Many thanks to our Junior High and High School students (and their families) for a SPOOKTACULAR Halloween Party! \ We enjoyed good food! Exciting games! And Great Fun! And the winner of the Best Costume is…. dear old Granny!!!
A Place of Grace
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The Good Lord blessed us with a most glorious day for this event! Our chefs were all winners: David (retired Pastor David I.) for his salmon, John (musician and architect) for his hamburger sliders, and Lloyd (The Popular Schneider) won the People’s Choice award by most impressing the attendees while cooking! Sliders, salmon, and pie…
The Southwestern Washington Synod convention, “Open Hearts – Open Hands” will be held October 11th, 2014 at Peace Lutheran Church and Community Center – 2106 South Cushman, Tacoma, WA 98405. The keynote speaker is Rev. Julie Kanarr, Christ Lutheran Church, Belfair, WA. Her topic will be “Hospitality Matters”. Other guest speakers include Gwendolyn Edwards, Churchwide…
It is time for another exciting year of Sunday School! Come grow in your faith and love for God. There are special classes for adults, high school and junior high youth, elementary students, and Preschool/Kindergarten children. Please join us this Sunday! Children’s classes begin at 9:45 in the sanctuary. Adult classes begin at 10:00. Hope…
We welcome you to “God’s Work Our Hands” Sunday, this Sunday, September 7th at St. Mark! We are gathering food (and/or monetary donations) for the Thurston County Food Bank. The Food Bank especially needs protein items such as canned meats, chili, canned beans, legumes, and peanutbutter. Also popular is dried pasta (a jar of pasta…
On Saturday September 13th, 4 St. Mark gentlemen – David N., Lloyd S., John M., and Ron W – will try to outdo each other with their barbecued culinary creations. Based loosely on the show, “Chopped”, they will get baskets filled with surprise ingredients they need to include in their barbecue dish. Judges from the…
Trudy has sent another letter with many wonderful pictures of the work that the St. Mark crew are performing at the Ngateu secondary school in Arusha, Tanzania. A new side walk has been built, a colorful mural painted on the wall of the science room, and lessons in speaking and reading English. The students seem…
Sure you do! Because that would be….Fellowship, Bunco, and Ice cream! Young and not so young are invited to the church parish hall on Tuesday, August 5th at 7:00pm for a fun evening. You are welcome to bring your favorite ice cream topping. Bunco is a dice game that can be played by people of…
You have heard it said: “A church that prays together, stays together.” At St. Mark we know this to be true… and that also true is: ” A church that plays together has a lot more fun!” Many thanks to Thrivent Financial for a grant to create new (and noticeable!) sports team shirts for St.…
We are very excited! Our new synodical Bishop, Rick Jaech is visiting St. Mark on Tuesday, March 11. He is meeting with the pastors from 4:30-5:30pm. Then all of St. Mark will join together for a potluck dinner at 5:45pm. (Bring something tasty to share!!) At 6:30pm, Bishop Jaech will lead us in a devotion…