On Saturday, March 26th, St. Mark’s parishioners participated in the 2011 Community Fest event at Senter Park in Irving, TX.
This year, the St. Mark’s booth featured a free raffle. Prizes included five $50 Kroger Gift Cards and an XBOX 360 video game console.
Over 250 raffle entries were received and approximately 125 invitations to visit St. Mark’s were extended to event attendees.
On Saturday, March 26, 2011, and intrepid group of St. Markians joined volunteers from other Irving Churches and charitable organizations in the 2011 Great Days of Service event.
The St. Mark’s crews scraped, painted, and helped affix new siding at homes in the local neighborhood.
Great Days of Service is a faith-based, interdenominational association of Irving churches which are united in serving God and community by renewing neighborhoods and aiding homeowners in the restoration of their properties.
“Paul wrote, ‘Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God…'” — Listen here, or download the MP3!
The Children’s Ministry will be hosting a Passover Haggadah (traditional Seder dinner) on Sunday, April 17th, following the 9:30am service.
The Passover Seder is a Jewish ritual feast that marks the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Passover and is a ritual performed by a community or by multiple generations of a family, involving a retelling of the story of the liberation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt.
This Seder is a learning opportunity for the children and adults of our parish as we recognize the common Jewish heritage shared by all Christians. This is NOT a pot luck. The food will be prepared and served in the Passover tradition along with the rituals. The entire event will take about 2 hours.
Everyone is invited to join us! We would very much like to have an idea of the number who would like to add this event to their Lenten season, so please add your name to the sign-up sheet in the parish hall if you would like to attend.
If you have questions, please contact Anne C., Wende B or Noralyn P.
The Passover Seder Plate is a special plate containing symbolic foods eaten or
displayed at the Passover Seder.
“Jesus said, ‘As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.’ At the beginning of our Gospel reading today, Jesus utters these words; strange to Nicodemus then, and to us even now. These words point us to a very crucial point in which all believers must invest themselves. …” — Listen here, or download the MP3!
“As we come toward our observance of Lent, I am increasingly aware of the efforts by some who want to shed the introspective facet of the Christian life – the focus on the life of Jesus. Almost like the people of today are too busy; have too much on their minds to gain anything by following Jesus’ path to his Cross. And oddly enough, I can at least understand that reaction. God in Christ Jesus does take a bit of getting used to. The disciples certainly felt this way….” — Listen here, or download the MP3!