6th Weekend after Pentecost

God's Invitation

In our gospel this week we are reminded that God is constantly inviting us into community with God so that we might experience God's abundant love. Never mind our stubbornness or distraction, God is always nearby extending an open hand and heart.

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

We invite you to gather elements at home to participate in Communion: bread or crackers, plus wine or juice. 

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

5th Weekend after Pentecost

"Mission Trip Recap"

Join us this weekend as the Mission Trip group shares stories from the NYC trip. We will reflect on all the ways God's love manifested for us in forms of hospitality. We hope these stories will be living examples of the hospitality that the gospel calls our attention to this week in Matthew.

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

We invite you to gather elements at home to participate in Communion: bread or crackers, plus wine or juice. 

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

4th Weekend after Pentecost

"Jesus Draws Together All"

In the gospel reading for this coming weekend, Jesus says several surprising things: that he has come to bring, not peace, but a sword; and that followers must love him more than they love their own family members. Come to worship to meditate on what these

sayings might mean, and at the table, be strengthened to live the surprising life of the Christian!

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

We invite you to gather elements at home to participate in Communion: bread or crackers, plus wine or juice. 

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

2nd Weekend after Pentecost

"Jesus Draws Together All"

This coming weekend, we hear the call to follow Jesus. In doing so, we join Christ at his table, where we are healed and raised from death. Come to worship, and may your faith make you well.

On Saturday, we welcome two children of God through baptism! God Bless Paul Warren Hestekin and Joseph Oliver Woolhiser!

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

We invite you to gather elements at home to participate in Communion: bread or crackers, plus wine or juice. 

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

Holy Trinity

"The Mysterious Dance of Trinity"

This weekend we remember the festival of the Holy Trinity. It celebrates the wonder of relationship with God while leaving us distinctly dissatisfied with our limited understanding of what God is. While guarding against the idolatry of language, we survey our scripture, doctrine, creeds, and symbols of our heritage.

Equally important, we pray for God to inspire fresh, innovative ideas of God in the present moment.

Join us as we are invited to consider our calling to influence the world with the good news of God’s love.

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

We invite you to gather elements at home to participate in Communion: bread or crackers, plus wine or juice. 

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

Day of Pentecost

"The Breath of Life"

"God is closer to us than our own breath." Thomas Keating, the Christian (Trappist) Monk, was known to say as he taught Centering Prayer. As we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost, we do so in the context of the Gospel of John, acknowledging God's presence and action in our lives, closer to us than our own breath, bestowed in an embrace and a kiss. We consider how this inspires us to share God's abundant love.

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

We invite you to gather elements at home to participate in Communion: bread or crackers, plus wine or juice. 

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

Ascension of Our Lord

"Christ is Risen! (Again!)"

Forty is a significant number in the Bible, and the church has kept Ascension on the fortieth day of Easter. That Christ ascended to God the Father to reign over life and death is another way to say that Christ rose from the dead. Thus the Ascension is another Easter Day. Come and see!

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

We invite you to gather elements at home to participate in Communion: bread or crackers, plus wine or juice. 

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

6th Weekend of Easter

"Our Holy Companion"

Our Easter celebration continues as we sink deeper into Jesus' love for us. The gospel reading returns to Jesus' Farewell Discourse helping us get ready for the arrival of the Holy Spirit, letting us know the way love and connection and community are inherent in the way we know the Holy Spirit.

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

We invite you to gather elements at home to participate in Communion: bread or crackers, plus wine or juice. 

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

5th Weekend of Easter

"Jesus the Host Welcomes All"

“Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?"

Our Gospel for this weekend (John 14:1-14) is commonly heard at funerals and memorial services. It is comforting to know that Jesus prepares a place for our loved one, and for us.

But the kingdom of God is not just in the sweet by and by. Jesus comforts us now. Jesus gives us a place now. Jesus is with us now.

Come hear the good news and be fed by our great Host, Jesus.

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

We invite you to gather elements at home to participate in Communion: bread or crackers, plus wine or juice. 

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

4th Weekend of Easter

"The Door to Abundant Life"

On this Good Shepherd Sunday we hear the Good News about the ways Jesus' love protects us and invites us into the abundant life, just like a door opens up in invitation and closes in protection and shelter.

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

We invite you to gather elements at home to participate in Communion: bread or crackers, plus wine or juice. 

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

3rd Weekend of Easter

"Hearts On Fire"

The disciples who encounter the risen Christ notice afterward that their hearts were “burning” within them as Jesus reveals the scriptures and then himself to them in the breaking of the bread. Whether a call to repentance, hope, recognition, or love, people are deeply affected by encounters with the one raised from death to become followers of Jesus’ way. They not only turn from their sin and doubt but literally change direction, going back from Emmaus to Jerusalem with renewed courage, faith, and hope. 

What sets your heart on fire? 

We invite you to gather elements at home to participate in Communion: bread or crackers, plus wine or juice. 

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.

2nd Weekend of Easter

 "Words of Renewal"

In these 50 Days of Renewal and knowing Jesus in a new way, we encounter the Risen Christ in various ways. 

This week Jesus appears and speaks words of peace and renewal directly to our hearts. 

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

We invite you to gather elements to participate in Communion: bread or crackers, plus wine or juice.

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

Easter Sunday

"Growing Into Renewal"

This Lenten season, we did a sermon series based on St. Mark's four mission pillars:

    Community Engagement,

    Worship,

    Spiritual Growth and

    Fellowship.

These are how we live out our mission to “Share Christ’s abundant love with each other and the world.” As we continue to grow in God's grace, the resurrection of Jesus reminds us that the difficult times do not define us. Death does not define us. With Jesus, there is always reason to hope. We can always be renewed in Christ! Looking forward to worshiping with you as we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus!

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

We invite you to gather elements to participate in Communion: bread or crackers, plus wine or juice.

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