Upcoming dates for your calendar:

• Saturday, February 28 -- Broadway Sing A-long at Helena Square. See below for more details.

Formation Opportunities during Lent

Sundays are essential to the care and keeping of our spirits. Week by week, worship gathers us back into God’s presence to be nourished, steadied, and reminded of who we are. But Christian faith is not meant to remain static. We are called to grow. Sometimes that growth comes through suffering or trial, when we find ourselves seeking God out of desperation. There are other ways to deepen our faith though, ways shaped by intention rather than crisis. (Thanks be to God!) One of those ways is through study and honest conversation.

During Lent, we invite you to consider a formation opportunity designed to support growth, curiosity, and deeper engagement with God and one another.

Formation - Spiritual Practice

Facilitator - Jenny



One of the formation offerings this Lent is a class on spiritual practices. This is not an academic course or a checklist of spiritual disciplines to master. Instead, it is an invitation to notice how the Spirit is already moving and to learn how we might attune our attention and align our lives to make space for encounter. We’ll explore classical practices of the Christian tradition, but we’ll also pay attention to the holiness hidden in ordinary moments—walking, breathing, listening, resting, paying attention. With curiosity, playfulness, and gentle discipline, we’ll consider how spiritual practices can become less about striving and more about opening ourselves to wonder, presence, and transformation.

Formation - Spiritual Poetry

Facilitator - The Rt. Rev. Marie Jerge

We have a growing and exciting lineup of Adult Education courses at St. Mark's this year. Be sure to put these on your calendar and be ready for more.

We open the season with Rev. Marie Jerge returning during Lent to continue her series on Spiritual Poetry. She will hold an in-person workshop on Thursday, March 26, at St. Mark's, followed by a Zoom session on Thursday, April 9. Her focus on March 26 will be on the Poetry of Holy Week. Email Tom Miller below if you would like to be involved!

Formation - Summer 2026 Opportunity

Facilitator - Cecilia Kendall White

Also returning this summer will be St. Mark's British friend and scholar, Cecilia Kendall White, who will be presenting a three-part series that will either continue God and the Bard, or explore religion in enlightening modes of literature confronting the Divine. These will likely be in July or August. Stay tuned.

Formation - Fall 2026 Opportunity

Facilitator -Tom Miller

Tom Miller will take us down the long, bumpy, and often dangerous tradition of worship in his three-part series From Gods, to God, to Godless. How is it that mankind went from multiple gods with specific 'specialties,' like fertility or weather, to belief systems with only one god in which Christianity became a global phenomenon, and now more and more individuals claim no belief system whatsoever, particularly in Europe. This series will be presented in September or October. Again, stay tuned for specific dates, place, and time.

BROADWAY (Off Paris)!

Many smiles, many cheers (& happy tears), and many thanks to everyone involved with this past Sunday's, BROADWAY (Off Paris)! If you talk with anyone who attended, all answers are the same--It was phenomenal and they can't wait for it next year!

Shrove Tuesday Pancakes!

Thank you to everyone who volunteered, cooked, and came to enjoy the fun!

BROADWAY Sing A-long at Helena Square

This event is on Saturday, February 28 at 11am with the folks at Helena Square Assisted Living (1624 Paris Avenue in Port Royal). All are welcome to join the choir to bring some Broadway razzle-dazzle to our friends! Contact Kevin with questions!

Volunteer for Love Loaves

We are in need of some volunteers to bake our Love Loaves for visitors. Please contact Suzanne Thompson at (843) 263-5260 to learn how to sign up!

Sound System Volunteers Needed!

We’re grateful to now have a sound system in our sanctuary, and we’re looking for a few volunteers to help operate it during services. This role is a wonderful way to support our worship experience and serve the congregation behind the scenes. No prior technical experience is required — clear, hands-on training will be provided, and the commitment is flexible.



If you’re interested or would simply like to learn more, please contact James Tetler at jtetler@gmail.com. We’d love to have you join the team!

WE ASK YOUR PRAYERS FOR: Mary Bryan, Connie Skok, Judy Parichy, Bonnie Connolly, Molly Wolford, Linda Jones, Tom Tull, Patrick Numier and Sarah Nutting, Duane and Jane Twenge, John and Margaret Hidell, Lettie Stoops, Mike Domby, Jim Sweeney, Hollis, Christian Buchmann, Kathlyn Gray, Ann Frias, Alice Miller, Susie Kearney, Stacia Christie, Amy Christian and Sharon and Russ Boltz.

PLEASE PRAY ALSO for friends of St. Mark’s parishioners: Rhonda Adams, Nadija Peterson (our St. Mark’s scholarship recipient), Dan Snook, Bridgette Skaggs, Sylvia and Rickey Badges, Doug and Denise Ogden and Cindi and Steve Crane.

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Sunday Worship

Holy Communion at 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.

(Livestream available at www.stmarksportroyal.org)

Children’s Sunday School and nursery care (for ages 3 and under) are offered in the St. Mark’s Center during the 11:00 a.m. service.

Midweek Worship

Join us for a Hope and Healing Service each Wednesday at noon.

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Parish Office

phone: 843 379-1020 email: office@stmarksportroyal.org

Office Hours

Tues., Wed., Thurs. 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Mailing address:

PO Box 761

Port Royal, SC 29935