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“Environment and Energy” is a page on the ELCA website about environmental advocacy. Check it out by going to our Resource Links page (on the extreme top menu) and then scrolling down to the third item in the Helping the Earth section. Some quotes from that page are shown below. “The Environmental Education and Advocacy program…
The last line of Christina Rossetti’s 1872 Christmas poem, In the Bleak Midwinter, reads “What can I give Him, poor as I am? If I were a shepherd I would bring a lamb; if I were a wise man I would do my part, yet what I can I give Him, give my heart.” As…
As part of the new Sunday School format, on October 30, Amy B led the 1st-6th graders through a lesson on “Music and Creation”. To represent each of the days of Creation, Amy chose 2-3 songs on her laptop for the kids to listen to. After Amy read the description of the day from the Bible, and they…
Again this year St. Mark will be providing Thanksgiving baskets to families at Mountain View Elementary School in Lacey. We are committed to providing 30 food baskets! You can help by giving an entire Thanksgiving feast (as outlined below), a turkey, or put a check in the offering (write Thanksgiving Baskets in the memo section). All…
The following brief summary is taken from the Day1.org website. For more details see the Day1 website. “Day1 is the voice of the mainline Protestant churches, presenting outstanding preachers from the mainline Protestant denominations, including the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, the Episcopal Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), United Church of Christ, United…
Gail and Mary were the teachers Sunday the 25th, and the children spent the Sunday School hour in the garden. We talked about The Parable of the Sower and how it applied to our own Community Garden. We talked about what it takes to grow strong plants, and then asked each child to find a…
If you were not present at the Senior Recital…you really missed something special!! Since the youth recital was so well-received by our congregation last spring, Minister of Music Kerstin put together a similar program this fall with the older generation. On Sunday, 9/25/11, a “Senior Recital” was held. Nine acts were featured, including piano solos by…
The Thurston County Food Bank received 2400 pounds of potatoes from our September 17th harvest of the St. Mark Community Garden potato patch! Sarah Swenson, Produce Manager of the Thurston County Food Bank, came by at the end of the harvest and was very pleased with the amount of potatoes. The potatoes were German Butterball.…
It is harvest time!!!!! Get the word out to families, friends, and the community that it is time to harvest LOTS of potatoes for the Thurston County Food Bank. God blessed our Community Garden with an abundance of potatoes – it’s time to reap what we have sowed. Many hands are needed to dig and…
Our St. Mark Community Garden continues to be very productive! Brent and daughter Zoie went to the Food Bank on a Friday to see how the produce is provided to those using the Food Bank. He found a most beautiful produce department. To date, we have sent 429 pounds to food, and the potatoes will…