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Thank you for joining us online and connecting with us.
God’s dream for the world is that we live in just peace and tender harmony, fostering a global community in which each members’ rights and responsibilities are affirmed and fulfilled. This community is marked by ‘love,’ in thought, word, and deed. For Christians, there’s nothing esoteric about this ‘love’ – it is visible, tangible, measureable – which means, for the Church, it’s also something we can, and do, practice together.
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Postponed until Monday June 7 At 6:30pm.
How Not to be Afraid:
An Evening with Irish Storyteller and Peace Activist Gareth Higgins
Join us for an evening of storytelling and conversation about courage, creativity, and community, based on the ideas in his acclaimed new book, and decades of experience in northern Ireland, the US, and elsewhere seeking to nurture communities who learn and share a better story.
Find out more about Gareth here.
Watch here for new registration and info.
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A Spring Picnic!
May 22, 2021 following the 10:30 Worship
Saint Mark’s will be hosting the annual program year end picnic on the front lawn and parking lot on May 22, 2021. All are welcome !
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Pride 2022
Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church and The Episcopal Church of Minnesota are excited to be participating in the 50th Anniversary of the Twin Cities Pride Parade on June 26.
Twin Cities Pride Festival is a CELEBRATION of the LGBTQ+ Community and ALL LGBTQ+ people and allies are welcome! If you are interested in being a part of this incredible experience with us, please register here.
Sign up here to receive information with all of the details!
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"Loving our Neighbors", A New Exhibit in our Art Gallery
April 29 - June 5
"The Wells Foundation: Loving Our Neighbors Since 1880” is a fine art exhibition at Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral that shines a creative light on the Foundation’s century long commitment to social changes in our neighborhoods. The Foundation is directed by members of Saint Mark’s who manage the annual awarding of financial grants.
Local artist Joan Vorderbruggen has collected community artwork, journal entries and photography provided by the Wells’ 2021 Grantees. She has created large collages of images and mixed media to weave a bold, visual tribute to the power of the foundation’s love and caring for its Twin Cities neighborhoods.
Find out more at wellsfound.org and follow us on Instagram @wellsfound.
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Recovery Eucharist
Wednesday, June 1, 6-7:30pm
Saint Mark's Cathedral,
Recovery from substance abuse is an act of great faith and great courage. The recovery movement and the spirituality that grounds it is enriching not only for those in recovery but for all of us as disciples seeking and experiencing God's grace.
Many twelve-step groups meet in our buildings and their presence further serves to hallow our sacred spaces. All—Episcopalian and not—are welcome to celebrate the immense spiritual gifts of recovery in community at this joyful gathering. Please share this invitation with all in your life and in your communities who are in recovery.
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May Picture Book - Mother God
from Rev. Anna
I read hundreds of picture books a year. Right now, at my toddler's request, I read some books hundreds of times. "Mother God" by Teresa Kim Pecinvosky and Khoa Le stands out among them all as one of my favorites. I am thrilled to add it to our family book basket and share it with you.
Words and images can limit our understanding of God or help us near God. We limit God by only having a few ways to describe God. And we can hear God through multiple words and images. Reading "Mother God" helps me expand my own images and understanding of God. It gives me hope in knowing that my child will grow up with feminine images in addition to the masculine images currently throughout my tradition's liturgical language.
The illustrations are captivating and inclusive. The words are poetic. If you want to go deeper, there is an online scripture guide for the images of God used in "Mother God."
“Mother God” by Teresa Kim Pecinvosky and Khoa Le. Published by Beaming Books in 2022.
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Spiritual Practices: Godly Play for All
Tuesday May 17 will be our final online gathering of the program year for Spiritual Practices –Godly Play for All Ages. Our online format has allowed us to make connections with people near and far this year and as usual we’ve discovered meanings and connections in our sacred stories. Every time around the circles of the program year and Church year bring new depth and insight. In a circle every ending is also a beginning so it’s still a good time to join in this week for stories of Pentecost.
Children, youth, and adults are all invited to participate in our Zoom sessions. Contact Monica Kruger with questions.
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Weekly Online Contemplative Prayer Sits
Wednesdays, 4-4:40pm
The Episcopal House of Prayer and director Christine Luna Munger invite all in ECMN to join in the new online contemplative prayer community, with weekly sits. All are welcome, especially those new to this spiritual practice.
Find out more about this great space and resource, The Episcopal House of Prayer, here.
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Encounter the Gospel with
Gospel Based Discipleship
Join us Monday at 12:15 online.
Our last gathering before Summer break is this Monday, May 16.
Gospel Based Discipleship includes an encounter with the Gospel, either individually or within a group. Gospel Based Discipleship is not a program. It is not Bible Study. It is an encounter with the Gospel, designed to engage people with the Gospel appointed for the day, or the Sunday proper. It depends on participants being willing to share responses to the three questions:
- What words or phrases did you hear?
- What is Jesus (the Gospel) saying to you?
- What is Jesus (the Gospel) calling you to do?
Join us every Monday at 12:15 online.
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Order your nametag
If you have ordered a nametag in the past few months, we apologize for the delay! They should be in in the next few weeks, check with an usher on Sunday morning
You will receive an email to inform you and your new nametag will be available in the main entry to Worship on our new nametag easel!.
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Our Regular Worship Schedule
8am Holy Eucharist In Person
5pm Choral Evensong In Person & Online -- Last Evensong before summer is May 22
Wednesday
12:15pm Holy Eucharist In Person
4pm Episcopal House of Prayer Contemplative Prayer - Zoom
Thursday
9am Contemplative Prayer In Person
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Special needs
Vaughn Ballew, Elizabeth Bannerman, Lois Becker, Delores Carlson, Alan Demascus, Stephanie Hall, Sherri Hansen, Anthony Paul Larson, Kathy Matt, Michelle Edmondson, Stephen Michael Shearer, Cindy Beukema, Tom Schulenberg, Cindy Sveen, the Whelchel family, Harrison, Allison, Wesley,
Departed
Kathleen Schulenberg, Jennifer Whelchel,
Ongoing prayers
Bonnie Dean, Connie Donnelly, Mark Fuller, Gwen Goldsmith, Tripti Ghosh, Mary Grover, Mary Huber, Marie Irwin, Anneke Jessup, Young Ja-lee, Marj Jacobsen, Carol Adele-Jewett, Ann Maas, Fred Moore, Marilyn Nelson, Matt and family, Dora Rettger, Irene Sahyun, Terry Schlink, Amara Strande, Nikki wobbeKing and family, Lokesh Venkatashiah and family, Lindsay, Scott, Sally Victor, for Peace in Ukraine and other war torn regions,
Thanksgivings
For dedicated members of the Wells Foundation and St. Mark’s Foundation,
From Justin Welby, Archbishoo of Canterbury, and Stephen Cottrell, the Archbishop of York:
God of peace and justice, we pray for the people of Ukraine today. We pray for peace and the laying down of weapons. We pray for all those who fear for tomorrow, that your Spirit of comfort would draw near to them.We pray for those with power over war or peace, for wisdom, discernment and compassion to guide their decisions. Above all, we pray for all your precious children, at risk and in fear, that you would hold and protect them. We pray in the name of Jesus, the Prince of Peace. Amen,
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519 Oak Grove Street
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Phone Number:
(612) 870-7800
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