How is your relationship with God? What things need to be given up and taken on this Lent? Our 8:30 and 10:30 liturgies on Sunday will provide opportunities to explore these questions. A new arrangement in the Centrum will also…
Category: Adult Education
Seeing Ourselves in Faith Formation
Have you ever wondered what people who walk or drive by our church think of us? Sometimes our customs and routines have so thoroughly shaped us that they can hamper our awareness and impede our ability to identify new opportunities.…
Seeing Ourselves in the Work of Racial Reconciliation
How do we reconcile the sin of racism? Can we? What is our personal obligation? What must we do socially and spiritually? This year, our Lenten Study-Series will feature the provocative work of I Am Not Your Negro written by…
Lent 2018: Seeing Ourselves as Others See Us
Lent began on Wednesday, and I want to encourage you to enter deeply into this solemn season and take full advantage of the worship and learning opportunities at St. Mark’s. Our Lenten theme: Seeing Ourselves as Others See Us, will provide us with a chance to…
Racial Reconciliation: How St. Mark’s can lead
Our Lenten Study series this year will focus on the theme of racial reconciliation. This will be part of a broader-based effort at St. Mark’s to delve into this issue. Last Sunday, Father Tyrone led a well-attended session to discuss how we might address this issue. “Why…
Protest As Spiritual Practice And Liturgy – Adult Ed, Sunday, Feb 11
Karen Ziegler, former MCC pastor, nurse, and current activist For many of us, street protests can evoke deep human emotions of love, grief, and awe and allow us to release frustration and loneliness through the vibration of unison chants and…
Report on Vestry retreat – Classes for Sunday, February 4
Adults Father Tyrone and members of our Vestry will discuss the recent Vestry Retreat. Please join us to hear what the Vestry discussed in planning for our future together as a faith community. Godly Play: Ages 3 and up Children are invited…
Epiphanies in Genesis – Adult class January 21
One of the fascinating stories in Genesis is the story of Jacob. This week we look at Genesis 32 where Jacob wrestles with God and is renamed Israel. This is a strange epiphany. Jacob sees God “face to face” but his life is…
Classes for Sunday, November 19
Convention Report At 9:30-10:20, in CLC1, Susan Aycock, JoAnn Roebuck, and Georgia McEwan, our Diocesan Convention delegates, will give their report on the Diocesan convention. Please join us. Other Classes Godly Play: classes for preschool through second grades and third…
Spiritual Quest tackles White Privilege – Nov. 9
In 1989 Dr. Peggy McIntosh, a white woman, wrote the influential essay “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack,” perhaps the most succinct analysis of white privilege yet written. Terry Wall will use this essay and a meditation where McIntosh listed 50 “items” that she carries in an imaginary…