Welcome to worship today! On this Second Sunday of Epiphany, we hear Jesus invite disciples of every time and place, “Follow Me.” Philip also invites us to “Come and See.” We gather to see Jesus and the love of God reveal to and through us. This love makes a difference! Today’s service includes the celebration…
Welcome to worship on this first Sunday in the New Year and the second Sunday of the Christmas season! This morning’s Lessons and Carols service is a collaborative effort of 9 of our local ELCA congregations. During worship, you will hear the Christmas scriptures and beloved carols along with back ground information. St. Mark’s PraisRing…
Welcome to worship on this first Sunday in the season of Advent! We light the first candle in our Advent wreath for hope and celebrate the gift of Holy Communion. As usual, there is lots of great music! Also this morning, both Pastor Eric (Children’s Time) and Pastor Beth (sermon) explore the prophet Isaiah’s prayer…
In place of our usual St Mark created Sunday Worship Video, this week we present a Video from Synod Region 1 leadership including Bishop Rick Jaech (gives the sermon), Bishop Shelley Wickstrom, Bishop Shelley Bryan Wee, Bishop Kristen Kuempel, and Bishop Laurie Larson Caesar for congregations whose pastors and deacons participated in a theological education…
Welcome to worship on this All Saints Sunday! Today we give thanks for the blessing of all the Saints in our lives. We especially take time to remember our family and friends who have passed away this year. God bless and be with you!
Welcome to worship on this Reformation Sunday. We give thanks that the Holy Spirit continues to re-form the church and re-form us as the people of God. Today we are blessed to hear from our beloved Bishop Rick Jaech. There’s lots of wonderful music and children get to hear from Pastor Beth. We invite you…
As an alternative to our usual in-house created Sunday Video Service, this week we present a Sunday Video Service created by the organization Lutherans Restoring Creation. This is an organization with very close ties to the ELCA national office and a strong environmental commitment. This video has two main messages. Watch for these messages as…
Welcome to worship on this 18th Sunday after Pentecost! We are thankful you are worshiping with us today. This morning Pastor Beth tackles the difficult parable of the wicked tenants and Pastor Eric offers a reprise of a lively garden song for Children’s Time. Our musicians Terry Shaw and Rae Corbin delight us with wonderful…
Welcome to worship at St. Mark on this 17th Sunday of Pentecost! It is good to be together as the people of God. In this morning’s worship video, Pastor Eric talks about Flat Jesus at Children’s Time. We are blessed to have our very own Bishop Richard Jaech preach. There’s plenty of wonderful music too!…
Welcome to worship on this 16th Sunday after Pentecost! This morning we hear Jesus’ parable of the workers in the vineyard and are reminded that God’s ways are not always our ways–and in the end, this is really good news! The children hear Pastor Beth read the story of Jonah from the “Rhyme Bible”. There’s…