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…
A Place of Grace
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St. Mark’s 2011-2012 volleyball season is off to a great start. Based on last year’s final standing in C Division, our team was “bumped up” to B Division this year, a more competetive level. The first seven matches of the season are considered “pre-season”. Our win/loss record for those four matches will determine our final Division…
If you were not present at the Senior Recital…you really missed something special!! Since the youth recital was so well-received by our congregation last spring, Minister of Music Kerstin put together a similar program this fall with the older generation. On Sunday, 9/25/11, a “Senior Recital” was held. Nine acts were featured, including piano solos by…
During the recent Women of the ELCA convention attended by a number of St Mark women in July 2011, one of the workshops attended was entitled “Chemical Craze: Detoxifying Your Home” by Danielle Welliever. “With increasing frequency, we hear about studies linking chemicals in everyday household products to negative effects on our health. In fact,…
“Lutheran Woman Today” magazine is changing its name to “Gather” effective September 2011.
Everyone get excited! Mark your calendar! Sunday, August 7 is the St. Mark Picnic! The picnic will be at the Beachcrest Community Beach. Thanks to Pastor Linda we have this lovely, private beach with a covered picnic area for our use! The plan is to head out to the picnic area after the church service on August 7…
For those of you who were unable to attend the National Convention of the Women of the ELCA (WELCA) in Spokane on July 14 to July 17, 2011,”previously recorded” video feeds of the convention proceedings exist on the WELCA website.
Nine women from our congregation attended the Triennial National Convention of the “Women of the ELCA” in Spokane from July 14 to July 17, 2011. This was a good turnout from our congregation for an event across the state. A brief send-off ceremony was held during our July 10 worship service with prayers for a safe journey…
The combined team of St. Mark and Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd played their fifth softball game of the season Tuesday July 5th. The league is the Olympia Independent Church League. The weather was WONDERFUL and it was lots of fun even though we did not win. A bleacher full of fans kept the…
In anticipation of a new Pastor arriving in the next several months, we are producing a new Pictorial Directory. As much fun as it is to walk down Memory Lane via our photo wall, it is not very helpful to members and guests trying to put a name to a face. TIME TO UPDATE THE…