This Weekend
This Sunday June 10 St. Mark’s Chancel Choir In Concert
St. Mark’s is excited to showcase St. Mark’s Chancel Choir, St. Mark’s Singers and soloist for a wonderful evening of music this Sunday at 4:30PM. The Chancel Choir will sing their favorite anthems and soloists will perform their favorite selections. This is a concert that will appeal to every age. There will also be some selections especially for children, This is a concert you do not want to miss. Bring your family and friends for an evening of enjoyable music. Be sure to invite your friends in family to this wonderful event.
Flapjacks And Fellowship
Please be sure to come by the Social Hall this Sunday, June 10, between 7:45 and 9:15AM to share a delicious pancake breakfast. Come, bring a friend and make a friend. All are invited!
One Room Sunday School Sign-ups
Summer is nearing and that means St. Mark’s Education crew will be asking for volunteers to teach One-Room Sunday School begin-ning June 3. There are 12 opportunities to share your knowledge with our youngest church members. Please stop by our table in the court-yard after church on Sundays to sign up and pick up your easy-to-use lesson plan. The lesson plan format includes songs (words and music provided), stories to read, and crafts and activities to use. Education team members can assist in answering any questions.
Jesus calls us to share our faith. What a wonderful way for you to follow his example. Please sign up for one Sunday (or more) to teach this summer, and enjoy the children in our congregation. You will discover its joys, and perhaps desire to become a regular teacher come autumn.
Celebrating The Graduating Class Of 2018 This Sunday In Church
Each year, St. Mark’s likes to recognize this year’s college or high school graduates with a small gift. Please be sure to be in church this Sunday, June 10, at 9:30AM as we celebrate the following graduates:
High School Graduates
- Max Higgins The Rock Academy Virginia Military Institute
- Sheila Martin University City High School San Diego Miramar College
- Zoë Currigan Clairemont High School San Francisco State University
College Graduates
- Tyler Culp University of Missouri Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering
- Emily Culp Metropolitan State University at Denver Masters of Science in Social Work
- Nicole Gongora California State University, Fullerton BS in Child & Adolescent Development
- Elizabeth Watson National University Masters of Arts in Education
- Jon Watson National University Bachelors of Science in Computer Science.
- Nils Olsson San Diego Mesa College Associate of Arts: Music Studies and Liberal Arts and Sciences: Mathematics and Pre-Engineering Studies - Computer Science
- Doug Presnell SDSU Bachelor of Music in Music Education
Pastor’s Sunday School
In Pastor’s Sunday School we study the lectionary texts which follow the church calendar. It’s an informal study, always open to all, at 8:30AM in the New Room, just behind the church office.
Below are the lectionary readings for this week:
- 1 Samuel 8:4-20
- Psalm 138
- 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1
- Mark 3:20-35
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Next Week
Come To The Mid-week Bible Study
You are always invited to the on-going group that meets in the New Room on Wednesday evenings from 5:30 to 6:45PM.
39ers To Visit The Salvation Army For Lunch
If you are or ever were 39 or ever were, you are invited to come for lunch on Monday, June 11 at 11AM at the Salvation Army in their Social Hall at Balboa and Clairemont Drive. The 39er social group of St. Mark’s will be making a visit and enjoying lunch and fellowship that day. Rumor has it that their lunches are very good and everyone is welcomed. Also, there is a chair exercise class after lunch for any-one who is interested. Please call Mary Ness at 858 - 455-9665 to let her know you are coming.
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Upcoming Dates
Be Sure To Mark Your Calendars For St. Mark’s Annual Yard Sale
St. Mark’s Yard Sale Committee has started planning the Annual Yard Sale and hopes that you have too! Please start planning what you would like to contribute to the sale as well as when you would like to volunteer to help during the sorting/pricing work times: Saturday July 28 and July 30 - August 2 and sale day August 3 - 4.
You might think that the yard sale sounds like a lot of work - and it is! But it’s a lot of fun, too! And remember, if you help get ready for the sale, you get to shop early!
9-week Book Study Starting July 1
What would it mean to engage in responsible contemporary theological activity that is also authentically Wesleyan? What would be the potential benefit of doing so? pursuit of these questions led Rev. Dr. Randy L. Maddox to write Responsible Grace, John Wesley’s Practical Theology. Rev. Dr. Maddox is currently the institute secretary of the Oxford Institute of Methodist Theological Studies and Professor of Wesleyan and Methodist Studies at Duke Divinity School.
Rev. Jeri will lead a 9-week book study beginning on Sunday, July 1, from 4 – 5:30PM at St. Mark’s, in the New Room. Light refresh-ments will be served. Everyone is invited, no matter how new or seasoned you are in Methodist doctrine. Together, let’s journey and learn John Wesley’s practical theology.
Sign-up in the office. Books can be order on-line or purchased through St. Mark’s for $28.
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News
Bible Giants Need You
by Karen Scanlon
You're not too old, too decrepit, too healthy, or too busy, too slow, or too fast. We need an assortment of volunteers to help us in prep and execution of Vacation Bible School ahead of and during the week of August 20 - 24. This is a commu-nity adventure and we hope you'll be with us, too. Go back to your own childhood, did you attend Vacation Bible School or some such?
I've been reading and rereading a book Rev. Jeri gave me titled Being United Methodist: What it means and why it mat-ters. I keep it as close to me as my Bible. In short, author J. Ellsworth Kalas says that we must remain close to our Method-ist roots. And I can think of many roots to tend, certainly you can, too. Vacation Bible School is one of them--giving our children the experiences of the Bible.
We need you for a few hours, a single job in prep, or attending one (or more) of our two-and-a-half hour sessions in August. Please let us know how you'll help, won't you? This is living our United Methodist faith.
Please call or email:
Renee Anderson: the.renee.anderson@gmail.com
Karen Scanlon: kwscanlon@gmail.com
Save Your Boxes Please
We are building the wall of Jericho at Vacation Bible School in August. You will get to experience this, too, on VBS Sunday following our week of constructing Bible giants. WE NEED BOXES OF EVERY SIZE, SHAPE, COLOR. Will you, please, save every box you meet? Hang on to them for early August. Just wait til you see what we can do with your boxes! Thank you very much.
Summer Camp At Cedar Glen
An incredibly fun, transformative and fulfilling experience, youth summer camps are registering youth for their summer programs.. Four different camps for younger elementary, older elementary, middle school and high school students are available in June and July of this year at Camp Cedar Glen. A beautiful place in Julian full of green trees and where there are more stars than open sky at night. Learn more and sign up your youth at campcedarglen.org. Camp costs $445 for the three older groups. Scholarships (camperships) are available through the conference on the registration form and through St. Mark's so don't let cost prevent you from experiencing the joy of camp!
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Sermon - June 3, 2018
Missed Sunday’s sermon? You can watch Sunday morning sermons by visiting stmarksumcsd.org/sermons.
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Next Week At A Glance
Sunday, June 10, 2018
- 7:45AM Pancake Breakfast/SH
- 8:30AM Pastor’s Sunday School/NR
- 9:30AM Church Service/Sanc
- 4:30PM St. Mark’s Chancel Choir/Sanc
Monday, June 11, 2018
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
- 9:30AM Friendship Circle/NR
- 5:30PM Weekly Bible Study/NR
Thursday, June 14, 2018
- 4:15PM Children’s Choir Rehearsal/CR
- 7:00PM Choir Rehearsal/CR
Boy Scouts/SH
- 7:15PM AA Meeting/RM 9
Saturday, June 16, 2018
- 7:000PM BSA Troop Event/Sanc&SH
Sunday, June 17, 2018
- 8:30AM Pastor’s Sunday School/NR
Summer Family Choir/CR
- 9:30AM Church Service/Sanc
- 12:00PM Tongan Fellowship/Sanc
CR=Choir Room Sanc=Sanctuary
Lib=Library SH=Social Hall
NR=New Room
*If you have any questions about or would like to add an event to the church calendar, please contact the church office at 858-273-1480 ext.10 or smumcsdoffice@gmail.com.
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