We welcome you to participate in the Advent and Christmas events at St. Mark! Sunday Worship during Advent – November 29, December 6, 13, and 20 8:30 and 11:00am with Holy Communion Wednesday Evening Potluck and Worship – December 2, 9, 16, and 23 5:45-6:25pm Potluck Dinner (Please bring a…
This was Christ the King Sunday and today’s Gospel Lesson, John 18:33-37, presented two different ways of exercising power. One with force and the other with love. We heard four St Mark members present their Faith Reflections. Arvis O. spoke of her experience with Toni, a special child of the King. Dan B. reflected on life…
Pastor Eric showed us one of his crosses in the sermon today. It says “Amazing Grace” on the front of it. He decided that it needed something on the back of the cross to complete it so he roped on the word HOPE. The Gospel today was from the Gospel of John and was Jesus…
The Gospel Lesson for today from Mark 12 describes a widow who is the poorest of the poor, having to beg to survive. Yet she gave everything she had to the church. Not a tithe, not a percentage, not a portion…but everything! Two copper coins. We are not told why. Was it out of respect? Religious…
What if we took time each day during the month of November to offer a prayer of thanksgiving to God for one blessing in our lives? Chances are good that it will influence us to be more aware of all our blessings and feel more grateful. An attitude of gratitude changes hearts–especially our own.…
The Kindergartners from Mountain View Elementary that planted all the pumpkins in the Community Garden last spring got to return this year to see what they had grown! It was a sunny, crisp fall day perfect for a trip to the garden. It was GREAT fun! Five classes of eager 1st graders came for a…
This All Saints Sunday we celebrated the life of all saints. Pastor Eric reminded us that we are all saints (and sinners) – whether living or deceased. He took a picture of the children during their sermon and taped this to the front of the Candle Cross to signify the “living saints”. The names of…
We are delighted to highlight and introduce our talented St. Mark Music Staff–Terry Shaw, Rae Corbin, and Leah Wilson! Terry Shaw (pictured on the right) is our Music Director. Terry has extensive experience with different styles of music, choirs of all ages, and teaching a variety of subjects. As our Music Director, Terry oversees our…
The year of making quilts ends in Oct when we share the quilts made in the last 12 months at Sunday morning worship. With the blessings of our St Mark family, the quilts are packed into boxes. Our quilts are taken to the regional shipping center in Seattle by our friends at Church of the Good…
Reformation Sunday! Wear RED! This was a Sunday with balloons, books on wheels and two pastor’s preaching God’s word. Pastor Eric and Pastor Beth explained to the congregation what SMART means and took turns illustrating each letter…. S-Stewardship; M-Music; A-Art; R-Relationships; T-Theology; and an extra letter…K-Kids ……because we are all kids of God. You’ll have…