In Mark 6:1-13, Jesus calls his twelve disciples and starts to send them out, two by two, with nothing but the clothes on their body, the sandals on their feet and a staff because God’s Grace will take care of them. Pastor Eric spoke of how God’s Love comes down on us abundantly. God’s Love…
A Place of Grace
Worship (Page 42)
In today’s Gospel Lesson (Mark 4: 21-45), Jesus healed a hemmorhaging woman and Jairus’ daughter. For the sermon, Pastor Beth wrote a dramatic reading which was shared by two women in the congregation–Amy B. and Joyce B. In Pastor Beth’s creative interpretation of these stories, we dig a little deeper and see how, although life…
Mark 4:26-34 is the mustard seed parable gospel. Pastor Beth pointed out that we hear hopeful images in all our readings today. She spoke of the Redwood trees in California that have a shallow root system but the roots spread out widely and intermingle with other Redwood tree roots to support each other. We need…
The celebration at St. Mark on this fiftieth day of Easter, Pentecost Sunday, was four fold: Pentecost and the church was ablaze with the color red acknowledging God’s Holy Spirit that is sent to all people baptized in His name, the Confirmation of Drew and Nick, recognizing the high school graduation of Grace, and reaffirming St Mark’s love…
Pizza with Jesus is the new (and improved?) name for Thursday Church. It really captures what we do on Thursdays at 6:00pm in the parish hall: We gather in a come-as-you-are kind of way (informality is normal here) and pray for the food that is prepared, which is, in fact, usually pizza. We remember our…
Today’s gospel reading, John 17:6-19, speaks of Jesus asking his Father in heaven to sanctify in truth and bring joy to His followers and Pastor Eric talked of the meaning of joy and being sanctified in truth. Pastor compared not noticing what happens within our Synod with not noticing the Rhododendrons in his yard until they burst into bloom.…
In a vineyard, grapevines are drastically pruned to preserve energy and concentrate the nutrients in order to yield a crop of grapes that is up to its fullest potential. The best grapes grow closest to the vine. Jesus says that he is the vine. God is the vine grower and we are the branches. …
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.
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…