October 2021 – St. Mark's Online

Just like a good old-fashioned, high school homecoming weekend, the St. Mark’s Homecoming Sunday on October 3^rd was a glorious, festive and truly enjoyable time. The day started with a beautiful, spiritual Unity Service, with inspiring music and singing voices. Everyone then brought their delectable dishes outside for a picnic, where they were met with the aroma of grilling hamburgers and hot dogs. What a great gift to the smell senses. And God blessed us with great weather!

Grillmasters Dwight Novotny and Kevin Carr — Grillmasters Dwight Novotny (left) and Kevin Carr

Sitting down and spending time with our spiritual and loving church family was the highlight of the picnic. Grillmasters Kevin Carr and Dwight Novotny enjoyed the pleasure of chatting with everyone as they came to get their hamburgers and hot dogs.

Dwight said he didn’t mind being at the grill most of the time, “because I had the opportunity to share a little time with everyone, most of whom I haven’t seen in quite a while.”

The festivities included a visit by two special guests, London and Ava, who are members of Girl Scout Troop 1391, the troop that put in a gorgeous flower bed and donated the new picnic table to the church. Interim Pastor David Mueller blessed and dedicated the flower bed, the new picnic table as well as St. Mark’s new roof in a brief ceremony. A big thank you to these Girl Scouts!

Thank you, too, to St. Mark’s Worship & Music Committee and the Congregational Life and Outreach Committee for organizing this wonderful day!

News & People

Holy Week services

March 23, 2024

Holy Week is a precious and momentous time for the St. Mark’s family and all of our siblings in Christ. It is the week we commemorate the death and resurrection of Jesus, our Lord. We start with Palm Sunday, which recalls a day of public acclaim for Jesus. On this day, we will gather for our traditional service at 8:45 a.m. and our contemporary service at 11:15 a.m. See the full schedule by clicking “read more.” If you cannot join us in-person, most services will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel. Links are included below for each service.

GriefShare group to start March 4 at St. Mark’s

February 11, 2024

If you’ve lost a loved one, you know the anguish and the hollow place that once was filled with that precious person. How does life even work when such a powerful bond is severed? Cecilia Cronk knows these feelings. She lost her husband, Homer, in 2018, after 54 years of marriage. Three months after Homer died, Cecelia decided to join a GriefShare support group. She knows the strength it provided for her and the value of the connections made in those meetings, with others who understood. Now she is helping to start a GriefShare group at St. Mark’s. The group will start its first 13-week session at St. Mark’s at 7 p.m., Monday, March 4. “Going to GriefShare meetings was such a comfort after Homer died,” Cecelia said. “I learned that it is OK that my grief journey was not the same as everyone else’s.” Read more to learn how to participate.

Worship with us during this Thanksgiving and Christmas season!

November 11, 2023

A special season is fast approaching! Here are our plans for worship throughout Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve. On Tuesday, Nov. 21, Pastor Kelley will participate in the Community Thanksgiving Service at Holly Oak Calvary Methodist Church, 1511 Philadelphia Pike, Wilmington. The service starts at 7 p.m. On Saturday, Dec. 2, St. Mark’s will host an Advent Prayer Vigil in our sanctuary from 8:30 a.m. to noon, offering time for prayerful meditation on Advent, the coming of the Christ. Meditative Advent music will enhance the experience and an Advent Prayer Guide will be supplied. On Christmas Eve, Sunday, Dec. 24, we will share in a joint worship service with our neighbors at 10 a.m. at Presbyterian Church of the Covenant (503 Duncan Road). Later, we will host Contemporary Family Worship at 4 p.m. and a traditional candlelight service at 8 p.m. On New Year’s Eve, Sunday, Dec. 31, we will host a joint worship service in our sanctuary at 10 a.m.

Month: October 2021

Support for Afghan refugees

A glorious Homecoming Sunday!