St. Mark Sunday School children are mid-way through their study of the Lord’s Prayer. We are learning the story and meaning of this prayer from many different angles, enjoying everything from games, singing and chanting, to making picture books, and having fun with food in the kitchen. We’re working on getting the prayer memorized, and…
Women of St. Mark: We will be meeting at Margit’s home on Tuesday, February 28 at 6:30 pm (NOTE: THIS IS A DATE CHANGE) to share food (bring a main dish, salad, or dessert) and insight on the book of the quarter. This quarter’s read is, “I Count My Blessings. Each Day Is a Gift, a…
Join us this Sunday – SPORTS SUNDAY – as we share our joy for JESUS and all things sports-related. Finding yourself in the spiritual neutral zone? Pastor Linda’s locker room sermon will inspire you to move like the offense toward a personal touchdown with God. Forget being on the offending team and be part of…
The liturgical art creation for this Christmas Epiphany season continues to evolve. Here, as of January 8th, is what the Narthex wall behind the alter looks like. Thanks again to David Nelson for continuing on as the “Artist in Residence” at St. Mark Lutheran Church.
Seniors Together will meet January 10 at 1:00 pm in the Parish Hall; the topic this month will be communication. Pam Buckner will talk to us about the church newsletters, the Sunday bulletin, and the prayer chain. We will also have representatives of the St Mark website committee on hand for a presentation and demonstration…
Sunday school has had a great time during the Advent season. Our big project was the “Live Nativity” presented during the Family 4:00 pm service on Christmas Eve. We will finish up our last Advent lesson for the rotational Sunday school on January 8 and then move to our series, “The Lord’s Prayer.” We are…
David Nelson has, once again, blessed us with the creation of a seasonal mural for the Christmas season. This is the painting on the Narthex wall Christmas Eve. Come to church each week through Epiphany to watch the artwork unfold. Thank you, David, for enhancing our worship experience with your beautiful art!
The Sunday School kids from preschool through 6th grade have had a great time this fall learning Bible lessons in new and fun ways through the Spark curriculum. We’ve completed units on “The Sower” and “The Creation Story”. Thanks to all of you in the congregation who have volunteered your time and talents to helping the…
St. Mark families are again providing gifts of new clothing or shoes for children from the Hawk’s Prairie and Friendly Grove (previously Rogers) Centers for Head Start. This year there are a total of 152 children from the two schools. The Giving Tree works like this…St. Mark receives names, clothing suggestions and gift tags from…
35 Mountain View Elementary families received Thanksgiving meals through the generosity of our St. Mark congregation! This is the second year that we have shared our blessings with Mountain View families – last year we supplied 23 baskets and this year our goal was 30 but we had enough for 35 families. Thanks so much…