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Nov 28, 20243 min read
Music Notes from Denise, November 28, 2024
We begin a new church year with the first Sunday of Advent this week. During Advent, we prepare ourselves for the birth of Jesus at...
Nov 23, 20244 min read
Music Notes from Denise, November 23, 2024
This Sunday we will celebrate Christ the King Sunday as the final Sunday of our church year. Our Processional hymn will be Crown him...
Nov 16, 20244 min read
Music Notes from Denise, November 16, 2024
This Sunday we will read about Hannah and the blessing she received from God when she bore a son and named him Samuel “I have asked him...
Nov 9, 20243 min read
Music Notes from Denise, November 9, 2024
This Sunday we will celebrate the feast day of our church’s patron saint, St. Martin of Tours. There are many stories about St. Martin...
Nov 2, 20243 min read
Music Notes from Denise, November 2, 2024
This Sunday we will transfer the Feast of All Saints Day when we celebrate the lives of our members and friends who have passed away, and...
Oct 26, 20243 min read
Music Notes from Denise, October 26, 2024
This Sunday our readings take a more optimistic direction. In Job 42, the Lord restores Job’s fortunes after Job declares the...
Oct 19, 20243 min read
Music Notes from Denise, October 19, 2024
This Sunday our Gospel reading in Mark 10 will be about Jesus teaching his disciples after they began arguing about who is the greatest,...
Oct 12, 20243 min read
Music Notes from Denise, October 12, 2024
This Sunday we will read scriptures that can be heavy and difficult to consider. We read Job’s bitter complaint in the face of...
Oct 5, 20244 min read
Music Notes from Denise, October 5, 2024
This Sunday we will hear the well-known scripture from Mark 10: People were bringing little children to him in order that he might touch...
Sep 28, 20243 min read
Music Notes from Denise, September 28, 2024
This Sunday we read about Queen Esther petitioning to the King and speaking up for her people. This photograph is one that I took in Rome...
Sep 24, 20244 min read
Music Notes from Denise, September 21, 2024
This Sunday, St. Martin’s will celebrate 59 years as an Episcopal parish in west St. Louis County. Our church has gone through many...
Sep 14, 20244 min read
Music Notes from Denise, September 14, 2024
This Sunday we have several provocative readings. In the Old Testament, we read in Proverbs 1:20:Â Wisdom cries out in the street; in the...
Aug 17, 20243 min read
Music Notes from Denise, August 10, 2024
This Sunday we will read the classic and unforgettable verse from John 6:35, Jesus said, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me...
Aug 17, 20245 min read
Music Notes from Denise, July 6, 2024
This Sunday we will celebrate with Bishop Deon as he baptizes and welcomes many new people into the St. Martin’s Church family! Our...
Aug 3, 20241 min read
Music Notes from Denise, August 3, 2024
This Sunday our sanctuary will be filled with beautiful music from the River Blenders Chorus. They rehearse here at St. Martin’s every...
Aug 3, 20243 min read
Music Notes from Denise, July 20, 2024
This Sunday our music will reflect our praise and affection for Jesus. Our Gospel reading in Mark 6 describes how popular Jesus was...
Aug 3, 20241 min read
Music Notes from Denise, July 14, 2024
Episcopal City Mission is celebrating 70 years of service to youth in the juvenile justice system. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17 | 6 PM THE LIUNA...
Jun 30, 20244 min read
Music Notes from Denise, June 30, 2024
This Sunday we will discover David’s sense of hope out of despair in Psalm 130: I wait for the Lord; my soul waits for him; in his word...
Jun 22, 20243 min read
Music Notes from Denise, June 22, 2024
This Sunday we learn about Mark’s description of the disciples weathering a storm while in a boat as Jesus calmly slept. When awoken,...
Jun 15, 20243 min read
Music Notes from Denise, June 13, 2024
This Sunday we will read Jesus’s parables about scattering seed upon the ground to allow nature to fulfill its purpose of growing a...
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