For your thought:
My soul clings to you;
your right hand holds me fast.
--Psalm 63:8
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Please come wearing a mask - Masks are required indoors - even if fully vaccinated. |
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SAINT MARK'S MISSION & OUTREACH |
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St. Mark’s to Lift Masking Requirement Next Month |
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Beginning Sunday April 3, 2022, St. Mark’s will ease the mask restriction in public worship and other activities based on the new CDC county-by-county guidelines. When our county is in the Green the mask requirement will be lifted. For more information see the attached letter to the whole Parish.
Mask-Friendly St. Mark’s: While we are relaxing our masking requirement, we want to be clear that we remain a “Mask-Friendly” Parish. We encourage all who prefer to wear masks to keep doing so and to continue other safety precautions as well. Our clergy and Vestry want to support all parishioners regardless of their mask use and thinking on the subject. We anticipate that many will continue to wear masks at church for the foreseeable future, and we want them to be able to do so with confidence and without any stigma or shame.
We know that this change will come as a surprise to some and as a welcome change to others. Together our St. Mark’s family will continue to demonstrate deep respect and loving care for one another as we support one another’s health decisions. We respect the privacy of each person’s health decisions and encourage people to make wise choices for their own health needs. Together, “We are Making Something Beautiful for God in our Neighborhood.”
We have added a menu to our website for COVID-related information. All are encouraged and welcome to check the color level of Bernalillo County at any time by going to:
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Spring Rosary for Resurrection & Remembrance |
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Monday, March 21st, 7PM
In person at St. Mark's and on Zoom
Zoom Meeting ID: 505 262 2484
Passcode: rite
As we move through seasons in the natural world, so too we move through seasons of grief. As we move through each season, different memories may bubble up, and our grief might take on a variety of different qualities. In each season prayer, remembrance, and community are essential sources of support for our journey. We invite you to join us for our Spring Rosary for Remembrance this coming Monday, March 21st, at 7:00 p.m. Mountain time, in person at St. Mark's or online via zoom, for a quiet time of prayer, silence, poetry, and song. These gatherings are open to all, and we warmly welcome you, along with any other family members who might be interested, to join us.
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We are excited to announce that soon all will have the option to attend virtual services on either Facebook Live (as we have been) or YouTube. We are working though the set up, but all may go ahead and subscribe to our YouTube channel so that you may get notified when we are live. You may subscribe by going here.
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Asylum Seekers Need Sweats (pants and shirts, that is) |
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The Albuquerque Asylum Seekers Welcome group, made up of faith and community organization members, has asked St. Mark’s to donate traveling clothes in April.
The sweatpants and shirts will be given to those asylum seekers who arrive here from the southern border on their way to sponsors throughout the country. So far this year three buses of about 50 people each have arrived here from Annunciation House in El Paso and other shelters. They are housed in a local motel for five days for Covid 19 testing and isolation before they travel on. They are fed and given travel clothes for the next leg of their journey. Buses are expected at a rate of about one every two weeks or so.
If you choose to donate, the biggest need is for men’s sizes small to medium and girls aged 4-18. A box is in the Narthex for your donations. New or nearly new clothes only, please.
Throughout February and March, St. Mark’s donated enough shoes to shod one whole bus of people with about a dozen pairs left over for the next group. Your generosity, as always, is inspiring.
If you have any questions about this donation drive or the group effort, email Mary Beth Libbey (email her here) or Kate Spielmann (email her here).
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Manna Bags Supplies Needed |
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We will assemble Manna Bags on Sunday, March 27 and we need the following items:
- New pairs of athletic socks
- 16.9 oz bottles of water
- Granola/Snack bars
There is a box in the narthex for these donations.
Please note: We do NOT need more zip-locking plastic storage bags or small bottles of hand sanitizer.
Thank you.
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Lenten Offerings at St. Mark's |
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St. Mark's is providing the following Lenten offerings:
Devotions at Home
Tuesdays
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10:00 a.m. - Rosary - Join us on Zoom
Wednesdays
Thursdays
Sundays
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9:30 a.m. - Sunday Worship & Holy Eucharist - Join us on Zoom, Facebook or in person.
- 10:45 a.m. - Fellowship (In person)
- 11:30 a.m. - Formation Groups:
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Godly Play - Join us on Zoom or in person in Stoney Chapel
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Holy Troublemakers - Join us on Zoom or in person in the Library
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Animate "Spiritual Practices" - Join us on Zoom or in person in the Parish Hall
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An Exciting Invitation: Join EfM (Education for Ministry) Online Fall of 2022 |
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St. Mark’s has been invited to be part of joint venture in Education for Ministry (EfM) by partnering with an existing EfM Group in Lake Oswego, Oregon with experienced EfM mentor Julia Simpson. If you want to know more about the EFM Program, check out this website: https://efm.sewanee.edu and read the testimonies below from current participants.
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Save the Dates: Experience Franz Joseph Haydn’s The Creation
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Event 1 Special Formation Opportunity
Sunday April 24th at 11:30 a.m.
The Heavens are Telling the Glory of God: Haydn's The Creation - Introduction and Talk
Event 2 St. Mark’s goes to the Lensic
Sunday May 1st 3pm Haydn’s The Creation
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...By Mail (St. Mark's has a secure mailbox and is checked regularly): 431 Richmond Place NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106.
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DRG Women's Ministry Lent Retreat |
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The DRG Women's Ministry Lent Retreat will be hybrid on March 26 from 8:30AM-3PM. We'll be at St. Luke's, La Union, NM and on Zoom. Women in the 'south' are esp. encouraged to attend in-person and invite a friend. There are hotels in Las Cruces and El Paso for those who travel from other parts of the Diocese. Sunday services are at 9:30 for anyone who wants to stay over and join in.
The Rev. Patty Soukup will be our speaker. She will focus on ways women are uniquely qualified to share wisdom with each other with reference to Richard Rohr's book Falling Upward. She'll also talk about details (like wills, etc.) that can distract us. Taking care of these bits and pieces frees us to be leaders and wise women of faith.
The event is open to women in the Diocese of the Rio Grande and friends anywhere Zoom might reach.
Registration ($25 in-person and $10 for Zoom attendance) is available on the Women's Ministry website. Fees cover supplies (including Zoom license), lunch, and honorarium. Contact Cindy with questions.
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