For your thought:

"I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

 --Mark 1:8

Study this Sunday's Readings.

WORSHIP CORNER

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Important Upcoming Dates (Download and Print an Advent-Epiphany Schedule Card here)

• Sat., Dec. 9, 9:30a-2:30p, Advent Quiet Day CANCELED
• Sat., Dec. 9, 11a, Church Unbound Sandwich Making
• Sat., Dec. 9. 12:30p, LGBTQ+ Ministry Lunch at St. Mark's (RSVP)
• Sat., Dec. 9, 3p, Gay Men's Chorus Concert (Click here for tickets)
• Sun., Dec. 10, 11:15a, Christmas Pageant Rehearsal #2
• Sun., Dec. 17, 11:00 a, Luminaria Construction
• Sun., Dec. 17, 11:15a, Christmas Pageant Rehearsal #3
• Sun., Dec. 17, 4-6p, Christmas Pageant & Potluck Dinner
• Tues., Dec. 19, 11a. Funeral for Tom Minard
• Sun., Dec. 24, 9:30a, Advent 4 Sunday Liturgy
• Sun., Dec. 24, 11a—Luminaria Set Up
• Sun., Dec. 24, 5 p.m.—Festal Christmas Eve Liturgy with Choir
• Sun., Dec. 24, 6-7:30 p.m.—A Jolly Mingle! (Bring a Christmas sweet-or-savory treat to share!)
• Sun., Dec. 24, 7:30 p.m.—Musical Prelude
• Sun., Dec. 24,   8 p.m.—Contemplative Christmas Eve by Candlelight with Choir and Incense
• Mon., Dec. 25, Offices Closed (Will reopen on 1/2/24 - No Liturgy offered today)
• Tues. Dec. 26, 3p - Luminaria Cleanup
• Thurs., Dec. 28, Offices Closed (Will reopen on 1/2/24 - No Liturgy offered today)

SAINT MARK'S MISSION, MINISTRY & OUTREACH

LGBTQ+ Lunch & Gay Men's Chorus Concert

The LGBTQ+ Ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande invites you to join us at the New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus holiday concert, “Something Must Be Wrong with My Mistletoe”, on Saturday, Dec. 9 at 3:00 pm. The concert will be held at The Hiland Theater, 4800 Central Ave SE, Albuquerque. Please join us for this annual festive event. Bring your friends and family.

The Chorus is offering us a 25% group discount on tickets. The discount is good for this Saturday afternoon concert in Tier 2 and Tier 3 seats only. To purchase your tickets, click here.

Scroll down and select “Get Tickets” at the right-hand side of the page. At the top of the next page, you are asked for a Promo Code. Enter EDRG-GROUP and then click “Apply.” Select the number of tickets you desire from Tier 2 or Tier 3 and then complete your purchase. 

St. Mark’s is hosting a lunch for the LGBTQ+ Ministry that day, Saturday, Dec. 9 at 12:30. Let’s meet for social time and good food together before the concert. Please RSVP to the lunch at LGBTQdrg@gmail.com.

Formation Offerings on Sunday

11:15 a.m. Formation:

• Breathing Underwater: Spirituality and the 12 Steps (Classroom #3
• Sabbath (Library)
• Youth classes

Formation Offerings on Sunday

• Sunday, December 17 at 11 a.m.: Luminaria Construction (Folding paper bags, adding sand and candles).
• Sunday, December 24 at 11 am: Luminaria Setup (Placing the luminarias around the church campus).
• Tuesday. December 26 at 3 p.m.: Luminaria Cleanup (Picking up luminarias around the church campus, emptying sand, and discarding candles).

All of the luminaria activities will take place outdoors, so please dress warmly!

Christmas Pageant: December 17th

We will be holding our annual Christmas Pageant on Sunday, December 17 at 4p.m. There will be a potluck dinner/reception following. Invite your friends and family to come to this festive event!

Church Unbound Needs Volunteers on Sunday

This Saturday at 11 a.m., come at the kitchen at St. Mark's and help make sandwiches for Church Unbound. We do this every second Saturday of the month. All are welcome.

This Sunday, December 10 after worship, our Church Unbound ministry needs help bringing the lunches upstairs from the Undercroft of St. Mark's, placing the sandwiches in the lunch bags, and out to the car going to Church Unbound.

Join us for fellowship and a brief service starting at 1:30 p.m. We will be located near the new library on Central near Charleston streets. This is approximately halfway between Louisiana and Wyoming on Central.

Email Joan Camera (via email here) with questions.

Christmas Eve at St. Mark's (Note the New Times)

Upcoming: Funeral for Tom Minard

The Funeral for

Thomas Edward Minard

will be held in the Nave of St. Mark's on

Tuesday December 19, 2023 at 11 a.m.

You may read Tom's obituary here.

May light perpetual shine upon Tom, and all the departed. 

Carols from around the World Holiday Recital

Carols from around the World

Singers from 8-78

Holiday Recital

Voice Students of Jacqueline Zander-Wall

Martha Dalager, Piano

Friday, December 15, 7-8 p.m.

We will be accepting donations of non-perishable food items for Roadrunner Foodbank and/or cookies to share for the Cookie Reception being held immediately following the concert.

All are Welcome!!

Wednesday Evenings: LOW: An Honest Advent Devotional

The booklet, LOW: An Honest Advent Devotional, is a gift from St. Mark’s for each household in our community. In this Advent season as we prepare for the coming Jesus in the manger of humanity at Bethlehem, we want to do something together as a community.

We invite you to read and pray along with the whole community for 4 weeks beginning with Sunday November 26 (we know that this is not technically the first Sunday of Advent) all the way to Christmas Day. Take in the brief scripture passages and ponder the beautiful meditations by John Pavlovitz.

Each week there will opportunities to come together and reflect on the devotional materials and to share what we are discovering about scripture, ourselves and God’s love for the world.

Wednesday Evenings at 7pm you can join Fr. Christopher for an hour discussion in the library either in person or on zoom. November 29, Dec. 6, Dec. 13, Dec. 20. Find the link on our website under Offerings In-person and Online (or click here)

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

Christmas Open House at Bishop's Ridge

Bishop’s Ridge Cordially Invites You to the:

6th Annual Christmas Open House

December 9, 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Property will be open to Friends and Visitors beginning at 1:00 p.m. for hiking and outdoor activities!

7855 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Live Music & Hors d’oeuvres!

RSVP to Christopher at 505-980-5371, cjewell@dioceserg.org

Prayer Day for Christian Unity

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.

www.stmarksabq.org

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