyJarrett Kerbel & Alison BodenAlec & Marnie KerrJoe & Jessica KhanAnita KinsleyDan & Jan KoppleKim KoppleJanet KostenbauderMinter KrotzerLouis & Nathalie KyleRichard & Emily LawCharlie & Eliza LeeShelagh & Lesa Lessard PearsonDenis & Toni Lucey, IIIGeorge Luskus & Marsha BlakeSkip LynchMichael & Mary MabrySusan MacBrideShirley MannHelen MarterRichard & Catherine MartinGreg & Nicole Martz

Thank You to our David Adams & Robert JenningsJohn & Cindy AffleckJeanne AllenBob Allen, Jr.Mary AndersonTaylor AndersonHenry & Mary ArmisteadBarbara Jean ArmorLeigh AshbrookJill AshmeadEthan & May Belle Ball, Jr.Jess & Barb BallengerJohn BasinskiMarty & Mary BaumbergerBarbara BaumgartnerJoe & Kim BavariaJeff & Anita BeckDarren & Erica BehuniakTom & Tina BellLivingston & Joan Biddle, IVMatt BillasRichard Bioteau & Kris Schilling-BioteauMichael Blakeney & Carolyn GreenErik Bockelman & Amy ConcilioAnne BoenningMrs. Fran BorieFrederick & Barbara BorschCathy BoydMartha BreidenSallie BrookeLyn BuchheitMelissa BuckinghamSheila BuckleyJim Buehler & Lydia OgdenMary ByersDan & Katie CapecchiSylvia CarterHenry & Betty CecilJennifer ChernakDavid & Anne ChoateChristine Christoph & Konstanze FabianJeff & Margot ClarkTerry & Anita Clattenburg, Jr.John & Elizabeth CoccoJack & Roxane ColemanGus Concilio & Barb Edwards

David ContostaJoanne ConwaySally CookeMatt & Krys CooperPatricia CorneliusLouisa CoughlinMartha CrowellLynne CummingsPeter & Susan DavisCharlie & Harriet DayGed Deming, IIICindy DickeyDavid & Eugenie DieckCharlie & Gene DilksMark & Laura DingfieldJody DobsonBill & Susan DoranRita DownsCarol DuncanGarry & Donna DuncanBarbara DundonPeg DunhamJudson Dunlap & Lorraine WebbDick & Marj DupuisBruce & Lori-Ann EckertHarry & Marilyn EdenbornJane EricksonAndrea Fine & Pam GabellPeter & Mimi FlemingRob & Susan FlemingSamuel Freeman & Annette Lareau-FreemanThomas & A.J. FreitagDoug & Monica FrichtelSharline FultonOlin GentryGary & Cathy GlazerHoward Goldstein & Abel Castello DiazAlan & Jane Good, Jr.Harry & Sandra GouldRichard & Mary GrantKathy GreelyBarbara GreenCookie GreeneRichard & Connie Haggard

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July 9 Movie on the Lawn: Ghostbusters (1984)August 1 Emancipation Day CelebrationAugust 8 – 12 Vacation Bible School August 18 Fall neWsletter DeaDlIne

August 22 – 26 Choir CampEarly September Guatemala TripSeptember 11 Homecoming Sunday – BRUNCH! (Worship at 8 & 10 a.m.)September 18 Ministry Fair (Worship at 8, 9, and 11:15 a.m.)September 25 Four Service Schedule Begins – worship.together, Church School, and ForumOctober 2 First Evensong of the season, 5 p.m. October 4 St. Francis Day Blessing of the Animals in Pastorius ParkOctober 7 The Rev. Jarrett Kerbel’s 50th Birthday BashOctober 16 Stewardship Season BeginsLate October Orcs, Ogres, & an Organist with Harry Potter weekendNovember 6 All Saints’ and EvensongNovember 13 St. Martin’s Day – Worship at 8 & 10 a.m. with Brunch at 11 a.m.November 23 Interfaith Thanksgiving Eve Service and MealDecember 1 chrIstmas/epIphany neWsletter DeaDlIne

December 4 Advent ProcessionDecember 18 Carol Sing and Pageant Rehearsal @10 a.m. – 4 ServicesDecember 24 Christmas Eve 3/5/10 p.m. (January 1, 2017 – 2 services)January 8, 2017 Epiphany Party (2 Services) and Epiphany Lessons and Carols at 5 p.m.January 15 Baptism of the Lord (4 services)February 2 lent/early easter neWsletter DeaDlIne

February 4 Vestry Retreat & Sing Along The Muppet Movie (original)February 5 Annual Finance Meeting at Parish Forum and Evensong February 25 Mardi Gras Masquerade PartyMarch 1 Ash Wednesday, Ashes to GoMarch 5 EvensongMarch 24 – 26 Holy Cross RetreatApril 9 Palm SundayApril 12 – 15 Stations of the Cross & Compline, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter VigilApril 16 Easter SundayApril 23 Second Sunday in Easter – worship at 8 & 10 a.m. and Earth DayApril 30 Recovery Sunday May 7 EvensongMay 15 annual report DeaDlIne

May 21 Youth Sunday & Teacher Appreciation: Last Day of Church School & ForumJune 4 Pentecost: Final week of 4 Morning Services, Evensong at 5 p.m. with tailgatingJune 11 Trinity Sunday, Summer Schedule (2 services), and Annual MeetingJune 18 Bluegrass Mass and Parish BBQSummer 2017 Movie on the Lawn, Choir England tour, Vacation Bible School, and Choir Camp!

Planning Calendar 2016-17 Staff & Contact Information

The Rev. W. Jarrett Kerbel Rector ext. 101jkerbel@stmartinec.org215.704.5499, cell

Barbara BallengerAssociate for Spiritual Formation & Careext. 102bballenger@stmartinec.org

8000 St. Martin’s Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19118StMartinEC.org

Phone: 215.247.7466 • Fax: 215.247.2638

Main Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday

Facebook: facebook.com/StMartinPhilly • Twitter: @StMartinPhillyYouTube: St Martin EC Philly • SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/st-martin-ec-philly

The Rev. Anne ThatcherAssociate for Formationext. 105athatcher@stmartinec.org509.876.1924, cell

Erik MeyerMusic Directorext. 104emeyer@stmartinec.org

Natalee HillAssociate for Communications & Administrationext. 106nhill@stmartinec.org

Mariah Jones BestOffice Assistantext. 115 (Tues & Thurs. all day & Wed. a.m.) mjonesbest@stmartinec.org

Connie HaggardCoordinator of Liturgical Ministriesext. 116 (voicemail only)choirconnie@gmail.com

The Rev. Carol DuncanDeacon215.839.0253carol.duncan8031@gmail.com

James KentSextonext. 107 (voicemail only)(Wednesday-Sunday all day)267.216.6507, cell

Betsy WolfordParish Accountantext. 108 (Thursday all day) bwolford@stmartinec.org

Barbara Bredell-Searle and Cassandra HarrisSunday Morning Child Care

8000 St. Martin’s LanePhiladelphia, PA 19118 (Chestnut Hill)StMartinEC.org ~ 215.247.7466

Our mission

Welcome all seekers;Worship God in liturgy, music and prayer;

Equip all baptized persons for ministry; andEngage as agents of Christ’s love in the world.

Our Core ValuesLearning Leads to God

In giving and receiving care we encounter ChristLife in the Holy Spirit is beautiful

Our Aspirational ValuesCommunity Engagement and Social Justice

Unconditional Welcome and InclusionA community that calls forth the gifts of its entire people

Becoming a Racism-Free and Diverse Community that reflects the City where we worship