April 12, 2024

The Funeral Service for Ed Maag will be this Saturday, April 13, at 1 p.m. at Saint Mark's.

Ed will be interred in the Memorial Garden at the end of the service.

Please keep Ed's family in your prayers.

Adult Formation will be looking at the Book of Revelation during April. The Adult Formation session will meet April 14, 21 & 28 beginning at 9:30 a.m. in the parish hall. These sessions will also be livestreamed and recorded.

Children's Formation will continue working on their Apostles' Creed project. Children's Formation gathers at 10:30 a.m. in the Children's Formation area. Children return to the service around the time of the peace.

Saint Mark's has some new patio furniture that needs to be put together.

Are you good with an allen wrench? Do you have an hour or two you can give? Then you are exactly who we are looking for.

Let Pastor Vicki know (rector@saintmarkscolumbus.org) if you are able to help.

The Tour of Asia Without Leaving Bethel Road continues on Tuesday April 16. We will meet at Min Ga Korean at 6 p.m. Min Ga is located at 800 Bethel Road, this is the strip mall across the street from the Micro Center complex.

Saint Mark’s will host the 2024 Culture & Artisans Fair from 10 am to 3 pm, on Saturday, May 4, on the church lawn. 

We continue to partner with CRIS (Community Refugee and Immigration Services) and the City of Upper Arlington Community Relations Committee to showcase the artistic creations of individuals new to the United States. 

You can help with this event while enjoying a fun day of food, crafts and music. Just go to the Fair SignUp Genius page click the link on the Saint Mark's home page, or sign-up in the Parish Hall. See you at the Fair!

From Bishop White: Discernment gatherings in April and May

April 6, 2024

Dear People of God in the Diocese of Southern Ohio,

In my first weeks as your bishop, I have been so grateful for the opportunities I have had to meet with many of you and learn about your ministries. I feel the Holy Spirit moving powerfully in our midst, and I am eager to continue learning from you so that, together, we can shape a vision for our ministry.

To jumpstart our work, I have asked Ministry Architects to facilitate six days of discernment gatherings from April 29 to May 1 and from May 6 to May 8 in locations across the diocese and on Zoom. I hope that you will attend one of the meetings so that your voice and experience can inform the future of our ministry together.

Each one-hour gathering will be led by two Ministry Architects consultants, and sessions will be capped at 15 participants to ensure everyone has a chance to be heard. By the time these gatherings are concluded, I hope that we will have gathered the wisdom of clergy, lay leaders, vestry members, staff, and church members from all parts of our diocese and all walks of life. You can find a schedule for the discernment gatherings and sign up to attend below.

I know that in the past several years, you have been asked to give your input at listening sessions and on surveys several times. I am grateful to you for your willingness to participate anew in these gatherings as we move forward into the future that God has in store for us.

I am grateful to be in ministry with you.

Faithfully,

The Rt. Rev. Kristin Uffelman White

Bishop

Discernment Gatherings

Week One

Monday April 29: Church of the Good Shepherd, Athens

Tuesday April 30: All Saints, New Albany and St. Mark’s Upper Arlington

Wednesday May 1: Procter Center 

Learn more and sign up at this link.

Week Two

Monday May 6: Redeemer, Cincinnati and Ascension & Holy Trinity, Wyoming

Tuesday May 7: Calvary, Clifton and St. Patrick’s, Lebanon

Wednesday May 8: St. Margaret’s, Trotwood and St. Patrick’s, Dublin

Learn more and sign up at this link.

Zoom

Monday April 29 at 6:30 PM (open)

Monday May 6 at 6:00 PM (clergy only)

Tuesday May 7 at 5:00 PM (youth only)

Learn more and sign up at this link.

If none of the scheduled discernment gatherings is convenient, please email Martha Whitesides to receive a survey that you may submit anonymously.

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Holy Eucharist, Rite I

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Holy Eucharist, Rite II