Book Study
Many people add study to their Lenten Practices. This year we are reading the book Witness at the Cross by Amy-Jill Levine. It is a good, and easily accessible book that looks at the people who were present at the Crucifixion.
There is a study guide for the book in the arched bookcase in the parish hall.
We will have an in-person gathering to discuss the book on the Wednesday of Holy Week, March 27 at 6 p.m.
Lent Madness
Lent Madness is a competition of Saints. It is a tournament, like March Madness. Each day during Lent there is a contest between two saints. Anyone can go to lentmadness.org and vote for their favorite saint in the contest.
Saint Mark's is having a Lent Madness pool. All you have to do is fill out a bracket and submit it - along with $5 - to Pastor Vicki by February 14. The winner of the Saint Mark's pool will get to decide where to donate the pool. You can find brackets in the parish hall in the arched bookcase.
Sunday Morning Formation
The Adult Formation program will be looking at various translations of the Bible into English. How they are different and the same and how they all came to be.
Adult formation takes place in the parish hall from 9:30 – 10:15 a.m.
On Sunday, March 3 we will have our First Sunday Outreach program in place of Adult formation. This will be in the parish hall from 9:30 – 10:15 a.m. and will discussions about Saint Mark’s Outreach Ministries and how you can get involved.
Wednesday Program
On Wednesday evenings in Lent we are offering a 3 part program. You can choose to participate in one, two, three or all four parts.
- 5:30 p.m. – Gather for a simple soup & bread supper. There will be a sign-up sheet in the parish hall to provide soup and bread each week.
- 6:15 – 7:15 p.m. – Pysanky Egg Workshop. Pysanky is the art of applying wax to eggs and then dying them. It is a multi-step process and ends with beautiful eggs ready for Easter. Join us in the parish hall.
- 7:30 – 7:45 p.m. – Compline. Compline is the night prayer of the church. It has been prayed by Christians for over 1000 years. We will gather in the church for Compline.
The Wednesday evening program will be held: February 21 & 28 and March 6, 13 & 20.
You can sign up to bring soup or bread to the Wednesday program here or on the poster in the parish hall.
Helping Others
Helping others is a big part of Lent. This year we are collecting personal care items. We will be doing two things with these products. We will be making Grooming Bags for mothers in Vinton County through our partnership with Help Me Grow. We will also be donating them to NNEMAP where they are always in need.
There are two ways that you can help:
1. Make a $20 donation to purchase everything for a Grooming Bag
2. Bring any of the following to church during Lent (please bring full size items)
- Shampoo
- Conditioner
- Body Wash
- Hand Soap
- Toothbrush
- Toothpaste
- Deodorant
- Disposable Razors
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