‘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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The Second Week in Lent
Jesus, friend of sinners, we are grateful that something so rich, so deep, brings us inside each year at this time, away from the relentless cycle of getting things done in our world, into the nearness of the fires of our faith. For this is the time you have given us a yearly pilgrimage to get to the things that really matter in the foundation of our soul’s life. Our praise, God, is for your Son, Jesus Christ healer and reconciler, the one whose arms stretched down to lift us up, whose shepherd heart is with his sheep. Our joy is in telling again your story, that you have always loved us. So, high above all our thanksgivings for this week’s food and this month’s health, we observe, that you keep bearing our griefs, carrying our sorrows, visiting us in all the different rooms of our lives.
Arthur A. R. Nelson
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Newcomers – Let’s Meet!
Monday, March 8 @ 7 pm
If you are “new” to Saint Mark’s, we would like to meet you. If you haven’t been able to attend a Coffee and Connect in the past, please come and connect with us now! We would like to get acquainted with you and give you the opportunity to meet members of our clergy and leadership. Monday March 8 is the next opportunity to gather virtually and connect via zoom. Please contact John Satterberg here for more information and for the link to join us via zoom.
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The Cathedral Re-Opening for In-Person Worship - Registration Required
We are returning to our regular schedule of three Sunday services – 8am, Rite I; 10:30am, Rite II; and 5pm, Evensong. You can find the Dean's message about the Re-opening Plan here. Note that the time registration opens each week has been changed to Monday at 12 noon.
Registration is required for all on-site worship. Worship registration will begin on a first-come, first-serve basis beginning Monday @ 12 noon and ending Friday @ 12noon for the following Sunday. Because of limited numbers, you may likely find your preferred service full by the time you attempt to register. If so, please try another service. This will be a wonderful opportunity to try something new, perhaps a liturgy you’ve never attended before. Let’s see this as an adventure.
- Sunday, March 7 – Lent III: 50 worshipers
- Sunday, March 14 – Lent IV: 50 worshipers
- Sunday, March 21 – Lent V: 100 worshipers
- Sunday, March 28 – Palm Sunday: 100 worshipers
- Sunday, April 4 – Easter: 150* worshipers
Register here on our website. Registration opens at 12 noon each Monday preceding, and will remain open until full or Friday at 12 noon. Please read all the information and directions before registering.
There are several steps to fully register. You will need to click next three times and then click register. You will then see a page that says thanks you and gives you an option to print it.
You are not registered until you receive an email confirmation! Check your promotional and spam folder if you feel you should have received one and have not seen it. You may also call the Cathedral at 612-870-7800 to inquire if you are registered and for help.
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Lenten Wednesday Evening Personal Pilgrimages
02.24.21 to 03.24.21
A pilgrimage may be described as a long spiritual journey made to a sacred space. The Nave will be available on Wednesday evenings during Lent from 5 – 7 pm, for personal prayer in the holy silence and beauty of the space.
All public health guidelines will be followed, including not more than 10 people at one time. For that reason, we ask that you register for a half hour time slot here.
There are several steps to fully register. You will need to click next three times and then click register. You will then see a page that says thanks you and gives you an option to print it.
You are not registered until you receive an email confirmation! Check your promotional and spam folder if you feel you should have received one and have not seen it. You may also call the Cathedral at 612-870-7800 to inquire if you are registered and for help.
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Parents and Caregivers - A message from Stacey Clatanoff, Saint Mark's Youth Minister
Covid has been here a long time, we have also had many additional traumas and challenges... things keep changing and we are still constantly having to adjust.
This did and is still taking its toll on us and our children. We have isolation, anxiety, depression showing... on top of all that, we are now starting to venture out into the real world again. Youth are still experiencing different types of trauma, most with out of practice coping skills and lower interaction thresholds than last year.
This last month, I am seeing our youth being more and more overwhelmed and taking more time to process their emotions. I am seeing many many of our youth still currently suffering from mental health stress and/or seeking additional help.
Caregivers, check in on your youth and those you come into contact with - ask what they are concerned about, ask what they are grateful for, ask who they are worried about. Encourage them to check in on their friends and let you know if anyone isn't doing ok.
Please take advantage of the Bishops zoom events if possible - these will be helpful and impactful.
Bishop Youth Caregiver Series: https://ecmnyouth.org/parents Anyone in ECMN who is in a supporting role for young people is invited to the following series of three zoom gatherings. I highly recommend these for all St Mark's parents of teens.
- Fostering Coping & Resiliency in Our Homes: Sunday, February 28 @ 4-5pm with The Rev. Julia Kristeller (Psychotherapy and Spirituality Institute)
- Family Trauma and the Pandemic: Sunday, March 28 @ 4-5pm with The Rev. Sarah McCaslin, MS, MDiv, LCSW
- Home Dynamics: Connection & Conflict: Sunday, April 25 @ 4-5pm, Speaker TBD
Some Teen Trauma Common Reactions
-strong emotions such as sadness, anger, anxiety and guilt
-overreacting to minor irritations
-disturbed sleeping patterns (can be more or less or erratic sleeping)
-withdrawing from family and friends (believe it or not, this one is happening often)
-returning to younger ways of behaving, giving up/refusing responsibilities and rebellious behavior
-procrastination
-depression
-brain fog
-scattered thoughts
-memory problems
I continue to be available for youth check ins; text, call, zoom, drive by coffee, in person walks/breakfast/dinner/coffee/ice cream.
Let me know if you would like to schedule something with your youth.
Peace,
Stacey Clatanoff
She/her
Youth Minister
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Godly Play – Playing For Lent
During Lent, we get ready to experience the Mystery of Easter. Getting ready can mean focusing in or opening ourselves to bigger perspectives. Play helps us do both. We start with what we know and become absorbed with experiments flowing from that. We play games, manipulate objects, do art, or joke. Children readily play. In Godly Play Zoom sessions children have been drawing before the invitation to get out their work is complete. What holds the rest of us back? I wonder what might happen if we played regularly – for a day, a minute, or a few minutes every day between now and Easter.
For more information about Godly Play or our Zoom sessions, Sundays at 9:45 –10:15 a.m., contact Monica Kruger, Godly Play Coordinator.
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Easter Flower Memorials
The Altar Guild invites all to purchase lilies/flowers to honor your special loved ones this Easter.
The cost is $35.00 for each memorial/honor flower. Those to be remembered will be included
in the Easter worship bulletin.
If you would like to make an Easter Flower contribution, there are two ways to do that:
Include the name/s to be honored on your check or the online form. Funds should be received by March 27th. Any questions, please email here.
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Lent Madness 2021 Vote online for your favorite saint!
The format is straightforward: 32 saints are placed into a tournament-like single elimination bracket. Each pairing remains open for a set period of time and people vote for their favorite saint. 16 saints make it to the Round of the Saintly Sixteen; eight advance to the Round of the Elate Eight; four make it to the Faithful Four; two to the Championship; and the winner is awarded the coveted Golden Halo. The first round consists of basic biographical information about each of the 32 saints. Things get a bit more interesting in the subsequent rounds as we offer quotes and quirks, explore legends, and even move into the area of saintly kitsch.
Go to the Lent Madness site to sign up for email alerts, download a full bracket poster, and find out so much more!
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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.
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Special needs
Robert Babbitt, Jeanie Elwane, Buck Foote, Judy Lebens, George Levendusky and family, Harold, Pat McCarthy, Peter Morgan, Gage Pelletier, Richard Penick, Stephen Rea, Amara Strande and family, Meg Tresemer, Malcolm Twite, Jerry Wohnoutka, Cindy Lennie, All Saints Episcopal Church in Austin, Texas.
Departed
Louise Levendusky, Ruth Elliott.
Ongoing prayers
Carol Adele-Jewett, Nancy Arguedas, John Cashmore, Bob Collier, Connie Donnelly, Linda Evans, Richard Evans, Carol Jensen, Anneke and Paul Jessup, Robert Lesch, George Levendusky and family, Niki Matt, Ann and Warren Maas, Matt, Marilyn and Bill Nelson, John Nyberg, Joanna Page, Phillip Park, Irene Sahyun, Lois Schorle, Judy Sears
Thanksgivings
For the Groveland Food Shelf offering food to the local community, Minneapolis College, and Sunday Night Suppers at Plymouth Congregational Church, and for the St. Mark’s Confirmation and youth groups as they strive to create bonds of community, friendships, and hopefulness
From the Book of Common Prayer, p. 824
O Eternal God, bless all schools, colleges, and universities, especially Breck School and Shattuck-St. Mary’s, that they may be lively centers for sound learning, new discovery, and the pursuit of wisdom;
and grant that those who teach and those who learn may find you to be the source of all truth; 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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