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9:45 a.m. Contemporary
11:00 a.m. Traditional
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St. Mark's Lutheran Church by The Narrows
6730 N. 17th St.
Tacoma, WA 98406
Office: 253-752-4966
Preschool: 253-752-4929
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Wednesday Church Night Tonight
5:00-6:30 p.m. Dinner: Grilled cheese, tomato soup, salad
(Suggested donation: $5)
5:00-5:30 p.m. Little Angels Choir (Preschool-K)
5:30-6:00 p.m. Joyful Noise Choir (Grades 1-2)
6:00-6:45 p.m. Jubilation Choir (Grades 3-5)
6:00 p.m. Praise Team Rehearsal
6:15-7:20 p.m. Midweek Renewal
7:30-7:50 p.m. Evensong
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Please Join Us: Semi-Annual Meeting of the Congregation this Sunday, January 26, at 12:15 p.m.
Please plan to join us for this important meeting. Lunch will be served and childcare will be available in the nursery.
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St. Mark's Preschool Registration
St. Mark's Preschool registration for the 2020-2021 school year is just around the corner! It opens for current families and SMLC members on February 3 and everyone else on February 18. There will be an Open House for prospective families on Thursday, February 6, from 6-7 p.m. All registration information can be found at
www.smlutheran.org/preschool/preschool-registration-tuition.
Please contact Katie Jones with any questions at
katie.jones@smlutheran.org
or 253.752.4929.
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St. Mark's Preschool Round Table Takeover!
Mark your calendars! St. Mark's Preschool is having a Round Table Takeover on
Tuesday, January 28! Enjoy pizza and the preschool gets a portion of the sales for the entire day! Lunch or dinner! Eat in, take out, or delivery! Round Table Clubhouse -
2629 N. Pearl St. Thank you!
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Mexico Mission Trip 2020
On Sundays 2/9 and 2/23 at both 9:45 (Library) and 11:00 (FR), we will host a Mexico 2020 Mission Trip Information/ Interest Meeting. This meeting is for those who would like to learn about the annual house-building trip members of St. Mark's make each year to Tijuana, Mexico. Dates for this year's trip are June 26 - July 4.
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December 2019 - General Ministry Fund Financial Update
Offerings for December were $14,489 above budget ($135,680 versus budgeted offerings of $121,191). Fiscal year-to-date (FYTD), we are now $35,857 above budgeted offerings of $479,713, and 7.4% above last year's actual offerings over the same time period.
Expenses for December were $2,091 below budget (spending $84,774 versus a budgeted $86,865). The driving factor - similar to last month - was savings of nearly $4,000 in the Staff line item, which was partially offset by higher-than-budgeted Benevolences because of strong offerings. FYTD, we are $26,650 below budgeted expenses of $485,540. Nearly all those net savings are attributable to our pastoral transition.
The bottom line for December is that we brought in $51,437 more than we spent versus our projection to bring in $34,601 more than we spent. This puts us $16,836 ahead of budget for the month. On a FYTD basis, we are $64,004 ahead of budget on a net basis (i.e., looking at total inflows and outflows). We have brought in $59,827 more than we spent versus a projection to spend $4,177 more than we brought in at this point in the fiscal year.
Please feel free to contact Jennifer Droubay or Mike McKeller in the Church office with any questions. Thank you.
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Women of St. Mark's Meeting: Wednesday, January 29, 6 p.m. in the Library
Come join the discussion of our future programing, structure, and funding. Bring your ideas, suggestions, and plans to engage with our whole community. Thank you to all who participated in the survey.
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Grief Support Group
Grief support meets Friday,
January 31
, at 10:30 a.m. in the Fireside room.
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Children and Youth Faith Formation
Sunday School
for children 3 years old to 12th grade this Sunday at 9:45 a.m.
High School Sunday AM classes in the Fireside Room. This Sunday in the High School Class we will hear from the Terrill Family and their "call" to volunteer and support the Women's Protection Center in Nepal. Come learn about their trip to Nepal this summer and how God has been at work in their lives through this ministry.
Thursdays at St. Mark's
for youth grades 6-12! January 23 and 30: Youth Choir 6:30 p.m.; Youth Marimbas 7:30 p.m. Youth Group meets the 1st & 3rd Thursday of each month.
The Well
for High School Youth resumes this Sunday, January 26, 6:30-7:30 p.m. for high school students. at Kellen and Connor Meade's home (see email for address).
All registration forms are available on the youth board for Spring/Summer youth events and trips. Some have January deadline so sign up soon.
- Synod Youth Retreat March 6-8, Camp Arnold. St. Mark's is taking 8th & 9th grade youth (this is your post-confirmation retreat). Cost: $70.00 pp (Register by February 1).
- May Holden Youth Weekends 9-12th grade youth. May 15-17 (possible travel day May 14). Cost: $155.00 per person (actual cost is $205.00pp). Registration form and $100.00 non-refundable deposit due January 26. Final payment due February 16.
- Flathead Lutheran Bible Camp July 12-17 (travel dates 11 & 18) grades 4-9 (going into 2020 school year). Youth grades 10-12 talk to Ingelaurie about your options for that week. Registration is open at www.flbc.net
- High School Summer Service Immersion Trip-August 13-18 Stevenson WA. Cost: $125.00. We will be spending a week in service at a Native American community on the Columbia River.
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Adult Faith Formation
Sunday Adult Forum
9:45 a.m.
Wednesday Adult Faith Formation
Wednesday Morning Bible Study meets in the #1 Commons Classroom. Visiting with coffee begins at 9:15. We have varying bible experiences, share our insights and concerns, and are now studying Proverbs.
Come and join us! Questions? Linda Durant (253) 363-8202,
hotdouug@harbornet.com.
Wednesday Noon Text Study Luncheon
We gather for lunch and for conversation at noon in the Parish Commons Classroom and study around the texts that will be heard in worship the following Sunday.
Conversation will be guided by the pastor who will be preaching, and by the insights and questions of the group.
Midweek Renewal
Pastor Hallie is teaching a 5-week series on music and theology. Today's session surveys Bach's six solo suites for cello. We will listen across the suites for the arc of Christ's life. Come listen, discuss, and enjoy these cello favorites!
Lydia Circle meets the first Tuesday of the month at noon in the Parish Commons Classroom. Everyone is welcome to bring a sack lunch and join us.
Fully Alive Bible Study:
The Fully Alive Bible Study meets Tuesday evenings at 5:15 p.m. in the Upper Fireside Room. We will continue our study of the women of the Bible with the life of Gomer, the wife of the prophet Hosea. She's an interesting woman!
Please join us. All are welcome. For information, contact Sherry Maiura at 253.303.1681.
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Gala Event: Supporting Empowering Life Prison Ministry
Pastor Annie Jones-Barnes - our area's only African-American Lutheran woman pastor and a key person in Empowering Life's ministry at the Washington Correction Center for Women (Purdy) - is an extraordinary musician. Her soul-infused jazz band, HYBRID, will be in concert for our:
St. Valentine's Celebration
Saturday, February 8
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
St. Mark's by the Narrows
Hybrid
- Annie's jazz/soul band
Elegant desserts
, a silent auction and an opportunityto learn how we at St. Mark's are helping women incarcerated at the Washington correction centers for woman (Purdy & Mission Creek) through EMPOWERING LIFE.
$15.00 - suggested donation. Auction item donations are appreciated.
Make your reservation at table in the narthex or contact Joan Nelson at joan2nelson@comcast.netor 253-208-3307. Or, send your check to Empowering Life, PO Box 1803, Gig Harbor, WA 98335 with number in your party.
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Moral Voices, Moral Choices
The Peace and Justice Committee at St. Mark's invites us all to use our moral voices to advocate for justice in the following areas: food, housing, creation, and immigration. We are also invited to make moral choices in our personal behavior that impact these areas.
Recent news in
Forbes
and
The Washington Post
tell us that the U.S. population growth rate has fallen to its lowest rate (0.48%) in 100 years and the decade of 2010 - 2019 saw the slowest 10 year growth since we became a nation under the constitution in 1790. The causes of this low growth rate are increased mortality and decreased immigration. Those here are living longer and those not here are being prevented to coming due to the change in immigration policies. The implications of having a slower growth rate are many for the US economy and are discussed in the articles cited above, but the implications for the country on the basis of historical, cultural, and moral considerations are deep and significant for people of faith. St. Mark's has sponsored families from Africa and Europe in recent years as an outpouring of our calling to welcome the stranger and extend opportunity and refuge to those in need. It is a part of our American story that as a nation of immigrants we continue that ongoing welcoming cycle and it has given this nation a depth that few other nations enjoy.
The present administration is severely cutting admissions into the country, even of those seeking asylum. In the next few months, we will look at the specifics of some of these policies and the implications they have for people of faith. For now, please consider seeking out more information from the following resources:
1) Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) is one of the leading immigration agencies in the country. It has proudly resettled over 500,000 immigrants in its 80 year history. The website,
www.lirs.org,
is a source of information and advocacy. Consider signing up to receive their newsletter. You'll find the link at the bottom of their main web page.
3)
Google Alerts
- Google will send you news on any topic you choose. Consider making one for immigration. You can set it up to give you a weekly digest of important stories that come straight to your email inbox.
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Church Office Hours
The church office is open
Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m.-noon, 1:00-4:00 p.m
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Sunday from 9:30-11:00 a.m.
*The door to the office is locked during preschool hours (8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.); please knock or ring the doorbell and someone will let you in promptly!
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