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As of Thursday July 7th the St. Mark Community Garden has produced 58 pounds of snow peas, lettuce, chard, broccoli. The Wednesday Feed ‘n’ Weed had a small turn-out but Jessie and Angela weeded their potato rows, Ruby picked peas, Laurel worked in her raised bed and helped harvest, Gail used the weed-eater to beat…
Nine women from our congregation attended the Triennial National Convention of the “Women of the ELCA” in Spokane from July 14 to July 17, 2011. This was a good turnout from our congregation for an event across the state. A brief send-off ceremony was held during our July 10 worship service with prayers for a safe journey…
The combined team of St. Mark and Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd played their fifth softball game of the season Tuesday July 5th. The league is the Olympia Independent Church League. The weather was WONDERFUL and it was lots of fun even though we did not win. A bleacher full of fans kept the…
In anticipation of a new Pastor arriving in the next several months, we are producing a new Pictorial Directory. As much fun as it is to walk down Memory Lane via our photo wall, it is not very helpful to members and guests trying to put a name to a face. TIME TO UPDATE THE…
A new feature, “ALL POSTS” was added to the top right hand tool bar of the web-site. When you click on this menu tab, all previous posts are listed. You can scroll down the list and read previous blog entries that have left the Home page as only ten posts are carried on the Home page…
Last Wednesday, June 29th, we ate our potluck meal with the Call Committee members, and then finished weeding and hilling the potatoes. Now all 20 rows have had their first weeding and hilling. The blooms are coming on the potatoes. Our irrigation specialist Bob, placed irrigation around the peas, and they are in full bloom…
A LifeKeys discovery day took place in the parish hall on Sunday, June 5th, from noon until about 5:30. Six people participated along with the facilitators, Bergel Z and Susan G. This brings the number of people on a LifeKeys journey at St Mark, Lacey to 42. The day was packed with questions, some struggles,…
We arrived at St. Mark June 19th for Trinity Sunday to find lots of people dressed in colorful African garb. These beautiful fabrics and clothing were purchased by the many in our church who have traveled to Tanzania to work with the Safi School Project. Following the welcome by Pastor Linda, the call to worship…
Retired Pastor David Nelson gave the sermon Sunday June 19th in which he explained his latest wall creation – the Creation story. The first of the seven panels symbolized darkness and chaos and was done with silver and black. The second panel depicts the creation of the sky and was inspired by David’s youth…
Check the Adult Education Page under Ways to Learn for potential future topics for the Thursday Morning Bible Study and the Sunday Morning Womens Study Group.