Our pews and chairs throughout the church were adorned on Sunday, October 29, 2023 with beautiful, handcrafted quilts created by our St. Mark Quilters. Once a year, the group’s quilts are boxed up and sent to Lutheran World Relief for distribution across the world, helping those effected by poverty, war and natural disasters. Annually, 300,000…
Welcome to today’s service. We gather today as we celebrate the confirmation of Gavin Ferry! If you would like to participate during communion, please have your wine and bread ready to do so.
The display on the pews, chairs, and railings this Sunday, Oct 30, 2022, will be quilts put together with love by our St. Mark Quilters. This coming week, the quilts will be boxed up and shipped around the world through Lutheran World Relief. Imagine all the warmth and comfort these quilts will give to the…
Throughout his life, Jesus reached out to the most vulnerable and offered healing and hope. As followers of Christ, St. Mark believes service with others is a fundamental way to live out our faith. This post announces a new page recently added to our website which offers a brief introduction to many of our social ministries…
Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, has sent a message for this, our second Christmas touched by the pandemic. As we are actively waiting for the coming of the baby Jesus, we can pause and remember the hope that is given to us, especially in times of uncertainty.…
The pews throughout our church were adorned on Sunday, October 24 with beautiful handcrafted quilts created by our St. Mark Quilters. Once a year, the group’s quilts are sent to Lutheran World Relief for distribution across the world, helping those effected by poverty, war and natural disasters. Annually, 300,000 quilts from various sources are sent…
Ever wondered what a carbon footprint really is? Or how about the green house effect? In an article published by FutureLearn, those and other climate related terms are explained and suggestions made for everyday steps we can take to care for God’s creations. FutureLearn offers these brief definitions: Carbon footprint. A measure of the total amount…
An alternate expression of God’s Work Our Hands. If many little people, in many little places, do many little things, they can change the face of the earth.
These are just some of the many beautiful quilts created by our St. Mark Quilting Group. This ministry was at work individually, while COVID restrictions were in place and recently as a group as each of the quilters completed their COVID vaccinations. These quilts will be shipped next week to Baltimore, Maryland to be used…
January 14, 2021 Dear Friends, Surrounded by turmoil and violence in our nation, it is more important than ever for Christ’s church to be a visible, public church. Filled with God’s grace and Spirit, we are set free to courageously bring God’s love, healing, and justice to all around us. In our Lutheran tradition, we describe…