The Remarks

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Mid-Week Retreats

Please join us each Wednesday for food, fun, and fellowship.

5:00 pm | "Celebration of Discipline" Book Study | Room 111

5:30 pm | Wednesday Night Fellowship Supper | Wade Hall

6:30 pm | Vespers | Room 209 

6:30 pm | "Jesus and the Disinherited" Book Study | Room 205

6:30 pm | "Who is Pauli Murray?" Documentary | Wade Hall

7:30 pm | Chancel Choir Rehearsal | Choir Room | 3rd Floor Education Building 

Sunday, January 29, 2023

4th Sunday after Epiphany

(Re)Building a Legacy: Committing to Work

Nehemiah 2:11-18

Rev. Jess Cusick, Preaching

Park (HOPEFULLY!!) & Make Your Mark

"Make Your Mark" Day is back - and this one is extra special because volunteers will HOPEFULLY be among the first to PARK in our new parking deck!

Join us on Saturday, February 18th from 9 am – 1 pm as we gather to spruce up our space while enjoying time together. We are looking for at least 60 people this time - yes, we want to make this this biggest one ever. There will be projects for ages 8+ and all physical abilities.

Arrive for breakfast around 8:45 and start making your mark from 9 am to 1 pm, with lunch provided. You will still have time to enjoy your weekend as well as have some fun with your Saint Mark family. 

Sign up and share your project passion via this link:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Feb18-Park-MakeYourMarkDay

This Week's Prayer Requests

• Bob Brown's brother Mike Brown
• Rich Figurido
• Jake Green
• Trudy Lee-Barber

Continuing Prayer Requests

• AJ and family
• Frank Atkinson's parents  
• Tommy Barron
• Beth Bass
• Barbara Bolden
• Emily Toscano's mother Joy Clare
• Eddie Clark-Duke's mother
• Pam Davis
• Audra Dial's mother, Myrna
• Doug Dorough
• Jane Douglass
• Tim Driver
• Jay Drew's father
• Chris Fletcher's Sister, Nephew and Family
• Eddie Gammill's parents
• Bill Cox's brother-in-law, David Green
• Noel Guilford
• Joseph Hackett's sister Omer Kelly
• Jason Henderson's father Carl
• Jim Baker's sister, Josephine Herron
• Robert Kalf Sr.
• Keno, Greg and family
• Jeff King
• Trudy Lee-Barber
• Ford Lindsay's wife
• Andy & Pam Davis's daughter, Rachel Maag
• Hayden McArthur's grandmother Sarah
• Eric Steverson's cousin Rose McGhee
• Mia Musciano-Howard's parents Jennie and Carmine 
• Doug Dorough's step-sister, Juanita Pate
• The Pigg/Prudent family
• Teddy Robey
• Mattie Robinson and family
• Jimmy Scandrick
• Derek Shipp and family
• Johnny Sims's stepmother, Brenda
• LuAlice Waite

JOY!

Congratulations to Izzy Herbert.

She was recognized as outstanding 6th grader for the quarter at her school!

To share a prayer request or a joy or celebration, please email Pastor Sheila Stephens at sstephens@stmarkumc.org or note it on our online Connection card during Sunday Morning Worship or on the prayer request cards in the pews.

To contact us after hours in case of an emergency, call 1-800-673-0411.

Desserts Needed

Our baker who graciously provides desserts for our Tuesday Supper Club on a weekly basis will be traveling later this year. We need volunteers to assist making desserts while she is away or to donate towards the purchase of desserts.

Dates desserts are needed: February 28, March 7, March 14, April 4, April 11, and April 18, 2023.

Please contact Viveca Richards at viveca1956@gmail.com or via phone at 864-884-1206 for further details.

Wednesday Night Book Group

"Jesus and the Disinherited"

The Wednesday Night Book group will be reading "Jesus and the Disinherited" by Howard Thurman between January 25th-March 1st. This book is "famously known as the text that Martin Luther King Jr. sought inspiration from in the days leading up to the Montgomery bus boycott." Howard Thurman (1900-1981) demonstrates how the gospel may be read as a manual of resistance for the poor and disenfranchised. Hatred does not empower--it decays. Only through self-love and love of one another can God's justice prevail. Join us Wednesdays in person or on Zoom as we read and discuss these powerful chapters - one each week. If you have questions, please contact Michelle Levan at michelle.levan@gmail.com or by phone at 404-405-0274.

"Who is Pauli Murray?" Documentary

Part II: January 25 & Part III: February 1

6:30 pm - 7:25 pm | Wade Hall

The Solidarity & Social Justice Committee will offer a three-part series on the life and legacy of PAULI MURRAY. 

Don't miss this opportunity to learn of a ground breaker in American History.

Check out this sneak peek of the documentary of her life:

https://youtu.be/Uh4r95VBU2Q

Pauli Murray lived one of the most remarkable lives of the twentieth century. S/he was the first Black person to earn a JSD (Doctor of the Science of Law) degree from Yale Law School, a founder of the National Organization for Women and the first Black person perceived as a woman to be ordained an Episcopal priest.

Pauli Murray’s legal arguments and interpretation of the U.S. Constitution were winning strategies for public school desegregation, women’s rights in the workplace, and an extension of rights to LGBTQ+ people based on Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Pauli Murray crafted a broad vision of justice, equity, and human rights using words as her primary tool in the fight for liberation. Their vision for a just and equitable world is a beacon of hope during troubled times. Their social justice tactics, legal strategies, speeches, letters, books, sermons, and poetry are models for our ongoing activism aimed at dismantling the oppression s/he faced and we continue to face because of white supremacy.

Information obtained from paulimurraycenter.com

Update and Donations Needed

We are continuing to make progress with the buildout at Wiggins House...smoke detectors have been installed, ceiling tiles have been finished out, so all is new, clean, and safe. We do have some finishing work to complete, and the furniture needs to be assembled. Now we are ready for basic living needs.

If you would like to support our Wiggins House relaunch, please visit our Amazon.com wish list and consider donating: https://a.co/6IVJP2d Thank you.  

Have you ever wondered what it would have been like to witness the events of the Gospels? Imagine being in the boat with the disciples on the Sea of Galilee when Jesus spoke to the storm or standing on the Mount of Olives beside a weeping Jesus. Although going back in time is not possible, you can go where the events of the Bible took place - the Holy Land. Pastor Carolyn is putting together a group who are interested in going to the Holy Land this fall.  

If you are interested in going to the Holy Land with Pastor Carolyn this all, please contact office@stmarkumc.org.

For more information and to download flyer, click here.

Hot Chocolate Road Race

Sunday, January 29, 2023

This Sunday, the Hot Chocolate 10K Road Race will take place in Atlanta. It starts at 7:30 AM but depending on the size of the event, it could impact your travel to church. We look forward to seeing you at church or online Sunday.

Click here for the course map.

Lenten Bible Study

Join us in person or online for a Lenten Bible Study.

Details to come here in the Remarks and in the Sunday bulletin.

Midtown Alliance Annual Meeting Volunteers

Wednesday, February 8th

Midtown Alliance is seeking volunteers for our 2023 Annual Meeting, which will take place on the morning of Wednesday, February 8th at the Fox Theatre. This annual signature event attracts Atlanta’s business, civic, and residential leaders. It includes a networking breakfast at 7AM and an engaging program at 8AM.

In addition to covering essential city and district updates, the event will look closely at the importance of thriving public spaces for Midtown’s next era of growth … and the steps Midtown Alliance and partners can take to create more people energy at street-level.

Volunteers should be enthusiastic about the exciting developments in Midtown and be able to be at the Fox from 6:00 AM to 8:30 AM on the morning of the event.

Volunteers will be involved with:

• Electronic guest check-in and name badge distribution
• Ushering guests upstairs to the food, and downstairs to the program
• Passing out event programs at the start of the event
• Guiding guests to seating

For more information or to volunteer, please contact Robert Gilleo at RJGilleo@gmail.com.

Your Tithes and Offerings

Text to Give

Saint Mark’s assigned number for text donations is 844-703-1444 and the keyword is 'operating'. To give via text, text the word ‘operating’, a space, and the amount you would like to give. For example, to give $25, text 844-703-1444 operating 25.

SecureGive

Follow the prompts to sign in to your existing account (or to create a new account) with SecureGive. For assistance, contact Deana Hilton in the church office (404-873-2636). Secure online contribution

Gifts to Saint Mark

Betsy Moore gave a gift to Saint Mark in memory of her mother, Mary Clapp Woelper.

Cheryl Thompson gave a gift to the Saint Mark Breakfast Club in memory of Chris Fletcher.

Children's Ministry Volunteers Needed

The Children’s Ministry is in need of four to six volunteers to help facilitate our nursery on an alternating schedule. If you LOVE babies and toddlers and can provide a one and a half to two-hour service once a month, WE NEED YOU! 

Please contact Sheila Stephens at sstephens@stmarkumc.org.

Technology Volunteers Needed

We need volunteers to help set-up our technology on Sunday mornings in the various Sunday school classrooms. If you are able to assist, please reach out to Johnny Sims at johnny@techiebud.com. Thank you.

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Frances Winship Walters Chapel & Parlor

During the months of January and February, the Frances Winship Walters Chapel will be closed for interior repairs. The Sunday 9 AM service will meet in the Sanctuary. The parlor is also closed for the months of January & February.

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