--- title: The Commons | Ted Martin description: Rev. Dr. Ted Martin has served in ministry for 45 years. For 32 of those years, he has been ordained in the PCUSA as a minister of Word and Sacrament. Ted is married to his college sweetheart; they have one child who is blazing his own path in the world. He is a graduate of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and Westminster College. --- Summer Author Conversation - July 1 | [Learn more](https://blog.comment.org/thecommons/author/ted-martin#) [![The Commons](https://blog.comment.org/hubfs/Comment/Blog/The%20Commons/The-Commons-blue-w-qualifier2.svg "The Commons")](https://blog.comment.org/thecommons) [ Comment website ](https://comment.org/) [![The Commons](https://blog.comment.org/hubfs/Comment/Blog/The%20Commons/The-Commons-blue-w-qualifier2.svg "The Commons")](https://blog.comment.org/thecommons) [ Comment website ](https://comment.org/) [![The Commons](https://blog.comment.org/hubfs/Comment/Blog/The%20Commons/The-Commons-blue-w-qualifier2.svg "The Commons")](https://blog.comment.org/thecommons) [ Comment website ](https://comment.org/) [![The Commons](https://blog.comment.org/hubfs/Comment/Blog/The%20Commons/The-Commons-blue-w-qualifier2.svg "The Commons")](https://blog.comment.org/thecommons) [ Comment website ](https://comment.org/) [![](https://blog.comment.org/hubfs/Comment/Blog/The%20Commons/Spotlights/Ted%20Martin/Block%20party%20feature.jpg)](https://blog.comment.org/thecommons/block-party-rekindled-community) ## [The Block Party: Awakening Community in the Neighbourhood](https://blog.comment.org/thecommons/block-party-rekindled-community) Sep 27, 2023 When my family and I moved to our current neighbourhood, we found ourselves in a place where the wea... [Read more](https://blog.comment.org/thecommons/block-party-rekindled-community) # The Commons [Community spotlight](https://blog.comment.org/thecommons/tag/community-spotlight) [Community](https://blog.comment.org/thecommons/tag/community) [Education](https://blog.comment.org/thecommons/tag/education) [Hospitality](https://blog.comment.org/thecommons/tag/hospitality) [Poetry](https://blog.comment.org/thecommons/tag/poetry) [Art](https://blog.comment.org/thecommons/tag/art) [Behind the scenes](https://blog.comment.org/thecommons/tag/behind-the-scenes) [Design](https://blog.comment.org/thecommons/tag/design) [Discipleship](https://blog.comment.org/thecommons/tag/discipleship) [Ministry](https://blog.comment.org/thecommons/tag/ministry) [Missions](https://blog.comment.org/thecommons/tag/missions) [Press release](https://blog.comment.org/thecommons/tag/press-release) [Theater](https://blog.comment.org/thecommons/tag/theater) [Theology](https://blog.comment.org/thecommons/tag/theology) ![The Commons](https://blog.comment.org/hubfs/Comment/Blog/The%20Commons/The-Commons-blue-w-qualifier3.png)   [Follow us on Facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/CommentMagazine) [Follow us on LinkedIn ](https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/commentmagazine) [Follow us on Twitter ](https://x.com/commentmag) [Follow us on Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/commentmagazine/) [Comment.org](https://comment.org/) | 2024 Cardus. All Rights Reserved.