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Announcements
for Sunday,
March 6, 2022
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- Sunday, March 6, 2022 - The First Sunday in Lent
- 9:00am: Holy Eucharist with Contemporary Music at Church (or online; see details here).
- 10:00am: Fellowship & Christian Education (Adult Ed on Wednesdays)
- 11:00 Holy Eucharist with Traditional Music at Church (or online; see details here) with Fellowship following.
- Nightly Compline at 8:00 pm on Zoom
- Mondays, 3:00 pm: Deadline for Guardian Angel Food Pantry contributions to be at the Parish House carport
- Wednesdays
- 9:00 am Morning Prayer in Parish House
- 9:30 am Bible Study in Parish House
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Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper was wonderful!
Many thanks to Tim Swygert, the men of St. Mark's, all participants, and everyone who attended for making it a tasty time of food and fellowship together.
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Interim's Update
This Sunday, March 6th, we will follow St. Mark's normative weekly Sunday schedule with 9am Holy Eucharist with Contemporary Music at Church and Online, 10am Christian Education and Fellowship, 11am Holy Eucharist with Traditional Music at Church and Online with Fellowship following in the Parish Hall. With the exceptions of Palm Sunday and the Sunday after Easter, this will be our schedule until June 5, 2022 when we will celebrate Pentecost and begin our summer schedule of one 10:00am service.
The Diocese has new Green Omicron Phase recommendations for worship are available online. Scroll down a little from the top of the page and click on the drop-menu for "Green Omicron Phase" to see the updated guidelines. As St. Mark's has additional filtration (HEPA and UV) for the sanctuary, the Diocese is making an exception that once the Howard County average daily case rate is 10 or under (currently 11.5), St. Mark's may begin mask-optional worship. This may be as early as next Sunday, March 13th, or it may be longer. Consider how you and/or your family will wish to proceed given these changes; and, know that: 1) no that one will be turned away from worship, 2) no one is being pressured to unmask or mask-up, and 3) online worship will continue to be offered.
As we continue to pray for our friends in Christ in Ukraine: Eternal God, in whose perfect kingdom no sword is drawn but the sword of righteousness, no strength known but the strength of love: So mightily spread abroad your Spirit, that all peoples may be gathered under the banner of the Prince of Peace, as children of one Father; to whom be dominion and glory, now and for ever. Amen. (BCP p.815)
To close, I continue to ask your prayers for St. Mark's as we continue to live into this transitional time together, and be praying for your next Rector. God be with you all in this Lenten fast, and take care.
Yours in Christ,
Lisa+
Interim Rector
Pastoral Number: 443-605-6398
stmarkshighland.rector@gmail.com
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A Lenten Thought
I am writing this on Ash Wednesday, and I haven't quite figured out what Lenten discipline I am taking on this year (suggestions appreciated!).
If any of you are still puzzling out your Lenten commitment, consider joining the evening Compline service (the link is on the parish website). Folks usually start signing on about 7:50, and we try to start as close to 8 pm as possible. The service starts on p. 127 of the BCP and lasts about 15 minutes. It consists of a confession, a Psalm, scripture, often a hymn, and prayers.
Every night, we pray for the entire parish prayer list. If you have ever been on the prayer list or put someone on it, know that it is being prayed every night, shortly after 8.
Have a most blessed Lent.
Your sister in Christ,
Beth Mitchell
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Childrens' Worship Bulletins
Each Sunday you'll find copies of the weekly Children's Bulletins and crayons near the Worship Bulletins. These bulletins are perfect for our younger ones! Feel free to take one home to a friend.
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J2A Dinner and Silent Auction
Saturday, April 23rd
6:30pm - 9:30pm
After a year delay, our youth pilgrimage group heads to The Tetons this summer. We hope you can help support their journey by joining us for an evening of fun! More details will follow but think "Boars Head" with a western theme.
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(Minor) Sunday Morning Zoom Help Needed
We are looking for very minor help with the Zoom live stream. It requires simply setting up the camera and volume levels, turning on the Zoom broadcast and then going to your pew and enjoying worship. The process is simple and what instructions you might need are written down. The camera stays static, so there is no manipulation of the camera needed and no decisions about which angle to use.
If you are able to read instructions and can come to church 15 minutes before the service, you're qualified! Please call or email Ron Stup at 410-599-5914/archlarch7@gmail.com.
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2021 Giving Statements
Statements are available on-line with final statements available by January 31, 2022.
Click On GREEN Giving Statement Button On Church Website.
www.stmarkshighland.org
* If your email does not work, it typically means password or access issues and that can be easily fixed.
* Update and save any new or corrected data on your Person page i.e. telephone numbers, birth dates, upload family picture . . . . . . .
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Thanks to all who have contributed over the course of the pandemic. The need continues to be extraordinary! Here’s the current shopping list to take with you to the grocery store (you can also download it here):
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Items can be dropped off in the bins under the carport at the Parish House. They are collected each week on Mondays at 3:00.
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Food Pantry Delivery Ministry
If you verbally signed up to take donated food from St. Mark's to the Guardian Angel Food Pantry, you should have received an email with a signup genius link. You'll find that link here.
If you signed up but did not receive the email, please let Diane Roca (dbroca@comcast.net) know of the omission so that we can rectify it.
If you have not signed up but would like to volunteer, please follow the signup genius link above, you will find some information about the process.
Thanks to all!
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Ush ering at St. Mark’s
Your usher team is looking for more congregants to assist in performing this important ministry. With a few more people, we will have enough team members so that each of us will serve about once a month.
You’ve seen what we do! Please volunteer so you can do it too!
Contact Randy Scourtis at trscour@gmail.com or 410.707.2651 to join!
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Altar Guild: New Members Invited!
We would love to have you join us in preparing for services. We set the table and clean up afterwards. It is not difficult or time-consuming. All are welcome, we’ll show you how it’s done. Please contact Sandi Davis at 410-971-1050 or 1mom22@gmail.com.
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A New Chorister Season!
At St. Mark's our goal is to encourage our children and youth to sing from the heart to the greater glory of God -- to proclaim His great love and His Word through song. If your child in grades 2-8 or teen in grades 9-12 would be interested in this ministry, please contact Rosemary Beakes at rbbeakes@hotmail.com or call 410-598-7311.
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Need to submit a prayer request or change some of your contact information?
Please do it from our website:
- Submit Prayer Request
- To add your email address, click here; to change your email address or preferences, look at the very bottom of a recent email that you got from us and click "Update Subscription Preferences".
- To add or remove your phone number for voice messaging
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Compline: Daily at 8:00 pm
Please join us for the close-of-the-day service Compline daily at 8:00 pm on Zoom. It's a wonderful way to wind down the day and all are welcome. Please join us nightly, weekly, monthly---whatever suits you!
The Zoom link is here. If you would like to join by phone, dial 301-715-8592 and enter the Meeting ID 928 1275 0934.
Click here for more details.
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Prayer Requests
You can add someone to our prayer list from our homepage or by clicking here.
Note that prayers for "Intercession (Continuing)" will be prayed for a year every night at Compline (join us at 8 pm) and every Wednesday morning at Morning Prayer (join us at 9am). They will also be added to the announcements and commended to the daily personal devotions of all members of the congregation.
Other prayers---Intercession, Repose of the Soul, and Thanksgiving, will be offered on those same occasions as well as on Sunday mornings. Those names will be prayed for a period of four Sundays. Please note that the Sunday prayers are printed on Thursday mornings, so any names submitted subsequently will be offered in prayer immediately in Compline and Morning Prayer, but will not be prayed on Sunday until the following week.
You can also remove someone's name from the prayer request submission form.
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In Your Prayers
- Intercessions: Our country and the World, Linda, John and Susan, Sharon and Bill, Cay, Kathy and Taylor, and Ron
- Continuing (long-term) Intercessions: Don, Joy, Joanna, Loretta, Lance, Skylar, Jeff and Missie, Kathryn and John Scott, Grant, Clara and Bonnie, Bob, Judy, Flo and Jodi and Max, John, John and Nora, Eric, Ken, Nancy, Jan and Leslie, Madison, Judy, Karen, Sharon, Della, Barbara, Dylan, Frederick, Joe, Rick, Bill, Adele, Marie, Skip & Donna, Christine, Henry, Paul, The Bryan family, Ricky, Judy, The Hart Family, Kathleen, Rudy, Shirley, Arthur, Keith, Glenda, Steve, Cristian and family, Bret, Shiloh, Frances, Sharon and Bill, Dave, John, Laura and Jesse, Brandon, Ryan, Howard, Family and Friends of Garrett, Chris, Veronica, Martha, Paul and Elaine, Shawn, Delia, Deb and Helen, Suellen, Woohee, Barbara and her family, David, Those who are unemployed, and The Community of St. Mark’s, and Our Country and the World
- Repose of the Soul: David, Bo, Ida, Rev. Gina Arents, and Wilson
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Social Media and Website Links
Links to our Facebook and Instagram pages have been added to the newsletter. You do not need to have your own social media accounts to see our sites. If you have accounts, please follow us, and if you don't have accounts, just click on the link and check out our content. We hope you'll enjoy what you see! In addition, the link to our website is also provided.
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