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St. Martin’s Monthly April 2018 Volume 13 Issue 4
Serving the community in the name of Christ since 1942
Dear Friends, The Vestry recently participated in a weekend retreat. It was the best one I’ve been a part of. In large part the difference was holding a two night retreat instead of a one night event. It may be a subtle difference, but those few extra hours change the dynamic of presence. By committing that extra bit of time, we were able to be fully present for all of our work without giving in to the natural tendency to start thinking about the trip home. Another important event was our worship together at Grace Church, St. Francisville for the 7:30 a.m. Eucharist on Sunday morning. With that we began the voyage home but not before we shared and planned hopes and dreams for our church and built trust with one another. We will soon commission the following Vestry members:
Penny Salvaggio, Sr. Warden Don DeBarbieris, Jr. Warden Carolyn Hennesy, Chancellor
Kyle Sclafani, Secretary Donald Alphonso
Rene Edmon Frances Truett
Steven Graf Rebecca Sadler
Our Treasurer is George Allen. Canons allow the Vestry to elect the treasurer from the congrega-tion. The Vestry will also be presenting ideas and information to the church on a regular basis, perhaps quarterly. Your Vestry is here to serve you and I hope you will engage them in conversation and support of our shared work here at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church. See you in church,
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Saturday, April 21
Shop and invite your friends to the Estate Sale.
All money raised benefits
our 75th Anniversary Capital Campaign and
helps us reach our goal of $683,000.
Church Estate Sale
Benefits 75th Anniversary Capital Campaign
Two Important Dates Sunday, April 15
Bring your items to church for the Estate Sale.
Items can include nice furniture, jewelry, purses, art, and recreational items in good repair. We are not able to handle clothing.
Please offer items that you are no longer using but may
have value.
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St. Martin’s Episcopal Church* is participating in Give NOLA Day this year!
Give NOLA Day is a one day online giving campaign, sponsored by The Greater New Orleans Foundation (GNOF).
Give NOLA Day is May 1, midnight to midnight.
Giving on May 1, at www.GiveNOLA.org, stretches your donation and enters us in hourly monetary prize drawings.
Stretch your donation through the GNOF Lagniappe Fund—at the end of Give NOLA Day, we will receive a proportional share of this fund based upon our per-centage of the total dollars raised. So the amount we raise is divided by the amount raised by all on May 1 is our lagniappe fund percentage.
Hourly monetary prizes through “Rock Around the Clock” Drawings- $1000 each hour is given to a random nonprofit from a listing of all nonprofits who re-ceive a donation of any amount within that hour. Even giving the minimum do-nation of $10 enters us into the “Rock Around the Clock” drawing.
Become a St. Martin’s Champion for Give NOLA Day! It’s easy!
Make a donation on Give NOLA Day.
Invite your friends on social media to make a donation on Give NOLA Day.
Like our Facebook posts (STMChurch) and share them with your friends.
Sign up for Rock Around the Clock. We need 24 people to sign up to cover all giving hours. Sign up in McKee Parish Hall.
*Donations made through Give NOLA Day are tax deductible and a receipt will be emailed to you for tax purposes from the Greater New Orleans Foundation, overseer of Give NOLA Day. These donations cannot be counted towards your St. Martin’s Episcopal Church pledge.
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St. Julia’s Guild is open to all women of the parish. We hope to bring pray-
er concerns, have wonderful fellowship, and get to know each other in a casual setting. The next meeting is Friday, April 13 at noon in Gayle Hall. Dessert and beverages are provided. Please bring your own lunch.
Rector’s Bible Study Rector’s Bible Study meets each Monday from 2-3 p.m. in Gayle Hall. Bring your Bible or use one that we have on hand. We work our way through books of the Bible, one at a time. We read the passages aloud. Fr. Devall then offers teaching on the mean-ing of the passage and frequently someone asks a great question that leads to an inter-esting discussion.
Read the Bible in 1 year
We will meet each Sunday morning at 9:30 a.m. in Gayle Hall for a twenty minute check in about the previous week’s readings. All are welcome.
Youth Group
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St. Martin’s Episcopal School presents Grease, the musi-cal, April 18-20 at 7:00 p.m. in the Solomon Thea-tre. Adult tickets $10 and Students $5. There will be a pre-show dance party starting at 6:30 pm. Come dressed in 50’s attire and get $3 off your ticket price. Parishioners, Evan McCollum, AnnaBeth Talbot, and Ella Bozeman, are all part of the cast. Support our youth, support the school and be prepared to be entertained!
Youth Group lunch is April 8. Join in the fun and free food!
Beads, Plastic Water Bottles and Aluminum Cans Recycled from St.
Patrick’s Parade Party: Actions Undertaken by the “Christian Re-
sponse to Louisiana Environmental Issues” Class
This group is busy learn-ing about how to care for our immediate environ-ment like providing a bin to recycle Mardi Gras and St. Patrick’s parade beads and setting up stations for recycling at the St. Pat-rick’s Parade Party. They are also looking at other impacts and strategies to help the envi-ronment through St. Martin’s. All are invited to the next meeting on Monday, April 16 at 6:00 p.m. in Gayle Hall to hear guest speaker, Helen Rose Patterson, of the Restore the Mississippi River Delta Coalition.
Resumes April 11
Pray, Eat, Learn group will read Telling Secrets, by Frederick Buechner. With eloquence, candor, and simplicity, Buechner, a celebrated author tells the story of his father's alcohol abuse and suicide and traces the influence of this secret on his life as a son, fa-ther, husband, min-ister, and writer. Over three weeks (April 11, 18, and 25) we will read and discuss. Pray, Eat, Learn will resume in Septem-ber.
Who Wants to Go to Tela, Honduras?
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For those who are sick and others who have requested our prayers, Kevin, Mike, Scott, Arthur, Tiffany, Eloise, Ellie, Anne, Brooks, Kim, Cameron, Kelly, Jeannie, Derek, Alexander, Ann, Dillon, Jack, Dave, Thelma, Paul, Monique, Ted, Melinda, Ed, Frances, Shirley, Joyce, Christopher, Charles, Ben, Michael, Buddy, those on our intercessory prayer list, the Vestry and the stewardship of our parish. For persons serving in the armed forces, especially: Andrew, C. J., Jared, John, Luke, Sal, & Sean. Contact Adelaide Diaz to add names to the prayer list.
Prayer List
Have you ever wondered why people go to Honduras, Nicaragua, or Guatemala for mission trips? Maybe the thought of an international mission trip has tugged at your heart? How might your faith and the faith of others be deepened by the experience? Questions like these, along with more practical matters of cost, dates, activities, etc. will all be addressed at an informational meeting at St. Au-gustine's Episcopal Church, Metairie, on Tuesday, April 10th at 6:00 p.m. in Byrd Hall. The dates of this year's trip to Church of the Holy Spirit Episcopal Church and School are tentatively set for June 11th-18th. All adults and chaper-oned children are welcome on the trip, especially medical personnel. Come and hear more. Go and be changed.
St. Patrick’s Party at St. Martin’s
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Easter at St. Martin’s
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Easter was a beautiful day at St. Martin’s. The children enjoyed flowering the cross at the 10:00 a.m. service. This was fol-lowed by the potluck with 11 parishioners and friends of parishioners partaking is a wonderfully prepared Easter dinner. Fr. Fred celebrated with the 2 year old Lit-tle School class Easter egg hunt. Also pic-tured are teachers Miss Tricia and Miss Vanessa.
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Thank You!
Consecration Sunday Thank You!
As of April 2, 120 Commitment Cards
have been returned totaling $292,896.00.
George & Dee Allen Mary Allen Donald & Vanessa Alphonso Rebecca Asente Helen Barnett John and Karen Barrilleaux Eileen Beckman Susan Bell Anne Bentz Eric & Carrie Berger Dennis Bergeron Raymond Boudreau Wayne & Eloise Bourgeois Ashley Bozeman Travis Bozeman Arthur Brands Buddy & Cheryl Brown Gary & Juli Browning Cheri Bryan Norman & Kathryn Butcher Amanda Cabral Dann & Kiki Cahoon Barbara Cain Christopher Caire John & Janice Campbell Edmund and Mae Whitson Christy Miles & Mary Clements Charlotte Cook Ted and Mary Daly Jed & Lorin D’Arensbourg Tom & Judy David Kelly Davis Pam Davis Maggie Dawson Don & JoJo DeBarbieris Otway & Sandra Denny Joel & Katie Derby Andrew Devall Fred & Lisa Devall Thomas Devall
Michael & Adelaide Diaz Rene Edmon Tom Elmendorf Ann Fain Gedge & Susan Gayle Steven & Kitty Graf Brad & Michelle Greco Adam & Heidi Gremillion Denise Gremillion Bill & Suzanne Hammel Ed & Ann Harold Liz Harold Martha Ann Hatch Betty Heller Carolyn Hennesy Adel Hesse David & Beth Hesse Frances Horton Julie Isacks Jade Johnson Owen & Kathleen Jones Ed & Nancy King Charles & Pat Lambert Laurent & Beth LeBien Dave & Jan Lester Douglass Lore Bob & Connie Marks Al & Eris Marse Charlie & Lesley Marshall John & Kathy Massarini Doug & Gigi Matthews Craig & Priscilla Maumus Linda Maumus Craig & Holly McCollum Mike McHugh Brian & Jen Melius Bill Meriwether Jeff & Lisa Millican Owen & Ashley Mogabgab Toby Mogabgab
Tim & Regina Molony Bill & Dee Moody Bob & Julie Murphy John & Donna Murphy Michael & Janice Nelson Keith O’Keefe Ashley Owens Bob & Libby Peyton Skippy Poitevent Bonnie Rault David Reeves Kim & Kelly Richert George & Cheryl Riess Phil & Paulette Rinkle Audrey Rodemann Andre & Melinda Rome Rebecca Sadler Penny Salvaggio Jerry & Rhenda Saporito Bill & Jill Sargent Greg & Liz Schafer Justin & Maria Simpson Libby Smith David & K.T. Snyder Sally Stassi George & Diane Sumner Ann Swayze Kirk & Julie Talbot Frances Truett Bob Turner Carl & Ann Van Lamsweerde Lucille Walker Ed & Leslie Wallace Ginger Van Wart David & Betty Weinberger Marion Weinstock Sally While Martha Wickett Louise Wyrick
The mission of the Episcopal Church is to restore all people to unity with God and each other through Christ.
At St. Martin’s that mission is expressed through our four guiding principles:
Worship, Stewardship, Community, and Outreach.
The first service of the congregation that would become St. Mar-tin’s Episcopal Church was held at Metairie High School (now
Haynes Academy for Advanced Studies) on the Day of Pentecost, May 31, 1942. We still have the same mission of inviting others
into our community of faith.
We hope that you will further your participation and development in the faith, and to encourage others to join as we seek to follow
Christ and reach out to others in his name.
Thank you for being a part of our common life in this place.
St. Martin’s Episcopal Church
Mission & Guiding Principles
Communication To Us:
By Mail 2216 Metairie Road Metairie, LA 70001
By Phone 504-835-7357
Voice from the Pew Change your address, phone number, or email, share a prayer re-quest, let us know you are a guest at St. Martin’s by using this communication piece on Sunday.
By Email Email us using the email addresses found at right.
Communication From Us:
Weekly Email Keep in touch about parish life and events through an email sent directly to you. Contact Terri Sarchione to be added to the email list.
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Bulletin Join in worship—the bulletin guides you through the service. It al-so includes event announcements, a weekly calendar, and more.
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Serving the community in the name of Christ since 1942
2216 Metairie Road Metairie, LA 70001
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Do You Have Questions?
About Worship The Rev. Frederick D. Devall IV, Rector [email protected]
The Rev. F. Jefferson Millican Priest Associate, [email protected]
John Barrilleaux, Musician [email protected]
About Stewardship
Stewardship Committee Julie Talbot [email protected]
Bookkeeper Adelaide S. Diaz, Bookkeeper
Facilities John G. Mackie, Sexton [email protected] About Community
Ushers Dennis Bergeron, Chair [email protected]
Nursery or Children Adelaide S. Diaz, Director of Children’s Christian Formation [email protected]
Middle and High School Youth Jade Johnson [email protected]
Bulletin or Newsletter Terri Sarchione, Administrative Assistant [email protected]
The Little School Pre-school Renee Hemel, Director, 838-8781 [email protected]
Our Diocese The Rt. Rev. Morris K. Thompson, Jr., Bishop www.edola.org About Outreach
Outreach Committee Penny Salvaggio & Penny Pirri [email protected] [email protected]