The Second Annual Fall Festival for Captain Hope’s Kids will be held on Saturday, October 9th from 10:30am to 1:00pm.
Donations of children’s books and individually wrapped candies can be left in the parish hall. Cookies and brownies are needed the day of the event.
If you would like to participate, please sign-up in the Parish Hall and/or contact Wende B. or Patricia S. for more information.
“We have been spending the last three weeks studying Paul’s first letter to Timothy. Today we come to the summation of all we have said. Before we get to that I want to make sure we all are clear on something.
When you and I share this sermon time together, my expectation is not that you are necessarily going to have a Eureka moment and all of the sudden become a super Christian, involved in 4 ministries, catching up on the pledge and then going beyond it in blessed thanksgiving for all that our Lord God has done in your life…” — Listen here, or download the MP3!
New St. Mark’s T-shirts will be going into production Monday, October 18. All shirts are 100% heavyweight cotton pocket-Ts and will be screen printed in two colors.
Cost: $15 each.
These T-shirts are a great way to share your faith with people around you. Ministry and outreach participants are encouraged to purchase a shirt so we can wear them when working together in the community.
T-shirt order forms will be available in the Parish Hall. Payment must accompany all orders. Orders must be received by Jeff G. no later than Monday, October 18, 2010.
Please speak with Jeff G. directly or contact him if you have questions.
In his blog post at The High Calling Blogs, Gordon Atkinson offers some interesting thoughts on his “…slowly evolving, personal rule of life and faith,” as it pertains to being a “doubting Christian”. Have a read and leave a comment if the Spirit moves you.
I’m a natural-born skeptic. I find it hard to believe in things unless I can be convinced of their reality with proof or at least very clear evidence. C.S. Lewis pegged me with his observation that some people will commit to nothing rather than end up being wrong about anything. If professor Lewis hadn’t died the year I was born, I might think he had been reading my diary… Read the entire post here.
Earlier this year, Saint Mark’s established a Haiti Fund following the devastating earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010.
Donations were received from parishioners and a fund raising event was held in February. A Committee was then established to determine how to make the best use of the donations and contributions from Saint Mark’s fund raising efforts. After exploring various options, the committee decided to contribute the funds in support of the Bishop Tharp Institute of the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti (BTI).
Three scholarships were awarded to students entering the September Term of the 2-year business program offered by the BTI. Photos and bios of the three award recipients have been posted on the bulletin board in the Parish Hall. Be sure to have a look!
Pere Kesner Ajax, the Executive Director of BTI, will visit St Mark’s for an after-church briefing on Sunday, November 21. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Thanks to all who contributed to this worthwhile cause. Your generous donations will enable these three young people to continue their studies and help rebuild Haiti in the years ahead.
Please contact Paulette A. for more information.
“Remember the teenage years? How about this, ‘As long as you live in this house, you will follow these rules.’ If these words were part of our growing up, we may regard them as simply when the alpha person in our home laid down the rules….” — Listen here, or download the MP3!
“These are the words that Rite 1 congregations hear just after the priest pronounces God’s absolution for our sins. There is such comfort in these words. As we have been moving through the Epistles we have been noting that this literature contains a lot of instruction…” — Listen here, or download the MP3!
Early last month, the children of Saint Mark’s participated in a week-long Vacation Bible School program called ReNew-The Green VBS.
This program, an environmentally-focused vacation bible school curriculum, inspired both kids and adults to grow in faith, have fun, and change the world as they learned to practice stewardship of God’s creation. In short, it was a blast!
Children participated in three age groups: Preschool, Lower Elementary, and Upper Elementary. Preschoolers had their own activity site where they learned the Parable of the Sower and explored creation through free play and other activities.
Lower and Upper Elementary groups also learned the Parable of the Sower and alternated between various activities highlighting what each person can do to grow in faith and care for creation.
Planned activities enabled participants to encounter the part of creation we call community and helped the children recognize God at work in our relationships with one another.
We hope you’ll take a moment to browse through the two photo albums below and leave a comment to let us know what you think!
1 1/2 lb. ground beef
1 cup fresh bread crumbs
1 onion, finely chopped
1 egg
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 cans tomato sauce
1/2 cup water
3 tablespoons brown sugar
3 tablespoons vinegar
2 tablespoons prepared mustard
2 teaspoons Worcestershire Sauce
Mix together beef, bread crumbs, onion, beaten egg, salt, pepper, and 1/2 can tomato sauce.
Form into loaf and put in shallow pan.
Combine the rest of the sauce and all other ingredients. Pour over loaf.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Baste occasionally.
Makes 4 to 6 servings.
Recipe adapted from Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church Women’s Cookbook, 1996.
Contributed by Ann M..
Do you have a favorite recipe from one of the Saint Mark’s cookbooks? Tell us about it! Leave a comment…
“The slave, Onesimus, has done the unthinkable. He has stolen his master’s valuables and run off. Somehow or another the slave and Paul meet up and during their time together, Onesimus has been converted. The slave is now a believer in our Lord Jesus…” — Listen here, or download the MP3!