Thank you to all of you who have donated to our Feed My Starving Children project. As of this morning, St. Mark’s has raised enough money to provide 2,984 meals!
This is our last week of fundraising. Donations can be left in the designated offering plates, designated in the service offering plates or labeled and left in the church office. Please make your donations by April 1st.
Every contribution makes a significant impact! Thank you!
Please plan to join us for our Holy Week worship services coming up.
This Sunday, March 24th, is Palm Sunday (Sunday of the Passion). Worship begins at 9:30 a.m with the waving of palms. The Sunday School children will be singing, the choir will sing and the Passion of our Lord according to Luke will be read. Following worship, please join us for coffee (served by the Spark Sunday School children) and fellowship.
Maundy Thursday worship will be held at 7:00 p.m. March 28th.
Our Good Friday worship is at noon, March 29th.
Then, celebrate the resurrection of our Lord with us on Easter Sunday (March 31st) at 9:30 a.m.!
St. Mark’s will be participating in the “Feed My Starving Children” project this year. St. Mark’s will be helping pack food Sunday, April 7th. We are also helping by raising money.
One fund raising project is fashioned after “Flat Stanley” used by the school system. Our children, Joey and Ruthie, are here and waiting to join you for any adventures and excursions you may have! Joey and Ruthie, our two children representing starving children of the world, are waiting to be checked out. (A special thank-you to Hannah Bohn for her artistic talents!) They are located on the bulletin board by the office. Please consider taking them along with you. By remembering them and including them, you can symbolically include a child who is living in poverty. Whatever you might want to spend on Joey or Ruthie can be donated through our church for the Feed My Starving Children fundraiser. Please be sure to designate your contribution for Feed My Starving Children. A mere $0.22 will provide a meal for a child.
If today doesn’t work for you, Joey and Ruthie have appointment calendars posted on the bulletin board near the office. You can reserve them if needed. Take along their journals if you’d like to share what you’ve done together. Snap a photo or two. Imagine the joy of taking along an excited child. “Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these, my brethren, you did it to me.” Matthew 25:40.
You can also make donations by directing them to the church office. There are also designated offering plates for this project in the narthex on Sunday mornings and in the fellowship hall Wednesday evenings during Lent.
The sign-up sheet for helping package food for the Feed My Starving Children project will be available in the narthex. We have reserved thirty spots for St. Mark’s workers on Sunday, April 7, from 4:30-6:30. Many hands make light the work. Join us.
The office will be open limited hours next week. Monday through Thursday, it will be open 10-Noon and 1-4. The office will be closed Friday, March 1st.
Sandy will be out of the office all week. Thanks to Carol, Eleanor, Sue and Kathy for working in the office in her absence.
We will begin our study of the Lord’s Prayer this evening at our first Lenten worship of the season. Worship will be held at 6:45 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall on the lower level. Council members will be serving a family supper at 6:00 p.m. – worship will follow. All are welcome!
Our morning Ash Wednesday worship has been changed to 10:30 a.m. The J.O.Y. group will have their lunch following this earlier service. This change was made due to the 2:00 p.m. funeral of St. Mark’s long time member, Marv Birkholz.
The evening worship will be held at 6:45 p.m., as scheduled. Sanctuary choir rehearsal will follow the evening worship.
Confirmation students should plan to attend worship and meet briefly after worship for a discussion.
Please contact the office at 772-4807 if you have any questions.
During Lent, food will be collected for the Food Cupboard at the Salvation Army on a weekly basis. Each week we will ask for a specific food item. However, as in the past, all food items will be appreciated. The most needed items are listed for the collection.
“I was hungry and you gave me food…Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of them who are members of my family, you did it to me.” Mathew 26:35 & 40
This Sunday, February 3rd, is Boy Scout Sunday.
Join us for worship at 9:30 a.m. and plan to stay for coffee and fellowship after worship. Boy Scout Troop 130 will be serving fresh caramel rolls and coffee.
See you Sunday!
St. Mark’s will hold our annual meeting following worship this Sunday, January 27th. Annual reports will be distributed and delegates will be elected for Synod Assembly, Red Willow Bible Camp, Valley Memorial Homes and the Abiding Memorials Committee.
Please join us for worship at 9:30 and plan to stay for the meeting!
Stay warm!
Happy New Year to all of you!
It is time to get back into the swing of things here at St. Mark’s after our holiday break. Sunday School classes will resume this Sunday, January 6th, at 10:45 a.m. Spark Sunday School will begin their winter session with lessons on “Jesus is Born” and celebrating the birth of Jesus.
Choir rehearsal and confirmation classes will meet this Wednesday, January 9th at 7:00 p.m. The Quilters will be here Wednesday from 9-noon.
Join us for our Epiphany worship this Sunday, January 6th, at 9:30 a.m. All are welcome!
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