Outreach – April 2022

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St. Martin’s Outreach Committee had determined earlier this year to do a shoe collection to aid Soles4Souls. However, due to the Bishop’s request that we participate in this Global Ministry, Outreach has decided to collect new and used shoes from now until June 19th for this Ministry. 

Shoes, of all sizes, male and female, are one of the requested items by the Global Ministry. They can be dress or casual, flip-flops, tennis shoes, etc. In addition, they are collecting new socks. If shoes have laces, please tie the pair together with the laces. If there are buckles, please buckle the two shoes together. All other pairs can be placed in bags (1, 2, or 3 pairs per bag). There is a bin at the back of the narthex.

 If you have many pairs, please contact Kathy Shanklin or Marlene Ficzko and they will make arrangements to pick up your shoes.

Outreach – March 2022

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Outreach will continue to collect Easter basket goodies until Sunday, April 3rd. We are in need of baskets, individually wrapped candies, grass, and small toys/books/gifts. We have an abundance of plastic eggs.  The children in the school will be assisting us with baskets for children up to age 6. We will be assembling baskets for children ages 7 to 12 so please provide age-appropriate gifts/toys for children 7 – 12. 

In addition to collecting items in the narthex, we will be doing a collection in the church parking lot on Sunday, March 27th from 11:30 to 1:30.

Lend a Hand at HOME

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We received a request for help from HOME. The Presbyterian Church in Pluckemin will not be hosting families in 2022 so we will not be providing coverage at that church. However, we will deliver meals to the agency on three Mondays this year. Below is an email we received directly from HOME. If you volunteer to help HOME, please contact them directly but let Marlene know you have done so. Thank you. 

HOME of Somerset County (Formerly IHN) is looking for volunteers to help with our Emergency Shelter program.

Due to the pandemic, the congregational rotation hosting schedule has been closed and our families have been staying at a local hotel. We are planning to re-open the shelter component of the program the first week of April 2022 and we are in need of volunteers. Dinner shift hosts are needed at 5:00 pm (until 7:00 pm) to set up for the meal and to welcome our families. Our evening (hospitality) shift is generally from 7:00-10:00pm and the overnight hours are 10:00pm-6:00am (8:00am on Sat. & Sun). For more information please contact Director of Volunteer Services, Karen Donohue, 908-704-1920 / karen@homescnj.orghttps://homescnj.org

Blood Drive

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Lenten Book Study 2022

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This year we will be learning about and discussing six women from the Old Testament (Jephthah’s Daughter, The Shunammite Woman, Naomi and Ruth, Esther, Judith) in five sessions. Some will be familiar and some probably will not. All have a story to tell and things to teach us about their time and place, their beliefs and spirituality, and their relationship with God and their people. Details about the book can be found below.

Meetings will take place each Monday during Lent beginning on March 7 and continuing March 14, 21, 28, and April 4 at 7:00 pm. We will be meeting at the home of

Juanita Hawkins
90 Vanderveer Drive
Basking Ridge, New Jersey

If you are interested in attending please contact the Church Office at stmartinsnj@gmail.com or (908) 526-1350 or Barbara Butler at bbutler50@gmail.com or (908) 342-4821 by February 27.  We’d like to get a head count.

The author, The Reverend Lindsay Hardin Freeman is an Episcopal priest, mother, writer, speaker, blogger, and author of seven books. She believes deeply in humor, storytelling, imagination, women friends and dark chocolate.

“Bible Women: All Their Words and Why They Matter”, by the Reverend Lindsay Hardin Freeman (ISBN 978-088028-391-5), It is available on-line, in both hardcopy and electronic format, from a variety of vendors, including Amazon. If you have trouble finding a copy, or cannot afford to buy one, please contact Barbara Butler at bbutler50@gmail.com or 908 342-4821.

Note: This is the same book we used for our 2018 Women in the Bible study program.