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…
If you missed Pastor Eric’s invitation to read the Bible in 90 days or started and well…ran out of steam, but would like to try again, you have another chance! On Sunday, March 9th, the first Sunday in Lent, we will begin the journey through the Old and New Testaments, reading about 16 pages a…
Celebrate the joy of Christmas on Sunday, December 15th at 5:00pm as St. Mark presents a music festival–Christmas Joy! Performers include the St. Mark Chancel Choir, the St. Mark Bell Choir–PraisRing, various vocal ensembles, and many different instruments. The music will lift your spirits and make your heart sing! Immediately following the festival, there will…
“Seniors Together” will meet on Tuesday, December 10 at noon for a potluck lunch (please bring a dish to share if you can). This month’s activity is an Advent/Christmas play called “Journey to Bethlehem”. This is a group participation activity and EVERY ONE OF ANY AGE is invited – please come, we know you will…
Baa! Moo! Woof! Neigh! Meow! In pet language, that means, “Please bring me to church with you on Sunday, October 6th.” Why? We will celebrate St. Francis with the blessing of all creation and our animals at both services (large animals will be blessed between services in the church parking lot). Please be sure your…
MY, OH MY! The St. Mark Softballer’s season has made the turn around third base and is heading in a big hurry for home! And what a fine run of fun and fellowship on the field it’s been! Even though our somewhat-less-than-stellar season record of 2 wins, 5 losses and 1 tie sounds like the…