On July 31, the gospel lesson from Matthew 14 was the story of the “Feeding of the Five Thousand. ” During the children’s message, the children were invited to move among the congregation and collect any coins those gathered in worship had on hand to feed the hungry crowd. The congregation was invited to offer any change they had in their…
Despite a rather cloudy and cool summer, the garden continues to grow! In fact, most raised beds are overflowing into the aisles. Lettuce, cabbage, broccoli, snow peas, kale, onions, spinach, and chard have loved this weather! As of July 28th, the St. Mark Community Garden has produced 145 pounds of produce for the Thurston County…
Chapter 14 of the Divine Drama Student Workbook will be covered 8/18/2011 at the Thursday Morning (10am) Pastor’s Bible Study. Everyone is welcome. Chapter 14 is titled “The Messianic Age Has Come! The Verdict” and is the second of the 4 chapters on the New Testament. The 2 subsections of chapter 14 are titled “The Kingdom of God is…
Chapter 13 of the Divine Drama Student Workbook will be covered 8/11/2011 at the Thursday Morning (10am) Pastor’s Bible Study. Everyone is welcome. Chapter 13 is titled “The Messianic Age Has Come! The Claim” and is the first of the 4 chapters on the New Testament. The 3 subsections of chapter 13 are titled “The Stage for…
Everyone get excited! Mark your calendar! Sunday, August 7 is the St. Mark Picnic! The picnic will be at the Beachcrest Community Beach. Thanks to Pastor Linda we have this lovely, private beach with a covered picnic area for our use! The plan is to head out to the picnic area after the church service on August 7…
Chapter 11 and 12 of the Divine Drama Student Workbook will be covered 8/4/2011 at the Thursday Morning (10am) Pastor’s Bible Study. Everyone is welcome. Chapter 11 is titled “A New Exodus” and covers the exile and return from Babylon in Isaiah. Chapter 12 is titled “Between the Testaments” and wraps up our coverage of the Old…
For those of you who were unable to attend the National Convention of the Women of the ELCA (WELCA) in Spokane on July 14 to July 17, 2011,”previously recorded” video feeds of the convention proceedings exist on the WELCA website.
WOMEN’S STUDY — Starting September 11 during the education hour, you are invited to join other women of St. Mark in the lounge as they read and discuss “Heaven Is For Real” by Todd Burpo. This is the story of Pastor Burpo’s four-year-old son Colton’s incredible trip to heaven and back while undergoing emergency surgery. …
As of Thursday July 7th the St. Mark Community Garden has produced 58 pounds of snow peas, lettuce, chard, broccoli. The Wednesday Feed ‘n’ Weed had a small turn-out but Jessie and Angela weeded their potato rows, Ruby picked peas, Laurel worked in her raised bed and helped harvest, Gail used the weed-eater to beat…
Nine women from our congregation attended the Triennial National Convention of the “Women of the ELCA” in Spokane from July 14 to July 17, 2011. This was a good turnout from our congregation for an event across the state. A brief send-off ceremony was held during our July 10 worship service with prayers for a safe journey…