Fall Festival

NEXT WEEKEND! After worship on September 11th, we’ll have lunch available for $5, games, bouncy house, wine and beer pull and new this year -Bingo! Bring your family, friends and neighbors - all are welcome!

Wine and Beer Needed

Donations for beer and wine are still needed - please drop them off in the office by Thursday Sept. 8th. Reds, Whites, light and dark beers are all welcome. 

It Only Takes a Spark

Beginning at Fall Festival, September 11th- there will be buckets labeled with all the different ministry areas for this year. You will be encouraged to drop a flame, with your name and contact info, in the ministry bucket you are eager to help with this upcoming year! Yes you can drop your name into as many buckets as you’d like! There is also an opportunity to give above and beyond your financial giving. To help close our 2022 deficit, a few members have stepped forward to match any additional giving. There is a special line item on our Giving Page and envelopes that have flames on it. Please use one of those to donate financially.

Fall Markings

The latest copy of the Markings was sent out earlier in the week. There are some copies in the narthex if you’d like to take one home with you. If you’d like one mailed, please let Jenny know.

New St. Mark Apparel

Since its been a few years since we did our last St. Mark swag orders, we thought it would be great to launch another one! This time - you can order and ship it to your house! Or you can choose to have it shipped in a larger batch that will get delivered to St. Mark. Either way, you will take care of paying via their website. T-shirts, sweatshirts, and even youth sizes are available! If you have any questions, please let Jenny know. 

Sunday School - new model!

Since the world around us continues to change, we decided to try something new this year for Sunday School… Once a month Sunday School! It will always be on the first Sunday of the month starting October 2nd (besides January which will be held on Jan. 8th due to the holiday). It will still be held during our Education/Fellowship time starting at 10:45am. Our theme this year is “Finding Jesus, Under the Sea”. The sea contains many wondrous sights created by God, so all of our lessons will take us under seas so we can take a closer look at what the sea can teach us about God. We are looking forward to trying something new – this doesn’t mean that Sunday School will look like this forever, but we won’t know until we try it. If you have any questions, please reach out to Jenny or Pastor Mollie.

Register for Confirmation and Sunday School

• Make sure to register your youth for Confirmation or Sunday School here!
• Confirmation parent meeting is Wednesday September 14 at 6pm

Tech Help

Are you interested in learning how to help us live stream and do the sound for worship on Sunday mornings? It’s pretty simple and very easy to do! Contact Jenny if you are interested - we are setting up a rotation so that you only need to do it so often. This a great idea for middle or high school youth as well!

Next Blood Drive

Our next blood drive is on September 12th and at the moment, there could be spots still available! If you are able to donate, please sign up now. You can follow this link to get to our next drive. The need is urgent! Thank you in advance!

This week we are praying for:

-Ed, Greg and Sheri's friend, with his new cancer treatment

-Elaine, Trisha's mother

-Amanda Roberts as she continues on the road to recovery after a liver transplant

-Cindy Fryer

-Kent Barnard's dad, Richard

-Robbin Sonnenberg, in her diagnosis of cancer

-Lisa Hutchinson's sister-in-law, Susan Bushey (and family) who is undergoing cancer treatment.

-Sherry, Kathie Wilkinson's sister

-Sue Frieburg

-Paula Forester's cousin's Sandie and Mark.

-Shannon Cleary, Cheryl Collard's family friend

-Leslie Pracht

-Dave Wilkenson

If you'd like to be added to the prayer chain, please contact Jenny at office@stmarkcp.org

September Birthdays



Sept 1 - Chuck Roberts, Paula Foerster, Sheri Hanson

Sept 4 - Susan Hanson, Tessa Ten Haken

Sept 7 - Olive Wendt, Ruth Crowder

Sept 10 - Joanne Hanson

Sept 11 - Bella Ohlrogge

Sept 12 - Wayne Olson

Sept 13 - Karen Chesborough

Sept 15 - Allie Potts, Kasey Potts

Sept 17 - Tory Plucheck

Sept 22 - Richard Van Pelt

Sept 23 - Joanne Koch, Margaret Crowder

Sept 24 - Kathy Christensen, Rebecca Malik

Sept 26 - Sue Frieburg

Sept 27 - Kari Lund

Sept 29 - Dylan Ploen

Lawn Mowers and Grounds Maintenance

We would like to give thanks to Rob Crowder for mowing this week. David Kelling you're up next week. Here is a link to the schedule for the summer, if you have any questions please reach out to Jon Tennessen.

Monday Sept 5

Office Closed

Tuesday Sept 6

Office Hours: 10-3pm

Morning Quilters: 9:30am

Social Ministry Meeting: 2pm

Wednesday Sept 7

Office Hours: 10-3pm

Thursday September 8

Office Hours: 10-3pm

Stitchin in the Dark: 1pm

Saturday September 10

AA: 10:30am

Sunday September 11

Worship: 9:30

Fall Festival 11-2pm

Worship Attendance

August 21: 148

August 14: 127

August 7: 161

July 31: 126

Total number includes online and in person

St. Mark Giving

July Income: $18,038

June Expenses: $19,787

General Fund Balance to Date: $ -6,861

St. Mark August Council Minutes ------- St. Mark July Account Balances