Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral
The Very Rev. Paul J. Lebens-Englund, Dean
Epiphanytide: Friday, January 29, 2021

Saint Mark’s Annual Meeting in the Age of COVID-19
 
Dear Saint Markans,
 
Every year, on the final Sunday of January, we gather for our Annual Meeting to celebrate the life we share together and to tend to the business of being and doing church. We receive ministry reports, we thank out-going Council members and elect new Council members, we review our operating budget (‘financial statement of mission’), we hear from Executive leadership about goals accomplished and goals forthcoming, and, most important of all, we pray for God’s continued provision and guidance as we endeavor to serve faithfully and fruitfully in the year ahead.
 
While we typically gather in the Cathedral Community Room, due to on-going COVID restrictions, we’ll meet this year in a Zoom format. Your Executive Team will Zoom in from the Cathedral, to satisfy corporate meeting guidelines, and the rest of the Cathedral community will Zoom in from home. To streamline the event and limit the likelihood of running ourselves off the rails, we’ll hold to a tight agenda and minimize required actions for participants. For the meeting to be valid, we require a minimum of fifty (50) participants, so please both register AND attend – and each voting member needs to register separately and participate on their own device in order for all votes to be counted.
 
Hope to see you there, coffee and doughnut in hand!
 
What: Saint Mark’s Cathedral, Annual Meeting
When: Sunday, January 31, 2021 from 11:45am-12:30pm (Zoom room will open @ 11:15am)
Where: On-line via Zoom
 
Register and find tech support info here.
 
Resource links:
 
Almighty and ever-living God, source of all wisdom and understanding,
be present with those who take counsel in this year’s Annual Meeting for the
renewal and mission of your Church.
Teach us in all things to seek first your honor and glory.
Guide us to perceive what is right, and grant us both the courage to pursue it and
the grace to accomplish it; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
 
Upcoming:
  • Mardi Gras (aka Shrove Tuesday), February 16th – info, materials, and links forthcoming
  • Ash Wednesday, February 17th – info, materials, and links forthcoming
  • Lenten Cathedral Pilgrimage Hours – info, materials, and links forthcoming