Pea Planting St.Mark Community Garden had a group of Sunday School children planting peas with a bit of help from Haldor, Brent and Gail. This picture is of two eager and helpful boys who helped out today. Four 100 foot rows of peas were planted after the beds were amended with compost and weeded. We…
All are welcome to experience Holy Week at St. Mark! PALM SUNDAY, March 29th at 8:30am and 11:00am in the sanctuary with the Procession of Palms, a Reading of the Passion Narrative, and Holy Communion. MAUNDY THURSDAY, April 2nd at 6:00pm in the Parish Hall (sponsored by Thursday Church). A meal is provided. GOOD FRIDAY,…
All are welcome to our Maundy Thursday service April 2 at 6:00pm in the Parish Hall. Worship is sponsored by Thursday Church. Dinner is provided. Together we will explore Jesus’ command that we love one another.
Vision. Some of us need ours corrected with glasses. Pastor Beth told us a story of her own visual correction. There is another type of vision that we make the choice to see or not see. Progress is being made but we still have a long way to go in dealing with the injustices in…
Three main points to Pastor Eric’s sermon: God is rich in mercy We are built to respond (in love). God pursues us and injects his Grace into us. So what does this look like for the people of God at St. Mark? Listen to the sermon to see what ideas are percolating to ‘inject Grace”…
What a blessing to have a daughter of our congregation, Kahli A., offer a thought-provoking and heart-warming sermon! Being a first year student at a Christian university has given Kahli the opportunity to reflect thoughtfully upon her faith, family, and life. Kahli entitles her sermon “Revelation” and explores the many “veils” that are being…
Jesus says, in today’s Gospel of Mark, “Concern yourself with divine things rather than human things.” He turned to Peter and said, “Remember, you are made for divine things.” In his sermon, Pastor Eric asked us to think about what exactly these divine things are. The Gospel teaches us that divine things include…denying your self,…
Mid-week Lenten Soup Supper and Worship Services are on Wednesdays at 5:45pm for a simple soup supper in the parish hall and 6:30 for the service in the sanctuary. Worship will include Holy Communion. During our journey through the season of Lent, we take time to reflect upon the questions, “Who am I? Who are…
Mark 1:9-15 recounts Satan’s tempting of Jesus in the wilderness. Pastor Eric told us that he was going to confess some things to us. But first he had to tell us a joke to center us. And he did. The theme for today is ‘we are the tempted beloved’. Fighting, stealing and telling a lie…
Lent is a journey with Jesus and a mirror of our life. It’s a journey marked with the cross of Christ. Marked with ashes. What a strange thing we mark ourselves with…ashes. These ashes remind us where we are going and that we would be dust without God. Pastor Beth asked us two questions and…