For your thought:
So they took away the stone. And Jesus looked upward and said, "Father, I thank you for having heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me."
--John 11:41-42
All are welcome to worship with us on Sundays at 9:30 and Thursdays at 11:00 a.m., both virtually and in-person.
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Don't forget to set your clocks back one hour Saturday evening, as Daylight Saving Time ends on Sunday at 2:00 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 Sunday: All Saints' Ofrenda |
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To celebrate The Feast of All Saints at St. Mark’s each year, we build an ofrenda.
Traditionally, an ofrenda (“offering,” in Spanish) was put together around the Day of the Dead (El Día de los Muertos) in Latin cultures to welcome those who have died back into your life. Photographs, mementos, and favorite foods were offered to entice loved ones to return.
In our Christian tradition, we make an ofrenda to celebrate and honor the lives of the saints who have traveled this journey before us – loved ones who have helped build the foundation of our spiritual lives and showed us how to be faithful servants of God.
We invite you to participate in this beautiful tradition. Please bring photos of your loved ones who have died: people who made a difference in your lives, from whom you learned unconditional love, who were instrumental in making you the person you are today.
For in-person ofrenda submissions, framed photos, which can stand on their own, work best, but all photos are welcome. We would also encourage everyone bringing in photos or frames to have the name of the departed and the name of the individual who it should be returned to on the back (a small piece of tape or something of that nature works well). If you would like to drop them off at the church during this week, place them in the basket in the narthex and we can put them on the ofrenda for you. You are also welcome to bring photos anytime until and on Sunday, November 7th.
The ofrenda will remain in place through our All Saints’ Day Celebration on Sunday, November 7. After that service you may take your photos home.
We hope everyone will take advantage of this opportunity to celebrate the lives of loved ones.
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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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We are a little over halfway to our goal with $349,396 in total pledges from 73 households!
Many humble thanks to those who have turned pledges in.
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Help Wanted: Christmas Pageant Filming & Advent Extravaganza |
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Saturday, November 27th, 9AM-2PM
St. Mark's is inviting our friends and members, (young and old) to participate in creating a (pre-recorded) Christmas Pageant again this year! We will be filming St. Mark's 2021 Christmas Pageant during our "Advent Extravaganza" at St. Mark's on Saturday, November 27th from 9AM-2PM.
When you're not busy filming a scene, you're invited to pitch in to help bundle greens for Advent Wreaths, help the Youth Group paint an LGBTQ+ Welcoming Rainbow fence, and do whatever else is needed to prepare for Advent...all while enjoying good snacks and good friends!
Please mark your calendars and invite family and friends to join you (in person AND online) for St. Mark's 2021 Pageant Party & World Premiere, the evening Sunday, December 19th!
We need lots of help to make this happen! We'll need help supervising snacks & hospitality; playground; greens bundling; fence painting and costuming! We'll need help recording music, readings, and narration! We'll need help staging and shooting some photos and short scenes! And, OF COURSE, we'll need people of all ages who are willing to put on a costume and bring the Nativity Story to LIFE! (Since we are recording narration separately, there will be no need for any of our pageant players to learn or memorize lines!)
Please sign up here ASAP to let us know your availability and interest in helping out with this year's Advent Extravaganza and Christmas Pageant Filming Party a success!
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ABQ FaithWorks - Blanket Drive, Immigration, and More! |
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A lot going on at ABQ FaithWorks:
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Blanket Drive! 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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Interested in Immigration? An Immigration Volunteer Fair November 20, 10:00-1:00 at St Michael & All Angels Parish Hall (601 Montano NW). Ministries and service providers across town, including ABQ FaithWorks, will tell you what they do and how you can help! Find ways and times that match your interests and availability.
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Nov 9 at 6 PM at Loma Colorado Library in Rio Rancho. Asylum seeking in the 30’s parallels events today. Learn more in this special tour of the exhibit “Americans and the Holocaust”.
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Training on Afghan Culture. The Islamic Center of NM is offering training on culture, religion, and cultural norms of the Afghan Refugees. Inform your volunteer work and attend on Zoom Nov 18, 2021 05:30 PM https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9644705436.
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Get Active in FaithWorks Committees! Submit Board nominees to exec@abqfaithworks.org and attend introductory in-person meetings at the UCC church (Lomas & Girard) open to anyone interested in participating in the leadership of ABQ FaithWorks – come, learn more, and maybe sign-up:
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Governance Committee Thursday, November 11 @ 1pm-2:30pm
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Finance Committee Thursday, November 11 @ 2:30pm-4pm
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Engagement Committee Friday, November 12 @ 1pm-2:30pm
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Community Solutions Committee Friday, November 12 @ 2:30pm-4pm
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Tending to Our Hearts Amidst Our Grief |
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Sunday, November 14, 11:30AM-1PM (Please note date change)
(Facilitator: Donnel Miller-Mutia, Hospital Chaplain & former Hospice Grief Support)
As the seasons change and trees lose their leaves, as the autumn days darken and the winter holidays approach, our personal and communal experiences of grief, loss, and change often rise to the surface. As we encounter life's major transitions and thresholds, let us gather for an hour and a half and mark our journey of healing through stories, art, poems, prayer and songs. Contact Donnel with questions and to RSVP (via email here).
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Beloved of God,
Maren and I want to thank you for your generous gift and wonderful celebration on the occasion of my 10th anniversary of service at St. Mark’s as your rector. What a blessing the community of St. Mark’s has been in our lives and the lives of our children over the past 10 years. We are so grateful to be a part of this warm and vital community. Looking back, we are so thankful that we heard God’s call to St. Mark’s and decided to take the risk of helping to rebuild a wonderful community in the heart of the University district and Nob Hill. It has been and continues to be such a rich experience of community that words cannot express our gratitude.
We look forward to many years ahead as we continue to Build Something Beautiful for God in this Neighborhood.
With great affection,
Maren and Christopher McLaren
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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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Private Showing of Exhibit |
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Private Showing! The Rio Rancho Loma Colorado Library exhibit “Americans and the Holocaust: What did Americans know and what more could they have done?” is open for a special tour for ABQ FaithWorks members and friends at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, November 9, 2021. This renown exhibit draws important parallels between that time in our history and how we are responding to the current immigration situation. Mark your calendar now and bring your family and friends! Read more here.
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Islamic Center of NM Presentation |
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The Islamic Center of NM will be providing us with a training on culture, religion and cultural norms of the Afghan Refugees we will be enrolling in our program soon. Please attend if you wish to volunteer with ABQ FaithWorks:
Topic: Islamic Center of NM Presentation
Time: Nov 18, 2021 05:30 PM Mountain Time
Meeting ID: 964 470 5436
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Holy Eucharist to Observe Transgender Day of Remembrance |
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Holy Eucharist for the
LGBTQ+ Ministry
of the Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande
We will observe Transgender Day of Remembrance
Please Join Us
Sunday, November 14, 2021
6:00 pm (mountain time)
in person at The Cathedral of St. John
318 Silver Ave SW, Albuquerque
an outdoor reception will follow the liturgy – food provided
Masks are required when inside the Cathedral
You may also join the liturgy
via Facebook Live
and YouTube
For more information contact
Rev. Spencer Brown or Rev. David Martin at
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1000 Days of Love Campaign |
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Join the ONE THOUSAND DAYS OF LOVE campaign the week of November 13 as we celebrate DAY OF LOVE and highlight good deeds in our homes, congregations, and our communities, focusing on the positive power and the common thread of love that binds us. November 13 will be a day devoted to the positive potential of both large and small acts of love. Watch Presiding Bishop Michael Curry's video about it here.
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Save the Date for Snow Slam 2022! |
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Mark your calendars for February 18-20, 2022! |
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