11 a.m. • The Holy Eucharist

in person and livestreamed

in person and livestreamed

New Details—Sunday, April 3

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SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 6:30-8 P.M., in the cathedral nave and livestreamed

For over 35 years, Cecile Hansen has been the elected chair of the Duwamish Tribe. She is the great great grandniece of Chief Si’ahl’. At this Sunday evening forum in the cathedral nave, Cecile Hansen will speak on the Duwamish efforts to gain federal recognition and how faith communities and citizens of Seattle can be allies with the Duwamish in support of their cause. She will also share about environmental and cultural projects the Duwamish are engaged in currently and in the coming months, while offering an historical perspective that invites us all to honor with gratitude the land itself and the life of the Duwamish Tribe. 

The forum will provide occasion for participants to ask questions of Chair Hansen as well. All Saint Mark’s parishioners are encouraged to attend this important forum as we seek to deepen the relationship with the Duwamish on whose ancestral land we gather. The event will be livestreamed for those unable to attend in person.

THIS SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 10:10–10:50 A.M., Bloedel Hall or via Zoom

Mutual Ministry Goals are designed to inform and guide our work as a community. This year the vestry unanimously approved to carry forward the mutual ministry goals first set in April, 2021—Creation Care & Carbon Reduction, Innovative & Intergenerational Community, and Restorative Justice & Systemic Change. You can learn about these goals in more detail here. In this Sunday morning forum, vestry wardens will host a conversation on the work of creation care, intergenerational and justice ministries in the year to come. We invite you to attend, bring your questions and consider how you intend to embrace these goals in your life as well. Attend via Zoom (link to come) or in person in Bloedel Hall. Join using this Zoom link.

THIS SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2022, 6:30-8 P.M. (note evening time!), in Bloedel Hall or via Zoom (registration required)

The St. Nicholas Exploratory Committee has completed 18 months of study and reported its recommendations to the Vestry, which has received the report and adopted those recommendations. The committee’s final report can be viewed here. Next step is to report to the cathedral parish. Committee members will do so in a special forum to which all are invited. See Dean Thomason's message to the community regarding this important meeting here. Register for the Zoom meeting using this link.

Knowing God Through the Body: Justice, Liberation, and Fullness of Life—Video and Materials from Part 1 Now Available

PART 2: MARCH 30, 6:45–8:15 P.M., in person in Bloedel Hall or online via Zoom

If you missed last Wednesday's forum with The Rev. Linzi Stahlecker, a complete recording and resources are now available here. You are invited to attend Part 2 this Wednesday even if you missed Part 1. Rev. Linzi encourages you to attend in Bloedel Hall if you can, but you are welcome to join online as well. If you already registered via Zoom for part 1, there is no need to register again—this week's forum will use the same link. If you missed last Wednesday's session, you can still register for the Zoom meeting here.

SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 12:30 P.M., following the 11 a.m. service. Meet in the back of the nave OR online (find the Zoom link here)

The Newcomers' Coffee with Clergy has been offered on the first Sunday of each month via Zoom for almost two years. Beginning on the first Sunday in April, this offering for visitors, newcomer's, or anyone with questions about the cathedral community, will again be offered in person! Please gather at the coffee area in the back of the nave right after the service. Joining via Zoom will still be an option, and the link will remain the same. (The link may be found on on the livestream page or the newcomers page). As always, please share this information with anyone you know who might be interested.

SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 10 A.M., cathedral nave

Experience the gift of walking the stations of the cross in community with other young adults. A collaboration with the Visual Arts Ministry, the art installation by artist Virginia Maksymowicz depicts Jesus' journey to Golgotha and the tomb with a stunning elemental and stark appearance. There will be opportunity for individual reflection and conversation about the experience. Learn more about the art here. Questions? Email Seyi Akanni: [email protected]

APRIL 24–JUNE 5, in the cathedral nave

SUNDAY MORNING FORUM WITH THE ARTIST: APRIL 24, 10:10 A.M., Bloedel Hall and via Zoom

OPENING RECEPTION: SUNDAY, APRIL 24, cathedral nave

Saint Mark’s Visual Arts Ministry is delighted to host an exhibition of works by Peter Boome, Coast Salish Artist and member of the Upper Skagit Tribe, April 24–June 5 in the cathedral nave. He works in a variety of media but is best known for his graphic work and hand-pulled serigraphs. Each of his works tells a story, and his exhibition at Saint Mark’s will explore, among other themes, the idea of creation and its connection to spirituality. Works on display will include a new eight-foot canvas he is painting especially for this exhibition, a template for a mural on the Settle waterfront, along with smaller works. Learn more about Peter Boome here.

Each year at this time, all are invited to make a special contribution in honor or in memory of a loved one, in order to help underwrite the beautiful flowers and music of the celebration of the Feast of the Resurrection, which this year includes a full complement of brass and percussion for Peter Hallock's Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem, a thrilling anthem written in 1983 especially for this space and this choir. To make a gift, fill out the form in the Sunday service leaflet, or using the online form here. Then make a gift in any amount, using the method that is most convenient for you—by check, saintmarks.org/give, or Venmo. Contributions received by Palm Sunday, April 10, will be acknowledged in the Easter service bulletin. Contact Erik Donner in the cathedral office with questions: [email protected]

Children and families are invited to hear the stories of Holy Week and make a Resurrection Garden to take home. We are collecting terra cotta planter trays and small pots for this activity—please email Canon Barrie if you have some to donate: [email protected]

Over the next three Sundays (March 20–April 3), Saint Mark's is gathering needed supplies for Mary's Place. Please bring your donations of disposable diapers (any size), baby wipes, travel-sized toiletries, or deodorant and place them in the large wicker baskets in the Coffee Corner, and they will be delivered to families at Mary's Place. 

The House of Bishops constitutes one half of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church. (The other half, The House of Deputies, is comprised of lay representatives from each diocese.) Last week, the Bishops met in person for the first time since the fall of 2019; you may read a report of that meeting here. Of particular interest from the meeting are: the Statement on the Conflict in Ukraine, a Pastoral Letter on the status of Jerusalem, and a Resolution in Opposition to Anti-Transgender Legislation.

WATCH THE FILM: APRIL 16–23, free, but registration required

In observance of Earth Day, the Meaningful Movies Project of the Diocese of Olympia presents The Story of Plastic—a searing exposé revealing the ugly truth behind plastic pollution and the false solution of plastic recycling. Different from every other plastic documentary you’ve seen, The Story of Plastic presents a cohesive timeline of how we got to our current global plastic pollution crisis and how the oil and gas industry has successfully manipulated the narrative around it. From the extraction of fossil fuels and plastic disposal to the global resistance fighting back, The Story of Plastic is a life-changing, Emmy-winning film depicting one of the world’s most pressing environmental issues. Learn more and find the link to register here.

Save the date for May's Meaningful Movies screening, Transhood, which chronicles the lives of four transgender youths, screening on Friday, May 20, at 6 p.m.

MONDAY, APRIL 11, 7 P.M., cathedral nave

The 20s/30s will not meet for Night Prayer on Monday, April 11, to allow attendance at the Contemplative Eucharist that evening at 7 p.m. The next Night Prayer gathering will be Monday, April 25 (Leffler and call-in options). Email Emily Meeks ([email protected]) for questions or if interested in attending the Contemplative Eucharist together.

THIS SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 3 P.M., at St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church, 722 N 145th St., Shoreline

Episcopal Relief & Development continues to work with Anglican and ecumenical partners to provide aid to people displaced by the crisis in Ukraine. International Program staff are in close contact with church and ecumenical partners including the ACT Alliance, The Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, the Diocese of Europe, the Anglican Alliance and United Society of Partners in the Gospel. These organizations are coordinating immediate and long-term humanitarian responses through their local partners in Romania, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia. Learn more about the three phases of a disaster and how you can help at episcopalrelief.org/disasterhelp. Donations to the Ukraine Crisis Response fund will help meet critical needs created by this crisis. 

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 of the Duwamish Tribe. [Learn more]