Worship Schedule
8:30 AM English Worship Service
10:00 AM English Worship Service
12:00 PM Spanish Worship Service
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A message from Pastor Triolo
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Midweek Prayer Worship
In addition to our Sunday worship services, we invite you to join us this summer on Wednesday evenings at 7:30 PM for Holden Evening Prayer with Holy Communion ... beginning Wednesday, July 11, through Wednesday, August 29.
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Dear St, Mark's Family,
Robby and I thank you for your prayers and hugs during Bob's illness and at his passing.
Your warmth and kindness are very much appreciated.
Mary Lou Carroll
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Military Packages Collection: Sunday, July 29
Our recipient this month will be Dan Wanhala and his deployed cohorts. We received his name and information from a contact of Sandy Lind’s.
This is what he says about himself and his unit:
I’ve been deployed for a little over two months now; I should be home right before Thanksgiving. I’m currently deployed to Kandahar Afghanistan (second time around). This is my fourth deployment. I’ve been in the Air Force now 16 years and absolutely love it—have been stationed at 7 bases and have seen a lot of awesome things.
I’m currently a flight sergeant for 32 airman on mid shift, about 24 of them have never deployed and their ages range from 18-24, so they miss home a lot. A lot of us miss the little things from home like candy, popcorn, magazines, dish soap (to wash out protein shakers), deodorant, and pens. I do have 5 females on my flight and they miss the little things that make them feel like a lady, like nail polish for their toes, good hair products.
Thank you for reaching out and I know my airmen will love this
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So, this gives you some ideas in addition to your always-wonderful items of brownies, cookies, jerky, nuts, baby wipes, toiletries, etc.—thank you so much for your generous support!
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Bite-Size Landscaping Projects
St. Mark’s family,
I believe we all love the beauty of nature around St. Mark’s church, but a closer look reveals there are some areas where we could use a little work to maintain our church home. One of these areas is our landscaping. We could use some help to keep some of the areas in a managed beauty. When you start talking about helping with landscaping, it can easily become overwhelming to ask for assistance.
To make the request more manageable, Alan Eck divided some of the needs into smaller, bite-sized projects that one or more folks can do in a short period of time to contribute. Please let either Alan Eck or Al Van Nostrand know if you can help in any of the areas below or simply take one or more areas and then let us know what you did. Thank you in advance for pitching in and helping to keep the grounds in check!
- Weed and trim bushes from south side of driveway from Backlick Road to area east of large oak tree at east side of Brunswick Street.
- Weed around large oak tree at east side of Brunswick Street and between two Crepe Myrtle at north end of Brunswick Street.
- Trim cherry tree (Elmer’s tree) in front of upper Education Wing entrance.
- Weed and trim garden in front of the upper Education Wing entrance.
- Trim Bradford Pear tree at east end of upper parking lot.
- Trim ivy outside Fellowship Hall windows.
- Weed area under Backlick Road sign.
- Trim and remove large weeds growing in bushes at northeast corner of church.
- Trim school playground trees.
- Trim bushes and trees north of school playground and lower parking lot.
- Remove/cut ivy and weeds and trim bushes on west side of lower parking lot.
- Level and plant grass at overgrown garden between lower parking lot and the Friendship House.
- Weed, trim Nandina, and cut back Rose of Sharron from around the deck at Friendship House.
- Remove bushes from behind the oil tank at the Friendship House.
- Clear rear half and weed front half of garden between the Golddust bush and the water spigot in the front of the Friendship House.
- Weed gardens to the left and right of the front door at the Friendship House.
- Trim Crepe Myrtle, especially lower growth, in the upper parking lot.
- Weed, clean-up debris, and trim bushes on south side of the upper parking lot.
- Remove vines from and trim juniper at the southwest corner of the Education Wing.
Al Van Nostrand
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Lunch N’ Life, Thursday, July 19th
WHEN:
Thursday, July 19
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11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
WHERE:
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 5800 Backlick Road, Springfield, VA 22150
WHAT:
Join us to hear Mr. Robert Booth, Retired State Department Counterintelligence, talk about his experience and his book “Leaks, Spies and Lies.”
COST:
$10 for lunch and lecture--bring a non-perishable item of food as well
Click
HERE
for more information! Sponsored by Shepherd's Center
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With support from the Life Center at St. Mark’s, we will again be collecting school supplies and backpacks so that each child will receive a ‘stuffed’ backpack after having their physical. There is a box in the Narthex for donations. All remaining donations will be distributed to ECHO, Lynbrook and Crestwood Elementary Schools, or other community needs.
Patti Bruch
Life Center at St. Mark’s
Any questions or interest in helping with this initiative, please contact me at
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Vacation Bible School 2018: Splash Canyon
will be held July 29 - August 2. Register now! Look for registration forms on the VBS bulletin board in the Narthex and on the St. Mark’s website. The bulletin board also includes a request for monetary gifts. These donations will be used to purchase craft supplies, decorating supplies, and food. Checks (marked
VBS
on the memo line) can be dropped in the offering plate or mailed to the church office. Please continue to bring in paper towel tubes and toilet paper tubes that our decorating team will transform into a waterfall.
Our evening will begin with a family-friendly dinner at 5:30 PM. The program for children ages 3 through rising 6th grade will be from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Rising 7th graders and older may volunteer to help. Using five different Bible stories, we’ll learn how God keeps his promises to be with us always.
Thank you for all the ways in which you support this annual experience for St. Mark’s children and the the community. Anyone who wishes to volunteer or has other questions may contact Harriet Latta at
stmarkssundayschool@gmail.com.
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Already lending a helping hand to VBS
are some of the women (and a coupe of kiddos) of St. Mark's who recently met at Sandy Lind's house to paint our 'waterfall' that will be created out of discarded cardboard tubes. Below are before-and-after photos and click
HERE
to see who and how they did it!
Thank you, ladies!
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Communion Cards.
Please don’t forget to fill out a communion card each time you
worship
. Cards are located in the pew racks. If your address has changed, you can include that information so the church office can update your records. In addition, use of the card allows the church office to enter your communion and attendance in the official church records. Thank you.
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Article Deadline
We need YOUR help! In order that ALL OF US receive the necessary documents for This Week, The Messenger, and the website, please send all articles you wish to have published
no later than 5:00 PM on the Tuesday
before the Sunday you wish for the articles to appear. Send those articles to
communications@stmarks-elca.org
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