The Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

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Sunday, May 31st, 2026:

Trinity Sunday

8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist (Spoken)

9:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist for Children, Youth, and Families

10:30 a.m. Instructed Choral Holy Eucharist

Also via livestream here

Followed by Worship Reflections in the Houston Room

This Sunday's Readings

Genesis 1:1-2:4a | 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 | Matthew 28:16-20 | Psalm 8

Rector's Note

Annual Meeting is coming very soon! We will meet after the 10:30 service on Sunday June 7, to hear reports of the parish and elect new vestry members.

The nominees for the next vestry class are: Bob Allen, Jim Buehler, Erin Horvat, and Victoria Sicks (second term). Victoria is eligible for another term because she only served for one year, finishing the term of another member. She was not part of the discussion of nominees. 

If you would like to be added to the slate as a petition candidate, you need to submit your name with ten signatures of members supporting you to our secretary, Lorraine Webb, vestrysecretary@stmartinec. The deadline is Wednesday June 3. 

Many thanks to the outgoing vestry class, Carolyn Green, Kelly Martin, Lydia Ogden, and Victoria Sicks, and the rest of the nominating committee, Carol Duncan and Pam Prell!

I am grateful for these nominees, who have accepted the call to serve the St Martin’s community in this way. 

For others who are looking to deepen their relationship with St Martin’s, or just learn more about what is happening here, there will be a Ministry Fair on the same day as the Annual Meeting, Sunday, June 7, from 9 to 10:15. We will have just two services that day, 8 and 10:30, to allow for everyone to be at the Fair. Representatives from the many ministries at St Martin’s will be at tables, ready to answer questions and welcome anyone who is interested in joining that ministry.

It will be a fun and informative day, showing off all we do and all we are, as we anticipate the end of regular programming and the beginning of summer.

Mary+

Features

Annual Meeting and Ministry Fair

Next Sunday, June 7th

1. Ministry Fair: 9-10:15 a.m.
2. Annual Meeting: Directly following 10:30 a.m. service

Join us next Sunday, June 7th, for our Ministry Fair and Annual Meeting! Start off the morning with our ministry fair to learn about ways you can get involved and see how fellow parishioners are dedicating their time and talents to St. Martin's and beyond. Then, stay for the Annual Meeting to hear reports from the Rev. Dr. Mary Barber and the Rev. Luke Selles, members of the Vestry, our Director of Music & Arts Tyrone Whiting, the Stewardship Committee, and more. We will also be holding elections for our new Vestry class and delegates to the Diocesan Convention. Please note: there will be no 9:00 a.m. service this day.

Community Picnic and Work Day with Water Fun!

Saturday, June 13th

9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Join St. Martin's Climate Action Team (CAT) and Buildings & Grounds Committee (B&G) for food, fellowship, and fun as we clean off memorial benches, remove invasive species, and tend to our campus. We'll start at 9 o'clock with donuts and coffee, and the Buildings & Grounds Committee will treat us to a cookout at noon. If you’d like to participate in any planting or invasive species removal, please bring your own hand trowel or gardening gloves. We will have a few spares. We’ll also have slip n’ slides and a small pool – bring your bathing suit if you’d like to enjoy some water fun! If you or your family can attend, please RSVP with the number of folks coming by emailing Rev. Luke at lselles@stmartinec.org so we can ensure there’s enough food for everyone.

Waking Up Old: Second Printing

Thanks to the positive response to parishioner Barbara Dundon’s illustrated book: Waking Up Old: An illustrated ballad for Baby Boomers and those who love them, Barbara has arranged for a second printing! Books are available for purchase at the Welcome Desk in the Parish House, Monday through Friday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost is $25. You can pay by cash, check or online here. Benefits from the first round went to support Stephen Ministry, and sales from the second printing will support the ongoing work of St. Martin’s. Thank you!

Father's Day Reception in the Columbarium

Please join us on Sunday, June 21st after our 8 a.m., 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. worship services for coffee, tea, and small bites in celebration of Father’s Day.

Location: Mary Hare Taylor Knight Columbarium & Lawn

(weather permitting - rain space: Parish House)

Please contact Cathy Glazer (cathyglazer@verizon.net) or Debra Roberts (DebraDRoberts@comcast.net) with any questions.

Children, Youth, & Families

A Faithful Journey: Preparing for Confirmation, Reception, and Reaffirmation

This fall, Mother Mary and Rev. Luke will offer confirmation classes for youth and adults. All seekers, age 12 and over, are welcome to join us between the 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. service for five Sundays: Sept. 20th and 27th; Oct. 11th and 18th; and Nov. 8th.

If you are interested in making a public confirmation or reaffirmation of your baptismal vows or being received into the Episcopal Church at the end of this course, please fill out this form by August 14th, and please plan to attend all five parish-wide sessions as well these additional sessions:

• Dec. 5, 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at St. Martin's: Advent Quiet Day on Prayer
• Dec. 6, between services: “The Mission of God: What’s Your Ministry?” 

All are welcome to join for one or all of the five parish-wide sessions and the additional opportunities even if you are unsure about being confirmed/received. Click here for more details.

Honoring St. Martin’s Graduates

If you have a graduate in your life that you would like us to honor at St. Martin's services in June, please submit their name and information using this form.

Summer Sunday Musicians - Do you play a musical instrument or sing? 

Our Choir, Choristers, and Staff Musicians will soon be on vacation for the summer. I want to invite and encourage those of you with musical talents who play an instrument or sing to help support our 9:00 a.m. and/or 10:30 a.m. Sunday worship from June 28 through August. If you are interested or curious, please contact me at twhiting@stmartinec.org. It is always so great to share in music-making with you all!

-Tyrone Whiting, Director of Music & Arts

The Fairmount String Quartet Presents: Starry Night

This Friday, May 29th

7:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary

St. Martin’s ensemble-in-residence, the Fairmount String Quartet, invites you to join them on Friday, May 29th at 7:30 p.m.  for "Starry Night", an evening of music inspired by the night sky. The program includes Imogen Holst's "Phantasy Quartet", Osvaldo Golijov's "Tenebrae", and Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet, Op. 59, #2. Admission is pay-what-you-can. Reserve your spot here. A reception in Parish Hall will follow the concert. They will also perform this program on Sunday, May 31st at 3:00 PM at Main Line Unitarian Church, 816 South Valley Forge Rd. In Devon. PA. 

LGBTQIA+ Pride Evensong

Sunday, June 14 at 5:00 p.m.

Celebrate Pride Month with joy, music, and sacred community at our LGBTQ+ Pride Evensong—a beautiful, affirming service of sung Evening Prayer honoring the diversity and faith of our LGBTQ+ communities.

The Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields was the first in the Diocese of Pennsylvania to offer a Choral Evensong specifically in celebration and recognition of LGBTQ+ Pride in June 2022. The Choir of St. Martin's will sing music exclusively by LGBTQ+ and other underrepresented composers. Singers interested in joining us for this event should email Tyrone Whiting, Director of Music & Arts, at twhiting@stmartinec.org or sign up here. More information: www.stmartinec.org/pride

Mis'rable Sinners Folk/Bluegrass Mass

Sunday, June 21, at 10:30 a.m.

The return of our annual Folk/Bluegrass Mass! Co-led this year by David Dieck and Children, Youth, & Families Music Leader Julia Finegan, the service will bring together musicians from the congregation who will share a variety of wonderful music. We look forward to seeing you there! If you are interested in playing with the band of "Mis'rable Sinners", please contact Julia Finegan at cyfmusic@stmartinec.org.

Take Action

Guatemala Student Scholarship Fundraising Campaign 2026

St. Martin’s Guatemala Companion Parish Committee will be collecting pledges for the 2027 San Juan Apostol and Totonicapán Scholarship Funds from Sunday, May 24th through Sunday, June 21st. 

Our parishioner’s generosity has enabled scholarship programs in Chichicastenango and Totonicapán in the Western Highland parishes of San Juan Apostol and San Martin Obispo de Tours. The Reverend Alvaro Fidel Miranda Velasquez manages the scholarship programs in both communities. Scholarship programs are critically important in Guatemala because they enable children to go to school and have a chance of breaking the cycle of poverty. They are important for another reason as well: education gives students and their families hope for the future and happiness in the present as they pursue that education in their own community.

In 2025 St. Martin’s parishioners generously pledged and donated over $22,000 to support young learners otherwise unable to attend school due to economic hardships. The annual awards of $550 per student support tuition, uniforms and healthy nutrition for students and provide families with hope for bright futures. The young people we sponsor and their families are so very thankful for our support.

This year our goal is $15,000. Please consider pledging a contribution to this scholarship fund for the 2027 school year in Guatemala. Pledges beginning at $25 dollars can be made. A full scholarship for a student is $550. Committee members will be available at the end of all services with clip boards for you to sign up or you can contribute directly online or via the plate. Contributions of pledged funds are expected to be paid on or before September 30th. Thank you for your continued support for these children and their families!

Sermon

The Rev. Dr. Mary Barber

May 24, 2026 - The Day of Pentecost

In recent years, there have been many studies, reports, books and articles, about the nones. Nones meaning the religiously unaffiliated, the NONEs, the people who when asked to check off a box for their religious identity, check “none.” There has been much wondering, and hand-wringing about these nones, because church attendance has been going down since the 1960’s, and how are we gonna attract these folks back into our pews? Continue reading here.

Wednesday Noon Eucharist

Mary Chapel

Wellspring Worship Reflections

After the 10:30 a.m. service

Houston Room

Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACA)

Thursdays 7-8:30 p.m. (Library)

Al Anon

Sundays 6-7 p.m. (Houston Room)

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)

1 - Tuesdays 8-9 p.m. (Houston Room)

2 - Thursdays 7-8 p.m. (Houston Room)

3 - Sundays 8-9 p.m. (Houston Room)