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St. Mark's Calendar

	January 2025
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			1 Office Closed Office Closed January 1, 2025 See more details •	2 Daisy Troop Daisy Troop January 2, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Great Room - Brenda Bilous See more details A A Meeting A A Meeting January 2, 2025 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Great Room Northern Delaware Intergroup 24 Hr Phone: (302)655-5113 Main: (302)655-5999 Site: www.ndiaa.org See more details • •	3 AA Meeting AA Meeting January 3, 2025 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Great Room KEY HOLDERS Kelly McKinley. - 302-442-2958 Will B. - 302-220-0175 Fred H. - 215-760-2114 Tom G. - (I will follow up with his phone number once I have it) FUTURE KEY HOLDERS Barry S. - 302-993-6190 Kiran C. - 302-853-5444 See more details •	4 AA Meeting AA Meeting January 4, 2025 8:00 am - 9:00 am Great Room KEY HOLDERS Kelly McKinley. - 302-442-2958 Will B. - 302-220-0175 Fred H. - 215-760-2114 Tom G. - (I will follow up with his phone number once I have it) FUTURE KEY HOLDERS Barry S. - 302-993-6190 Kiran C. - 302-853-5444 See more details AA Meeting AA Meeting January 4, 2025 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Great Room KEY HOLDERS Kelly McKinley. - 302-442-2958 Will B. - 302-220-0175 Fred H. - 215-760-2114 Tom G. - (I will follow up with his phone number once I have it) FUTURE KEY HOLDERS Barry S. - 302-993-6190 Kiran C. - 302-853-5444 See more details • •
5 Traditional Worship Service Traditional Worship Service January 5, 2025 9:00 am - 10:00 am Sanctuary Holy Communion every Sunday at the rail See more details Adult Ed - SR Adult Ed - SR January 5, 2025 10:15 am - 11:15 am Seminary Room See more details Christian Ed 3-12 yr olds Christian Ed 3-12 yr olds January 5, 2025 10:15 am - 11:15 am Kindergarten Room God is Love: Meeting Jesus See more details Contemporary Worship Service Contemporary Worship Service January 5, 2025 11:15 am - 12:15 pm Sanctuary Communion is served every worship service as continual See more details Bible Study Bible Study January 5, 2025 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Panera Bread, 2311 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA Leaders: Vicki Jackson Gail Rodger See more details AA Meeting AA Meeting January 5, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Great Room KEY HOLDERS Kelly McKinley. - 302-442-2958 Will B. - 302-220-0175 Fred H. - 215-760-2114 Tom G. - (I will follow up with his phone number once I have it) FUTURE KEY HOLDERS Barry S. - 302-993-6190 Kiran C. - 302-853-5444 See more details • • • • • •	6 to be Resch Fire Sup Ins to be Resch Fire Sup Ins January 6, 2025 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Kitchen See more details G. S. Troop #440 G. S. Troop #440 January 6, 2025 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Great Room Tyesha McCray Troop Leader See more details Grief Share Program Grief Share Program January 6, 2025 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Seminary Room Cecelia Cronk - Chair Selma Tepper, Vicki Jackson, Sandy Pierson See more details • • •	7 Retired Men's Lunch Retired Men's Lunch January 7, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Great Room See more details G. S. Troop #249 G. S. Troop #249 January 7, 2025 5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Great Room Lisa Taylor Troop Leader See more details G. S. Troop 1391 G. S. Troop 1391 January 7, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Great Room Brenda Bilous Troop See more details • • •	8 Adult Bible Study Adult Bible Study January 8, 2025 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Zoom Meeting ID: 832 4500 1778 Pass Code: 685960 Leaders: Don Roberts & Vicki McDowell, e-mail: vickimcdowell@yahoo.com, phone: 909-225-1920 See more details G. S. Troop#424 G. S. Troop#424 January 8, 2025 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Great Room Pastor Kelley & Pastor Robbie are Troop Leaders See more details Souls on Fire Souls on Fire January 8, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Sanctuary See more details • • •	9 Daisy Troop Daisy Troop January 9, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Great Room - Brenda Bilous See more details Choir Rehearsal Choir Rehearsal January 9, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Choir Room See more details A A Meeting A A Meeting January 9, 2025 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Great Room Northern Delaware Intergroup 24 Hr Phone: (302)655-5113 Main: (302)655-5999 Site: www.ndiaa.org See more details • • •	10 AA Meeting AA Meeting January 10, 2025 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Great Room KEY HOLDERS Kelly McKinley. - 302-442-2958 Will B. - 302-220-0175 Fred H. - 215-760-2114 Tom G. - (I will follow up with his phone number once I have it) FUTURE KEY HOLDERS Barry S. - 302-993-6190 Kiran C. - 302-853-5444 See more details •	11 AA Meeting AA Meeting January 11, 2025 8:00 am - 9:00 am Great Room KEY HOLDERS Kelly McKinley. - 302-442-2958 Will B. - 302-220-0175 Fred H. - 215-760-2114 Tom G. - (I will follow up with his phone number once I have it) FUTURE KEY HOLDERS Barry S. - 302-993-6190 Kiran C. - 302-853-5444 See more details AA Meeting AA Meeting January 11, 2025 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Great Room KEY HOLDERS Kelly McKinley. - 302-442-2958 Will B. - 302-220-0175 Fred H. - 215-760-2114 Tom G. - (I will follow up with his phone number once I have it) FUTURE KEY HOLDERS Barry S. - 302-993-6190 Kiran C. - 302-853-5444 See more details • •
12 Traditional Worship Service Traditional Worship Service January 12, 2025 9:00 am - 10:00 am Sanctuary Holy Communion every Sunday at the rail See more details Adult Ed - SR Adult Ed - SR January 12, 2025 10:15 am - 11:15 am Seminary Room See more details Christian Ed 3-12 yr olds Christian Ed 3-12 yr olds January 12, 2025 10:15 am - 11:15 am Kindergarten Room God is Love: Meeting Jesus See more details Contemporary Worship Service Contemporary Worship Service January 12, 2025 11:15 am - 12:15 pm Sanctuary Communion is served every worship service as continual See more details Leadership Council Meeting Leadership Council Meeting January 12, 2025 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Seminary Room See more details Bible Study Bible Study January 12, 2025 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Panera Bread, 2311 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA Leaders: Vicki Jackson Gail Rodger See more details G. S. Service Team Mtg. G. S. Service Team Mtg. January 12, 2025 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Seminary Room See more details AA Meeting AA Meeting January 12, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Great Room KEY HOLDERS Kelly McKinley. - 302-442-2958 Will B. - 302-220-0175 Fred H. - 215-760-2114 Tom G. - (I will follow up with his phone number once I have it) FUTURE KEY HOLDERS Barry S. - 302-993-6190 Kiran C. - 302-853-5444 See more details • • • • • • • •	13 G. S. Troop #440 G. S. Troop #440 January 13, 2025 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Great Room Tyesha McCray Troop Leader See more details Grief Share Program Grief Share Program January 13, 2025 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Seminary Room Cecelia Cronk - Chair Selma Tepper, Vicki Jackson, Sandy Pierson See more details Altar Guild Altar Guild January 13, 2025 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Zoom See more details • • •	14 G. S. Troop #249 G. S. Troop #249 January 14, 2025 5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Great Room Lisa Taylor Troop Leader See more details G. S. Troop 1391 G. S. Troop 1391 January 14, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Great Room Brenda Bilous Troop See more details • •	15 Deadline for The Lion Articles Deadline for The Lion Articles January 15, 2025 Articles are due the 15 of every month See more details Audit of Jun Fin. books Audit of Jun Fin. books January 15, 2025 9:30 am - 11:30 am See more details Adult Bible Study Adult Bible Study January 15, 2025 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Zoom Meeting ID: 832 4500 1778 Pass Code: 685960 Leaders: Don Roberts & Vicki McDowell, e-mail: vickimcdowell@yahoo.com, phone: 909-225-1920 See more details G. S. Troop#424 G. S. Troop#424 January 15, 2025 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Great Room Pastor Kelley & Pastor Robbie are Troop Leaders See more details Souls on Fire Souls on Fire January 15, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Sanctuary See more details • • • • •	16 Daisy Troop Daisy Troop January 16, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Great Room - Brenda Bilous See more details Choir Rehearsal Choir Rehearsal January 16, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Choir Room See more details A A Meeting A A Meeting January 16, 2025 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Great Room Northern Delaware Intergroup 24 Hr Phone: (302)655-5113 Main: (302)655-5999 Site: www.ndiaa.org See more details • • •	17 AA Meeting AA Meeting January 17, 2025 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Great Room KEY HOLDERS Kelly McKinley. - 302-442-2958 Will B. - 302-220-0175 Fred H. - 215-760-2114 Tom G. - (I will follow up with his phone number once I have it) FUTURE KEY HOLDERS Barry S. - 302-993-6190 Kiran C. - 302-853-5444 See more details •	18 AA Meeting AA Meeting January 18, 2025 8:00 am - 9:00 am Great Room KEY HOLDERS Kelly McKinley. - 302-442-2958 Will B. - 302-220-0175 Fred H. - 215-760-2114 Tom G. - (I will follow up with his phone number once I have it) FUTURE KEY HOLDERS Barry S. - 302-993-6190 Kiran C. - 302-853-5444 See more details AA Meeting AA Meeting January 18, 2025 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Great Room KEY HOLDERS Kelly McKinley. - 302-442-2958 Will B. - 302-220-0175 Fred H. - 215-760-2114 Tom G. - (I will follow up with his phone number once I have it) FUTURE KEY HOLDERS Barry S. - 302-993-6190 Kiran C. - 302-853-5444 See more details • •
19 Traditional Worship Service Traditional Worship Service January 19, 2025 9:00 am - 10:00 am Sanctuary Holy Communion every Sunday at the rail See more details Adult Ed - SR Adult Ed - SR January 19, 2025 10:15 am - 11:15 am Seminary Room See more details Christian Ed 3-12 yr olds Christian Ed 3-12 yr olds January 19, 2025 10:15 am - 11:15 am Kindergarten Room God is Love: Meeting Jesus See more details Contemporary Worship Service Contemporary Worship Service January 19, 2025 11:15 am - 12:15 pm Sanctuary Communion is served every worship service as continual See more details Bible Study Bible Study January 19, 2025 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Panera Bread, 2311 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA Leaders: Vicki Jackson Gail Rodger See more details AA Meeting AA Meeting January 19, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Great Room KEY HOLDERS Kelly McKinley. - 302-442-2958 Will B. - 302-220-0175 Fred H. - 215-760-2114 Tom G. - (I will follow up with his phone number once I have it) FUTURE KEY HOLDERS Barry S. - 302-993-6190 Kiran C. - 302-853-5444 See more details • • • • • •	20 G. S. Troop #440 G. S. Troop #440 January 20, 2025 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Great Room Tyesha McCray Troop Leader See more details Grief Share Program Grief Share Program January 20, 2025 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Seminary Room Cecelia Cronk - Chair Selma Tepper, Vicki Jackson, Sandy Pierson See more details • •	21 Quality 3 Inspection Quality 3 Inspection January 21, 2025 8:30 am - 9:45 am Kitchen Stove Hood See more details G. S. Troop #249 G. S. Troop #249 January 21, 2025 5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Great Room Lisa Taylor Troop Leader See more details G. S. Troop 1391 G. S. Troop 1391 January 21, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Great Room Brenda Bilous Troop See more details • • •	22 Adult Bible Study Adult Bible Study January 22, 2025 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Zoom Meeting ID: 832 4500 1778 Pass Code: 685960 Leaders: Don Roberts & Vicki McDowell, e-mail: vickimcdowell@yahoo.com, phone: 909-225-1920 See more details G. S. Troop#424 G. S. Troop#424 January 22, 2025 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Great Room Pastor Kelley & Pastor Robbie are Troop Leaders See more details Souls on Fire Souls on Fire January 22, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Sanctuary See more details • • •	23 Daisy Troop Daisy Troop January 23, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Great Room - Brenda Bilous See more details Choir Rehearsal Choir Rehearsal January 23, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Choir Room See more details A A Meeting A A Meeting January 23, 2025 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Great Room Northern Delaware Intergroup 24 Hr Phone: (302)655-5113 Main: (302)655-5999 Site: www.ndiaa.org See more details • • •	24 AA Meeting AA Meeting January 24, 2025 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Great Room KEY HOLDERS Kelly McKinley. - 302-442-2958 Will B. - 302-220-0175 Fred H. - 215-760-2114 Tom G. - (I will follow up with his phone number once I have it) FUTURE KEY HOLDERS Barry S. - 302-993-6190 Kiran C. - 302-853-5444 See more details •	25 AA Meeting AA Meeting January 25, 2025 8:00 am - 9:00 am Great Room KEY HOLDERS Kelly McKinley. - 302-442-2958 Will B. - 302-220-0175 Fred H. - 215-760-2114 Tom G. - (I will follow up with his phone number once I have it) FUTURE KEY HOLDERS Barry S. - 302-993-6190 Kiran C. - 302-853-5444 See more details AA Meeting AA Meeting January 25, 2025 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Great Room KEY HOLDERS Kelly McKinley. - 302-442-2958 Will B. - 302-220-0175 Fred H. - 215-760-2114 Tom G. - (I will follow up with his phone number once I have it) FUTURE KEY HOLDERS Barry S. - 302-993-6190 Kiran C. - 302-853-5444 See more details • •
26 Sojourners' Place Breakfast Sojourners' Place Breakfast January 26, 2025 7:10 am - 8:40 am Sojourners' Place, 2901 Governor Printz Blvd, Wilmington, DE 19802, USA Breakfast is taken to Sojourners' Place by a few members of the congregation See more details Unity Worship Service Unity Worship Service January 26, 2025 10:00 am - 11:00 am Sanctuary Communion is served every worship service as continual See more details Annual Meeting of the Congregation Annual Meeting of the Congregation January 26, 2025 11:15 am - 12:45 pm Sanctuary See more details Bible Study Bible Study January 26, 2025 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Panera Bread, 2311 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA Leaders: Vicki Jackson Gail Rodger See more details The Youtherans The Youtherans January 26, 2025 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Delmarva Youth Gathering, St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Newark De outdoor games, devotion time, and planning See more details AA Meeting AA Meeting January 26, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Great Room KEY HOLDERS Kelly McKinley. - 302-442-2958 Will B. - 302-220-0175 Fred H. - 215-760-2114 Tom G. - (I will follow up with his phone number once I have it) FUTURE KEY HOLDERS Barry S. - 302-993-6190 Kiran C. - 302-853-5444 See more details • • • • • •	27 Evangelism and Outreach Working Group Evangelism and Outreach Working Group January 27, 2025 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Seminary Room See more details G. S. Troop #440 G. S. Troop #440 January 27, 2025 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Great Room Tyesha McCray Troop Leader See more details Grief Share Program Grief Share Program January 27, 2025 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Seminary Room Cecelia Cronk - Chair Selma Tepper, Vicki Jackson, Sandy Pierson See more details • • •	28 G. S. Troop #249 G. S. Troop #249 January 28, 2025 5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Great Room Lisa Taylor Troop Leader See more details G. S. Troop 1391 G. S. Troop 1391 January 28, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Great Room Brenda Bilous Troop See more details Worship & Music Worship & Music January 28, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Conference Room Barbara Breisch See more details • • •	29 Adult Bible Study Adult Bible Study January 29, 2025 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Zoom Meeting ID: 832 4500 1778 Pass Code: 685960 Leaders: Don Roberts & Vicki McDowell, e-mail: vickimcdowell@yahoo.com, phone: 909-225-1920 See more details G. S. Troop#424 G. S. Troop#424 January 29, 2025 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Great Room Pastor Kelley & Pastor Robbie are Troop Leaders See more details Souls on Fire Souls on Fire January 29, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Sanctuary See more details • • •	30 Staff Meeting Staff Meeting January 30, 2025 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Conference Room Rick to report on Security Conference See more details Daisy Troop Daisy Troop January 30, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Great Room - Brenda Bilous See more details Choir Rehearsal Choir Rehearsal January 30, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Choir Room See more details A A Meeting A A Meeting January 30, 2025 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Great Room Northern Delaware Intergroup 24 Hr Phone: (302)655-5113 Main: (302)655-5999 Site: www.ndiaa.org See more details • • • •	31 Set up for Pinewood Derby Cub Scout #99 Set up for Pinewood Derby Cub Scout #99 January 31, 2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Great Room See more details AA Meeting AA Meeting January 31, 2025 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Great Room KEY HOLDERS Kelly McKinley. - 302-442-2958 Will B. - 302-220-0175 Fred H. - 215-760-2114 Tom G. - (I will follow up with his phone number once I have it) FUTURE KEY HOLDERS Barry S. - 302-993-6190 Kiran C. - 302-853-5444 See more details • •

Barb Breisch

Barbara Breisch

After moving to Delaware, I came to St. Mark’s looking for a new church. I found a new church home and family.

- Barbara Breisch

Historic photo of Brandywine Hundred Fire Company No. 1

Celebrating the centennial of Brandywine Hundred Fire Company No. 1!

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.

Get into something good with us this summer!

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!

Swords to Plowshares: ‘Youtherans’ host Shane Claiborne at St. Mark’s May 25

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.”