St. Mark's Episcopal Church
April 5, 2020
Palm Sunday
A lmighty and everliving God, in your tender love for the human race you sent your Son our Savior Jesus Christ to take upon him our nature, and to suffer death upon the cross, giving us the example of his great humility: Mercifully grant that we may walk in the way of his suffering, and also share in his resurrection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  Amen.
Pastoral Message from Father Christian
WORSHIP
Please join us this Sunday for a full recording of the 2019 Palm Sunday Service at St. Marks which will be broadcasted through facebook, youtube and may be linked through our website at 10:30 a.m. If you would like to follow along with the live stream please download and print the Service below.  
Hello, Everyone.

We have set up a Virtual Easter Memorial Garden for parishioners on Facebook to submit the names of loved ones to lift up in prayer at Easter.

Pam set up a group named "Virtual Easter Memorial Garden" with a tab on St. Mark's FB page, visible only to Friends of St. Mark's, so that names can be submitted electronically.

Please submit names through the Facebook Virtual Easter Memorial Garden or by emailing Pam at  pams@stmarksgr.org .

This virtual Garden will be posted on Facebook, on the Parish's website and sent out in an Easter Message from me to the entire mailing list of St. Mark's. Our goal is to provide everyone with an opportunity to memorialize in prayer loved ones past or present.

~ Christian+

Services for Holy Week and Easter

April 5 – April 12, 2020
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Facebook: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Grand Rapids Michigan
                           
Palm/Passion Sunday: Holy Eucharist 10:30 a.m. (2019)

Holy Week Monday: Morning Prayer 10:00 a.m. (Live)

Stations of the Cross 7:00 p.m. (2020)

Holy Week Tuesday: Morning Prayer 10:00 a.m. (Live)

Stations of the Cross 7:00 p.m. (2020)

Holy Week Wednesday; Morning Prayer 10:00 a.m. (Live)

Tenebrae , ‘Service of Shadows’ 7:00 p.m. (2019)

Maundy Thursday: Morning Prayer 10:00 a.m. (Live)

Service with Foot Washing 7:00 p.m. (2019)

Good Friday:
 Morning Prayer 10:00 a.m. (Live)
The Passion of Jesus, the Youth of the Parish,
12:00 p.m. (2020)
          Solemn Liturgy with Choir 7:00 p.m. (2019)

Holy Saturday: Noon Day Prayer (Live)
Easter Vigil Service 7:00 p.m. (2019)

Easter: Festival Celebration with Choir, Organ and Brass 10:30 a.m. (2019)
Easter Evening Prayer 5:00 p.m. (Live)

the Walk for Good Food
has gone virtual this year, with participants walking in their own neighborhoods. You can do your walk from May 3rd through May 13th. While there are many things in place to stop the spread of this virus in our community, you still need to continue to follow social distancing guidelines and other directives made by public health officials and government leaders. You’re encouraged to walk individually or with your household and maintain a distance of 6’ from anyone else.
St. Mark's needs to have at least 25 walkers signed up for our team and to raise at least $500 in support of our Breakfast Cafe. You may join our team
and/or donate by sending in a check to St. Mark's or visiting this link:
Message from the Dismantling Racism Ministry : As part of the parish Dismantling Racism Plan, all friends and members of St. Mark’s are invited to participate in the all-parish wide book project around Ibram X. Kendi’s book “How to Be an Anti-Racist”.  Book discussion groups are still being planned but are temporarily postponed. Stay tuned for more information later. Please consider reading the book if you haven’t already done so and contact Anne Hiskes at  alhiskes@gmail.com when you are ready to join a discussion. Books may be purchased through Amazon.
Grand Rapids Episcopal Youth

Click on the link below to learn more about how the Youth are able to still be involved with a Passion Play and interact with one another through Zoom.
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If you give online, please place this on line giving card in the offering as a way of participating in this act of worship. 
And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the LORD's people.
St. Mark's is a part of the
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
134 N. Division Avenue
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
616-456-1684
https://.www.stmarksgr.org
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meganh@stmarksgr.org