The Messenger of St. Mark's | Eastertide | May 12, 2022
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SAINT MARK'S MISSION & OUTREACH
The Sacrament of Baptism
In the course of our life-long spiritual journey, there are various doorways of invitation into deeper commitment.  Baptism is the doorway into full participation in the universal life and family of the Church.   
 
In the Sacrament of Baptism, we are incorporated as full members of the Body of Christ. People may be initiated into Christ’s Body through the Sacrament of Baptism at any age or stage in life. Baptism may be celebrated at any time, but is traditionally reserved for one of four baptismal feast days: Easter March/April), Pentecost (May/June), All Saints (November), and Baptism of our Lord (January). 
 
The upcoming date for Baptism at St. Mark’s is Pentecost on June 5th. The next date will be: November 6th on All Saints.

Please let us know (email us here) your -- name/name of child, phone number and email -- if you would like to be baptized or if you would like your child to be baptized.
Summer of Conversation 2022 Coming in June
One of the core values of St. Mark’s is to be a deeply relational church. One of the ways we make this possible in the life of the community of St. Mark’s is to become more intentional about building relationships and listening more deeply to one another. To this end, we are initiating A Summer of Conversation at St. Mark’s. The concept is simple: Encourage conversations among our members that help people get to know one another, talk about why St. Mark’s is important to them and to get a sense for where they sense God at work in them and the congregation.

This is an All-Parish initiative and will include our new Summer of Conversation 2022 Bingo Game. More details to come in upcoming Messenger newsletters.

Join us for Summer of Conversation Training Sessions with Fr. Christopher

Summer of Conversation Training:
Sundays June 5, 12  Parish Hall 11:15-12:15
Additional Evening Trainings TBA 
Coming June 3rd: New All-Media Art Exhibit
Coming Friday, June 3rd: New All-Media Art Exhibit in the Sacred Arts Gallery (our Parish Hall). St. Mark's retains 20% of every artwork sold. You won't want to miss it!
Keep Those Clothing Donations Coming
Sweats
A reminder that St. Mark’s is still collecting men’s small and medium travel clothes for asylum seekers arriving here by bus from El Paso’s Annunciation House shelter. 

The Albuquerque Asylum Seekers Welcome group is an interfaith effort to assist asylum seekers who have been admitted to the United States at our southern border. They are bused here on their way to sponsoring families elsewhere in the country. So far this year, this group has welcomed a half-dozen buses of about 50 people each. They stay here in a motel for a few days while they are checked for COVID-19. The volunteers provide them with clothes and meals while they stay here and help translate for them as they board a plane, train or bus for their ultimate destination.

The clothes you donate go to a clothes bank at Second Presbyterian Church at Lomas and Edith where they are organized and then taken to the motel where the travelers are staying. They get a change of clothes and hot meals as long as they stay, usually only a few days.
The box for donations is in the narthex. We are focusing on men’s clothes because there is a shortage of those donated items, especially in smaller sizes.

If you would like to volunteer with this group, contact Mary Ellen Elliott or Kate Spielmann, both St. Mark’s parishioners who are actively involved.
GIVE TO ST. MARK'S
...By Mail (St. Mark's has a secure mailbox and is checked regularly): 431 Richmond Place NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106.
...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.).

Please consider checking the box that reads, "I’d like to add to my donation to help offset the cost of processing."
DIOCESE & BEYOND
ABQ FaithWorks News
Do you have a little time and energy and the desire to assist the unhoused and precariously housed in our community? ABQ FaithWorks Housing and Homelessness has newly created volunteer opportunities! To see the volunteer job descriptions and to find out how to join one of our developing volunteer teams, go to the ABQFW website: https://www.abqfaithworks.org/volunteer. You can also reach out with an email to Dawn Adkins, hhdirector@abqfaithworks.org

Housing & Homelessness: What is ABQ FaithWorks doing about and for the unhoused in our community? Have you heard about rent prices recently? Homelessness may not be exactly what you see. Learn more about teams forming that could work in all our congregations. Sign up with Dawn (via email) for Tuesday, May 17 at 2PM for "Homelessness 101" and join us at 3200 Carlisle NE.  

Or Look into Volunteering: Do you have a little time and energy and the desire to assist the unhoused and precariously housed in our community? ABQ FaithWorks Housing and Homelessness has newly created volunteer opportunities! To see the volunteer job descriptions and to find out how to join one of our developing volunteer teams, go to the ABQFW website: https://www.abqfaithworks.org/volunteer. You can also reach out with an email to Dawn Adkins (via email).
 
Asylum Seekers: We are supporting close to 100 asylum seekers now resident in our beautiful Albuquerque who have journeyed from devastating situations in countries all over the world. Join others from your and other congregations around town in this transformative work. https://www.abqfaithworks.org/volunteer and contact Elijah (via email)

Poverty Simulation Session: ABQ FaithWorks, the NM Department of Health and the New Mexico Medical Reserve Corp have collaborated to provide our FaithWorks Congregants, Board and staff with an exciting opportunity to take part in a Poverty Simulation Session. Please see the flyer for more information.

We can only accommodate the first 100 participants, so please register ASAP. If you wish to volunteer for this event (we need 20 volunteers), please call 505.457.1728
so we can explain more about the volunteer role. Volunteers will need to be at the site from 11:30AM-3:30PM.
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