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Come out and check out the garden. Even with the mild and wet weather it is looking just beautiful. Brent and Kathy Chapman donated the arbor which is now the centerpiece of the garden. There are also 4 blueberry plants and 4 apple trees. The potatoes look unbelievably healthy and the snow peas are struggling…
The potatoes are growing like crazy and it is already time to hill many of them. If you have adopted a row, or even if you haven’t and have a bit of gardening time and energy this week, please take your hoe and hill some potatoes!!! This picture is the potato patch last year AFTER…
Love Wins; A book about HEAVEN, HELL, and the fate of every person who ever lived, by Rob Bell will start next Sunday with the first two chapters. We will discuss 2 chapters each week. The First Chapter is called, “What about the Flat Tire?” and Chapter 2 is “Here is the New There. We will…
Sunday School will end May 20 and an ice cream party will happen from 10:00 to 10:45 am. Everyone is invited and bring your friends! There will be plenty of toppings to sprinkle, spray, and drizzle over the ice cream. Yummy! A basket will be available for good-will offerings. Contributions from this event, Wednesday night…
The final session of the Tuesday Morning Bible Study class and an End of Season Luncheon Potluck will occur on Tuesday, May 15 between 10am and noon in the St Mark lounge. This last session of “The Apostle Paul” class is titled “Paul’s Influence” and deals with what became of his writings after his death.…
On April 28th Len Booth led a work party to install the 20 new raised beds. It was a lovely morning. The group put down cardboard as a weed barrier, placed and secured the beds, filled them with organic compost, and shoveled wood shavings in the aisles. Four apple trees were planted in the center.…
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…