Tomorrow we dine "Under the Tuscan Sun" !
6:30pm in the Parish Hall
This Weekend at a Glance
Sunday February 16 - The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany
Saturday Evening Service in Post Chapel this week, 5pm
Sunday:
- 8am Rite I Service
- 9am Adult & Youth Forum
- 10am Rite II Service & Sunday School
Wednesday 9am service in Post Chapel
The office is closed Monday, 2/17, President's Day
Keansburg Soup Kitchen
The team is heading down to Keansburg to serve lunch on 2/19. Please check out our needs list if you are able to help with providing the meal. Thank you.
Pancake Supper - volunteers needed
The SHROVE TUESDAY PANCAKE SUPPER is February 25! We are calling all volunteers ready, willing and able to lend our youth a hand, to please join us, on Tuesday, the 25th, for the annual feast. All positions are available, from set-up to break-down, and everything in between - cooks, adult overseers, servers (and of course all who would like to lend an appetite!). If this sounds like the ministry you’ve been looking for, please email Chip Rubendall crubendall@gts.edu. Be certain to watch for upcoming details.
Alpha Continues!
Completed: the 6th Alpha session and another great turnout! (p.s. never too late to join - if you have an occasional conflict and can’t make it - come when you can!)
Alpha is a program exploring the Christian faith in a relaxed and informal way that’s intended for, and open to, everyone. Each week we share a meal, watch a topical video and have small group discussions.
Details:
Date: Tuesday evenings at 7pm
Location: St. Mark’s Parish Hall
Feb 18th topic: How Does God Guide Us?
Link to February 11th Video “Why and How Should I Read the Bible?”
Online Directory Updates
Have you seen our online directory recently? We have been doing some work to update the information and would appreciate your checking out your entry and letting us know if we need to make any edits.
We have many directory listings with no photos and would love to change that. You can either send the office a photo and we will upload it or we can take one here at St. Mark’s. And the same goes for those of you who would like an “updated” photo.
Home Blessings
When the Magi followed the star to Bethlehem, they came and blessed the home of the Holy Family with this presence. Ever since, Christians have blessed homes on, or around, the Feast of the Epiphany, which always falls on January 6th. This Epiphany season we are going to try and bless every home in the parish – and, we’d love to bless the home of a neighbor, friend, or relative while we’re in your neighborhood.Start off your decade with a blessed home. Call or email the church office to let us know when would be a good time for Fr Rick to drop by.(908) 766-9058 or stmarks.br@verizon.net
Spring Rummage Sale: March 27th & 28th
Save the Date, Mark your Calendars, Join the fun. We need significant donations of your unwanted goods. Tell your friends and families of the opportunity to donate to our fund raiser. We also need your help during the week. Every one of all ages can get involved.
Set Up will be Sat, March 21st at 9:30AM.
Sorting and Pricing will be from Sunday, 3/22 1:00 Pm – Thursday, 3/26
Sale will be Friday, 3/27 and Saturday, 3/28 ,9:00am - 2:00pm.
Clean Up will be Saturday, 3/28 at 2:30 PM.
Please consider volunteering in this important fund raiser in any capacity possible. Signup sheet is in the Link. Let us all help make this Rummage Sale another huge success for St. Mark's. Thanks. Harry Woods, Kit McLaughlan, and Annabelle Wilmer
Astrophysics and Faith
On May 2nd, from 9am to 3pm come and join astrophysicist and theologian Paul Wallace as he explores the intersection of faith and science. Sign up at stmarksbr.org.
Art Studio
We’ll next meet on Tuesday, March 10 at 12:30pm - 2:30pm in the large Sunday school classroom, with art teacher Linda Quinn. Feel free to stay later to paint some more. It’s fun, relaxing, and we’re a friendly group, come join us.
Please contact Jenny Phillips for more information at jrpw26@gmail.com.