13th Weekend after Pentecost

"Our Original Covenant"

Please note that we have posted Saturday Worship for this weekend. Sunday's Worship and Rally Day activities were outdoors and could not be recorded.

As we celebrate "Rally Day" and begin our joyful year of work at church and ministry in the world we hear a beautiful reminder in our texts this week of the original covenant, the seed of all our ministry.

God loves us so that we might love this hurting world.

Deuteronomy reminds us that this original covenant invites us to choose life and to nurture it.

Jesus, in the gospel, reminds us that our love of God fuels and shapes all the other love we give in this world.

Download the Order of Worship here to join in the singing, readings, and prayers.

St. Mark’s welcomes all to the table!  We hope that you will join us.

12th Weekend after Pentecost

"God's Hospitality"

This Sunday we hear the Good News about God's hospitality. We also hear our call to share that care for others and love of strangers in our communities and neighborhoods.

Download the Order of Worship here to join in the singing, readings, and prayers.

St. Mark’s welcomes all to the table!  We hope that you will join us.

11th Weekend after Pentecost

"Call and Invitation"

Call and invitation are a theme for this weekend. Really, this theme is like a bright blue thread that weaves throughout all of scripture, tradition and our lives.

Jesus embodies the God who calls us over to a place that matters, where we can see and be seen . . . and in so doing recognize divine power ancient and ever new. God called Jeremiah to build and to plant. 

So now God calls Deacon David and Pastor Krista to be leaders of the congregation of St. Mark’s – who is called – all together to build and to plant for today and for tomorrow.

Download the Order of Worship here to join in the singing, readings, and prayers.

St. Mark’s welcomes all to the table!  We hope that you will join us.

10th Weekend after Pentecost

"Fiery Mercy" 

This weekend will be the third and last of Pastor Krista's three-week sermon series leading up to the congregational call vote on August 23 and 24. She reflects on how the assigned Biblical texts tie in with how the mission and vision of St. Mark's matches her vision and gifts for ministry. 

Pastor Krista and St. Mark's have been in a long season of transition and are now in a season of transformation. 

The gospel for this coming weekend is surprisingly harsh: being a believer brings not peace, but dissension. 

The bread and wine at the table of belonging will strengthen us for our future, no matter what comes. 

Due to a power outage, we were unable to livestream worship on August 18. However, we were able to capture the Gospel and Sermon on a camera phone.

9th Weekend after Pentecost

Worship Focus

"Staying Ready"

This weekend will be the second of Pastor Krista's 3-week sermon series leading up to her congregational call vote on August 23 and 24. She will be reflecting on how the assigned Biblical texts tie in with how the mission and vision of St. Mark's matches her vision and gifts for ministry. 

Pastor Krista and St. Mark's have been in a long season of transition and are now in a season of transformation. Our journeys have come together for such a time as this. Jesus invites us to stay ready for all that God is doing in our midst! 

Download the Order of Worship here to join in the singing, readings, and prayers.

St. Mark’s welcomes all to the table!  We hope that you will join us.

8th Weekend after Pentecost

Worship Focus

"God's Transforming Grace"

Over the next three weeks, Pastor Krista will be preaching the assigned Biblical texts and tying in how the mission and vision of St. Mark's matches her vision and gifts for ministry. 

Pastor Krista and St. Mark's have been in a long season of transition and are now in a season of transformation. Our journeys have come together for such a time as this! 

We move forward in God's transforming grace!

Download the Order of Worship here to join in the singing, readings, and prayers.

St. Mark’s welcomes all to the table!  We hope that you will join us.

7th Weekend after Pentecost

Worship Focus

"The Lord's Prayer"

The Lord's Prayer is something deeply treasured by many Christians. We each have a story of why it means so much to us, who taught us the Lord's Prayer and which version we prefer.

At the end of the day, what matters most is that we pray- whatever words or language or posture we take. Jesus teaches us to pray in the Lord's Prayer.

God is pleased with the cacophony of languages, versions and hearts of God's beloved.

Download the Order of Worship here to join in the singing, readings, and prayers.

St. Mark’s welcomes all to the table!  We hope that you will join us.

6th Weekend after Pentecost

Worship Focus

"Hearing & Doing" 

How many times have you listened to the story of Martha and Mary and wondered: which sister would I be? Would I be the sister who is doing this and that, or the one who is sitting at the feet of Jesus? 

Interestingly enough, we do not have to choose - we can actually be BOTH Martha and Mary! 

Jesus teaches us through his words to the sisters that it is just as important to listen and HEAR one's neighbor as it is to use our own hands and feet to SERVE. 

We will explore the ways that we can be Jesus' hands and feet in the world today - by listening, by talking, by helping, by simply sharing God's wondrous love.

Download the Order of Worship here to join in the singing, readings, and prayers.

St. Mark’s welcomes all to the table!  We hope that you will join us.

Worship Focus

"Good Samaritan"

The gospel for this weekend is the well-known parable of the Good Samaritan. Come to worship to consider this story again and to pray that we ourselves will embody such mercy.

The bread and wine of the table will strengthen you for such a life.

Download the Order of Worship here to join in the singing, readings, and prayers.

St. Mark’s welcomes all to the table!  We hope that you will join us.