‘Love God; And Love Each Other.’ – Jesus |
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Thank you for joining us online and connecting with us.
God’s dream for the world is that we live in just peace and tender harmony, fostering a global community in which each members’ rights and responsibilities are affirmed and fulfilled. This community is marked by ‘love,’ in thought, word, and deed. For Christians, there’s nothing esoteric about this ‘love’ – it is visible, tangible, measureable – which means, for the Church, it’s also something we can, and do, practice together.
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Monday, November 23, 2020 |
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Annual Downtown Interfaith Thanksgiving Worship – Online This Year!
Wednesday, 11.25 @ 7 pm & Thursday, 11.26 @ 10 am
All are welcome to this online worship service that is offered by the Minneapolis downtown congregations. This year’s online service is facilitated by Central Lutheran Church, with many of the downtown clergy participating from their place of worship. The preacher will be Rev. Jia Starr Brown of First Covenant Church in downtown Minneapolis. You are invited to join the online streamed service on the Central Lutheran Church web site at 7:00 pm on Wednesday night, November 25 or on Thanksgiving Day, November 26, at 10:00 am. The Central Lutheran Church web site is here.
Or the direct link for the service is here.
As people of faith, we are grounded in gratitude this season.
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Connecting with Realm
Saint Mark’s has moved to a new church management software called Realm®. Realm will make it easier for our church family to connect with each other, keep up with what’s going on, and grow as a connected community of disciples.
As a member of our community, when logged into Realm you may add a photo, update your personal information & adapt the privacy settings to suit your own needs. You may view and print giving statements, and easily enter a pledge for Chapter & Verse 2021. Additionally, in Realm you will be able to register for events such as Advent Pilgrimages and even worship services in the future.
Are you interested to find out more? Please send an email to realm@ourcathedral.org and we will respond with more information so that you can login and set up your profile.
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Advent & Christmas Worship
11.29 Advent Lessons & Carols @ 5 pm
12.20 Nine Lessons & Carols @ 5 pm
12.21 The Longest Night Worship @ 2 pm
12.24 Christmas Eve Worship @ 4pm & 11 pm. Music will begin @ 3:30 pm & 10:30 pm.
12.25 Christmas Day Worship @ 10 am
01.06 Feast of the Epiphany @ 7:30 pm
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Advent Music Offerings
The organ: A bi-monthly series of lectures about the organ, its development, and its repertoire from Canon Musician Raymond Johnston.
Thursday, November 26th @ 7:30 pm
Saint Mark's Music Series
Saturday, December 12th @ 7:30pm
Organist and Choirmaster, Holy Family Catholic Church, St. Louis Park
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Advent Pilgrimage
During the season of Advent, Saint Mark's is offering an opportunity to be in the Nave, pray in a candlelit space, and occasionally hear live music. Every Wednesday in Advent from 5-7 PM and every Sunday from 12:30 – 1:30 the church will be open for an Advent Pilgrimage. Ten people will be able to attend in half-hour increments. These personal pilgrimage times will feature the following:
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Music of the Advent Season on Wednesdays
- Prayers and readings to guide your meditations
- Prayers stations around the Nave provided by youth ministry
- The opportunity to give specific items to support the Dignity Center
You will need to register for these evenings so that we can maintain the safety of everyone in our community. Go here to register! If you have already set up your Realm account you will find event registration in Realm. You may also call the Cathedral at 612-870-7800 to register.
While most of us will miss the celebrations of the holidays in person at the Cathedral, we hope many can take part in this wonderful opportunity to pray and serve those in need.
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Weekday Pilgrimage in the Cathedral
An opportunity for a Personal Pilgrimage, happening each week.
Tuesdays, 12:30 -3:30 pm
Thursdays, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
The Cathedral will be open limited hours for personal pilgrimages; for prayer, study, and self guided tours. All entry and exit will be through the Narthex doors. No registration needed. More info here.
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#AdventWord
For the seventh year in a row, #AdventWord will gather prayers via a global, online Advent calendar. Virginia Theological Seminary is offering meditations and images during this holy season beginning Sunday, November 29.
Images and meditations can be experienced via the #AdventWord website, direct daily emails, as well as on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, and ASL videos via YouTube. This year, meditations will also be available in English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole.
New this year to the #AdventWord offerings include a podcast for each day, voiced by Virginia Theological Seminary community members, and produced in partnership with Forward Movement.
The short, daily podcasts provide another access point to absorb the lectionary-inspired writings by 27 different authors. The 27 days of podcasts will mirror the same meditations included on social media, found in the daily email, and will be included on the AdventWord.org website.
Want to make certain you get the daily podcast? Find and subscribe by searching AdventWord on your preferred podcast platform. It's available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, and others.
Join an international community in prayer to explore the mystery and wonder of Advent!
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Abbey Way Advent Sing
Friday, December 11th @ 7 pm
Light a fire and get cozy in your favorite armed chair and join some new friends from Abbey Way for an hour of original Advent music and inspirational readings. This year’s Advent Sing will be live streamed here …… We would love it if you would come.
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Cathedral Book Shop News
We’ve restocked our alpaca collection! Lots of new sock designs, mittens & hat/handwarmer combinations. Our socks were a hit last year, we sold almost 150 pair! Email or call us 612.400.1210 and we can send them out to you.
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Study:
Resources to
Deepen Your Faith
Gospel Based Discipleship
Monday at 12:15 pm
Join Saint Mark's clergy and explore the Gospel for the upcoming Sunday using Gospel Based Discipleship. Register here to receive your Zoom link, you will only need to register once, the link will work every week.
Youth Group and Godly Play
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Fourth season of The Way of Love with Bishop Michael Curry podcast begins with guest Archbishop Thabo Makgoba
Season 4 of The Episcopal Church’s podcast The Way of Love with Bishop Michael Curry, is now available. In this episode, Bishop Curry talks with the Most Rev. Thabo Makgoba [TAH-boh Mac-GO-bah], Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town and Primate of Southern Africa.
Archbishop Thabo’s life is punctuated with stories of hope and oppression, joy and anger, truth and reconciliation.
Read more here and sign up for the podcast here.
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Pray:
Resources to Enrich Your Faith
Abbot John Chapman once said, "Pray as you can, not as you can't." Sometimes we imagine that if we cannot pray like a monk, we might was well not try. If we can't keep the Daily Office and keep up with the lectionary readings we may consider our prayer life a disaster. But Abbot Chapman suggests we not dwell on what we can't do but consider what we can do. In this painfully difficult time of disease, division and uncertainty prayer is even more important. The St. Mark's team will continue to share opportunities for praying, studying, and serving that just might fit you.
Today we suggest you consider Forward Day by Day, a daily devotional and prayer time from the folks at Forward Movement, a ministry of the Episcopal Church. Each day you will receive an email with daily inspirational meditations reflecting on a specific Bible passage, chosen from the daily lectionary readings as listed in the Revised Common Lectionary or the Daily Office from the Episcopal Church's Book of Common Prayer. It is a good way to begin your day and offers opportunities to connect with others who are praying with you. Check it out! Here is the link to sign up for the daily email from Forward Movement.
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Preparing for Epiphany
During the Epiphany Season St. Markans will have the opportunity to read and discuss Presiding Bishop Curry's new book Love is the Way on Wednesday evenings over five weeks. Different presenters will lead us in topical discussions based on the book. We will follow the same format as we have during the fall Forum sessions.
We encourage everyone to get a copy of the book, available at our Cathedral Book Shop, but we will ask our presenters to make their presentations accessible to those who have not had the opportunity to read it. It would make a great Christmas present!
We hope you are able to join us for these discussions.
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Special needs
Maverick Bench, John Cashmore, Scott Koonce, Robert Lesch, Matt, Ned Ostenso, Philip Park, Lisa Popp, Mark Tredray and family, Robert Tredray, Jerry Wohnoutka, Teri Woodhull.
Departed
Jim Ramstad, Michael Zempel, Richard Cisek
Ongoing prayers
Phillip Baird, Bob Collier, Connie Donnelly, Richard Evans, George Ewing, Betty Hamman, Anneke and Paul Jessup, Ken Lakeman, Ann and Warren Maas, Nikki Matt, Marilyn and Bill Nelson, Joanna Page, Irene Sahyun, Lois Schorle, Ed and Judy Sears
Thanksgivings
For all who participated in the Chapter and Verse Stewardship campaign this year preserving St. Mark’s heritage and active community life,
For President Trump and President-Elect Biden and their families during the transition period,
For the birth of Taylor Allen Hansen to Rob (nephew of Helen) and Elisabeth Hansen.
From the Book of Common Prayer
In Times of Conflict, p. 824
O God, you have bound us together in a common life. Help us, in the midst of our struggles for justice and truth, to confront one another without hatred or bitterness, and to work together with mutual forbearance and respect; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
Prayer requests may be made by email here or by completing the online form here.
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519 Oak Grove Street
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Phone Number:
(612) 870-7800
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