Good Friday - April 3

Worship Service (no music) - 12:00 Noon

Tenebrae Service - 7:00pm

Easter Day - April 5

Celebratory Worship Service - 9:00am, 11:00am

Elevated Tea and Cookies 10:00am

Easter Egg Hunt 10:15am

Flowering of the Cross on Easter Morning

Everyone is invited to bring fresh flowers to decorate our flower cross on Easter Morning. This is a beautiful tradition which gives each of us an opportunity to celebrate the joy of Jesus’ resurrection.

April Women’s Fellowship

Geeks Who Drink Pub Trivia

Hi Sign Brewing

Thursday, April 9

7:00 PM

Brewing Love Jeopardy? Love SMLC? Love a little friendly competition? Date: Thursday, April 9 Trivia starts: 7:00 PM sharp (please arrive early if possible so we can secure seating together) RSVP: Please RSVP to Christine via email or text (available in Realm) no later than Wednesday, April 8 A headcount is important so we can grab the right number of tables. Teams may have no more than 6 players if we want to compete for prizes. Details: Parking is available on-site, but arriving early is recommended as it can fill up. Food and drinks will be available for purchase; Hi Sign sells many non-alcoholic options. Location: Hi Sign Brewing, 730 Shady Lane, Austin, TX 78702 

Honduras Trip Update

April 26

Join us on Sunday, April 26 at 10:00 AM, between services, for a fun and informal gathering to hear about our recent trip to Juticalpa, Honduras. We’ll meet in the Fellowship Hall to share photos and videos, and talk about the meaningful work that took place. All are welcome—we hope you’ll join us!

St. Martin's will celebrate all graduates on Sunday, May 10. If you have a graduate in your family who you would like to honor on this day, please send an email to Austin Shortes ashortes@saintmartins.org

Your generous donations of time and dollars help us keep the Lunch Bag Ministry going. For less than $5 you can provide lunch for one of our hungry neighbors. If you would like to participate in the Lunch Bag Ministry directly, please contact Fay Jones (fjones@saintmartins.org). You can donate here, click here Then choose “monthly benevolence” from the drop down funds list. For more information email serve@saintmartins.org.

Congregational Lunch Bag Packing

Sunday April 12

10:00am

Join us on Sunday, April 12 as we come together to pack lunch bags for our Lunch Bag Ministry. Packing will take place between services at 10:00 AM.

Enjoy the spirit of community as we work side by side to support this vital ministry—everyone is welcome!

Spread Hope

The Serves Committee encourages you to take part in SMLC’s service opportunities. Each act of kindness creates a ripple effect—let’s turn those ripples into a flood of kindness and service.

Check out this week’s highlights and ways to get involved: Keep the kindness going!

St. Martin's Serves at Bread For All-

Monday April 6, 2026

Bread for All, 10:30 packing and 4:30 distribution.

Click here to sign up.

Lunch Bag Ministry. Please continue supporting this vital program for our hungry neighbors. Click here to donate In the fund menu, select Lunch Bag Ministry.

St. Martin’s Serves at Loaves & Fishes: Volunteers are needed for the truck team on the second Monday of each Month 3:00-4:30.

Substitutes are needed for all shifts.

Contact Carey Henderson, chenderson@saintmartins.org to sign up.

News from the Youth

Faith Formation- 10am on Sundays.

Youth in grades 6-8 meet in Youth Room 148

Youth in High School meet in Room 150

Upcoming Events:

Back to regular meeting times!

April 8 - 7:00pm - High School Game Night

April 24 - 6:30pm -High School Lock -In

(ends Saturday, April 25, at 9am) 

St. Martin's will celebrate all graduates on Sunday, May 10. If you have a graduate in your family who you would like to honor on this day, please send an email to Austin Shortes ashortes@saintmartins.org

We Remember in Prayer

Apiyo Obala; friends and family of Elinor Pettyjohn; Iranian school girls killed in missile attack; Sadia, Genie, Reeka; Heidi Gibbons; Susan Sossamon, Mollie Sossamon, Tomeka Walker; Mary Albert; Kristin Thompson; the Guthrie family; Ursula; Victims of 6th Street shooting, our city and leaders; JoAnn Buerger

We Continue to Pray For

Eugene Trautman; Kent Mickelson, Deb Johnson, Bill Martin, Sam Gourley, Ronnie Johnson, Peter Jordahl; Walt Knauff, Arvid Larson, Pat Larson, Doris McGaughy