St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church

Congratulations to our High School graduates!!

This Sunday, May 25th, is Senior Recognition Sunday. Our seniors will be recognized during worship and WELCA will be hosting a Cake and Coffee Reception following worship. 

Please join us as we celebrate Hannah, Sydney, Ben and Scott! We are proud of you and so blessed to have you as part of our St. Mark’s family.

The St. Mark’s rummage sale will be held Saturday, May 10th, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.   

We are in need of your donated items for this sale.  They can be dropped off at the church at any time.  The church is open from 8:30 to 4:00 Monday through Friday.  Special arrangements may be able to be made if these hours don’t work for you.  Call the church office at 772-4807 to make those plans.   

The St. Mark’s WELCA group is coordinating the sale this year.  Proceeds will be to help our youth attend National Youth Gathering the summer of 2015 and to benefit WELCA mission projects.

The Spark Sunday School students and their parents will be setting up a Snack/Coffee Bar that will be open during the sale.  They will be selling coffee and goodies to shoppers.  Baked goods will be available for purchase to take home as well as to enjoy at the sale.   The funds raised from the Snack/Coffee Bar will be used to help cover expenses and to promote the 2014 Vacation Bible School program, “Weird Animals – Where Jesus’ Love is One-of-a-Kind”.  

Don’t miss it!  It will be a great day.

Our worship schedule for this week is:

Maundy Thursday – 7:00 p.m.

Good Friday – Noon

Easter Sunday – 9:30 a.m.

There will be no Sunday School classes on Easter Sunday.

The church office will close at Noon on Good Friday.

During the season of Lent, we will continue to collect food items for the Salvation Army Food Cupboard.  Each week, a specific food item will be requested.  The designated items are:

Week of March 10th   – Canned Soup

Week of March 17th – Canned Vegetables

Week of March 24th – Spaghetti Sauce

Week of March 31st – Canned Meats (especially tuna fish)

Week of April 7th – Canned fruits

Week of April 14th – Cereals

Other non-perishable foods are always welcome as well as personal hygiene items and diapers.  Please bring your donated items to St. Mark’s and put them in the grocery cart.  We will see that all donations are taken to the Salvation Army for distribution.

Thank you!

The Ash Wednesday worship at St. Mark’s will be at 6:45 pm. on March 5th.

The J.O.Y. group will worship at 11:00 a.m. Ash Wednesday, and will have a lunch following worship.  If you would like to stay for the luncheon after the 11:00 worship, please sign up in the church office.

The Wednesday night schedule for Lent beginning March 12th is:   6:00 p.m. Family Supper (served by various groups at St. Mark’s)  and  worship will follow at 6:45 p.m.

We will worship in the lower level Fellowship Hall.  Our study this year will be about some of the great stories of the Old Testament.

Please join us!

Here are some of the events coming up next week at St. Mark’s — 

Sunday Morning– The Spark Sunday School Children will sing at the beginning of worship this Sunday, Feb. 9th.

Parent Grief Support Group meets Monday evening (Feb. 10th) at 7:00 p.m. in the chapel at St. Mark’s.  This group is for anyone in the community who is experiencing the grief of losing a child or grandchild. 

Mug & Muffin Bible Study – Join us Tuesday, February 11th, at 9:30 a.m. for a cup of coffee, a muffin and some fellowship.  The Bible Study, led by Pastor Paul, will begin at 9:45 and run until 11:00.  This month’s study (from the Gather magazine) is “Woman of Endor, A Seer and Communicator”.  The study raises questions for us about the living and the dead.

Church Council meets Tuesday evening at 6:30 p.m.

Pastor Paul will be on vacation February 13th -15th 

Our next Contemporary Worship will be Sunday, February 16th, at 9:30 a.m.

Our Christmas Eve Candlelight Worship will be held today at 5:30 p.m.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Our Thanksgiving worship will be held Wednesday, November 27th, at 6:00 p.m.  The offerings given are part of our 3 special designated offerings throughout the year and will go to five special ministries.

The office will be closed Thursday and Friday of this week.

There is no Sunday School this week.  Classes will resume December 8th.

The Parent Grief Support Group will meet tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. in the chapel here at St. Mark’s.

This group is for anyone who is experiencing the grief of losing a child.

Please contact the church office if you have any questions.  772-4807.

Our September Mug & Muffin Bible Study will be held tomorrow, September 17th, beginning at 9:30 a.m.

Join us at 9:30 for coffee and fellowship, and the study will begin at 9:45 and run until 11:00 a.m.

We will be using the lessons found in the Gather magazine, but a subscription isn’t required.  Copies of the lesson will be available to you.   This year, the studies will be concentrating on “Stories of Biblical Women”.  We will begin with Hannah.