St Mary's Ardmore

Welcome to St. Mary's! As we continue to respond to COVID-19, some aspects of our community's rhythm of life have changed. Please join St. Mary's for worship online or in-person. Learn more and get log-in information at www.stmarysardmore.org/worship Please consider giving to St. Mary's online. Thank you for your generosity!... https://my.simplegive.com/App/Giving/STMARYSConv Sign up for our weekly email newsletter to stay in the loop by contacting us at: [email protected]

O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not listen? Or cry to you Violence! and you will not save? Why do you make me see wrongdoing... and look at trouble? Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise. Habakkuk 1:2-3

Thank you Zion Baptist for hosting this week’s vigil! It was good to stand with neighbors and friends.

Our music director is performing!

Autumnal beauty as seen in the flowers and foliage on St. Mary's grounds.

Upcoming Vigil Schedule for October 2020 (Final 3 Vigils for this season) Wednesday, October 14th 4:45-5:45... Hosted by: Zion Baptist Church, Ardmore Gather at: 219 West Spring Avenue, Ardmore (Please park on the street and gather in front of the church.) Wednesday, October 21st 4:45-5:45 Hosted by: Merion Friends Meeting Gather at: 615 Montgomery Avenue, Merion Station (Please park at the Meeting's Activities Building or in the rear of the Rite Aid parking lot across the street. Please gather on the field in front of the Activities Building.) Wednesday, October 28th 4:45-5:45 Hosted by: The Church of St. Asaph Gather at: 27 Conshohocken State Road, Bala Cynwyd (Limited parking is available on the church's campus; please do not park on campus before 4:30, as school pick-up will be in progress.) Churches and synagogues throughout Lower Merion are currently displaying Black Lives Matter banners, and our wider interfaith community is gathering weekly to support these congregations and to raise our voices as advocates for racial justice. Please bring handheld signs with peaceful messages advocating for racial justice. Vigils begin and end with prayer. In between, we stand for about 30 minutes along a busy street, holding our signs, bearing public witnesses to our collective desire for racial justice. Please feel welcome to bring a chair if you need one. Masks must be worn and friendly social distancing must be maintained during the entirety of each vigil.

Take a listen to Deacon Karen's homily from this morning!

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Thanks so much to Anne Wright for launching our Annual Pledge Campaign for 2021, on behalf of the Stewardship Committee, at both services this morning. The theme for this year is "I Belong Here."

Check out Rev. Sean's homily for St. Francis Sunday! Did you know that Francis befriended people with leprosy? His legendary compassion extended far beyond the animal kingdom with which he is most often associated.

Weekly Lower Merion interfaith racial justice vigils continue. Please join us on Wednesday afternoons! Wednesday, October 7th 4:45-5:45 *Hosted by*... Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church *Gather at* 625 Montgomery Avenue, Bryn Mawr (Please park in the lot behind the church and gather on the lawn in front of the sanctuary.) Wednesday, October 14th 4:45-5:45 *Hosted by* Zion Baptist Church, Ardmore *Gather at* 219 West Spring Avenue, Ardmore (Please park on the street and gather in front of the church.) Churches and synagogues throughout Lower Merion are currently displaying Black Lives Matter banners, and our wider interfaith community is gathering weekly to support these congregations and to raise our voices as advocates for racial justice. Please bring handheld signs with peaceful messages advocating for racial justice. Vigils begin and end with prayer. In between, we stand for about 30 minutes along a busy street, holding our signs, bearing public witnesses to our collective desire for racial justice. Please feel welcome to bring a chair if you need one. Masks must be worn and friendly social distancing must be maintained during the entirety of each vigil.

Here's Rev. Sean's sermon from Sunday on authority, the Kingdom of God, and where we place our hope.

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Weekly Lower Merion interfaith racial justice vigils continue. Please join us next Wednesday! Wednesday, September 30th... 4:45-5:45 *Co-Hosted by* Beth David Reform Congregation Congregation Beth Am Israel Gladwyne Presbyterian Church St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church *Gather at* 1025 Youngs Ford Road, Gladwyne (This address is for the parking lot of the former Acme, where we have been permitted to park. After gathering words and prayer in the parking lot, we will hold our vigil at the intersection of Youngs Ford Road and Conshohocken State Road.) Wednesday, October 7th 4:45-5:45 *Hosted by* Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church *Gather at* 625 Montgomery Avenue, Bryn Mawr (Please park in the lot behind the church and gather on the lawn in front of the sanctuary.) Churches and synagogues throughout Lower Merion are currently displaying Black Lives Matter banners, and our wider interfaith community is gathering weekly to support these congregations and to raise our voices as advocates for racial justice. Please bring handheld signs with peaceful messages advocating for racial justice. Vigils begin and end with prayer. In between, we stand for about 30 minutes along a busy street, holding our signs, bearing public witnesses to our collective desire for racial justice. Please feel welcome to bring a chair if you need one. Masks must be worn and friendly social distancing must be maintained during the entirety of each vigil.

Here's Deacon Karen's homily from yesterday!