Four pastors are now being considered for call at St. Mark; two individual pastors, and two pastors who would co-pastor sharing a 1.25 position. Another name and profile was provided to the committee for consideration. This pastor’s profile was of interest to the Call Committee so it was decided to move forward with an interview. Read more
The liturgical art creation for this Christmas Epiphany season continues to evolve. Here, as of January 8th, is what the Narthex wall behind the alter looks like. Click on the title of this post to see another view including the skylights. Thanks again to Pastor David Nelson, retired, for continuing on as the “Artist in Read more
Seniors Together will meet January 10 at 1:00 pm in the Parish Hall; the topic this month will be communication. Office Administrator Pam Buckner will talk to us about the church newsletter, the Grapevine, the Sunday bulletin, and the prayer chain. We will also have representatives of the St Mark website committee on hand for Read more
Sunday school has had a great time during the Advent season. Our big project was the “Live Nativity” presented during the Family 4:00 pm service on Christmas Eve. We will finish up our last Advent lesson for the rotational Sunday school on January 8 and then move to our series, “The Lord’s Prayer.” We are Read more
The St. Mark Website Team has a new addition, Junior Reporter Dakota M. Dakota has a photography class at school and he needed a project to complete for class. The Website Team was looking for a youth to report on activities in and around St. Mark. It was a perfect match! Look for articles Read more
David Nelson has, once again, blessed us with the creation of a seasonal mural for the Christmas season. This is the painting on the Narthex wall Christmas Eve. Come to church each week through Epiphany to watch the artwork unfold. Thank you, David, for enhancing our worship experience with your beautiful art!
The Sunday School kids from preschool through 6th grade have had a great time this fall learning Bible lessons in new and fun ways through the Spark curriculum. We’ve completed units on “The Sower” and “The Creation Story”. Thanks to all of you in the congregation who have volunteered your time and talents to helping the Read more
St. Mark families are again providing gifts of new clothing or shoes for children from the Hawk’s Prairie and Friendly Grove (previously Rogers) Centers for Head Start. This year there are a total of 152 children from the two schools. The Giving Tree works like this…St. Mark receives names, clothing suggestions and gift tags from Read more
35 Mountain View Elementary families received Thanksgiving meals through the generosity of our St. Mark congregation! This is the second year that we have shared our blessings with Mountain View families – last year we supplied 23 baskets and this year our goal was 30 but we had enough for 35 families. Thanks so much Read more
Have you noticed a shine on the pews in the sanctuary? How about the absence of piles of leaves in the parking lot? And the walls of the hallway…aren’t they whiter and brighter? All of this, and more, is due to the crew of hard-working members who showed up for the Fall Cleanup Day, Saturday, November Read more
