Click Here for the September Worship Schedule

First Sunday

Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost

September 27, 2026

Service 9:30 am

We will livestream through YouTube during the 9:30 service.

Link - https://www.youtube.com/@stmarksepiscopalnc/streams

The Church office will be closed September 28 through October 2nd.

Upcoming Services & Events

Sunday September 27 - 9:30 am

Sunday October 4 - 8:30 am and 10:30 am

Sunday October 4 - 4:00 (Blessing of the Animals)

Sunday October 11 - 8:30 am and 10:30 am

Sunday October 18 - 8:30 am and 10:30 am (Adult Formation Starts)

Sunday October 25 - 8:30 am and 10:30 am

Sunday November 1- - 8:30 am and 10:30 am

Sunday November 8- - 8:30 am and 10:30 am

Sunday School is between services starting October 4th

With attendance picking back up, the vestry feels it is time to go back to two services beginning on October 4. Services will be at 8:30 and 10:30, with Sunday school for children between services (nominally 9:30 to 10:20). We will resume adult formation between services on Oct. 18.

In order to make efficient use of our time in the service, and to ensure we have time in between services for meaningful formation classes, we need to limit announcements to one or two that are especially important or that were omitted from the bulletin. If you would like an announcement included in the bulletin, please tell Marcia or email her at life@stmarksnc.org by Wednesday. Any last minute announcements should be emailed to vestry@stmarksnc.org for the vestry person of the week to handle.

Thanks for your cooperation. We look forward to the return to our normal routine and the resumption of Christian formation.

In Christ,

The Vestry

Worship Leader roles

Worship Leader roles - As we move back to 2 Sunday morning services, new folks are needed for our Worship Leader roles (LEM,Acolyte, Lector/POP). Please let Tracy Tinsley (twtinsley@gmail.com) know if you are interested in learning more about any of these roles - they are a meaningful way to contribute with very low time commitment!

St Mark's showed up to support one of our own, Allison Rhinehardt, in "Come from Away"

St Mark's EPIC Yard Sale

Date: October 3, 7am-3pm

Location: Hopewell Presbyterian Church

St Marks yard sale on Hopewell grounds

Anyone who needs large things picked up please reach out to Dawn Middleton at dmiddleton809@gmail.com or (704) 975-7995 these items will be picked up sometime on Friday October 2nd.

We need many many hands to make this event a huge success!!!

Please start saving items you can donate such as

Books

Puzzles

Kitchen ware

Tools

Yard equipment

Furniture

Kids clothes

Gently Worn Clothing

If you have any questions, contact Dawn Middleton, Candy Sullivan, or Jan Daubener.

Please start saving plastic grocery bags for folks to fill with items they purchase!!!!

Items are being collected in founders Hall.

We still need a few volunteers to make this a successful Fundraiser for St. Mark's.

Birthdays and Anniversarys

If you would like your birthday or anniversary included in the bulletin, make sure your information is updated in Realm or email life@stmarksnc.org and Marcia will update it for you.

Ola Amigos!

Are you looking for a fun and rewarding way to get engaged with the life our church family? Our bi-lingual preschool, La Escuelita San Marcos, is in need of volunteers to help out in the classrooms as a teacher’s assistant. No special training is required, you just need to enjoy helping young students to learn and grow! Inquire at the church office, or see Mike Tinsley (704) 517-0299 for more information.

LESM Amazon Wishlist

order here

2027 Pledge Campaign

Feed My Sheep

Pledge here

Click the picture for the entire presentation

Capital Campaign

On Sunday, July 20, the vestry of St. Mark’s announced a five year capital campaign to raise money toward the principal on the Rafters mortgage.

Pledge Here

Your weekly update on the status of our pledges:

The General Fund - This pledge is important because it forms the basis for our annual budget, and represents the funds available for our services, ministries, buildings and grounds, administration, and outreach. At this time, our pledge balance is as follows:

69 pledges totaling $220,555.00

Capital Campaign Fund - This is a 5-year campaign dedicated to paying on the principal of our Rafters mortgage. This fund is important as the capital campaign account is one of the key components of our successful renegotiation of the mortgage in the coming year - it demonstrates our commitment and ability to pay back the borrowed amount. At this time, our pledge balance is as follows:

37 pledged totaling $202,606.00 of which we have currently received $58,620.00

St Mark's Prayer List

If you would like a name on the prayer list, contact Marcia or Jan Daubener. If you would also like a prayer sent out to Pastoral Care/prayer chain, let Jan know. Starting in September, names will remain on the list for 4 weeks, unless specified otherwise. You may extend (or decrease!) the time by notifying Marcia. We will continue to have folks on the list long term at their request, and will continue to read names aloud on the 3rd Sunday of each month. If you have questions please contact Marcia in the office or Jan (jandaubener@gmail.com).

Daughters of the King

Our vow is for prayer service and evangelism, and confidentiality is paramount to our prayer vow. We can pray for you confidentially for anything you do not wish to be put on the public prayer list. We pray daily for many people including our weekly church prayer list.

Reach out to Marcia at marcia.kephart@stmarksnc.org or call the office to be added to our prayers.

Please use the below link for all of your giving needs.

You can select where your donation will go via drop-down.

(You can set up recurring payments via this link)

If you need help with this, call or stop by the office during office hours.

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