The Lion's Pause 🦁

WE SEEK TO UNITE ALL PEOPLE WITH GOD AND EACH OTHER IN CHRIST THROUGH WORSHIP, FELLOWSHIP, EDUCATION, AND SERVICE

Rector's Ramblings

On Sunday we will enter into Holy Week. Our culture tends to skip past this week and go straight on to Easter. We like what is joyful. We like what appears to be powerful. We tend to turn a blind eye to self-sacrifice and suffering. Without Holy Week, the resurrection loses its power. It is because of his willingness to suffering in obedience to the plan of God that Jesus was resurrected and ascended into heaven.

This is a message that our culture desperately needs to hear. God’s power is often demonstrated through those things that the rest of the world finds weak. The suffering of Jesus was not some sort of unfortunate event on the way to the resurrection. His rejection of the powers of this world and their rejection of him in turn was a demonstration of God’s power over the powers of this world.

Please join us for our Holy Week liturgies beginning with Palm Sunday at 9:00 a.m. We will observe Maundy Thursday and 7:00 p.m. and Good Friday at Noon and 7:00 p.m.

Fr. RJ+

Saturday, April 12:

SomeBunny basket packing, 1 p.m. in the Undercroft

Sunday, April 13: Palm Sunday

Service at 9 a.m.

Lessons

Bulletin

Live Stream

Monday, April 14:

Knitting, 1 p.m.

Book Club, 3 p.m.

The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams

Tuesday, April 15:

Yoga, new time of 7 p.m. in the undercroft.

Cost is $10 per session. Cash, check, Venmo or PayPal accepted. Reserve your spot by texting 330-705-4359 or emailing yogabeth63@gmail.com

Wednesday, April 16:

No Evening Prayer

April Lunch Bunch:

April 22, 1 p.m. at John's Bar. RSVP to Sue Little

View the full St. Mark's calendar HERE.

St. Mark’s 70th Anniversary

May 18, 2025

The deadline for RSVP to the luncheon is April 15. Please make sure to return your RSVP. Thank you!

10:00 AM Service followed by catered luncheon

Special service with beautiful music, choir, and a special presentation by our Sunday school

Memories from the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, and 2000’s!

We are asking for all RSVP's to be returned by April 15, so that plans can be made for this celebratory luncheon. RSVP can be made by returning your RSVP card in the offering basket, or by mail, email (add 'RSVP' to subject line), or by dropping it off in the office.

If you are interested in donating to the celebration, checks can be made out to St. Mark's with 70th anniversary in the memo line and dropped in the offering plate or the office.

A thank you from Sunday School:

I’d like to start by giving a huge thank you to Livvy Mull! She took the time to listen to our students in Sunday School explain their vision for the 70th anniversary banner and make that vision come to fruition. They wanted a large cross, they wanted flowers to show growth and how our church has bloomed over the many years, and they wanted the entire congregation to have a hand in it too. Livvy is an amazing artist and seamstress who made the banner for us, prepped the supplies for the children to cut out and then put it all together. We are so grateful for the time and energy she spent on this project with us, as we would not have a banner without her!

Thank you also to Linda Deuble for her art skills in helping the children cut the pieces for our banner and assisting with getting the congregation to make their mark on the banner as well. It was a team effort that bloomed into something beautiful!

Thank you to Sally Little for working with our children each week before church to learn a song to sing for this special service!

Finally, thank you to the kids and their parents who came early each week to practice singing and used their creativity and crafting skills to create a beautiful banner!

Thank you!

Emily Gordon

Who will win the 2025 Golden Halo?

+ Meet the Elate Eight +

Philip, Deacon and Evangelist.

Irenaeus of Lyon.

Elizabeth of Hungary

Nicholas Zinzendorf

Sundar Singh

Emily Cooper

Verena of Zurzach

Zechariah

Voting for the Faithful Four begins on Monday, April 14 at 8:00 am

For the Golden Halo - Wednesday, April 16

www.lentmadness.org

Book Club Updates

May 12 - The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson

Newsletter Additions

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April Birthdays

1 Marcia Kiesling

8 Drew Pelger

9 Tom Temelkoff

10 Barbara Whitehouse

12 JD Arnold, Susie Hines

13 Sally Little

20 Katie Cerrone-Arnold

21 Kim Nadel

26 Sandi Kaustinen

27 Karen Violand

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Notable with Bob Morrison

When I arrived at St. Mark's in 1997 at the invitation of Father Sloan, the organ was pretty much the way Craig Jaynes had designed it with the addition of the antiphonal pipes by Robert Wervey in the mid-80s. The console had two manuals and pedal and the pipes were fully enclosed with shutters at the front and on the side nearest the choir loft.

But as time went on, I found the main pedal stop too loud for soft music and not loud enough for loud music, and there were no really soft sounds to be had, so I began to search out ways to remedy this situation, and my first thought was of a premiere organ builder in our own backyard: Kegg Pipe Organ Builders of Hartville OH. I invited Charlie Kegg to give a presentation at church which he did on December 1, 1999 - a day that will live in my memory.

In the afternoon my wife Kathleen had a doctor's appointment and while in his office she had a stroke, and was hospitalized. That meant I couldn't attend Kegg's presentation at St. Mark's but, fortunately, Bill Rand recorded the whole thing and I copied it out and distributed it to various congregants. Kegg spoke eloquently about the importance of music in the Episcopal service and outlined some thoughts about possible improvements to the existing organ.

With the layout of St. Mark's sanctuary, it would take a major renovation to add more pipes for a larger organ, and so the project was put on hold until a conversation with John Werren, long time St. Mark's member, who had a Florida home. He told me that the church he attended down south had an organ made by Cornel Zimmer of Denver, NC, and suggested I call them for a quote, which I did. Within a day or two, their representative visited St Mark's with a proposal that would give us a more complete instrument without altering any of the chancel furnishings. But how would this be possible given the layout of our sanctuary? I have heard it said that the preacher can spout all manner of heresy and no one will say a word, but if a chancel chair is relocated, complaints will abound. So, what to do?

Prayer Concerns

Have compassion on: Vonda Temelkoff, Jim Weaver, Jane Schutrum, Ron Brooks, and all those who suffer from any grief or trouble.

For those who have died: Bobbie Lenzie (sister of Becky Watters), Jolonda Mull ( sister-in-law of the Mulls), Conrad Johnson (father of Fr. RJ)

Family & Friends: Shelley Burns (Tom Burns’ cousin’s wife) + Allison (cousin of Sandi Kaustinen) + Clarice Lough (friend of the Watters) + Katheleen Philippsborn (sister of Tom Turner) + Machelle Wells (friend of Jaime Heinzman) + Father Jon Conventry (Trinity Episcopal Church - Alliance) + Jimmy Little (son of Sue Little) + Alison (friend of the Willoughbys) + Jane McBride (mother of Beth Crowl) + Tom (brother-in-law of AnJane McConville) + Gail and Judy Shumway (friend, sister-in-law, & co-worker friend of the Rand’s daughter) + Dr. Mallamaci (acquaintance of Bobbi Zollinger) + Pam Lagodich (friend of the Mulls) + Scott Jones, Val Hiner-Donlon, Rick Ciminelli, & Harold Freedman (cousin & friend of the Gordons) + Larry Aclaska (acquaintance of Bert Heisser) + Lee, Theresa, & Chuck Boone (friends & cousin of the Hixons) + Melanie & Trish (friends of Paulette Frech) + Pat Walter & family (friend of Barb Whitehouse) + Alycia Geis (Karen Violand’s friend’s daughter) + Don Siegfried & Janet Sheatzley-Morgan (husband and sister of Barb Siegfried) + Allison Cornell-Hood & Anne Higgins (daughter & friend of Diane Cornell) + Finnigan Savage (friend of Pam McCarthy) + Tony Donahue (friend of the Boyds) + David (acquaintance of the Nadels) + Those in the Armed Forces.

PRAYER CHAIN:

St. Mark's has a group of prayer warriors who pray for the specific needs of those on the prayer chain. If you would like to place yourself or a loved one on the prayer chain, please contact Bobbi Gordon at ggordon24@sbcglobal.net

Prayer requests may be placed on the private Prayer Chain or on the Prayer Concerns list appearing in The Lion's Pause and Sunday bulletin or in both places. Please let Bobbi know your preference. Unless otherwise instructed, names will be listed as we receive them. Please update Bobbi or Katie on the status of your friends or family members as to when they may be removed from the prayer lists.

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St. Mark's Church

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The Diocese of Ohio