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The ReMarks

January 8, 2025

This Sunday...


Our sermon series "A New Start" continues this Sunday with "Hope Renewed"


Scripture: Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

Bishop Dease visits with our Young Adults


This past Sunday night, Bishop Robin Dease "returned back' to Saint Mark. The Bishop joined our young adults for their Theology on Tap class. The class rotates where it happens from month to month. This month, Noey and Sheri Barrera-Disler, host our Young Adults.


If you'd like to attend the next Theology on Tap OR would like to host Theology on Tap, please reach out to Pastor Charlotte in the church office.

Applications Now Open for UMHEF Scholarships!

January 1 - April 1, 2025

Paying for college can be a struggle. The United Methodist Higher Education Foundation can help! We award millions every year to help students attend United Methodist-related colleges, universities, and seminaries.


Apply Now: https://umhef.org/scholarships/apply/

North and South Georgia Conferences Launch Unification Study


The South Georgia Annual Conference and the North Georgia Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church are working together to explore and pursue unification as one Annual Conference.


With the intention of providing information and empowering all Georgia United Methodists to be a part of this season - which involves prayerful discernment, study, and collaboration - the team has launched a website, www.GeorgiaUMC.org

Wednesday Night Dinner, Program, & Fellowship

Returns next Wednesday, January 15, 2025 with Dale's Homemade Beef Chili with Baked Potato Bar. Please join us. RSVP with Robert Gilleo at RJGilleo@pcgus.com no later than next Wednesday at 2 PM.

Vespers

Returns next Wednesday, January 15, 2025.

January Community Engagement Opportunity

January 23-25, 2025


The Q Christian Fellowship Conference is a transformative gathering that fosters a vibrant, inclusive, and affirming space for LGBTQ+ Christians and allies to grow spiritually, emotionally, and intellectually. Rooted in love and faith, this annual event brings together a diverse community to celebrate God’s unconditional love for all. And this year's national conference will be right here in Atlanta! Through dynamic workshops, engaging keynote speakers, and uplifting worship experiences attendees are encouraged to make meaningful connections and explore their faith in ways that empower authenticity and belonging.

 

Are you looking for a great way to heal, to celebrate, and to deepen your relationship with God while discovering how to live out your calling authentically? Whether you are seeking encouragement, solidarity, or guidance, the Q Christian Fellowship Conference is a space where you are welcomed, valued, and reminded of the boundless grace that connects us all. Saint Mark will be participating in this year's conference; an initiative led by Reverend Andy! Scholarships are available for five (at least) Saint Markers to attend along with him! If you would like to attend, please check out https://ti.to/qchristianorg/2025-conference.


And if you are interested in the possibility of a scholarship, please reach out to the church office! 

Amazon Wish List

Use the QR code for a link to Amazon and find a list of items that the Saint Mark Clothing Closet needs.

Saint Mark Prayer Ministry


Click on the link and head over to the Saint Mark Prayer Ministry page. Please surround these people and their family and friends with your prayers and love.


https://www.stmarkumc.org/prayer-ministry

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Welcome Home to Saint Mark!


As a United Methodist Church we are proud to be a congregation with open hearts, open minds, and open doors. We strive to be a congregation that embodies God’s absolute love and hospitality, proclaiming Jesus as our savior and as our model of the ultimate embodiment of God’s love. We believe that all persons are of sacred worth and dignity as part of God’s good creation. Saint Mark United Methodist Church welcomes all persons into the full life and ministry of our congregation, regardless of race, culture, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, family, or socioeconomic status, physical or mental ability, or faith history.

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