For your thought:
And he said to them, "Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions."
-- Luke 12:15
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COVID-19 Update: The CDC has Bernalillo County in the ORANGE (high) level, so masks are MANDATORY indoors, regardless of vaccination status.
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SAINT MARK'S MISSION & OUTREACH |
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This Sunday: Pancakes & Fellowship |
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It's the fifth Sunday of the month, so please join our St. Mark's community for a Pancake Breakfast following the worship service. Please feel free to bring a bowl of fresh fruit to add to the pancake breakfast smorgasbord! |
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St. Mark's Pool Party & Potluck |
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Sunday, August 14th, 6:30-8:30PM
(Northeast corner of Indian School and Girard)
Everyone (members and friends, young and old) is invited to join St. Mark's students, teachers, and families for our "back to school" pool party and potluck supper. Arrive any time after 6:00 p.m. and sign in at the front desk (we'll have the pool all to ourselves from 6:30-8:30). There is a big pool, a baby pool, and lots of tables and chairs for lounging around as you enjoy food and fellowship.
Please bring a "main dish salad", dessert, and/or drinks (alcoholic or non-alcoholic) to share. St. Mark's will provide the cups, plates & napkins. Around 8PM we'll begin to pack up and ~8:15 we'll gather around the pool and close the evening by praying compline together. Join us!
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Asylum Seekers Need Athletic Shoes |
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Once again St. Mark’s will be collecting athletic shoes (slip-ons and laces) for the folks on the buses coming here from El Paso’s Annunciation House.
The ad-hoc group, Albuquerque Asylum Welcome is seeing one bus a week. These travelers are from many countries: Turkey, Cuba, Brazil, and Haiti most recently.
The need is for walking shoes even though most of these people will be heading out in a few days to a sponsor. Usually they travel by plane, but also trains and buses. They stay here in a motel for a few days to get checked for COVID and to make travel arrangements that are typically paid for by their family or friends who are sponsoring them. Each gets a new set of clothes and shoes if available.
Especially needed are men’s sizes 7-9, women’s sizes 5-9 and children’s shoes of all sizes. Don’t break the bank. Discount and big box stores are OK. New or slightly used only, please.
It’s one small thing a person can do about the chaos in our world right now. Please drop them in the rainbow-colored box near the east door to St. Mark’s. Someone will gather them up and take them to Second Presbyterian Church’s clothing bank for asylum seekers. If you have questions, you can email Mary Beth Libbey mblibs52@gmail.com, Pauline Artery arteryp@gmail.com or Mary Ellen Elliott maryellenelliott@gmail.com. If you would like to help serve meals or guide folks through the airport, our contact person is Virginia Dickson vdickson@me.com.
Thank you to all who have donated sweatsuits and shoes in the past.
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Upcoming Meeting for the Sacred Arts Guild |
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Calling All Artists
(And those who like to hang out with artists)
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St. Mark's Sacred Arts Guild brings you the wonderful shows that hang in the Parish Hall. If you are an artist and would like to share your work, or you would just like to help promote the arts, come and join our Guild. The next meeting will be on Wednesday, August 3, at 1:30 p.m. in the library. We will be planning upcoming shows. |
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Summer of Conversation Cafés
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During the summer, we encourage teens, adults, and school-aged kids to utilize the "Sunday School Hour" (~11:15AM-12:15PM) to participate in our Summer of Conversation through Conversation Cafes, and one-on-one conversations. On most summer Sundays, Deacon David or Mother Sylvia will facilitate conversation & storytelling activities for Elementary & Middle-School-aged youth in the library during this hour. If you're new to St. Mark's Summer of Conversation, please be sure seek out a clergy member to help get you started.
A note about child/nursery care: Since we don't presently have any families with young children utilizing nursery care during worship at St. Mark's at this time, for the summer months we will be shifting the nursery care workers schedule to provide nursery care and playground supervision on Summer Sundays from 10:30-12:30PM, enabling families to worship together, and parents and older siblings to use the time following worship for fellowship and "Summer of Conversation" activities and conversations.
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Thursday Eucharist: Summer of Preaching Festival |
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Did you know that every Thursday St. Mark’s has a midweek 11AM Holy Eucharist?
This summer we have invited our retired clergy to offer sermons at our Thursday Eucharist. Our full-time staff members will be preaching during the summer some as well.
Consider it a kind of Summer Preaching Festival featuring: Rev. Rhonda McIntire, Rev. Neil Elliott, Rev. Michael Jupin, Rev. Rob Clark, Rev. Jim Porter and Rev. Billie Abraham. Thursday sermons often reflect on the life of a saint in our Holy Women, Holy Men calendar or on the readings for that day. We are looking forward to hearing some new voices in the pulpit and to building up this midweeks service. St. Mark’s Thursday 11AM Eucharist is a very accessible service, slightly more casual, includes a coffee hour afterwards, and is followed by an amazing small group Bible Study on the Beatitudes. It’s is also a great Eucharist to attend if you know that you might be out of town on Sunday. For the contemplative among us or those seeking quiet, there is also a 30-minute meditative sit in the Stoney Chapel at 10:30 (Enter by Stoney Chapel door in east parking lot) prior to the 11 AM Eucharist.
Hope to see you there.
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...By Mail (St. Mark's has a secure mailbox and is checked regularly): 431 Richmond Place NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106.
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DRG Update: Bishop Hunn's Concerns About the Lambeth Calls |
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Music that Makes Community Fall Retreat |
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Soul Songs for Every Season
October 13-15, 2022
Santa Maria de la Vid Abbey, Albuquerque, NM
Join Mother Sylvia and Music That Makes Community for a spacious, three-day/two-night retreat . As we enjoy the beauty of autumn in the desert, we’ll sing and reflect on the theme “Soul Songs for Every Season.” Recognizing the rapid change and constant pivoting in our lives the past few years, we'll lean into a spacious time for rest and rejuvenation, tune ourselves to the rhythms of the land, and listen for songs and spiritual practices that can sustain us through every season of life.
Registration fees are on a sliding scale and include lodging, all meals (from dinner Thursday to lunch Saturday), and all workshop materials. We ask you to pay what is generous and affordable for you, with gratitude for the time and skill of our presenters. Additional scholarship support is also available, if needed.
The retreat will be led by a dynamic team of musicians and clergy from the United States and Canada, including Sylvia Miller Mutia, David Poole, Patti Powell, Emilie Teresa Smith, and Paul Vasile. There will be regular opportunities for communal worship and reflection, as well as time for personal rest and renewal.
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All are welcome to join us for worship during our Thursday 11 a.m. midweek Holy Eucharists and our Sunday Holy Eucharists at 9:30 a.m. You may join us in person or on Facebook & YouTube.
Come as you are!
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