11 a.m. • The Holy Eucharist

in person and livestreamed

in person and livestreamed

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 7 P.M., online via Zoom

Are you interested in storytelling and communications for Saint Mark's? Recently the communications committee re-launched and will help support planning for the many cathedral events, programs and initiatives with media support including virtual communications, branding, livestreaming, and website content. Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month at 7 pm via Zoom. "Saint Mark's is a big place, and there's a lot going on here," said Michael Perera, who serves on the committee and also manages the cathedral's soundboard on Sundays. "I like being on the Communications Committee because it's where we figure out how to spread the word of all the things that happen here; not just to our own community, but to all the people on I-5 who wonder what the big box on Capitol Hill is." If you would like to learn more, or would like the Zoom link, please email Kathy Wickward.

Lowell Elementary School, just down the street from Saint Mark’s, has a student body where more than one-in-four children are experiencing homelessness. You can support students this year with the supplies they need to engage in learning by contributing to a School Supply Wish List. This link takes you to an Amazon wish list, which you can join and then select an item to donate. Supplies will be shared in classrooms for more than 300 students.

Lowell would love items before students start back on Wednesday, September 7. Questions? Email Emily Meeks: emcmeeks@gmail.com

On the second Sunday of every month, Saint Mark's parishioners are invited to support our multiple institutions in Seattle which help those facing food insecurity. Please place a check or cash in the boxes by the doors in the nave, or in the glass jar on the Hunger Ministry Table. You may also make an offering via Venmo using the QR code in the service leaflet (type "Hunger Offering" in the memo line), or using saintmarks.org/give (choose the "Hunger Offering" line). Thank you.

Eucharistic Minister  

Serving as a Eucharistic Minister: Eucharistic Ministers assist in the Eucharist meal by serving the wine after it has been consecrated. An assisting lay minister (ALM) is a Eucharistic Minister who has other duties assigned during the service, including assisting the presider where needed.  

Time commitment: Arrive 15 minutes prior to the service to vest in an alb (i.e., the white vestment worn by Eucharistic Ministers). Stay 10 minutes after to assist altar guild in the ablutions (i.e., the ceremonial cleansing of the chalice after the liturgy). Typically scheduled once every 3 weeks. 

Requirements or special notes: This is a licensed ministry by the bishop and requires that a member be at least 16 years old, and a confirmed communicant in good standing (demonstrated through being faithful in corporate worship, faithful in working, prayer, and giving for the spread of the Kingdom of God, and by having a pledge on file with the parish office).

Don't miss this brief video to hear Peter Snyder explain more about this important role:

Contact Peter Snyder petersnyder58@gmail.com, or speak to a priest, or talk to Cathedral Sacristan Michael Seewer: mseewer@saintmarks.org

The Children and Families Committee has a survey for parents, grandparents, and caregivers about faith formation and community building for kids and their adults. We'd love to learn what you are hoping for! Find the survey here: 

What might be next for those who are moving on from the 20s/30s Group at Saint Mark's?

Heart of the Table at Nurturing Roots Farm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 5–8 P.M., at Nurturing Roots Farm on Beacon Hill

Gather around the table at Nurturing Roots for an evening of conversation, food and liturgy with other young adults. Located in Beacon Hill, Nurturing Roots is an urban farm committed to community, self-sufficiency, food empowerment, social justice and education.

Tickets are $10 and 100% of sales go to Nurturing Roots. Register at this link. For questions or more information, email Emily: emcmeeks@gmail.com

SUNDAY EVENINGS THROUGH SEPTEMBER 4, 2:30–6:30 P.M., Bloedel Hall.

Check out reports and photos from previous weeks here.

As was first announced last week, the Meals Ministry has just agreed to provide four on-site lunches in August to 30–40 of our homeless friends at Immanuel Lutheran Church until their new cook arrives. Immanuel is located in the South Lake Union neighborhood, one block from the REI main store and perhaps two miles from Saint Marks. It offers holistic help to homeless folks through providing meals, a food bank, hygiene services (showers), and addiction counseling. Its logo, appropriately, is: "Building Relationships, Nurturing Community.” Co-coordinators Chris Rigos and Maris Olsen note that Immanuel also seeks volunteers for its Grocery Rescue operation and Food Bank. They will report back to Saint Mark's about possibilities for helping out at Immanuel.

The Ministry Steering Committee is pleased to announce a Volunteer Appreciation Dinner on September 11 (following the departure of Tent City) for the volunteers who have served or will serve at the upcoming six dinners. No Saint Mark’s funds will be used for this “Thank You” to our volunteers. More information will be provided as we get closer to September 11. For any questions, please contact Chris Rigos at crigos33@gmail.com or Maris Olsen at maris.olsen@gmail.com

The Rubric: New Issue

The most recent issue of The Rubric was recently mailed out. In continual publication since 1890, each issue of The Rubric tells the story of who we are as a community. The new issue contains a reflection on the Ordination by a professor at Virginia Theological Seminary, a reflection by Canon Daugherty on sacred travel, voices of members of the 20s/30s community, stories of joining the cathedral community during the pandemic closure, and more. Pick up a copy in the narthex or in the Hoerster Annex entry, or read online here.

The 2022–23 Seattle Service Corps cohort arrives Saturday, August 27, and the cupboards are bare! Please help us get the Corps off to a good start with a donation of a pantry item. You can sign up here and drop your item(s) off in the baskets at the back of the nave this Sunday or Sunday, August 21, or at the office during the week. If you have any questions, please email Canon Barrie: wbarrie@saintmarks.org. For more information about the Seattle Service Corps, check our website at: Seattle Service Corps • Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral .

Would you like to be part of a new endeavor to provide and/or deliver meals to parishioners with a new baby or who are recovering from illness or surgery? Canon Wendy Claire Barrie is gathering names and contact information from folks who are willing, and she will then let you know specifics (who, what, where) when the need arises. We have two families with new babies right now who would be the first to benefit from this coordinated effort!

A homemade meal is wonderful, but so is a Trader Joe's run or a GrubHub gift card. If this is something you can help organize, or if you'd like to sign up to provide food now or in the future, please contact Canon Barrie at wbarrie@saintmarks.org

Looking for a new way to serve? Consider sharing your gifts with Underhill House, a quiet place to pause for prayer. Our Listeners come 1-2 times per month, on a Thursday, to sit in sacred silence and pray. Roles include greeting guests and, if desired, listening to what brings them in that day and offering a prayer. The next Listener Training is Wednesday, September 14, 12–2:30 p.m. at Underhill House, in the building of All Pilgrims Church on Capitol Hill (near Broadway and Republican). Come and discern — no commitment necessary to attend the training. If you have questions or would like to sign up, please contact Susan Dean at susan@underhillhouse.org. To learn more, please visit: www.underhillhouse.org/partners.

SHARE [Seattle Housing and Resource Effort], the operator of Tent City 3, and WHEEL [Women's Housing Equality and Enhancement League] are allied democratic, homeless-led organizations doing grassroots and shelter work in our community. Both organizations are hiring, with three open positions at SHARE for Organizers and multiple open positions for Shift Workers at the WHEEL Women’s Shelters.

ORGANIZERS are responsible for facilitating the democratic self-managed operations of SHARE shelters and projects, working cooperatively with participants, co-workers, hosts, and others. $25/hour; benefits available. Please email shelters@sharewheel.org if interested.

WOMEN’S SHELTER SHIFT STAFF/SHELTER ADVOCATES: WHEEL facilitates two unique, loving, 24-hour low-barrier women’s shelters on First Hill. We really need level-headed, kind-hearted, reliable strong women-identified folks to staff our shelters, particularly for overnight and weekend coverage. Duties include intakes and welcoming women, managing referrals, keeping the peace, set-up, light cleaning and sanitation, meal service and informal resource-sharing. $20/hour, benefits available for full time work. Please email wheelorg@yahoo.com for more information.

Saint Mark’s Cathedral acknowledges that we gather on the traditional land of the first people of Seattle, the Duwamish People, who are still here, and we honor with gratitude the land itself and the life of the Duwamish Tribe. [Learn more]

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