The Messenger of St. Mark's | After Pentecost| November 16, 2023 | |
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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 on our live-streaming platforms.
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Important Upcoming Dates:
- Thurs., Nov. 23, 11a, Thanksgiving Liturgy & Holy Eucharist
- Sat., Nov. 25, 10a-2p, Gathering of the Greens & Potluck
- Sun., Nov. 26, 10:30a, Advent Extravaganza
- Sat., Dec. 2, Intro to Contemplative Prayer
- Sun., Dec. 3, 9:30 a, Advent 1
- Sun., Dec. 3, 11:15a, Christmas Pageant Rehearsal #1
- Sat., Dec. 9, 9:30a-2:30p, Advent Quiet Day
- Sat., Dec. 9, 11a, Church Unbound Sandwich Making
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Sat., Dec. 9. 12:30p, LGBTQ+ Ministry Lunch at St. Mark's (RSVP)
- Sat., Dec. 9, 3p, Gay Men's Chorus Concert
- Sun., Dec. 10, 11:15a, Christmas Pageant Rehearsal #2
- Sun., Dec. 17, 11:00 a.m., Luminaria Construction
- Sun., Dec. 17, 11:15a, Christmas Pageant Rehearsal #3
- Sun., Dec. 17, 4-6p, Christmas Pageant & Potluck Dinner
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SAINT MARK'S MISSION, MINISTRY & OUTREACH | |
Widening the Welcome Annual Giving Week-Three Update | |
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Pledging Households
87 / 150
58% of our Goal
(~A little over halfway!)
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Dollars Pledged
$461,721 / $610,000
75% of our Goal
(Three-quarters there!)
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Advent through Epiphany Schedule Cards | |
Saturday, November 25: Gathering of the Greens | |
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Saturday, November 25th, at Heather Gaume's Mountain Retreat, from 10-2. Everyone is invited to our annual Green Gathering Get-Together. We will work together to collect greens required for assembling Advent Wreaths on Sunday, November 26th, just after worship. There will also be a fellowship potluck lunch with plenty of wide-open spaces for our young people to explore. All ages are welcome. Dress warmly, as much of this will take place outdoors. Please RSVP to Heather via email.
Click here for instructions on how to get Heather's place (please note that if you plug in her address into Google Maps, you'll wind up in Rio Rancho...wrong way!).
Important note regarding weather: If there is snow on Forest Road 333, you will need 4-wheel drive to make to the Piedra Lisa parking lot where Heather will come and pick up folks. If there is more than 3 inches of snow, we will cancel. There will be an email sent to the parish if we cancel this event, so please watch your inbox.
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Sunday, November 26: Advent Extravaganza | |
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Sunday, November 26 at 11:00 a.m.
Advent typically lasts four weeks, but this year, Advent 4 lands on Christmas Eve, so we are going to get started on the Advent season a week early!
Following worship on Sunday, November 26, stop by the Parish Hall and partake in our Advent Extravaganza! There, we will be holding a festive coffee hour with wreath making, crafts, music and fun for all!
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Blanket & Coat Collection for Church Unbound | |
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Please donate blankets, coats, sweatpants, and hoodies for our neighbors who are unhoused. There is a box in the narthex for your donations. Please make sure all items are new or extremely gently used and laundered.
One aspect of St. Mark’s Community Work is helping with Church Unbound each Sunday. The people who attend this outdoor worship event need extra help keeping warm as the seasons change.
Please contact Deacon David, via email here, if you have any questions.
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Thanksgiving Community Outreach | |
SMMS: Basket Raffle & Montessori Material Registry | |
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This Sunday, we will be showcasing the baskets available to win for our Gift Basket Raffle! All proceeds go to the St. Mark's Montessori School (SMMS) fieldtrip fund. Raffle tickets may be purchased through December 3. The drawing will take place on December 4.
Ticket prices:
$3 x1 ticket
$10 x4 tickets
$20 x9 tickets
We will also be introducing our Montessori Material Registry. We are opening a new classroom in our school and will need to furnish it with new Montessori materials. You will see the binders of materials we will need, and you can sponsor part of or a full set of a material. You may purchase colored stickers (priced between $30-$100 plus misc. donation amounts) which you will then stick to which material you would like to sponsor. Cash, check, or card are accepted.
You may also donate funds electronically via PayPal here. Please select "Montessori School" from the category dropdown, then add "Fieldtrip Fund" or ""Material Registry" in the memo field.
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An Introduction to Contemplative Prayer | |
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Saturday, December 2 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Tuesdays, December 5, 12, 19 & January 9, 16, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
In contemplative prayer (meditation in the East) one uses some means (a word, phrase, image, breathing, etc.) to quiet the mind so that eventually thoughts disappear, and one sits in silence. The silence provides an empty space in which we can be present to the every-present God. This is the crucial underlying intent at the heart of all prayer: to be present to and know communion with God. In this silent communion, over time and with consistent practice, the person at prayer receives all things from God: guidance, instruction, healing, forgiveness, etc. In a word the person receives her or his very self in God, what Thomas Merton and Richard Rohr have called the “True Self,” the person who God created and the only person who God knows.
This form of prayer will be introduced in six sessions. The first session, Saturday, December 2, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (bring a brown-bag lunch) provides an important foundation for the following five ninety-minute sessions on Tuesdays, December 5, 12, 19 & January 9, 16, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Each session includes an introduction to and practice of a particular way or means for entering into silence followed by small and total group response and discussion.
The Saturday session is required for participation in the following Tuesday meetings. While not required, it is very much hoped that each participant will commit themselves to all the sessions as part of their Advent discipline.
To register email Fr. Michael Jupin via email here, call him at 505-295-3975, or sign-up in church beginning November 19th. The meeting place at St. Mark’s will be communicated to registrants before the Saturday, December 2nd session.
Since 1979, Fr. Michael has led over five hundred people in learning and practicing contemplative prayer. First studying with the Rev. Ron del Bene, he received an STM in Spiritual Direction from the General Theological Seminary in New York City in 1986. He also completed training in the Group Leaders’ Program of the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation, Bethesda, MD, in 1992.
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"The First Incarnation," An Advent Quiet Day | |
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“The First Incarnation,” An Advent Quiet Day at St. Mark’s
Saturday, December 9, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Chapel.
Fr. Richard Rohr has said that “The Big Bang” is the first incarnation and that nature is the first Bible. On this quiet day we will explore the creation and nature as the first incarnation and how such an experience might shape our understanding and appreciation of the Incarnation in Jesus at this Christmas time. The Rev. Michael Jupin, spiritual director and contemplative prayer group leader will lead the day. Bring a brown bag lunch (water, coffee, tea provided) and sign up on the table at the church entrance or register with Fr. Michael via email here, or call him at 505-295-3975. Please register by Thursday noon, December 7.
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LGBTQ+ Lunch & Gay Men's Chorus Concert | |
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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.
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It is with sadness that we announce that a beloved longtime member, Ken Eberhard, died last week. He was 96, and he was active at church and his drama and singing groups until the end.
Funeral arrangements are to be announced when we have more information.
May light perpetual shine upon Ken, and may all the departed rest in peace.
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Library Exhibit: Silkworks and Beyond | | |
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The Silkworks & Beyond exhibit, by Anne Gordon Fritz, is now on display in the library of St. Mark's. This exhibit will be showing from November 3 through November 30th. Twenty percent of all exhibit sales go to St. Mark's. Come and check it out!
See more about the artist, Anne Gordon Fritz, by clicking here.
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Save the Date: The Chosen Christmas Special & Season Three | |
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“The Chosen” Christmas Special + Season 3
Sunday Night Small Group
6:00 p.pm. Mountain Time (Note earlier meeting 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.
Schedule:
All may catch up on seasons 1 and 2, for free, here.
Find weekly zoom links and more at https://www.stmarksabq.org/online.
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Give by mail (St. Mark's has a secure mailbox and is checked regularly). Send to: 431 Richmond Place NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106. | | |
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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."
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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.).
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Help Children Refugees for Christmas | |
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Here is the November report from Las Familias Solidarity. With the Christmas season fast approaching, the emphasis is on children and their needs. Children who enter the United States at the southern border are bereft of all personal belongings including warm clothes and toys. Las Familias is addressing this poignant situation. In this month's donation list, you will see the opportunities to donate warm children's clothing and little toys as well as the usual adult items. Thank you for your generosity.
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Vocal Artistry Art Song Festival | |
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The Vocal Artistry Art Song Festival, Canzonette Italianne, is next weekend at Keller Hall at UNM. From the Community, For the Community, all events are free and open to the public. This is their 14th Festival and over 12,000$ of scholarship awards are given to New Mexico students of voice and piano.
Next weekend: the full schedule is attached here or on our website: www.vocalartistryartsong.com
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Movie Night with the LGBTQ+ Ministry | |
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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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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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