Welcome to St. Mark’s Online!
We are glad you have found our online headquarters and we hope you’ll join us in worship soon!
Our summer schedule is in effect through Sunday, Oct. 6. We will meet for one worship service, starting at 10:30 a.m. each Sunday.
Our new worship schedule begins Sunday, Oct. 13, with our traditional liturgy starting at 9 a.m., classes for adults and children at 10:15 and our contemporary service at 11:15 a.m.
If you can’t be with us in person, our services are livestreamed on our YouTube channel, where you can also find an archive of previously recorded events.
We hope you’ll join us soon — in whichever way suits you and your family best.
News & People
September 21, 2024
Did you know St. Mark’s has strong ties with Brandywine Hundred Fire Company No. 1, stretching back more than 80 years? Our first service was held on the second floor of the company’s fire house on Jan. 11, 1942. We moved to our current site almost a decade later, and our first service was held in our new building on Christmas Eve 1951. When a disastrous fire broke out in our building in May of 1969, our firefighting neighbors rushed to our aid. You can read more about that fire and our history on our website. This year, Brandywine Hundred Fire Company No. 1 marks its 100th anniversaryand we have plans to join their celebration and honor these first responders.
June 1, 2024
Join us as we launch our new summer schedule and get into something good together! Our summer schedule starts Sunday, June 2, with adult education at 9 a.m., fellowship at 10 and a single worship service at 10:30 a.m. Pastor Kelley will lead our first adult education class of the summer (9 a.m. on June 2), as we discuss the recent visit of Shane Claiborne, a Christian activist from Philadelphia who works for peace and non-violence in local, national and international initiatives. He demonstrated the work of the RAW Tools project during his visit on May 25, using the hammer and anvil in the photograph above to show how lethal weapons can be transformed into useful tools. God does transformative work in us, too, as we connect for study, prayer, worship and service. We also have plans to get together at community events this summer, using those opportunities to get to know each other better and get to know our neighbors better, too. We hope you’ll join us as this new summer journey begins!
May 22, 2024
Join us Saturday afternoon, May 25 for a very special event as the “Youtherans” and Lutheran churches (ELCA) in Delaware and Maryland welcome Shane Claiborne and the “Swords to Plowshares: Forging Peace. Disarming Hearts” project to St. Mark’s. Using a forge and a hammer, Claiborne will demonstrate how weapons of violence — guns that were donated, broken down and decommissioned — can be turned into garden tools and other instruments of peace. The public event will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. at St. Mark’s parking lot. The Raw Tools project draws its inspiration from a Scripture passage in Isaiah: “They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, they will train for war no more. Everyone will sit under their own vine and fig tree. No one shall make them afraid.” Also participating Saturday will be the Rev. Raymont Anderson, a survivor of gun violence and a representative of the Newark chapter of Moms Demand Action, a grassroots movement of Americans fighting for public safety measures that can protect people from gun violence. Claiborne is the co-author of “Beating Guns: Hope for People Who are Weary of Violence.” He worked with Mother Teresa in Calcutta, India, and is the founder of The Simple Way in Philadelphia and the leader of Red Letter Christians, a movement of folks committed to living “as if Jesus meant the things he said.” In 2023, he received The King Center’s Beloved Community Award for Social Justice from Dr. Bernice King, the daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. “We do more than turn guns into garden tools. We are turning violence into peace. We are turning fear into trust. Through relationship, dialogue, and resources, we are welcoming neighbors with loving arms rather than bearing arms. Join us.”
Coming Events
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Christmas Bazaar 2024December 7, 20249 a.m. to 3 p.m.Mark your calendars and prepare now for St. Mark’s annual Christmas Bazaar! The Bazaar will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7. On “Bazaar Eve” — Friday, Dec. 6 — we’ll have our traditional Lasagna Dinner and early-bird Bazaar preview. These popular events offer many opportunities to connect with our community, find some unique gifts, savor wonderful foods and — oh yes! — enjoy the Christmas Lionel train display! We’ll need plenty of Christmas elves to help with these events. If you’d like to join the crew, please connect with Nancy Fuson. More details to come! In the meantime, spread the word and make your plans!