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It was a glorious, sunny day for St. Mark’s celebration of Earth Day. Approximately a dozen Sunday School children and adults gathered in the St. Mark Community Garden on Sunday, April 22, to plant a herb garden. The children enjoyed smelling the fragrant herb leaves and then digging holes to plant them. Without question, the most…
Seniors Together will be meeting again in the Parish Hall on May 8 at 1:00 pm; cookies, tea and coffee, and good fellowship are promised. Those who attended the April Seniors Together meeting had a wonderful time learning about spring flowers and plants. Gail told all about planting potatoes in the “Great Outback,” and Mavis…
The next Quarter Circle will be held at Cathy’s home on Tuesday, May 29th at 6:30 pm. Women or men who like to read and would enjoy sharing a meal and a good book discussion are invited to join us. The read for this quarter is “The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food and Love” by…
On Saturday, May 5, 10:00 a.m. to noon, children, women, even men, are invited to join us in the Parish Hall for some beginning handwork instruction. Beginning Crochet will be taught by Margi, our own in-house, gifted needle artist. We will have crochet hooks and yarn available for use; feel free to bring your own…
Would you ever think 20 rows of potatoes could be planted in 33 minutes? Well, on Saturday, April 14, St Mark’s Potato Patch Planters set this record! Three major factors contributed to the success of the event – preparation, attendance and a wonderful breakfast spread! Preparation included plowing the land; securing the planter potatoes from…
April 22 is Earth Day. Sunday School children at St. Mark Lutheran Church will celebrate Earth Day this year by planting plant starts and seeds for a variety of herbs. The herb garden will be in a 8’ x’8’ raised bed that is part of St. Mark’s Community Garden. A three-quarters wine barrel has recently…
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!!!!
“Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.” – Martin Luther – The Last Supper, the First Communion. On Maundy Thursday, Jesus gathered with his disciples for what would be his last meal with them before his death. But this meal marked the start of…
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!