For your thought:
People will faint from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then they will see 'the Son of Man coming in a cloud' with power and great glory.
--Luke 21:26-27
All are welcome to worship with us on Sundays at 9:30 and Thursdays at 11:00 a.m., both virtually and in-person.
Please note that our offices will be closed on Thursday, November 25th for the Thanksgiving holiday; we will have a Thanksgiving Midweek Eucharist at 11:00 a.m.
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Please come wearing a mask - Masks are required indoors - even if fully vaccinated - per our current State of NM mandate. |
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For a complete listing and schedule of our online / in-person offerings available, please click on the button below: |
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Useful links:
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Fill out a form to volunteer, donate altar flowers, fill out a new member/visitor form, and more!
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Access and/or edit your Member Directory information.
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Access previous sermons.
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For all Stewardship-related materials, including downloadable pledge cards, click here.
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SAINT MARK'S MISSION & OUTREACH |
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This Saturday: Advent Extravaganza! |
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Saturday, November 27th starting at 9:00 a.m.
"All Hands on Deck" Saturday morning at 9AM as we prepare for Advent by bundling greens, making crafts, painting an LGBTQ+/BIPOC welcoming fence, and filming scenes for this year's hybrid Christmas Pageant. Please arrive between 8:30-9AM to help set up, and bring a snack to share. Work begins promptly at 9AM.
Schedule:
- 8:30 Set Up
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9:00 Pageant Cast Costuming (Please check in with the Costume Mistress near the playground door. You will be called in when it's your turn to get dressed)
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Pageant Narration Recording (Please meet in Sylvia's office)
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Fence Prep (near South Parking Lot dumpster)
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Other Activities: Crafts, Greens, Snacks (East Parking Lot)
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10:00 Pageant Filming Begins (ENTIRE CAST, including extras, assistant directors, and photographer/videographers, meet in the Fish Garden)
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Fence Prep (near South Parking Lot dumpster)
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Other Activities: Crafts, Greens, Snacks (East Parking Lot)
- 12:00 Wrap-up/Clean-Up Begins
Festivities will continue until the fence is painted, the pageant filmed, and the greens bundled...but we expect to begin wrapping up around noon, if possible.
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Saturday, December at 4:00 p.m. - This is an all-ages evening in which we gather around the piano in the Parish Hall & Courtyard and sing the songs of the season. It's a fantastic event and one that is perfect for inviting friends and family to come. Bring some finger food, beverage or a growler to share, but most of all, have fun with friends and family. |
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Luminaria Supplies Needed |
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We are collecting brown paper bags and votive candles for luminarias to be used on Christmas Eve. There is a box in the narthex for dropping off these items. Thank you for your generosity. |
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Sunday, November 28 from 11:30 – 12:30: Anyone interested in learning about what is happening to immigrants arriving at the southern border of the U.S. and the ways in which our faith community is responding, come to the library at St. Mark's after coffee hour. Parishioner Mary Beth Libbey will be sharing her experience with the FaithWorks Asylum Seeker Support Group, and her knowledge of the work being done on both sides of the border by the Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande. Learn about volunteer opportunities and other ways you can help welcome the stranger during this time of crisis for so many people who have been forced to leave their homes due to violence, climate change and failed governments. You will also learn about the resolution passed by the diocesan convention last month and what Episcopal congregations are being asked to do regarding the border situation.
For anyone wanting to attend virtually, please join us with the following Zoom information:
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Homemade Communion Bread & Sacramental Wine |
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Beginning in Advent we will once again be using homemade bread for the Eucharistic Feast. A huge thank you to our new Eucharistic Bread baking team. Yes, both wafers and a gluten free option will still be available.
Soon we will be offering Sacramental wine at a communion but in a rather different manner due to safety concerns. We will ask each household to bring their own cup, chalice or small glass to receive wine at a station in the back of the nave. Yes, we’ll have cups available if you forget or are new to the parish. More details are in the attached letter. Importantly we’ll need help from a Eucharistic wine team to pull this off. So please let us know if you can help. christopher@stmarksabq.org or stmarks@stmarksabq.org.
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Advent Study: All Creation Waits
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All Creation Waits: The Advent Mystery of New Beginnings
By Gayle Boss
Illustrated by David G. Klein
Join one of our online book groups for Advent at St. Mark’s.
Open a window each day of Advent onto the natural world. In twenty-five portraits depicting how wild animals of the northern hemisphere ingeniously adapt when darkness and cold descend, we see and hear as if for the first time the ancient wisdom of Advent: The dark is not an end but the way a new beginning comes.
Short, daily reflections that paint vivid, poetic images of familiar animals, paired with charming original wood-cuts, will engage both children and adults. Anyone who does not want to be caught, again, in the consumer hype of “the holiday season” but rather to be taken up into the eternal truth the natural world reveals will welcome this book.
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Growing as Good Stewards - Reflecting on our Personal Relationships with Family & Friends
Stewardship is not just about our money and finances. Stewardship is about the faithful use of every gift with which God has entrusted us. Each month we invite friends and members of St. Mark's to engage in prayer, reflection, and conversation about what it means to grow as good stewards of one particular aspect of our whole lives. As Thanksgiving approaches, we invite you to reflect on Stewardship of Personal Relationships with Family and Friends. You might use these questions to guide your personal reflection. Join us for further prayer, reflection, and discussion on this topic the on Tuesday, 11/30 at 12 p.m. (and the last Tuesday of each month) either in person or online.
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Warm blankets and sleeping bags are in great need by those sleeping in the rough as the weather gets cold. Bring them to the St. Mark's for distribution. There is a box in the entry way (narthex) for the blankets. |
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We're Getting Ready to Relaunch Education for All Ages at St. Mark's! |
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We're getting ready to relaunch education for all ages at St. Mark's in January 2022!
In order to plan our curriculum and prepare our leaders, we need to know if and how you and your family plan to participate so we can plan accordingly.
If you would like to participate in our education program in Winter/Spring 2022, please register now.
Please complete a separate registration form for EACH member of your household who plans to participate.
Please complete this registration by Dec. 1.
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Our current pledges total $418,520 from 95 households!
Many humble thanks to those who have turned pledges in.
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Christmas for Asylum-Seeking Families
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$25 will buy a toy for a Central American child in the ABQ FaithWorks Asylum Seeker program. We have 43 children! Gifts will be given at a Christmas party for our families on December 17 at member church St Thomas of Canterbury. If you can help, mail a check payable to ABQ FaithWorks to PO Box 40482, Albuquerque, NM 87196. |
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All are welcome to give and/or pledge to St. Mark's by:
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Mail (St. Mark's has a secure mailbox and is checked regularly): 431 Richmond Place NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106.
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You may give electronically through the Diocese of the Rio Grande Parish Donation site and check the box next to "Albuquerque-St. Mark's". Just fill out the rest of the information and click the Next button at the bottom of the page. Please make sure fill out "special instructions or comment" to let us know how to apply your gift (i.e.: pledge, congregational relief fund, etc.).
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You may give electronically (including pledge payments) to St. Mark's - securely via PayPal® - anytime. Please consider checking the box that reads, "I’d like to add to my donation to help offset the cost of processing."
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Thanksgiving Weekend Pilgrimage in Place |
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Are you seeking a way to incorporate quiet, prayer, and reflection into your busy Thanksgiving Weekend? Consider joining other Christians throughout New Mexico in choosing to set aside some time for a self-directed gratitude pilgrimage. More at: https://nmpilgrimage.org/2021-11-offering-of-gratitude.html
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