Our Worship Continues to Grow!
Pastor Chad McKenna Last month, I wrote about a major change in our worship schedule, with the addition of a second service and a return to worship indoors that we hope will be permanent. Today, I am excited to tell you about how we are expanding that Sunday morning plan in order to allow more worshippers and more opportunity to spend time together. Read more. | Sunday, May 16 9:00 A.M. Indoor Worship with Live-Stream in the Sanctuary
11:00 A.M. Outdoor Parking Lot Service Tuesday, May 18 10:00 A.M. Staff Meeting
11:30 A.M. St. Mark Duplicate Bridge - in the cafe
7:00 P.M. Executive Committee Meeting Wednesday, May 19 9:00 A.M. Women's Bible Study
9:00 A.M. Men's Bible Study
9:30 A.M. St. Mark Ringers Thursday, May 20 9:00 A.M. Cherry Valley Bridge Group in Cafe
6:30 P.M. Blue Lights
6:30 P.M. Emotions Anonymous Sunday, May 23 9:00 A.M. Indoor Worship Live-Stream in the Sanctuary
11:00 A.M. Outdoor Parking Lot Service | Join us for Worship this Sunday, May 16 9:00 am - Traditional Worship in the Sanctuary
11:00 am - Blended Worship in the Parking Lot Our weekly live-stream will occur during the 9:00 am Sanctuary service, which is a half-hour earlier than in the past. If you want to worship inside, you will need to register. Register here or call the office. Please enter through the west doors (Sanctuary doors) for this service. Follow this link for the live-stream service Sunday. While the 9:00 am service will be fully traditional, our 11:00 am service outside will have the same musical feel as all our worship this past year, with a blend of traditional and contemporary music. As always, weather-related changes to our outdoor worship will be announced the evening before. | Miriam Circle
Come join us at Stockholm Inn for our final circle of the season on Wednesday, May 12 at 12:00 P.M. All women are welcome! Email or call Betty Sparks to let her know you are coming, kbsp4968@msn.com or 815-636-1122. | Save the Date: VBS is back!
We are excited to announce that VBS will be held in person this summer! Mark your calendars for July 26-30, when we will explore the ways God shines light in the world at Discovery on Adventure Island. VBS will be open to students age 4 through 6th grade, and volunteers can be ages 13 and up. Watch for more details and registration info in May! | Kindness Matters Tour - Summer of Fun and Service Join us June 23-27th 9:00 A.M. - 3:30 P.M. This is a local mission trip for youth entering high school in the fall thru 12th grade. We will be volunteering Wednesday thru Saturday and participating in worship on Sunday. The cost is $50 and includes a t-shirt and lunch each day. Please e-mail or call Melinda Alekna to sign-up. 815-871-0390 or melinda@stmarklc.com. The time is now to sign-up for the
Kindness Matters Tour. The cost is $50 and maybe paid on the St. Mark app, click on Kindness Matters. | St. Mark Mobile App!
Download our free mobile app on the app store or google play. If you are having trouble downloading or have any questions, please call Jill Davenport at 815-218-3403 or email jill@stmarklc.com, she will help you through the process. This is different than our church directory app. We encourage you to download the app. It's about getting involved and staying connected. Click on this link for information on how to download the app! | Sign up for Altar Flowers
It has been a long time since we have had our beautiful bouquets of flowers from Cherry Blossom adorn our altar. Starting May 16 we will have two bouquets again. Please consider signing up for a Sunday. This can be in honor or memory of someone or just because. The price for one bouquet is $35. To sign up for flowers you can call the office at 815-398-3557, or click on this link. If you sign up online, put your memory or honor of in the comment line and pay here or write a check to St. Mark.
If you have the mobile app you can do all of it on there. You may take your flowers home after the service or stop by the office during the week to pick them up. | First Tuesday Book Club
We’re delighted to resume our normal meeting schedule once again and be able to meet in person with shared discussion of a book, its themes, insight into the characters, and customs of different lands. In June, we’ll return to America as the setting for Anxious People. Each month’s selections provide questions, thoughts and promote discussion, but over the last year, just gathering together has been uplifting. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, June 1, at 1:00 p.m. in the home of Betty Sparks. PLEASE be sure to let her know if you’re attending the meeting by emailing her at kbsp4968@msn.com or leaving a message at 815-636-1122. | Home Communion Kits
If you need to replenish your communion supplies, please stop by the church during office hours, Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm. If you need to come by after these hours, please call the church office at 815-398-3557. Watch this short video from Pastor Chad or read more here. | St. Mark Prayer Chain
Would you like to be a part of the St. Mark prayer chain? Prayer requests come into the church office weekly. As we receive prayer requests we would send out an e-mail and ask that you pray daily for the persons mentioned in the requests. All requests are to remain confidential. Please e-mail melinda@stmarklc.com if you would like to participate in the prayer chain. “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.” Colossians 4:2. | St. Mark Praise Band Album Now Available
Good news! The St. Mark praise band, Hear and Now, has just released their first Album! It is a collection of original pieces and a few classic old favorites and is available as a compact disc (CD) or digitally thru Band Camp. The CD’s will be available for pick up at the church in the hallway. A $10 donation is asked to help offset the cost of producing the Album. Digital copies are available at the following link. A suggested price of $9 hearandnow1.bandcamp.com | Our St. Mark members: Jan Stringer, Adleigh Siemans, Lorine Kortus, Linda Crooks,
Jan Cotter, Roger Lind, Diane Swanson, Billie Reinhold, Sherri Lindquist, Bill Jennings, Bette Patterson, David Young,
Keith Haggestad. Family and friends of St. Mark members: Bob Pollock, Megan Trilk, Ezra Mark Wiegel, Ed Benfield, Conrad Semmelroth, Nici King, Vicki Kalnins, Kate Cuccaro, Debbie Adams, Wanda Adamson, Milane Bagel, Janet Webster, Rae Ann McIntire, Linda Johnson, Eva Love Sherbondy, Norma Comstock,
Carolyn King, Ashton Henley. Those serving in the military and their families: Hunter Haggestad, Tristan Davenport, Scot Hornick,
Bailey Panjkovich, Xander Gehrke, Jim Tammen, Brandon Ballenger, Taylor Eversole, Dean Barron. Strengthen and encourage those in public health services and in the medical profession: care-givers, nurses, attendants, doctors, all who commit themselves to care for the sick and their families. | Office Hours
Monday through Friday
9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.
Telephone: 815-398-3557 Publications
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