The Messenger of St. Mark's | Easter | April 6, 2023 | |
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For your thought:
After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.
--Matthew 28:1-2
Study this Sunday's Readings.
Note: The offices of St. Mark's will be closed on Monday, April 10th. We will reopen on Tuesday, April 11th at 9 a.m.
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Worship on Sunday is both in person and virtually, every week at 9:30 a.m. We live stream Sunday liturgies on our Facebook & YouTube channels.
Also, we offer a Midweek Eucharist every Thursday at 11 a.m. that is both in person and through our live-streaming platforms.
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For a complete listing and schedule of our online / in-person offerings available, please click on the button below: | |
SAINT MARK'S MISSION & OUTREACH | |
The Holy Triduum & Easter at St. Mark's | |
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Thursday, April 6 - Maundy Thursday
11:00 a.m. - Midweek Holy Eucharist (Hybrid - No foot-washing):
12:00 p.m. - Bible Study
7:00 p.m. - Maundy Thursday Liturgy - Eucharist and foot-washing, emphasizing the call to self-sacrificial service (Hybrid)
9:00 p.m.-12 a.m. - Prayer Watch in Stoney Chapel - For those who want to pray and wait with Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane prior to his arrest on Good Friday (In-person only).
Friday, April 7 - Good Friday
7:00 a.m. - Stations of the Cross (In-person)
12:00 p.m. - Stations of the Cross (Hybrid)
7:00 p.m. - Traditional Good Friday Liturgy (Hybrid)
NOTE: All loose offerings for this service will go to three dioceses of the Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East (for more information and to donate directly online click here):
Saturday, April 8 - Holy Saturday, Spring Cleaning the Church & the Great Vigil of Easter
9:00 a.m. - Holy Saturday Liturgy and All-Parish Cleaning Day (In-person)
8:00 p.m. - The Great Vigil of Easter (Hybrid with incense) - Bring a bell with you!
10:00 p.m. - Agape Feast & Party - Immediately following the Great Vigil liturgy there will be food (bring food or drink to share), drink, music and dancing in celebration of Christs' triumph over death.
Sunday, April 9 - Easter Sunday
9:30 a.m. St. Mark's Sunday Worship & Holy Eucharist (in-person in the Nave), or
11:00 a.m. Resurrection Party (In-person) - Cupcake extravaganza and egg hunt (all youth)!
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All non-designated ("loose plate offerings") offerings on Good Friday will go to The Anglican Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East. If you'd like to make an electronic offering or find out more about the Good Friday Offering, please click here.
You may download a printable flyer here.
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Saturday, April 8: All-Parish Spring Cleaning | |
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Help us get our facilities and grounds into good shape for Easter!
The cleaning will take place after Holy Saturday Liturgy on April 8th (liturgy begins at 9:00 a.m.)
Tools and Equipment
INDOOR TEAM: Any of these things would be helpful in the Nave Clean-up Area:
- Vacuum for carpet or for the tile and wood floors
- Dust mop for under pews or Swiffer® (or something like that).
- Rags and furniture cleaner/polish
- Small handheld vacuum for pews or tight spots.
OUTDOOR TEAM: These things would be helpful in the outdoor cleanup:
- Work Gloves and a Hat and some sunscreen.
- Pruners
- Bucket for weeding into
- Weeding tool or small shovel
- Hoop Hoe
- A plastic bag for trash and weeds.
- Rake – leaf or steel
Tasks and Goals for the Workday
INDOOR TEAM: These are the areas that we hope to attend to during the cleaning time:
- Carpeted Areas – vacuum
- Floor under Pews – dust mop or vacuum or both
- Pew Cushions and Pew seats. – vacuum and clean
- Altar Area – this requires some instruction and we use special cleaning chemical and mop head – Bona wood cleaner and polish
- Window sills in chapel and altar area – Dust/Clean tidy
- Floor in chapel and Columbarium – vacuum and clean
- Stairs to Choir - clean and vacuum
- Choir Loft – vacuum
OUTDOOR TEAM: We plan to accomplish these things:
- Weed the entire campus
- Tidy and rake up any areas that need it
- Hoop hoe around the utility areas
- Prune any trees or shrubs that need it (dead branches in trees, branches encroaching on sidewalk)
- Pick up all trash and make things look as good as they can
- Rake and tidy any areas that need it
When Will We Finish?
We hope to be done by 11 for sure and perhaps earlier. Any time you can help is valuable 30 minutes or more is welcome and needed. Many hands make the work a lot more fun and easier.
Refreshments
We also will have a table out in the narthex for snacks if anyone wants to bring something to share.
We look forward to your help on this All-Parish Workday. Thank you!
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Saturday Evening: Agape Feast & Party | |
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Following the Great Vigil of Easter liturgy, we will have a celebratory Easter feast and party. Bring something delicious to share (savory or sweet food and/or alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage). All food items should be ready-to-eat or in a crockpot that may be plugged in. Not able to bring a dish or beverage? Come anyway! You don't want to miss the fun! All are welcome.
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Easter Sunday Resurrection Party & Youth Egg Hunt | |
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St. Mark's will be hosting a Resurrection Party after Holy Eucharist on Easter Sunday (April 9th). We will serve cupcakes for all, and will have an egg hunt for our youth. Bring friends and family!
All youth are invited to join the St. Mark’s Easter Egg Hunt this Sunday, April 9. We will meet at the Fish Garden (the grassy area with trees outside Stoney Chapel) around 11:15 a.m. Bring a basket or other container to carry all your eggs. We will also have extra baskets for any youth who needs one. See you on Easter morning!
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Building Renewal Committee’s Weekly Report | |
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As the Building Renewal Committee studies our needs, we seem to face a paradox: contradictory preferences, ideas, beliefs, and opinions that are nevertheless in the service of truth. From the Building Survey and on-going interviews, we’ve recorded contradictions on carpet, pews, music, organ, choir, Choir Loft, choir robes, north wall, icons, altar, steps, pulpit, technology, entrances, Stoney Chapel, columbarium, prayer sticks, doors, windows, aisles, basement, parking, bell tower, a God of Abundance, fiscal conservatism, and more. We’re happily swimming in the soup of paradox!
This is the soup of life, as we know from membership in our families and communities ultimately, our leadership can make wise, informed decisions that fulfill our aim of “Building something Beautiful for God in our neighborhood.” Our established intentional process allows us to resolve paradoxes in a “both/and fashion” without compromising the commitment to beauty. Take a few minutes with the “What is Beautiful at St. Mark’s” poster on the bulletin board across from the Parish Hall. As you worship during Holy Week, appreciate the beautiful in the services, sentences, and silences. During indoor and outdoor clean up on Saturday, see the condition and the potentials for our church buildings and grounds. Look and let us know what you see now and what you’d like to see in the future.
The Building Renewal Committee is on schedule, on task, and always eager to hear from you. If you'd like to set up a meeting with the Building Renewal Committee, please email Tim McIntire here.
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Thank you to our Baptismal Illuminators | |
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It is a longstanding tradition for the church to present symbols of the faith (such as copies of the Creed and the Lord's Prayer) to baptismal candidates as part of their preparation for baptism. This year, St. Mark's member, Heather Gaume created beautifully illuminated copies of the Lord's Prayer for our three baptismal candidates who will be baptized this Saturday night at the Great Vigil of Easter, which were presented to the candidates following the Passion Play on Palm Sunday. If you are an artist or calligrapher, and would like to get involved in this ministry of Illuminating Sacred Texts for members of St. Mark's preparing for baptism or other rites of passage, please contact Mother Sylvia (via email here). We would love to have a team of folks to share in this ministry going forward.
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Thanks to St. Mark's Passion Players on Palm Sunday | |
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For Palm Sunday 2023, members of St. Mark's proclaimed the Passion according to St. Matthew in word, music, and dance, as translated in the First Nations Version, under the direction of St. Mark's member Marcie Holland. Please express your gratitude to St. Mark's Passion Players for their role in helping us enter into the mystery of Holy Week so deeply: our Readers Kirk Landin (Narrator), Else Tasseron (Jesus), the Rev. Billie Abraham (Judas), Stephanie Vároz (Pilate's Wife), Mary Catherine Casey (the crowd), and Marcel Vároz (Centurion); our Musicians: Asher Barreras (bass) and Art Dougherty (guitar and vocals); our Principal Dancers and Actors: Preston Jones (Judas & others) and Marcie Holland (Peter and Others); and Xion Hurtado (Jesus); and our Ensemble Actors: Michelle Raddish, Mary Catherine Casey, Robin Connell, Donnel Miller-Mutia, Johanna Miller-Mutia, Julia (guest from Oregon) Heather Jim (guest from Thoreau).
Inspiration, leadership, and support for this year's Passion Play came mainly from St. Mark's Thursday Bible Study group, which meets every Thursday from 12-1:15 p.m. in Stoney Chapel to pray, share, read aloud, and study the Gospel as it is translated in the First Nations Version. We offer gratitude to Heather Jim and Preston Jones, members of the Navajo Nation, who first introduced Mother Sylvia to the First Nations Version of the Gospels, and who graciously traveled from their home in Thoreau, NM to join St. Mark's Passion Players for Palm Sunday. You can link to the video of St. Mark's Palm Sunday 2023 Service, and enjoy some candid photos of the cast in rehearsal at https://www.mothersylvia.com/palm-sunday-passion-2023.htmll (Thanks to Mo. Billie!) If you are interested in being involved with next year's Passion Play, or future liturgical dance and drama projects at St. Mark's in general, please reach out to Marcie Holland (via email here) so we can keep you in the loop!
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431 Richmond Place NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106.
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ABQ FaithWorks: Asylum Program Update | |
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On March 17th, we bid adieu to Elijah Martinez with gratitude for his 14 months of service at ABQ FaithWorks to asylum seekers, immigrants, and volunteers. Sarah Camp assumed the role of Asylum Program Director and will continue building on what Elijah established, along with Odalys Marquez, who is continuing in her role as Asylum Program Volunteer Coordinator. Sarah and Odalys would love to welcome you into our new office space, sign you up to volunteer at our monthly Food Distribution, help onboard you as a new Family Liaison for one of the many asylum seekers on our waiting list, or receive your financial contributions to support this work. Contact us with any questions: Sarah Camp, asylumdirector@abqfaithworks.org, 505.289.0659 and Odalys Marquez vc@abqfaithworks.org, 505.492.7248.
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Also, First Congregational is hosting a benefit concert in support of asylum seekers (note: Masks are required for this live event of Emma's Revolution). | |
LGBTQ+ Holy Eucharist & Potluck Meal | |
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All are welcome to join us for worship during our Thursday 11 a.m. midweek Holy Eucharists and our Sunday Holy Eucharists at 9:30 a.m. You may join us in person or on Facebook & YouTube.
Come as you are!
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