For your thought:

We do not live to ourselves, and we do not die to ourselves. If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's. For to this end Christ died and lived again, so that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

--Romans 14:7-9

Study this Sunday's Study this Sunday's Readings.

WORSHIP CORNER

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Important Upcoming Dates:

• Sun., Sept 17, 11:15a, Lifetime of Altar Guild Service Celebration for Karen McDaniel (Bring a salad to share and a card or note of thanks to give to her)
• Sun., Sept. 17, 5p, Embracing God's Gifts in Creation to Help Tend our Pain & Our Healing (In-person, Stoney Chapel)
• Wed., Sept. 20, 11:30-12p, Church members may come by the Fish Garden to have a farm experience.
• Wed., Sept. 27 - The Montessori is sharing Picture Day with church members (email for times)
• Sun., Sept. 24, Meet the Architect/All-Parish Visioning Workshop
• Sat., Oct. 7, 1p, Funeral for Ann Yeager
• Sun., Nov. 5, Bishop Hunn will be at St. Mark’s for the Feast of All Saints liturgy

SAINT MARK'S MISSION, MINISTRY & OUTREACH

This Sunday: Celebrating Karen McDaniel & her Lifetime of Altar Guild Service

Karen has served as the head of St. Mark’s Altar Guild for more than 30 years and we want to celebrate her loving service to this Faith Community. After worship on September 17, and in place of our typical Coffee Hour, let's celebrate Karen's exemplary service by bringing a salad to share (Green Salads, Pasta Salads, Chicken Salad, Couscous Salad, Spinach Salad, Fruit Salad, etc.). Cards and gifts of gratitude are welcome!

Karen remains a member of the Altar Guild as the "Director Emeritus" and helps the newly formed and evolving teams that now care for our Altar and Liturgical Preparation.

Bring a Card for her and something to share this coming Sunday. 

There will be celebratory cake and some storytelling, as well!

RSVP: Meet the Architect & Community Visioning Event!

Meet the Architect selected by our Building Renewal Committee on Sunday, September 24 from 9:30-1:45 p.m. We will be hosting a community conversation on visioning the endless possibilities of transforming our nave into something beautiful for God in our neighborhood.

• Share the excitement!
• Feel inspired!
• Be heard!
• Be a part of building something anew!
• All are welcome and encouraged to attend!
• Please make sure to RSVP here!

A festive New Mexican lunch from Monroe's will be provided to all who attend. Please RSVP here to let us know if you will be attending and please let us know by noon on September 20. Childcare will be provided. We very much look forward to the gift of your presence in this community event!

Celebration of Life: Richard "Dick" Gouge

The funeral of Richard "Dick" Gouge, father of Sherry Reeder, will be held in the Nave of St. Mark's on Saturday, September 16, 2023, at 1:00 p.m.

A reception will follow.

In-person only.

May light perpetual shine upon Dick and all the departed.

Embracing God's Gifts in Creation to Help Tend our Pain & Our Healing

Embracing God's Gifts in Creation to Help Tend our Pain & Our Healing

Sundays, 5-6pm in Stoney Chapel

9/17, 9/24, 10/8, 10/15

We are grateful for the tremendous care and courage demonstrated by all the members of St. Mark's who chose to participate in our recent Community Conversations around surviving, preventing, and responding to abuse. The painful reality of abuse--experiencing it, talking about it, hearing about it, learning about it--often triggers a variety of intense emotions, including anger, grief, pain, fear, regret, shame, sadness, isolation, and confusion. As a church community it is important for us to acknowledge and affirm these difficult emotional experiences, and to avail ourselves of the many and varied resources God provides to support us in processing difficult emotions in ways that enable us to experience greater healing, wholeness, connection and freedom. These healing resources may include: sacraments, scripture, song, prayer & spiritual practices, somatic (body-based) practices, community, and creation itself. 

St. Mark's associate rector and priest, Mother Sylvia, and St. Mark's member and somatic therapist, Marcie Holland, invite you to join them on Sunday evenings (9/17, 9/24, 10/8, 10/15) at 5pm in Stoney Chapel to share, experience, and explore together a variety of simple resources and practices that may help us hold and move through intense emotions in a healing way. You are welcome to join us for one, several, or all four sessions. 

In these sessions we will share scripture, song, silence, and simple practices that invite us to explore and experience God's healing power in our places of pain through the fundamental elements of God's Creation: Fire, Water, Earth, and Air. 

Formation: Breathing Underwater: Spirituality and the 12 Steps

Sundays 11:15 a.m.

Location: Classroom 3 (Montessori classroom nearest the kitchen)

Facilitator: Thomas Russell

Join us for a weekly time of mutual support and accountability in community. We’ll begin each session by reading together a chapter from Richard Rohr’s book, Breathing Under Water: Spirituality & the Twelve Steps. We will then spend time together in silent meditation/contemplation/prayer. We’ll conclude our sessions with time for reflection, sharing, and conversation. All are welcome.

Week One's class closed with the following prayer:

"O Lord, grant me to meet the coming day in peace. Help me in all thing to rely upon Your holy will. In every hour of the day, reveal Your will to me. Bless my dealing with all who surround me. Teach me to treat all that comes to me throughout the day with peace of soul and with firm conviction that Your will governs all. In all my deeds and words, guide my thoughts and feelings. In unforeseen events, let me not forget that all are sent by You. Teach me to act firmly and wisely, without embittering and embarrassing others. Give me strength to bear the fatigue of the coming day with all that it shall bring. Direct my will, teach me to pray, pray You Yourself in me. Amen."

Formation: Vital Conversation Series - Caring for Our Gifts

Caring for Our Gifts: Toward a more comprehensive Theology of Stewardship 

Sundays, 11:30 – 12:15 p.m. (following coffee hour)

Facilitator: Fr. Christopher McLaren

Location: Chapel

The spiritual practice of “Stewardship” is about more than money. Stewardship is about how we faithfully nurture and share ALL the gifts God gives us–including our bodies, minds, spirits, relationships, time, money, talents, and the earth. Join us for any session in this series of informal community conversations as we wrestle together with the challenges and blessings we face as we strive to grow as good stewards of the many gifts God has given us.  

Check out the schedule here.

Formation: The Way of Love (Inquirers') Class

Sundays 11:15-12:15

Beginning: September 10 – November 19 (8 Sessions) 

Location: St. Mark’s Library

Facilitators: Fr. Christopher McLaren, Ty Camp, and Harrison Higgins

Join us to learn more about the Episcopal Church and the practices that make for a vital faith journey. We will enjoy brief videos from The Episcopal Church’s series on The Way of Love, inspired by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry. Classes will consist of video, teaching, discussion and reflection. This class is for anyone who wants to learn more about the Episcopal Church, deepen their connection to the community of St. Mark’s, refresh their faith and spiritual practices, or prepare to become a member through baptism, confirmation, or reception. 

For the schedule and more information, click here.

Community Viewing & Conversation: Season Two of The Chosen

The Chosen (+ the Sabbath)

Sunday Night Small Group

Sunday Evenings, 7:00-8:45pm Mountain Time

In person in St. Mark’s Library AND on Zoom



All are welcome! Join us on site or online! Bring snacks or drinks to share! We’ll gather to share our “highs and lows,” watch a film or an episode from a series together, enjoy some small group discussion, and close by praying a brief service of Compline. 

See the schedule and more information here.

Montessori School Collaborative Activities with Our Parish

Wednesday, September 20 - Farmer Leonard will visit the Montessori with his farm animals and the church has been invited to join the fun! After the children finish, members may come by the Fish Garden from 11:30-12 to have their own farm experience.

Wednesday, September 27 - The Montessori is also sharing Picture Day with church members. If you would like information about the photographer, his packages and pricing, or to schedule a time slot, please call (505) 262-2484 or email the church office (email here) and leave your name, email address and phone number. We can email the photographer’s information and contact you with available times for a session.  

Outreach: Food Pantry Volunteer Opportunity

Our friends at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in the North Valley need help. 

Their food pantry, Casa San Miguel, is experiencing nearly double the number of families seeking assistance. While the food pantry can always use money and food donations, they really need people to come help out.

The times are Mondays and Tuesdays, 6:30 – 10:00 on both days. You can work a portion of those times. While there is some lifting (40-pound boxes) involved, there are other jobs which do not require too much manual labor.

Please contact Deacon David (via email here) for more information and to sign up.

GIVE TO ST. MARK'S

Give by mail (St. Mark's has a secure mailbox and is checked regularly). Send to: 431 Richmond Place NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106.

Give electronically through By PayPal®.

Please consider checking the box that reads, "I’d like to add to my donation to help offset the cost of processing."

Give electronically through the Diocese of the Rio Grande Parish Donation site and check the box next to "Albuquerque-St. Mark's".

Just fill out the rest of the information and click the Next button at the bottom of the page. Please make sure fill out "special instructions or comment" to let us know how to apply your gift (e.g., pledge, congregational relief fund, etc.).

DIOCESE & BEYOND

Music Makes Community Retreat

Enjoy the beauty of autumn in the desert from October 5-7, 2023, as Music that Makes Community again gathers at the Santa Maria de la Vid Abbey in Albuquerque, NM for a three-day, two-night retreat. We'll lean into a spacious time for rest and rejuvenation, tune ourselves to the rhythms of the land, and listen to songs and spiritual practices that sustain body, heart, and soul. Daily workshops include opportunities to focus on topics like singing lament and grief, singing to strengthen justice and reconciliation work, singing with all ages, singing into Advent, and creating new songs.

The retreat will be led by a dynamic team of local musicians and clergy, including Sylvia and Donnel Miller-Mutia, David and Winona Poole, as well as MMC's Executive Director Paul Vasile.  

COST:

• Guest Room: Double Occupancy - $500 to $425 (all meals, shared room w/ private bath)
• Commuter: Full Retreat - $275 to $200 (all meals)
• Commuter: Friday Full Day - $120 to $90 (all meals)
• Commuter: Half-Day - $80 to $40 (one meal)

Please reach out to Paul (via email here) with any questions or to request scholarship assistance.

DETAILS AND LINK TO REGISTER HERE!

Click here to download the printable flier.

Therapeutic Poetry Workshops 

This fall, St. Mark's Montessori School parent, Maggie Brophy, will offer four therapeutic poetry workshops, inviting participants to practice expressive writing for personal growth, creativity flow, and emotional ease. We will use a poem to guide our discussion, writing, and time of sharing. The themes for these fall sessions will be alive, compassion, connected, and quiet. 

• Wed., Sept. 20 from 12 - 1:15 p.m. (MT) on Zoom [alive]
• Sat., Oct. 21 from 10 - 11:15 a.m. (MT) in person [compassion]
• Wed., Nov. 15 from 12 - 1:15 p.m. (MT) on Zoom [connected]
• Sat., Dec. 9 from 10 - 11:15 a.m. (MT) in person [quiet]

Register at www.jessicamaggiebrophy.com/registration

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!

Email submissions should be sent (via email) to the Communications Specialist by 9:00 a.m. each Wednesday for inclusion on Thursday's e-news.

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