During this morning’s Worshipful Experience we hear God’s promise to dwell with us and make a home with us and in us. We seek to live out this blessing as we love one another.
A Place of Grace
Sermons (Page 33)
The Fourth Sunday of Easter is known as “Good Shepherd” Sunday. In the Gospel today, we hear Jesus speak about himself as the gate to abundant life with God–not to keep people out, but to provide a way where there seems to be none. Jesus says he is the shepherd who leads and guides his…
Welcome to the Worshipful Experience for Sunday, April 26, 2020! This Sunday we are blessed to have as our guest preacher Pastor Rebecca Shjerven, Bishop’s Associate for the Southwest Washington Synod. Also featured in worship today is PraisRing, our handbell choir, and Children’s Time. Be thinking about three things for which you are thankful! We…
Click on the video below for a message especially for the younger ones at St. Mark. Even the not so young might appreciate hearing Pastor Beth’s words and the story (written in Dr. Seuss fashion) by Nora Unrath, “How COVID-19 Stole Easter.” God bless you!
Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Jesus appears to his disciples who are sequestered in fear in a locked home. Jesus promises to come to us today even in the midst of our fear and uncertainty. Many thanks to our Synodical Bishop Rick Jaech and Bishop’s Assistant Rebecca Schjerven for leading us in worship…
Dear friends, Here is the link to our worshipful experience for Sunday, March 29, 2020. It is approximately 21 minutes long. The Scripture lessons for this week are from Psalm 130, Ezekiel 37:1-14, and John 11:1-45. I encourage you to read them, light a candle, and join us for worship as we breathe deep the…
Dear Friends, Please use the link below to enjoy a “worshipful experience” created for you by Pastor Beth. It is about 12 minutes long. You can read the Gospel Lesson before viewing: John 9:1-41. Many thanks to John Martin, Terry Shaw, and Isaiah Utto-Galarneau for their musical offerings. This is a way for us to…
In Sunday’s Gospel (John 4) Jesus meets an unnamed woman from Samaria who came to draw water from the well. Parched, he asks her to give him a drink. When she questions him, Jesus speaks to her of the Living Water. “Anyone who drinks from this water will be thirsty again; those who drink from…
Sometimes there seems to be a bad news cloud hovering over the world. We have bad news in our own lives. And sometimes we are the bad news. We contribute to the bad news by the things we say and do, things we don’t say and don’t do. We confess in church each week that…
God loves you. Remember that every time you see your reflection in a mirror. This Sunday’s bulletin cover shows a reflective black and white picture of mountains and a lake. A mirror image. Just like the image we see when we look into a mirror. What do we see? The mirror shows the desires of…