Long-time congregation member, Trudy H wrote a song which has been incorporated into our St. Mark baptismal services called “A New Kid in Our Family”. On Sunday, June 19, we sang the song once again as we welcomed Michael K into our St. Mark family. Pastor Beth reminded us that in the waters of Holy…
Today’s service was all about gratitude! One of our life-long St. Mark kids, Zoe C, just graduated from high school and wanted to show her gratitude to her St. Mark family for all their support and love throughout her life among us. Zoe worked along with Pastors Beth & Eric to plan the service. Being a musician, Zoe…
Today’s Gospel is the seventh chapter of Luke speaking of forgiveness. Pastor Eric defined the text word ‘forgiveness’ as a release of a burden which can lead to freedom. There are three things involved in forgiveness: 1. It is intimate for all people. 2. It is possible for all people. 3. It is available for…
On this Day of Pentecost, we celebrated Confirmation Sunday at our 11:00 service. As we give thanks for the gift of the Holy Spirit, we also give thanks for the gifts of faith and baptism. After instruction about faith, God, Jesus, the Bible, and the church, three 8th graders — Isaiah U., Kaitlyn B., and Samantha…
Pentecost Sunday is when we are reminded that the Spirit of Truth will fill us and teach us about everything that is important to Life. The Spirit will be our Advocate. Pastor Eric spoke to us of how the Spirit is about the How of life, not the Why. The Why is God’s question, not…
On this Sunday, which was Endowment Sunday at St Mark, we heard Pastor Beth’s words read to us by Pastor Eric. Pastor Beth wrote that she loves the 21st Chapter of Revelation in which God tells us that He will always dwell with the people. Where is this holy city where God dwells? Our world…
Good morning, God. Thank you for today. Thank you for being with me this morning, today, this evening, and forever. Amen. (from Pastor Eric’s Children’s Time message on April 10, 2016)
On this glorious Easter Sunday, Pastor Eric exclaimed, “We are all entombed!” For the children’s sermon, he used the example of a butterfly shedding its cocoon. With the Gospel text of Luke, he explained that Jesus was talking about change to two kinds of people: the sinners, the poor, the marginalized people, and the rich,…
Today was Good Sunday and we experienced Good Friday, the second part of the Great Days of Holy Week-called the Triduum. Normally, these services are held on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday before Easter Sunday. We continue to learn more about these services as we journey through Lent from “Ashes to Easter”. Today’s liturgy is…
At St. Mark, we are on an alternative timeframe for our Lenten journey from ‘Ashes to Easter’. Today we celebrated Palm Sunday. This was Jesus’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem on the back of a colt (donkey). Pastor Beth talked of Luke’s Gospel, 19:28-40, not naming the two disciples who were sent to find a colt…