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Saint Mark Presbyterian
Church
Weekly eNews
One Worship Service at 10:00AM
Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Holy Communion
Food First Sunday
- Bible readings: Hebrews 13:1-8; 15-16 and Luke 14:1, 7-14
- Sermon: did you respond to the wedding invitation?
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The Session has called a congregational meeting immediately following worship on Sunday, September 1 for the purpose of hearing a report from the Nominating team and voting on the slate of elders and deacons.
Bring your Donations for
Manna Food
C
enter this Sunday!
The office will be closed on Monday, September 2nd for Labor Day.
Adult Sunday school begins on Sept. 8
What does the Bible and the church have to say about what is going on in our world and in our nation today? We are fortunate to have Dr. Bill May lead conversations on "Testing the National Covenant: Fears & Appetites in American Politics" for our adult education for
September and October. Dr. May will weave in insights from his book of that name and from scripture and the conversation will center on the Bible's response to the world's tendency to fear.
Youth Group kicks off on Sept. 8!
If you are new to Saint Mark or have a rising 6th grader, you are invited to join the Saint Mark youth group! We have a weekly email with our youth group activities where you can get all the info you need and RSVP for our gatherings. If you want to be included on that email, please email our YG communications coordinator Barb Welsh at
yg.smpc@gmail.com. Expect to be hearing from Pastor Shelby soon too!
Calling all singers!
Chancel Choir rehearsals will resume on Thursday, September 5. We meet each Thursday evening for rehearsal from 7:30 to 9:00 PM, and each Sunday morning at 10:30 AM in the choir room for the 11:00 AM service, except on Spirit & Service Sundays, when we sing at the 9:30a.m. The group currently consists of 15 members, and is lead by a few professional section leaders. All are welcome. Please contact Jeff Doenges if you have any questions.
SAVE THE DATE: OCTOBER 13 AND 20: Pastoral Conversation
Pastor Roy Howard will be leading a pastoral conversation the Art of Living Well and the Art of Dying Well. It's not as morbid as it may sound to some of you! This will be a good conversation for older and younger members, including those who are facing end of life concerns as well as those who are caring for parents or spouses facing the same. Living Well includes Dying Well. What are your questions about end-of-life that you never get a chance to ask or discuss? Join the conversation with others who likely share the same concerns.
Hosted by Betty and Jerry Lowrie at the Fox Hill residence in Bethesda from 3-4:30 Sunday afternoon.
Contact Pastor Roy to attend and for questions:
pastor@saintmarkpresby.org
Book Lovers 2019-2020 Season starts soon!
The first meeting is Monday, September 9th at 1:00-2:30 in the High School room (109). Our first book is Pachinko by Min Jin Lee.
A New York Times Top Ten Book of the Year and National Book Award finalist, "Pachinko" is an "extraordinary epic" of four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family as they fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan (San Francisco Chronicle).
Richly told and profoundly moving, Pachinko is a story of love, sacrifice, ambition, and loyalty. From bustling street markets to the halls of Japan's finest universities to the pachinko parlors of the criminal underworld, Lee's complex and passionate characters--strong, stubborn women, devoted sisters and sons, fathers shaken by moral crisis--survive and thrive against the indifferent arc of history.
Any questions - contact Phyllis Norrie (
phylnorrie@gmail.com).
Megan and Nick Coval and big sister Annie have welcomed a new baby to their family.
Her name is Grace. We have set up a Meal Train to help them in these early days getting used to being a bigger family. This is the link to the Meal Trail:
https://mealtrain.com/m1oq97
. Click on the link to sign up and get information about preferences and drop-off times.
Library Mission Team Breaking News!!
CELEBRATE SAINT MARK AUTHORS
with a display of their books in the Atrium
Sundays, September 15, 22, and 29
On September 15 10:30 to 11:00 meet and greet the authors :
Roy Howard, Jim Macdonell, Bill May, Alice Miller, Cindy Morgan.
On September 22 and 29 check out books from the library display.
Prayer Group Forming
Want to deepen your prayer life but don't really know how to start? Feel intimidated about praying in public? Wonder if there are other ways to pray?
Come join us as we take time out of our busy week to pray and learn together. Absolutely no experience required!!
The group will meet at the home of the Ashers Thursday evenings from 7-8pm. Meetings will begin in October. All are welcome! Come each week or drop in when you can. For more information Please contact Marlise Asher at
littlesilverinn@verizon.net or Jenn Carr at
evans.jenniferc@gmail.com
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Shelter meals
Saint Mark will be providing meals for the Women's Assessment Shelter on Taft Court in Rockville for September 23-29. The 35 women we will be serving at the shelter are undertaking rehabilitation to prepare them to move from homeless to long term housing. The signup genius link for helping with this project is listed here.
Please consider participating in this service project by providing food, money, and hands-on help and indicate this on the signup genius site.
Ray Mountain is available to answer questions.
The Legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer has been
rescheduled for October 12th in the Sanctuary
A One-Person Play Adapted and Performed by Al Staggs brings the life of one of the great heroes of the twentieth century to the stage.
Childcare available - no charge but a reservation needs to be made by sending email to Marlise Burr-Asher (
littlesilverinn@verizon.net)
Add Saint Mark email addresses to a "safe sender" list to prevent emails from ending up in the spam folder. Click
here
to learn how.
In our prayers this week:
-Pray for Nicole Bratton, George Casper and Olivia Kaufmann, all beginning their freshman year of college! Pray for their families as well, and for all our students transitioning back to school.
-David Lyman battling terminal brain cancer
-Pray for Phil Cota as he goes through cancer therapy
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Saint Mark Presbyterian Church 10701 Old Georgetown Road North Bethesda, Maryland 20852 www.saintmarkpresby.org 301-530-8141 Pastor Roy Howard 301-530-8143 Associate Pastor Shelby Etheridge 301-530-8142 Office Administrator Christina Stefanelli 301-530-0600 Main Number
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