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Fall Festival Is Set For Saturday Oct. 15

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Our Outreach Chair, Wende Burton, sent this along. Please read and get ready for a great time this year. Information is below. Fr. Greg

St. Mark’s 3rd Fall Festival for homeless children in partnership with Captain Hope’s Kids will be Saturday, October 15th from 10:30 to 2:00pm. We will be hosting homeless kids of all ages from agencies that provide housing for homeless families, providing them a safe place to enjoy themselves. We will be collecting books for kids of all ages (babies to teens) for a “book walk” and volunteers are needed for registration, games, and making our guests feel welcome! Also, we will be serving lunch, so you would like to contribute brownies or cookies, that would be appreciated as well! There will be a brief meeting after church on Sunday, October 8th to review last minute details! If you have questions, please contact Wende Burton or Kathy Whitgrove. Please note that volunteers must have completed Safe Church training in order to participate.

Thanks!

W.

Confirmation at St. Mark’s by Bishop James M. Stanton

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On February 6, 2011, seven confirmands were welcomed into the life of the Church by Bishop James M. Stanton and the congregation of St. Mark’s. Bishop Stanton’s sermon: “Why are you here… why are you in the world? We believe that God created us all, in some way or other. But we live most of the time with serious questions about who we are, and why we’re here, and what it all means, and how can I know? We are strangers to ourselves. You know, that’s a good thing…” — Listen here, or download the MP3!

Think about how God has set up His salvation…

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“Think about how God has set up His salvation. He created us to give glory and honor to Him to the end that all might come to Him. But God did not create robots did He? No, He also implanted free will so that whoever returned to the Father might do it on his or her own…” — Listen here, or download the MP3!

New Parish Bylaws Approved For St. Mark’s

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Would you like to understand the qualifications for being a vestryperson at St. Mark’s?  Do you want to know how St. Mark’s defines a Member In Good Standing?  The Parish Bylaws are where you find answers to those questions and others.   Our Parish Bylaws are a set of binding rules that guide us in how we conduct our parish business as a member of the Diocese of Dallas. 

The former edition of our Parish Bylaws dated from December 2004 and was not in line with what our parish emphasizes in 2010.  So, how does one make changes to our Parish Bylaws?  Our current Sr. Warden and three past Sr. Wardens teamed up to recommend changes that would help our parish become more transparent in the conduct of business.  They spent a significant amount of time reviewing the previous document and crafting suggested changes for the approval of our Vestry.

Bylaws are so integral to the life of any parish that it takes two vestry meetings to approve the changes.  The suggested changes were accepted by our Vestry and the newly revised Parish Bylaws are now posted in the parish hall and here on our website in the “Parish Documents” section under the “About Us” button at the top.

I so appreciate the efforts of the Sr. Wardens of this parish.  If you have any questions, please contact anyone on the Vestry or me.

Fr. Greg