Worship Service Schedule
Below is the Holy Week service schedule for St. Martin in the Fields. All are welcome.
+ indicates service with the choir
Maundy Thursday, March 28, 2024
Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024
Easter Vigil, March 31, 2024
6:30 A.M. EASTER VIGIL
Though we have held the Easter Vigil on Saturday night in previous years, this year, we invite you to this sunrise service on Sunday morning. The Easter Vigil begins in darkness by the great fire, kindled outside of the church. This service ends with Holy Eucharist and celebration, in joyous recollection of that first Easter morning. The service is also live-streamed to Facebook and YouTube.
9:00 A.M. & 11:00 A.M. Easter Services of Holy Eucharist, Rite II +
All are welcome to worship with us on Easter morning at 9:00 a.m. or 11:00 a.m. These services are both live-streamed to Facebook and YouTube. The 9:00 a.m. service includes baptisms. Between the two services, at 10:15 a.m., there is an Easter egg hunt for all children. Nursery care is available from 8:30 a.m. through 12:30 p.m.
A Note from the Rector
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, which falls on Valentine’s Day this year. We’ll offer services at noon and 7:00 p.m. On February 14, we can anticipate that many people will be receiving roses and chocolates within hours of receiving ashes and these words: “you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
We have been long planning to thematically frame this penitential season with this important and underutilized confession: “I’m sorry, I was wrong.” Saying “I’m sorry, I was wrong” is vital in our relationship with God and in all of our relationships.
“I’m sorry, I was wrong” is the most direct way to communicate the truth that we know and sometimes struggle to admit. If you have a romantic relationship, or even a platonic relationship, you know how liberating these words can be when we have wronged another – by what we have done, or by what we have left undone.
Faithfully,
Mtr. Monica Mainwaring
Easter Flower Dedications
Remember a loved one with a donation to the Flower Guild’s spectacular array of flowers, which will adorn the interior and exterior of St Martin's for Easter.
Make a dedication online or contact the front office for your dedication. Submissions must be received on or before Friday, March 22, 2024.
I’m sorry, I was wrong
PSALM 51
1 Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy,
blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.
4 Against you, you alone, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you are justified in your sentence
and blameless when you pass judgment.
5 Indeed, I was born guilty,
a sinner when my mother conceived me.
6 You desire truth in the inward being;
therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8 Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones that you have crushed rejoice.
9 Hide your face from my sins,
and blot out all my iniquities.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and put a new and right spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me away from your presence,
and do not take your holy spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and sustain in me a willing spirit.
Lenten Formation Opportunities
The Ten Commandments and the Christian Hope
Saturday Lenten book group: “Into the Wilderness”
sunday Formation hour, 10:00 a.m., through lent
February 17, 10:30 a.m., and Saturdays through Lent
In Sunday formation at 10:00 a.m. on all but the first Sunday of each month, we will take a close look at the ten commandments in Lent, and then consider Christian hope in Eastertide. Adults and youth meet in the Parlor and children gather in the Lower Pierce rooms with their leaders.
Join The Rev. Ken Swanson on Saturdays through Lent to work through the material in his recently published book, Into the Wilderness: Understanding the True Nature of Sin . We will gather in the Parlor, from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., February 17 through March 23. You may purchase the book online or in-person at the class. Learn more here.
Stations of the Cross
Monday Lenten book group: “Being Mortal”
Thursdays in Lent, 5:00 p.m., starting on February 22
february 26, 12:00 p.m., and mondays through lent
Join Susan Hamilton in the nave at 5:00 p.m. every Thursday in Lent to pray the Stations of the Cross. With musical accompaniment by Will Gotmer, participants will make a spiritual pilgrimage through contemplation of the Passion of Jesus Christ. Please reach out to Susan if you have any questions.
Join Ftr. Colin and Mtr. Monica on Mondays at noon through Lent as we work our way through Atul Gwande’s Being Mortal. Bring your lunch if you would like and plan for a good discussion about the end of life and end of life care, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. in the church’s Burgreen Library.