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St Mark's Youth and Family Ministries

THIS WEEK: Sunday October 3

Join us in person and online October 3 for Holy Eucharist Starting this Sunday services are at 9:00am, 11:15am and 5:00pm, with Children's Chapel at the 9:00am service. Please make sure to register your participating children! Register for fall programming and Sunday School here

Coming Soon

Culture Club October 13: Peace Middle and high school students join us for the return of our pop culture deep dive! Each month we'll gather to share video, song poem, or piece of art to share and talk about. Join us on zoom October 13th from 7-8pm.  This month we're talking about peace! What does it look like, sound like and feel like? Where do we see it in pop culture? We will also be featuring our assistant rector Rev. Christopher Phillips as our special guest co-host! Sign up here

Family Craft Sunday October 24 Kids of all ages join us in the 3rd St courtyard for an arts and craft session! We'll be meeting at 10:45, following Sermon Seminar!

Family Resources October 3

Click here for this week's guide to Children's Chapel at home, coloring page, or activity book for the week's lessons

Community

Boys & Girls Choir is Back! We are very excited to introduce Judith Rautenberg, our new Boys & Girls Choir Director! Judith is originally from Germany and comes to us with a wealth of experience in professional singing, choral conducting, and vocal coaching. She most recently worked at the Berlin University of the Arts. She is highly energetic and eager to get our children singing again and rebuild our Boys & Girls Choir! Please join Mrs. Judith for an open rehearsal this Sunday at 11:00 am downstairs in the Elders Room! All children ages 5 and up are invited to attend. Parents are encouraged to observe and participate in the rehearsal, which will last between 30 and 45 minutes. Masks are required. Please email Judith at bgcdirector@stmarks.net if you have any questions.

Attend Sunday Worship In-Person! Our return to worship in the Nave has been successful thanks to everyone’s conscientious and thoughtful adjustments. It has been such a joy to gather in the Nave again and continue to have folks join us online. What do you need to know? You will NOT need to register online before coming to attend church in person. We will need to know who is in the building, and we will either check your name on a pre-printed list created from the directory, or add your name and contact information to a blank list, much like our annual meeting check-in. Entry is still limited to the Baxter Hall doors. Please know that arriving a little early will help get everyone in. Masks will still be required in the church building. Children and immunocompromised people are part of our community. We will continue to love our neighbor and our community and wear a mask. We will continue to honor social distancing respecting each other’s comfort level for distance and physical contact. We have upped our numbers for worship to 100 people, so more people means being more intentional about each other’s space. Before you come to church, your answers should be “Yes” to: I agree to wear a mask over my nose and mouth at all times in church buildings, except for briefly removing my mask to take communion. I agree to only attend worship if I am healthy and I am non-symptomatic (symptoms: Fever ≥ 100.4◦F; sore throat; cough; shortness of breath; chills; vomiting, diarrhea or nausea; pink eye; joint or muscle aches; loss of taste or smell). I agree to maintain a social distance and make no physical contact with anyone beyond members of my household without their permission. I agree to respect any requests for distance and masking to ensure the safety and comfort level of all, even as restrictions are reduced. I confirm that, to the best of my knowledge, in the past seven days, I have not had contact with any person with a presumed diagnosis of COVID 19. I acknowledge that the coronavirus is highly contagious. There is a risk of infection beyond the control of the church despite precautions taken. I will make my own decision about my safety in entering the church building and protecting children and others in my care. We continue moving forward cautiously and with care for each other.

Caleb Nelson Amaker | Youth and Family Ministries | 202.543.0053, ext. 320 | youthdirector@stmarks.net | www.stmarks.net