Dear Friends,
The day has come! On Sunday St. Mark's will celebrate its 60th anniversary as a church. At the 9:30 service we will have bells, brass, timpani, piano, organ, and full choir as composer/arranger Mark Hayes joins us as guest music director for the day. As part of the service, he will conduct a new anthem he has written in honor of St. Mark's.
Laura Wise, United Methodist Missionary to the Philippines, will be in church to share with us the situation there. And, as on every first Sunday, the St. Mark's Tongan Fellowship Choir will be with us.
To top it all off, after church on the patio we will share cake, coffee, memories, and dreams. You'll want to be here early, because the church may be full.
On Sunday afternoon at 4:30 the St. Mark's Music Series presents a full concert of Mark Hayes' best music.
Ash Wednesday is March 5, and we will begin Lent that evening with a service including imposition of ashes at 7 p.m.
It is a pivotal time for us at St. Mark's as we mark our 60th anniversary and begin the season of Lent. We are blessed with extraordinary advantages as a congregation. At the same time, we are challenged now to find opportunities and try new things to help our church continue to grow. If we wait, we risk resuming our long-term attendance decline.
During Lent, I invite you to join Jeri and me in prayer for the future of St. Mark's. We will gather two times each week in the sanctuary for a time of communion and quiet prayer: Mondays from 5:30 to 6 p.m., March 10 through April 14, and Thursdays from 10 to 10:30 a.m. March 6 though April 10. If you cannot come at either of these times, I encourage you to say a prayer wherever you are. If you need it, here is a suggested prayer to use, from Walter Rauschenbusch:
O God of all times and places,
we pray for your church,
which is set today amid the perplexities of a changing order,
and face-to-face with new tasks.
Baptize her afresh in the life-giving spirit of Jesus.
Bid her cease from seeking her own life, lest she lose it.
Make her valiant to give up her own life to humanity,
that, like her crucified Lord,
she may mount by the path of the cross to a higher glory;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
I also invite you to an especially powerful and personal weekly Lenten study. We will use Bishop Robert Schnase's Five Practices of Fruitful Living. Schnase says "These practices open our heart--to God, to others, to a life that matters, a life rich with meaning, relationship, and contribution. They help us flourish." The study meets on the six Mondays of Lent, from 1 to 2:15 p.m. in the New Room, beginning March 10. Books are $5 and are available now. Please sign up by calling (858-273-1480), e-mailing (smumcsdoffice@gmail.com), or visiting the church office.See you in church.
Craig
Sunday School Cancelled for this Sunday's Celebration
Parents, please enjoy this Sunday's opportunity to take your children to church with you and participate in the church's "60th birthday party." It's a wonderful, teachable moment when a congregation celebrates 60 years. The nursery and toddler rooms, however, will be available this Sunday for children through age five. (Sunday School will resume as usual the following week.) Happy Birthday, St. Mark's!
"They all want the Kingdom, but they don't want God in it."--Johnny Cash
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Pastors Sunday School
We will study the lectionary texts, which follow the church calendar. It's an informal study, always open to all, at 8:30 a.m. in the New Room, just behind the church office.
Below are the lectionary reading for this week:
Leviticus 19:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘You shall be holy; for I, Yahweh your God, am holy.
9 “‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. 10 You shall not glean your vineyard, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and for the foreigner. I am Yahweh your God.
11 “‘You shall not steal.
“‘You shall not lie.
“‘You shall not deceive one another.
12 “‘You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.
13 “‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him.
“‘The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
14 “‘You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.
15 “‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.
16 “‘You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people.
“‘You shall not endanger the life[a] of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.
17 “‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
18 “‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.
Footnotes:
a. Leviticus 19:16 literally, “blood”
Psalm 119: HEY
33 Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your statutes.
I will keep them to the end.
34 Give me understanding, and I will keep your law.
Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.
35 Direct me in the path of your commandments,
for I delight in them.
36 Turn my heart toward your statutes,
not toward selfish gain.
37 Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things.
Revive me in your ways.
38 Fulfill your promise to your servant,
that you may be feared.
39 Take away my disgrace that I dread,
for your ordinances are good.
40 Behold, I long for your precepts!
Revive me in your righteousness.
1 Corinthians 3:10 According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it. 11 For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.
16 Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you? 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, which you are.
18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He has taken the wise in their craftiness.”[a] 20 And again, “The Lord knows the reasoning of the wise, that it is worthless.”[b] 21 Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours, 22 whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come. All are yours, 23 and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.
Footnotes:
a. 1 Corinthians 3:19 Job 5:13
b. 1 Corinthians 3:20 Psalm 94:11
Matthew 5:38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’[a] 39 But I tell you, don’t resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40 If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have your cloak also. 41 Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two. 42 Give to him who asks you, and don’t turn away him who desires to borrow from you.
43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor[b] and hate your enemy.’[c] 44 But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you, 45 that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust. 46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same? 47 If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don’t even the tax collectors[d] do the same? 48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
Footnotes:
a. Matthew 5:38 Exodus 21:24; Leviticus 24:20; Deuteronomy 19:21
b. Matthew 5:43 Leviticus 19:18
c. Matthew 5:43 not in the Bible, but see Qumran Manual of Discipline Ix, 21-26
d. Matthew 5:47 NU reads “Gentiles” instead of “tax collectors”.
Lectionary Scriptures:
Exodus 24: 12 Yahweh said to Moses, “Come up to me on the
mountain, and stay here, and I will give you the stone tablets with the law and
the commands that I have written, that you may teach them.”
13 Moses rose up with Joshua, his servant, and Moses went up
onto God’s Mountain. 14 He said to the elders, “Wait here for us, until we come
again to you. Behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever is involved in a
dispute can go to them.”
15 Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the
mountain. 16 Yahweh’s glory settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it
six days. The seventh day he called to Moses out of the middle of the cloud. 17
The appearance of Yahweh’s glory was like devouring fire on the top of the
mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel. 18 Moses entered into the
middle of the cloud, and went up on the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain
forty days and forty nights.
Psalm 2:1 Why do the nations rage,
and the peoples plot a
vain thing?
2 The kings of the earth take a stand,
and the rulers take
counsel together,
against Yahweh, and
against his Anointed,[a] saying,
3 “Let’s break their bonds apart,
and cast their cords
from us.”
4 He who sits in the heavens will laugh.
The Lord[b] will have
them in derision.
5 Then he will speak to them in his anger,
and terrify them in
his wrath:
6 “Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”
7 I will tell of the
decree.
Yahweh said to me, “You are my son.
Today I have become
your father.
8 Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance,
the uttermost parts of
the earth for your possession.
9 You shall break them with a rod of iron.
You shall dash them in
pieces like a potter’s vessel.”
10 Now therefore be wise, you kings.
Be instructed, you
judges of the earth.
11 Serve Yahweh with fear,
and rejoice with
trembling.
12 Give sincere homage to the Son,[c] lest he be angry, and you
perish on the way,
for his wrath will
soon be kindled.
Blessed are all those
who take refuge in him.
Footnotes:
a. Psalm 2:2 The word “Anointed” is the same as the word for
“Messiah” or “Christ”
b. Psalm 2:4 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
c. Psalm 2:12 or, Kiss the son
Psalm 99:1 Yahweh reigns! Let the peoples tremble.
He sits enthroned
among the cherubim.
Let the earth be
moved.
2 Yahweh is great in Zion.
He is high above all
the peoples.
3 Let them praise your great and awesome name.
He is Holy!
4 The King’s strength also loves justice.
You do establish
equity.
You execute justice
and righteousness in Jacob.
5 Exalt Yahweh our God.
Worship at his
footstool.
He is Holy!
6 Moses and Aaron were among his priests,
Samuel among those who
call on his name;
they called on Yahweh,
and he answered them.
7 He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud.
They kept his
testimonies,
the statute that he
gave them.
8 You answered them, Yahweh our God.
You are a God who
forgave them,
although you took
vengeance for their doings.
9 Exalt Yahweh, our God.
Worship at his holy
hill,
for Yahweh, our God,
is holy!
2 Peter 1: 16 For we did not follow cunningly devised fables,
when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we
were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17 For he received from God the Father honor
and glory, when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, “This is my
beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”[a] 18 We heard this voice come out of
heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain.
19 We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that
you heed it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the
morning star arises in your hearts: 20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of
Scripture is of private interpretation. 21 For no prophecy ever came by the
will of man: but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.
Footnotes:
a. 2 Peter 1:17 Matthew 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35
Matthew 17: 1 After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James,
and John his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain by themselves. 2
He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments
became as white as the light. 3 Behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them
talking with him.
4 Peter answered, and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to
be here. If you want, let’s make three tents here: one for you, one for Moses,
and one for Elijah.”
5 While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud
overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my
beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.”
6 When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and
were very afraid. 7 Jesus came and touched them and said, “Get up, and don’t be
afraid.” 8 Lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus alone. 9 As
they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Don’t
tell anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.”
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John Wesley’s Notes/Commentary:
Exodus 24:12-18
Verse 12. Come up to the mount and be there - Expect to continue
there for some time.
Verse 13. Joshua was his minister or servant, and it would be a
satisfaction to him to have him with him as a companion during the six days
that he tarried in the mount before God called to him. Joshua was to be his
successor, and therefore thus he was honoured before the people, and thus he
was prepared by being trained up in communion with God. Joshua was a type of
Christ, and (as the learned Bishop Peirson well observes Moses takes him with
him into the mount, because without Jesus, in whom are hid all the treasures of
wisdom and knowledge, there is no looking into the secrets of heaven, nor
approaching the presence of God.
Verse 16. A cloud covered the mount six days - A visible token
of God's special presence there, for he so shews himself to us, as at the same
time to conceal himself from us, he lets us know so much as to assure us of his
power and grace, but intimates to us that we cannot find him out to perfection.
During these six days Moses staid waiting upon the mountain, for a call into
the presence- chamber. And on the seventh day - Probably the sabbath-day, he
called unto Moses. Now the thick cloud opened in the sight of all Israel, and
the glory of the Lord broke forth like devouring fire.
Verse 18. Moses went into the midst of the cloud - It was an
extraordinary presence of mind, which the grace of God furnished him with, else
he durst not have ventured into the cloud, especially when it broke out in
devouring fire. And Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights - It should
seem the six days, were not part of the forty; for during those six days,
Joshua was with Moses, who did eat of the manna, and drink of the brook
mentioned, Deut. ix, 21, and while they were together, it is probable Moses did
eat and drink with him; but when Moses was called into the midst of the cloud,
he left Joshua without, who continued to eat and drink daily while he waited
for Moses's return, but from thenceforward Moses fasted.
Psalm 2
PS 2 There is nothing in this psalm which is not applicable to Christ,
but some things which are not all applicable to David. Threatenings denounced
against the adversaries of Christ's kingdom, ver. 1-6. Promises made to Christ,
ver. 7-9. Counsel given to all, to submit to him, ver. 10-12.
Verse 1. Heathen - Who did so against David, 2 Sam. v, 6, 17; 1
Chron. xiv, 8, and against Christ, Luke xviii, 32 Acts iv, 25, &c.
Verse 2. The kings - Herod, and Pilate and others with or after
them. Earth - So called in way of contempt and to shew their madness in
opposing the God of heaven. Set - The word denotes the combination of their
counsels and forces. Anointed - Against the king whom God hath chosen and
exalted.
Verse 3. And cast - The same thing expressed with more emphasis.
Let us not only break off their yoke and the cords by which it is fastened upon
us, but let us cast them far away.
Verse 4. Sitteth - As the king of the whole world. Heavens - As
an evidence both of God's clear and certain knowledge of all things that are
done below, and of his sovereign and irresistible power. Laugh - Shall despise
them and all their crafty devices.
Verse 6. Yet - Notwithstanding all their artifices and
combinations. My king - Who ruleth in my stead, and according to my will, and
for my glory. Zion - Over my church and people. Zion strictly taken, was an
hill on the north part of Jerusalem, where there was a strong fort, called the
city of David, but in a more large sense it is put for the city of Jerusalem,
for the temple of Jerusalem, built upon the hill of Moriah, which was either a part
of mount Sion, or adjoining to it; for the church of the Jews, and for the
Christian church.
Verse 7. The decree - The will and appointment of God concerning
this. My son - Which tho' it may in some sort be said to, or of David, yet much
more properly belongs to Christ, who is commonly known by this title both in
the Old and New Testament, and to whom this title is expressly appropriated by
the holy ghost, who is the best interpreter of his own words, Acts xiii, 33
Heb. i, 5. This day - This may be understood either,
1. Of his eternal generation. This day, from all eternity, which
is well described by this day, because in eternity there is no succession, no
[yesterday,] no [tomorrow,] but it is all as one continued day or moment
without change or flux; or,
2. Of the manifestation of Christ's eternal son-ship in time;
which was done both in his birth and life, when his being the son of God was
demonstrated by the testimony of the angel, Luke i, 32, and of God the Father,
Matt. iii, 17; xvii, 5, and by his own words and works; and in his
resurrection, which seems to be here mainly intended, of which day this very
place is expounded, Acts xiii, 33. When Christ was in a most solemn manner
declared to be the son of God with power, Rom. i, 4.
Verse 8. Earth - Not only the Jewish nation, but the whole
world.
Verse 9. Them - Those that will not quietly submit to thee,
shall be crushed and destroyed by thee. This was in part fulfilled, when the
Jews who persisted in unbelief, were destroyed by the Roman power: And in the
destruction of the Pagan power, when the Christian religion came to be
established. But it will not be compleatly fulfilled, 'till all opposing power
and principality be put down.
Verse 10. Now - While you have time for repentance and
submission.
Verse 11. Fear - With an awful sense of his great and glorious
majesty. Rejoice - Do not esteem his yoke your dishonour and grievance; but
rejoice in this inestimable grace and benefit. Trembling - This is added to
warn them of taking heed that they do not turn this grace of God into
wantonness.
Verse 12. Kiss - In token of your subjection and adoration;
whereof this was a sign among the eastern nations. The son - The son of God. Ye
perish - Be taken out of the way by death or destruction. Wrath - The least
degree of his anger is terrible.
Psalm 99
PS 99 Israel is required to praise God, for their hasty
constitution both in church and state, ver. 1-5. Some instances of the happy
administration of it, ver. 6-9.
Verse 1. People - Such as are enemies to God and his people.
Sitteth - Upon the ark. He is present with his people. Earth - The people of
the earth. Moved - With fear and trembling.
Verse 3. Them - All people.
Verse 4. Judgment - Though his dominion be absolute, and his
power irresistible, yet he manages it with righteousness. The king's strength
is by a known Hebraism put for the strong, or powerful king. Equity - In all
thy proceedings.
5. Foot-stool - Before the ark, which is so called, 1 Chron.
xxviii, 2. Holy - It is consecrated to be a pledge of God's presence.
Verse 6. Moses - Moses before the institution of the priesthood
executed that office, Exod. xxiv, 6. That call - Who used frequently and
solemnly to intercede with God on the behalf of the people.
Verse 7. Spake - To some of them: to Moses and Aaron, Exod. xix,
24; xxxiii, 9-11; 1 Sam. vii, 9, &c.
Verse 8. Them - The intercessors before mentioned. Forgavest -
The people for whom they prayed, so far as not to inflict that total
destruction upon them which they deserved;
2 Peter 1:16-21
Verse 16. These things are worthy to be always had in
remembrance For they are not cunningly devised fables - Like those common among
the heathens. While we made known to you the power and coming - That is, the
powerful coming of Christ in glory. But if what they advanced of Christ was not
true, if it was of their own invention, then to impose such a lie on the world
as it was, in the very nature of things, above all human power to defend, and
to do this at the expense of life and all things only to enrage the whole
world, Jews and gentiles, against them, was no cunning, but was the greatest
folly that men could have been guilty of. But were eyewitnesses of his majesty
- At his transfiguration, which was a specimen of his glory at the last day.
Verse 17. For he received divine honour and inexpressible glory
- Shining from heaven above the brightness of the sun. When there came such a
voice from the excellent glory - That is, from God the Father. Matt. xvii, 5.
Verse 18. And we - Peter, James, and John. St. John was still
alive. Being with him in the holy mount - Made so by that glorious
manifestation, as mount Horeb was of old, Exod. iii, 4, 5.
Verse 19. And we - St. Peter here speaks in the name of all
Christians. Have the word of prophecy - The words of Moses, Isaiah, and all the
prophets, are one and the same word, every way consistent with itself. St.
Peter does not cite any particular passage, but speaks of their entire
testimony. More confirmed - By that display of his glorious majesty. To which
word ye do well that ye take heed, as to a lamp which shone in a dark place -
Wherein there was neither light nor window. Such anciently was the whole world,
except that little spot where this lamp shone. Till the day should dawn - Till
the full light of the gospel should break through the darkness. As is the
difference between the light of a lamp and that of the day, such is that
between the light of the Old Testament and of the New. And the morning star -
Jesus Christ, Rev. xxii, 16. Arise in your hearts - Be revealed in you.
Verse 20. Ye do well, as knowing this, that no scripture
prophecy is of private interpretation - It is not any man's own word. It is
God, not the prophet himself, who thereby interprets things till then unknown.
Verse 21. For prophecy came not of old by the will of man - Of
any mere man whatever. But the holy men of God - Devoted to him, and set apart
by him for that purpose, spake and wrote. Being moved - Literally, carried.
They were purely passive therein.
Matthew 17:1-9
Verse 1. A high mountain - Probably Mount Tabor. Mark ix, 2;
Luke ix, 28.
Verse 2. And was transfigured - Or transformed. The indwelling
Deity darted out its rays through the veil of the flesh; and that with such
transcendent splendour, that he no longer bore the form of a servant. His face
shone with Divine majesty, like the sun in its strength; and all his body was
so irradiated by it, that his clothes could not conceal its glory, but became
white and glittering as the very light, with which he covered himself as with a
garment.
Verse 3. There appeared Moses and Elijah - Here for the full
confirmation of their faith in Jesus, Moses, the giver of the law, Elijah, the
most zealous of all the prophets, and God speaking from heaven, all bore
witness to him.
Verse 4. Let us make three tents - The words of rapturous
surprise. He says three, not six: because the apostles desired to be with their
Master.
Verse 5. Hear ye him - As superior even to Moses and the
prophets. See Deut. xviii, 17.
Verse 7. Be not afraid - And doubtless the same moment he gave
them courage and strength.
Verse 9. Tell the vision to no man - Not to the rest of the
disciples, lest they should be grieved and discouraged because they were not
admitted to the sight: nor to any other persons, lest it should enrage some the
more, and his approaching sufferings shall make others disbelieve it; till the
Son of man be risen again - Till the resurrection should make it credible, and
confirm their testimony about it.
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Ash Wednesday Service
On Wednesday, March 5, St. Mark's begins Lent with an Ash Wednesday service at 7 P.M. Lent is a time when many Christians prepare for Easter by observing a period of spiritual disciplines like fasting, repentance, and reflection of Jesus Christ - his suffering and his sacrifice, his life, death, burial and resurrection.First Aid & CPR Training
On Saturday, March 15, St. Mark's is offering Adult/Child/Infant First Aid & CPR training. The class time is 8 A.M. - 2 P.M. and is free with lunch included. Registration is required and limited to 12 people. Please contact Rev. Jeri at the church office to register.
The Great Potato Redemption
Mark your calendars, everybody, for the Great Potato Redemption--a potluck meal scheduled for Sunday, March 16 following worship. If you recall, last year's St. Patrick's Day potluck took a turn for...let's just say, an eventful scrambling. Your Inviting & Welcoming Committee wishes to make it up to you. More information coming. Everyone is welcome.
Leten Book Study
Mondays, March 10- April 14
1 P.M. in the New Room
How can we learn to receive God's love, love God in return, grow in Christ, serve others, and give back? That's the subject matter for Bishop Robert Schnase's deeply personal book, Five Practices for Fruitful Living. Sign up today to study this powerful book during Lent.
Please call (858-273-1480), email (smumcsdoffice@gmail.com), or visit the church office to sign up. Books are available now and are $5.
Lenten Small Group Forming
Dr. Pam and Rev. George Rosemier are opening their home once again for a four-week, small group Lenten study. We'll start on Fat Tuesday, March 4 at 6:00 p.m. with a robust Mardi Gras fête. Then we'll delve in to the Word of God as we consider the trials of Jesus and His last words on the cross. For more information, contact Karen at kwscanlon@gmail.com or 858 272-7357. Be prepared to enjoy new associations.
Quilt Show
Bring your friends and family for a morning or an afternoon out to St. Mark's on Saturday, March 8. In the Sanctuary from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. you will find an array of beautiful quilts spread over the pews and hanging on the walls. Some quilts are more than 100 years old, and some may be as new as last week.
Included in the $5 admission fee is a visit to the market place in the Social Hall where you can purchase quilt items and good quality fabric at greatly reduced prices.
This is a fundraiser for St. Mark's United Methodist Women and their support of world-wide missions.
Hunger Walk
The Community Christian Service Agency (CCSA) will hold its Annual Hunger Walk on Saturday, March 15 at DeAnza Cove on Mission Bay. Please be sure to sign up on the patio following worship on Sunday. All ages are encouraged to participate. If you can't walk, please support someone with a pledge.
Condolences
Prayers of comfort and grace to the friends and family of Tal Liles who passed away on Thursday, February 20.
In Our Prayers
♥ Tracy Taylor
♥ Joni Maraver
♥ Karen Dismukes
♥ Ricky Dean
♥ Lisa Denton
♥ Mildred Braman
♥ Lois Ramsey
♥ Walter Hebdon
♥ Julie Nelson
♥ Greg Erdman
♥ Lorretta Schaffer
♥ Shirley Jennings
♥ Renae Pierce
♥ Sandi Johnson
♥ Joe Ramsey
♥ Franki Benson
♥ Gene Hagar
♥ Gwynn Cannon
♥ Dana Robinson
♥ Rod Barrett
♥ Bill Burton
♥ Mitch Boyer
♥ Molly and Mack Barrett
♥ Margaret Westfall
We Remember Our Military Personnel, including
♥ Kris Brendal, Army
♥ Robert S. Chisholm, Navy
♥ Craig Clemans, Marines
♥ Paul Clemans, Air Force
♥ Blake Cross, Navy
♥ Robert Davis, Navy
♥ Brandon Dempster, Navy
♥ Samuel England, Navy
♥ Lenny Hezelett, Navy
♥ Michael Hunter, Navy
♥ Brady Jackson, Army
♥ Jeremy Munson, Navy
♥ Daniel Ness, Army
♥ Milo Riegle, Marines
♥ Casper Stalnaker, Navy
♥ Nathan Streeter, Army
♥ Robert Tarango, Navy
Our presence in worship on Sunday, February 23 was 188.
Altar Flowers
Providing altar flowers during a worship service is a wonderful way to share in the celebration of a special occasion and to honor a loved one. Please stop by or call the church office to reserve your special date.
Links
St. Mark's Website
Youth News
St. Mark's School
St. Mark's UMW News
Upper Room Daily Devotion
The United Methodist Church
Mark Hayes Concert
Mark your calendars for March 2, 2014. We will be enjoying the music of Mark Hayes, guest composer, artist and arranger. Yes, he is really coming to our church and has written a choral anthem especially for our choir to celebrate the 60th anniversary of St. Mark's United Methodist Church. This anthem will be premiered on Sunday morning, March 2nd in worship. Sunday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. Mark Hayes will direct our choir, organ and instruments in a concert which will feature anthems and music from the church year all written by the guest composer. Your family and friends will want to be present, both morning and afternoon, for this celebration of music in honor of St. Mark's 60th anniversary.
Thinking of You
By Laura Buchanan
Hi everyone. It's hard to believe that St. Mark's will be celebrating their 60th Anniversary. Wish I could be there to help everyone celebrate March 2nd. I'm sure it will be wonderful. I am attending a Westminister Presbyterian Church out here until the weather gets better and I can drive around and find a Methodist church close by. Right now they have a little bus that takes us every Sunday. I decided I didn't pick a very good year to move out here to Pennsylvania. They tell me this is one of the worst winters they have had for a long time, but I don't know to believe them!!. I am adjusting better than I thought I would - everyone is so nice and I have a lovely comfortable unit I'm living in. I do miss all you lovely people though - you are part of my life. Have a wonderful celebration and I will be thinking of you.
Art Show Planned
St. Mark's Religious Art Festival is coming soon. There is still time to let your friends and neighbors who are artists know about our show on the theme of "Visions of Peace." Each artist may enter up to three works in any fine art medium. We will receive entries Friday, March 14, 5:30-7:30 p.m., and Saturday, March 15, 9 a.m.-12 noon. Information about entry fees and other details are in the show prospectus, which is available in the church office or the church website: www.stmarksumcsd.org.The Awards Ceremony will be Saturday, March 22, at 1:30 p.m. Dr. Pam Ogdin Rosemier will provide our special music for the ceremony. A reception will follow in the social hall.
The show will be open for viewing Saturdays March 22, 29, April 5, 12, 19, and 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Persons are needed to sit with the art either 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. or 1 - 4 p.m. each of those days. If you can help, contact Judy Edelblute at judyedel@san.rr.com or 858-278-0255.
Womens Retreat
April 4-6
By Sandy Plutchak
What a wonderful experience it is to join with women from St. Mark's for a weekend in the mountains, to learn, worship, pray, sing, play and eat together. If you haven't signed up yet, I encourage you to do so soon. I have attended the Women's Retreat every year, and each year I return from the mountains, praising God for the great time I had, getting closer to God, and better acquainted with friends from St. Mark's. Often two, and sometimes three, generations from one family attend the retreat together, and by the end of the week-end we know that we are all God's family. We enjoy crafts, time outdoors in the beautiful mountains, and worship with wonderful singing. I always come home with songs in my heart.I would love for all of the women of St. Mark's to join me at the Retreat this year, so that we can get to know each other better!
Next Week at a Glance
Sunday, March 2, 2014
8:30 A.M. Pastor's Sunday School/NR
9:00 A.M. Youth Fellowship/Rm 10
9:30 A.M. Worship
10:45 A.M. Joyful Noise Choir/CR
12:00 P.M. Tongan Fellowship Worship
4:30 P.M. Mark Hayes Concert/Sanc
Monday, March 3, 2014
4:00 P.M. UMW District Meeting
6:00 P.M. Carillon Bells/SH
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
6:30 P.M. NAMI Family to Family/NR
Tinitus Support Group/Rm10
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
9:00 A.M. Chapel Time/Sanc
5:00 P.M. Peace Ringers/SH
5:30 P.M. Bible Study/NR
6:00 P.M. Glory Ringers/SH
7:00 P.M. Ash Wednesday Worship
7:45 P.M. Chancel Choir/CR
Thursday, March 6, 2014
9:00 A.M. Chapel Time/Sanc
4:30 P.M. Hallelujah & Cherub Choir/CR
5:20 P.M. Chimes/SH
7:00 P.M. Boy Scouts/SH
Friday, March 7, 2014
9:00 A.M. Receive Quilts for Show
5:00 P.M. Girl Scouts/SH
Saturday, March 8, 2014
9:00 A.M. Quilt Show/Sanc, SH
Sunday, March 9, 2014
7:45 A.M. Pancake Breakfast/SH
8:30 A.M. Pastor's Sunday School/NR
9:00 A.M. Youth Fellowship/Rm 10
9:30 A.M. Worship
10:45 A.M. Joyful Noise Choir/CR
12:00 P.M. Tongan Fellowship Worship
1:00 P.M. Hunger Walk Counting/NR, Lib
*If you have any questions or would like to add an event to the church calendar, please contact Malinda Whiteley, Church Secretary at 858-273-1480 ext.10 or smumcsdoffice@gmail.com.
Staff Office Hours
Rev. Craig DorvalSenior Minister
Monday - Thursday
10:30 A.M. - 6:30 P.M.
Rev. Jeri Newell-Davis
Associate Minister
Tuesday - Friday
9 A.M. - 3 P.M.
Spencer Topham
Youth Director
Tuesdays: 2 pm - 6 pm
Wednesdays: 9 am - 1 pm
Thursdays: 9 am - 11 am
Fridays: 9 am - 1 pm
1st, 2nd & 3rd Sundays: 9 am - 11 am
Malinda Whiteley,
Church Secretary
Monday - Friday
8 A.M. - 3 P.M.
About Us
St. Mark's United Methodist Church3502 Clairemont Drive
San Diego, California 92117
858-273-1480
To contact any member of our staff, visit our staff information page.
Rev. Craig Dorval, Senior Minister
Rev. Jeri Newell-Davis, Associate Minister
M'Lu Colbourn, Director of St. Mark's Preschool
Frank Williams, Music Director
Craig McIlwain, Organist
Jo Anne Hammond, Director, Carillon Bells
Robin Haber, Director, Glory Ringers and Peace Ringers
Christina Peer, Director, Chimes
Cheryl Eubanks, Children's Choir Accompanist
Spencer Topham, Youth Director
Marya Chuong, Website
Malinda Whiteley, Church Secretary
Angel Cardenas, Church Custodian
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