For your thought:
Jesus answered, “The first is, ‘Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
--Mark 12:29-31
All are welcome to worship with us on Sundays at 9:30 and Thursdays at 11:00 a.m., both virtually and in-person.
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Please come wearing a mask - Masks are required indoors - even if fully vaccinated - per our current State of NM mandate. |
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For a complete listing and schedule of our online / in-person offerings available, please click on the button below: |
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Useful links:
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Fill out a form to volunteer, donate altar flowers, fill out a new member/visitor form, and more!
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Access and/or edit your Member Directory information.
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Access previous sermons.
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For all Stewardship-related materials, including downloadable pledge cards, click here.
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Save the dates:
- 11/7 - All Saints' Feast Day (celebrated)
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SAINT MARK'S MISSION & OUTREACH |
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All Saints' Ofrenda (Virtual & In-Person) |
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To celebrate The Feast of All Saints at St. Mark’s each year, we build an ofrenda.
Traditionally, an ofrenda (“offering,” in Spanish) was put together around the Day of the Dead (El Día de los Muertos) in Latin cultures to welcome those who have died back into your life. Photographs, mementos, and favorite foods were offered to entice loved ones to return.
In our Christian tradition, we make an ofrenda to celebrate and honor the lives of the saints who have traveled this journey before us – loved ones who have helped build the foundation of our spiritual lives and showed us how to be faithful servants of God.
We invite you to participate in this beautiful tradition. Please bring photos of your loved ones who have died: people who made a difference in your lives, from whom you learned unconditional love, who were instrumental in making you the person you are today.
There will be both a virtual and in-person ofrenda. We welcome you to submit your photos of the saints and departed loved ones that you would have us remember in our liturgy.
For the virtual ofrenda submissions, please email names and photos of the faithful departed to Mother Sylvia (email her here) no later than Sunday, October 31st for inclusion in our All Saints’ Day remembrance.
For in-person ofrenda submissions, framed photos, which can stand on their own, work best, but all photos are welcome. We would also encourage everyone bringing in photos or frames to have the name of the departed and the name of the individual who it should be returned to on the back (a small piece of tape or something of that nature works well). If you would like to drop them off at the church during this week, place them in the basket in the narthex and we can put them on the ofrenda for you. You are also welcome to bring photos anytime until and on Sunday, November 7th.
The ofrenda will remain in place through our All Saints’ Day Celebration on Sunday, November 7. After that service you may take your photos home.
We hope everyone will take advantage of this opportunity to celebrate the lives of loved ones.
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We are a little over halfway to our goal with $273,360 in total pledges from 62 households!
Many humble thanks to those who have turned pledges in.
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Help Wanted: Christmas Pageant Filming & Advent Extravaganza |
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Help Wanted: St. Mark's Christmas Pageant Filming and Advent Extravaganza
Saturday, November 27th, 9AM-2PM
St. Mark's is inviting our friends and members, (young and old) to participate in creating a (pre-recorded) Christmas Pageant again this year! We will be filming St. Mark's 2021 Christmas Pageant during our "Advent Extravaganza" at St. Mark's on Saturday, November 27th from 9AM-2PM.
When you're not busy filming a scene, you're invited to pitch in to help bundle greens for Advent Wreaths, help the Youth Group paint an LGBTQ+ Welcoming Rainbow fence, and do whatever else is needed to prepare for Advent...all while enjoying good snacks and good friends!
Please mark your calendars and invite family and friends to join you (in person AND online) for St. Mark's 2021 Pageant Party & World Premiere, the evening Sunday, December 19th!
We need lots of help to make this happen! We'll need help supervising snacks & hospitality; playground; greens bundling; fence painting and costuming! We'll need help recording music, readings, and narration! We'll need help staging and shooting some photos and short scenes! And, OF COURSE, we'll need people of all ages who are willing to put on a costume and bring the Nativity Story to LIFE! (Since we are recording narration separately, there will be no need for any of our pageant players to learn or memorize lines!)
Please sign up here ASAP to let us know your availability and interest in helping out with this year's Advent Extravaganza and Christmas Pageant Filming Party a success!
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We're Getting Ready to Relaunch Education for All Ages at St. Mark's! |
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We're getting ready to relaunch education for all ages at St. Mark's in January 2022!
In order to plan our curriculum and prepare our leaders, we need to know if and how you and your family plan to participate so we can plan accordingly.
If you would like to participate in our education program in Winter/Spring 2022, please register now.
Please complete a separate registration form for EACH member of your household who plans to participate.
Please complete this registration by Dec. 1.
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Parish Event Photographers Needed |
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St. Mark’s is looking for a few people who would be willing to serve as Event Photographers throughout the year at special events or services. We want to have a record of what is happening at our parish throughout the year and high-quality digital photos to use for publications, advertisements, social media and on our website.
Requirements:
- Digital Camera.
- A willing heart and a willingness to have fun while learning about photographing events.
- Some knowledge of thumb drives, digital photo manipulation and cloud photo storage would be plus.
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Tending to Our Hearts Amidst Our Grief |
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Tending To Our Hearts Amidst Our Grief
Sunday, November 21, 11:30AM-1PM
(Facilitator: Donnel Miller-Mutia, Hospital Chaplain & former Hospice Grief Support)
As the seasons change and trees lose their leaves, as the autumn days darken and the winter holidays approach, our personal and communal experiences of grief, loss, and change often rise to the surface. As we encounter life's major transitions and thresholds, let us gather for an hour and a half and mark our journey of healing through stories, art, poems, prayer and songs. Contact Donnel with questions and to RSVP (via email here).
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All are welcome to give and/or pledge to St. Mark's by:
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Mail (St. Mark's has a secure mailbox and is checked regularly): 431 Richmond Place NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106.
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You may give electronically through the Diocese of the Rio Grande Parish Donation site and check the box next to "Albuquerque-St. Mark's". Just fill out the rest of the information and click the Next button at the bottom of the page. Please make sure fill out "special instructions or comment" to let us know how to apply your gift (i.e.: pledge, congregational relief fund, etc.).
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You may give electronically (including pledge payments) to St. Mark's - securely via PayPal® - anytime. Please consider checking the box that reads, "I’d like to add to my donation to help offset the cost of processing."
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Holy Eucharist to Observe Transgender Day of Remembrance |
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Holy Eucharist for the
LGBTQ+ Ministry
of the Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande
We will observe Transgender Day of Remembrance
Please Join Us
Sunday, November 14, 2021
6:00 pm (mountain time)
in person at The Cathedral of St. John
318 Silver Ave SW, Albuquerque
an outdoor reception will follow the liturgy – food provided
Masks are required when inside the Cathedral
You may also join the liturgy
via Facebook Live
and YouTube
For more information contact
Rev. Spencer Brown or Rev. David Martin at
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Save the Date for Snow Slam 2022! |
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Mark your calendars for February 18-20, 2022! |
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1000 Days of Love Campaign |
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Join the ONE THOUSAND DAYS OF LOVE campaign the week of November 13 as we celebrate DAY OF LOVE and highlight good deeds in our homes, congregations, and our communities, focusing on the positive power and the common thread of love that binds us. November 13 will be a day devoted to the positive potential of both large and small acts of love. Watch Presiding Bishop Michael Curry's video about it here.
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Private Showing of Exhibit |
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Private Showing! The Rio Rancho Loma Colorado Library exhibit “Americans and the Holocaust: What did Americans know and what more could they have done?” is open for a special tour for ABQ FaithWorks members and friends at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, November 9, 2021. This renown exhibit draws important parallels between that time in our history and how we are responding to the current immigration situation. Mark your calendar now and bring your family and friends! Read more here.
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