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12:30 p.m.  • Newcomers' Coffee

12:30 p.m.  • Book Group

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Pageant of the Nativity on the Feast of the Epiphany—Tonight!

TONIGHT! FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 2023, 7 P.M., in the cathedral nave or livestreamed

Originally scheduled for December 20, but rescheduled due to weather, Saint Mark's one-of-a-kind Pageant of the Nativity will be presented this evening, on the Feast of the Epiphany. The kids of Choir School and an army of helpers has been working hard to get everything ready this week, and the event will be as beautiful and spectacular as ever. As Dean Thomason reminded us in his Christmas Eve sermon, since the Procession of the Magi is always a rousing climax of the Pageant, it is entirely appropriate for the Pageant to be offered on The Epiphany, when we remember the arrival of the Magi to Bethlehem. Join in person in the cathedral nave, or via the livestream, but don't miss it!

THIS SUNDAY, JANUARY 8 (AND THE FIRST SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH), immediately following the 11 a.m. service. Meet in the back of the nave.

A special coffee hour is usually offered especially for newcomers, guests, or anyone who has questions about the cathedral community and liturgies, on the first Sunday of each month. However, January's gathering will occur this Sunday, January 8 instead of January 1. Gather in the back of the nave immediately following the 11 a.m. Sunday service. Email [email protected] if you cannot attend in person, or with any other questions. Please spread the word to anyone you know who may be interested!

THIS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2023, 6:45–8:15 P.M., in person in Bloedel Hall and online via Zoom. Optional community dinner at 6 p.m. ($6/child; $8/adult; $25/max. family).

We all have addictions—ways to numb the pain and divert us instead of staying present to and being transformed by the spiritual gleanings that can come through the painful experiences of life. As a result, most of us suffer from mistaken identity. As we turn into the new year, Saint Mark’s has the great privilege of hosting acclaimed author and speaker Killian Noe, Founder of the Recovery Café Network, and is the author of Finding Our Way Home and Descent Into Love, for a special forum on the spiritual work related to addiction and misplaced love. Guided by her decades of wisdom-work in this area, we will engage the spiritual work of seeing that the life-long journey is one of reclaiming our truest identity, which is Love, and we will celebrate the joy and hope of living from Love. Wherever you are on your spiritual journey, you are welcome to attend.

Program is free; register here for Zoom link; no need to register for in-person attendance.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 3:30 P.M. (Junior Choristers) and 4:30 P.M. (Senior Choristers), in the St Nicholas Building, 2nd floor

Do know a child who might be a future chorister of Saint Mark’s Cathedral? Children and parents are cordially invited to attend the Choir School Open House on Wednesday, January 11, 2023.

Meet in the Choir School rooms on the second floor of the St. Nicholas Building. Please spread the word to anyone who you think might be interested, and contact Rebekah Gilmore, Choir School Director, to learn more: [email protected]

SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, at the 9 and 11 a.m. services

"FRIENDS TALKING" FORUM: 10:10–10:50 A.M., Bloedel Hall

Saint Mark's is honored to welcome (back) The Rev. Carla Robinson, Canon for Multicultural Ministries & Community Transformation of the Diocese of Olympia, as guest preacher on January 15, the weekend of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Carla served as a Lutheran pastor for 13 years before coming to the Episcopal Church. After being received into this communion in 2001, she was an active member of Saint Mark’s Cathedral for several years. Following her ordination to the priesthood in the Diocese of Olympia in 2009, she also served for a time as Priest Associate at the cathedral. She is renowned for her compelling sermons, and has been awarded the Bishop's Preaching Award multiple times. Between the 9 and 11 a.m. services that morning, Carla will participate in a "Friends Talking" forum with Dean Thomason in Bloedel Hall.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, at the 9 a.m. liturgy only

SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 12:15 P.M., Leffler House

Have you "aged out" of the 20s/30s group, or are you 40+ and desire fellowship and friendship centered around opportunities for fellowship and shared prayer? A new ministry for folks in their 40s and 50s is forming. Gather for brunch on Sunday, January 29, served in Leffler Living Room, starting after the 11 a.m. liturgy ends. (Leffler Living Room is on the south side of the Cathedral Campus, just across the parking lot). Curate Linzi Stahlecker will join for conversation. Questions? Contact Sacristan Michael Seewer: [email protected]

If you missed last Tuesday's Climate Conversation on the topic of Advocacy for Systemic Change, a complete video is now available here. The next Climate Conversation will be on Tuesday, February 7 via Zoom—stay tuned for more details, and register here to be part of the discussion.

For the last year and a half, the regular Sunday morning and Compline livestreams have streamed to the same Vimeo URL each week. Those links will be updated for 2023. If you watch liturgies on the cathedral website, or on YouTube or Facebook, you should not notice any change. But if you have bookmarked the Vimeo links, those bookmarks will need to be updated. The new links can be found on the livestream page.

Thank you to the many ministry leaders who have already submitted their 2022 annual reports and ministry description updates. The official submission deadline is today, January 6, but late submissions will be gladly accepted in the next few days. If you think you should have received an invitation to submit a report but did not, or if you have any questions, contact Greg Bloch: [email protected]

Medical equipment is available for check-out from Saint Mark’s Medical Equipment Closet. We have canes, crutches, shower chair, shower stool, walkers (two and four wheel models), wheelchairs, and more. We welcome clean donations in good working order. For check-out or donation information. please contact Nancy Cleminshaw: [email protected]

Get away from it all and experience a weekend of peace, prayer, and self-care with young adults from across the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia. This casual retreat, held at the waterfront Archbishop Brunett Retreat Center at the Palisades, just south of Seattle, is designed for adults in their 20s and 30s who are seeking to experience an array of contemplative practices from a Taizé service to lectio divina to centering prayer. Interested? E-mail [email protected] to get onto the notification list.

A Norwegian Epiphany from The Seattle Nordic Chamber Music Series

THIS SUNDAY, JAUNARY 8, 2 P.M., at Ballard First Lutheran Church. Tickets: $30 (General Admission)/$10 (Student/Child)

Celebrate Epiphany enveloped by the festive sounds of trumpet, lur, soprano, organ, and piano and surrounded by holiday decorations. The Nordic Chamber Music 2023 series opens the season, like the arrival of the travelling Magi, exploring the supernatural and divinity of music filled with unlimited possibilities for the future. Joan Paddock and Debra Huddleston will fill the sanctuary with brilliant sounds with trumpet, a traditional Norwegian lur, piano, and organ and will be joined for part of the program by Nordic song and chamber music specialist and soprano (and Saint Mark's Concert Series Coordinator!), Laura Loge. More information and tickets may be found here.

Recently the vestry has been discussing ways to engage in ministry at Saint Mark’s even when you can’t make it to campus. Click here to learn more.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2 P.M., in the cathedral nave

SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 10 A.M., in the cathedral nave

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1:30 P.M., in Thomsen Chapel

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 12 P.M., in the cathedral nave

Daily Evening Prayer meets in person at 6 p.m. in Thomsen Chapel on Wednesday only, and is offered online via zoom at 6 p.m. on Monday–Tuesday and Thursday–Friday.

Morning Prayer is offered on Wednesday mornings at 8:30 a.m., via Zoom. This offering has been discontinued as of January 2023.

Thursday Morning: At 7 a.m. on on the first, third, and fifth Thursdays of the month only, a service of Holy Eucharist is offered in person in Thomsen Chapel. On the second and fourth Thursdays of the month, an online-only prayer service is offered via Zoom at 7 a.m. instead.

Saint Mark’s Cathedral acknowledges that we gather on the traditional land of the first people of Seattle, the Duwamish People, who are still here, and we honor with gratitude the land itself and the life all the Coast Salish tribes. [Learn more]