Community Care

Pastoral Care

Pastoral Care encompasses the whole manner by which a community cares for each other with concern and embodies the genuine love, regard and compassion of Christ. It can refer to the simple gesture of a phone call made to someone who is missed on a Sunday or known to be facing a particular challenge. It can be the care offered at a time of loss or family crisis. To learn more about St. Martin's pastoral care ministry and how to access suport and confidential care please contact the Office.

Prayer Circle

Jesus expressed a ministry of courageous and compassionate care. He noticed the needs of all. He willingly crossed the conventions of his society which isolated and devalued human beings. His ministry displayed both care for those in need and challenge to the root causes of societal ill and suffering.

Our mission is to uphold the community in general: the ministries to which we have been called and also individual needs which are shared with us.

Contact - Esther Jackson 403-239-1004

Outreach

The community of Jesus' followers is called to be a servant community acting with the compassion of Christ. St. Martin's wishes to be a community that is continually discerning the needs of the wider community in which we live and those opportunities by which we can express that ministry of our Lord.

Click here to view some of the ways we are currently serving the wider community. To become involved or learn more about this work please contact stmartins@telus.net

Stephen Ministry

Lay caregivers (called Stephen Ministers) provide one-to-one Christian care to the bereaved, hospitalized, terminally ill, separated, divorced, unemployed, relocated, and others facing a crisis or life challenge. Stephen Ministry helps pastors and congregations provide quality caring ministry for as long as people need it.

Four parishioners will be commissioned in the Fall 2010 as Stephen Ministers at St. Martin’s.

Worship Times:

Sunday Mornings:
8:30am at the Chapel
3704 - 37th St. SW (MAP)
A quiet service of Holy Communion
Book of Common Prayer
10:00am at Calgary
Academy (MAP)
17th Ave & 93rd St. SW
Holy Communion & Sermon
with Contemporary Music and Youth program, Nursery and Church School

Sunday Evening Contemplative Service
(last Sunday of the month with St. Laurence)
5:00pm at St. Laurence, Lakeview
5940 Lakeview Dr. S.W. (MAP)
A contemplative-style Eucharist with one reading, a brief reflection, candle-light, some recorded chant, silence for prayer

Mid-Week:
"Wonderful Thursdays"
10:00am at the Chapel
3704 - 37th St. S.W. (MAP)
Holy Communion followed by great snacks and a discussion of scripture and life.

Miss a Sunday?
Know someone who's house-bound?
Get the Sermon on Tape
Call the office (403) 249-3014
We'll drop it off.