Artist in Residence (also known as retired Pastor) David Nelson is creating a new masterpiece on the back wall of the St. Mark Sanctuary. The theme for this summer piece is the “Tree of Life”. Please click on the title of this post to see a larger image, and more will be captured as the…
David Nelson, retired pastor, along with several members and staff, transformed the St. Mark sanctuary into a stunning Easter Masterpiece complete with a huge butterfly on the wall, a banner to match, and yellow streamers and ribbons along both sides of the main aisle. Check out each picture below to see how it all came together! THANK YOU…
The Good Friday service was held at noon and 7pm. It was beautiful and somber and “The Seven Last Words of Christ” were read in scripture by church members who then also shared their reflection on the passage. The music by the Chancel Choir was both moving and inspirational, especially the rendition of “Were You…
Please join us in our “new” sanctuary on February 13 at noon and 7pm as we begin our Lenten Journey with Ash Wednesday. We will have services in our new church in the round. Thanks to all the people who helped move the liturgical furniture and create a beautifully crafted expression of the season. We…
Each Advent and Lenten season we are blessed with special artwork in the Sanctuary. Advent 2012 artwork began with an angel on the Sanctuary wall. Sunday December 16th a second angel appeared suspended from the ceiling. Here Pastor Beth is giving the children’s sermon on this Sunday. Join us for the final Sunday in Advent,…
We have now arrived at the longest season of the church year. Often it is called Pentecost, some churches call it ordinary time, others summer. The color is green; the theme is growth – in mission, maturity, understanding, faith, love, etc. Often artists use a green growing thing to illustrate the season. This year…
What a joyous morning! There was an abundance of music with both the Chancel Choir and PraisRing performing. We also had two trumpets, two trombones, and an electric guitar to accompany all the hymns and perform the prelude and the postlude music. There was a reaffirmation of baptism and the announcement of several children that were…
See the Sanctuary prepared for the Good Friday worship service. See you all at Easter Sunday services where David Nelson has promised us another artistic surprise!!!!
The banners are now complete and they are just beautiful. View the picture, and then reread Pastor Nelson’s description of the banners found in a previous post. St. Mark is so truly blessed to have an ‘artist in residence’ who shares his art with us so freely. Thank you very much David I. Nelson!
Sometimes that very first reading of a season of the church year has a special significance. I think this Lent is just such a case. The story of Noah and the rainbow sets the stage and introduces the covenant theme of the whole season. This year we get a short history of Covenant Theology and…