The Remarks

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Wednesday Night Dinner

September 20 | Low Country Boil

Includes boiled shrimp, sausage, corn, red potatoes plus chicken salad, macaroni and cheese, and many more tasty delights.

All dinners include an assortment of salads. desserts and iced tea.

Cost is $11 per person. $10 for seniors 65 and over.

Make your reservations now for Wednesday Night Dinners.

Wednesday Midweek Retreat Events

5:00 PM - Book Study with Pastor Carolyn - Room 111

5:30 PM - Wednesday Night Dinner and Fellowship - Wade Hall

6:30 PM - #BeUMC Class - Wade Hall Conference Room

6:30 PM - Disciple Fast Track - Old Testament - Room 111

7:30 PM - Chancel Choir Rehearsal - McDowell Fine Arts Center

2023 Pride Sunday Volunteers Needed

Saint Mark's Pride Sunday is just around the corner, and we need your help to make it awesome!

Whether you've got a few hours or the whole day, every volunteer hand counts. Jump on this link to snag a volunteer slot, to help with lunch on the front lawn, decorating the truck for the parade, or handing out water.

Let's come together and make this day shine!

PRIDE Day Lunch

Order your Pride Day lunch today so you won't have to stand in the payment line the day of Pride. $20 per lunch.

PRIDE Auto Insurance Questions

If you are an auto insurance agent and can answer questions concerning our need for the PRIDE float, please reach out to Robert Gilleo at RJGilleo@stmarkumc.org.

Saint Mark's own Church Treasurer, Joel Black, will be walking in the AIDS Walk this year. Help support Joel's fundraising efforts. He will match your contribution dollar for dollar.

Bisexual+ Awareness Week seeks to accelerate the acceptance of the bi+ (bisexual, pansexual, fluid, no label, queer, etc.) community.

#BiWeek draws attention to the experiences, while also celebrating the resiliency of, the bisexual+ community. Throughout #BiWeek, allies and bi+ people learn about the history, culture, community, and current policy priorities of bi+ communities.

Did you know…more than half of the LGBTQ+ community identities as Bi+?

More than half of LGBTQ adults (54.6 percent) identify as bisexual. In fact, research estimates that there are more people who identify as Bi+ than lesbian and gay people combined. If you are interested in learning more about the LGBTQ+ community, click here to see see the article.

Sunday, September 24, 2023

Our Life Hack Series continues with...

Rev. Dr. Carolyn A. Stephens, preaching at 9 & 11 AM.

Don Schoner’s Celebration of Life

On Saturday, September 30, 2023 at 1 PM, please join Don’s husband, Bobby Strickland, for a time of celebration here at Saint Mark UMC. Wear comfortable clothes and fun colors. There's no minister, no formal program. There will be an open mic and you are welcome to share a favorite story with the group, but it's totally up to you. Bobby will be facilitating the celebration. He will be speaking from his heart, and hopes you do the same.  We will be together for two hours.

Hispanic Heritage Month

Hear and see an array of voices and stories that we will be bring to you during the Hispanic Heritage Month. We start with 1968 Chicano Rights Movement  and Sylvia Rivera

How a 1968 Student Protest Fueled a Chicano Rights Movement - This 11-minute video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWWWPW7I0iU, examines how thousands of high school students walked out of classes in East Los Angeles in 1968 to protest inequality for Mexican Americans in the public education system. Among the students' concerns were classes that omitted Hispanic history, a lack of bilingual teachers and a system that steered Chicano students to vocational training rather than college-prep classes. 

Sylvia Rivera was born on July 2, 1951 and died February 19, 2002. She’s best known for her advocacy of trans rights; “Rivera was influential in forming the Gay Liberation Front and the Gay Activist Alliance” (Singleton). As a resident of New York, she was a member and initiator of the Stonewall Riot of 1969. While most people know her for her trans activism, she also, “fought hard against the exclusion of transgender people from the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act in New York and was a loud and persistent voice for the rights of people of color and low-income queers and trans people”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ODJ5gNcGho

Your generosity allows us to love, accept, and serve the people of our community. To donate to Saint Mark, click the button below.

September 17 | Congregational Listening Session | 12:15 PM

September 23 | AIDS Walk | Piedmont Park

October 1 | Congregational Listening Session | 12:15 PM

An Evening with Thressa Gardner Price has been canceled.

As a United Methodist Church we are proud to be a congregation with open hearts, open minds, and open doors. We strive to be a congregation that embodies God’s absolute love and hospitality, proclaiming Jesus as our savior and as our model of the ultimate embodiment of God’s love. We believe that all persons are of sacred worth and dignity as part of God’s good creation. Saint Mark United Methodist Church welcomes all persons into the full life and ministry of our congregation, regardless of race, culture, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, family, or socioeconomic status, physical or mental ability, or faith history.

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