On Sat., June 2, 10 a.m. join the Altar Guild in Miles Hall for coffee and time with the clergy as we celebrate our shared ministry and work on some fine tuning.  People not currently serving on the altar guild but wanting to explore this ministry are most welcome.  No experience required.  The Altar Guild makes the Eucharist and worship services possible by doing the set-up and clean-up in the church.

Just a reminder--the Taize Service, Come & Fill Our Hearts, is held on the last Saturday of each month. In the merry month of May, that falls on Saturday the 26th. Come join us for a contemplative worship service. Come as you are --Rite III Eucharist format.

SPECIAL GUEST PREACHER- In recognition of St. Martin’s annual collection for Episcopal Relief & Development (ERD), The Reverend Lauren Stanley will preach at all three services on Sunday, April 22nd.  The Rev. Lauren R. Stanley is an Episcopal priest of the Diocese of Virginia who serves as a preacher, celebrant, retreat leader and consultant. She was an Appointed Missionary of The Episcopal Church for five years, serving most recently in the Diocese of Haiti, the largest diocese in the Church. Before serving in Haiti, she spent four years (2005-2009) as the Episcopal Church's only full-time missionary in Sudan, where she taught and was chaplain at the Renk Theological College in South Sudan. A graduate of Virginia Theological Seminary (1997), she served in numerous parishes in the Dioceses of Virginia and Bethlehem Pa., specializing in mission work both domestic and foreign before becoming a full-time missionary. She is the author of the Diocese of Virginia’s Short-Term Mission Handbook; the January 2010 Forward Day by Day meditations; a contributor to Walking with God Day by Day and Wisdom Found: Stories of Women Transfigured by Faith, and is a national newspaper columnist writing about God's presence in our lives. Her web site is www.gointheworld.net. Before ordination, Stanley was a journalist for 20-plus years, as well as a Peace Corps volunteer serving in Kenya in the mid-1980s.