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“Night of Miracles” The majority of the youth will be performing. This would be a wonderful opportunity to invite family and friends. If you would like more information on the Pageant please contact Judy Rudd. Due to inclement weather the performance has been rescheduled for Sunday, December 30! --------------------------
COMMUNITY INVITED TO ST. PAUL’S “QUIET CHRISTMAS” ON DECEMBER 23 The lights, colors, sounds, and bustle of the holidays can be stressful under the best of circumstances. But for those who find themselves alone at this family-oriented time, or who have suffered a loss during the year, or who live with difficult memories, “Blue Christmas” is much more than a Christmas carol. Traditional church Christmas services, which might otherwise be a source of solace, too often become painful reminders of what’s missing. This year St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Oakwood will continue its custom of offering A Quiet Eucharist in anticipation of Christmas on Sunday, December 23, at 4:00 p.m. in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit. This service, open to all, is especially designed to offer a prayerful atmosphere of peaceful and calm reflection, with a message of hope and healing. --------------------------
If you would like to donate money for flowers for Christmas, envelopes are available in the pews. If you would like your name to appear in the bulletin, please fill out the envelope and drop it in the collection plate or bring it to the office no later than December 19th. --------------------------
Join the Downtowners….. Join us for the 5th annual Downtowners’ Christmas Gathering on Wednesday, December 12 at Christ Episcopal Church, 20 West First Street, Dayton. A special Christmas luncheon will follow the Christ Church Wednesday service at 12:10 PM. The highlight of the fellowship gathering will be the Christmas music program arranged by Percy Jones following the luncheon. --------------------------
Congratulations to Tara Greaney on the birth of her first grandchild! Liam Greaney was born to Brian and Angie on November 28. --------------------------
This
Sunday, December 2 at
Community United Methodist Church “Lets Get this Season Started!” A special Christmas program following a meal starting at 6:00 PM. This is a free event. There will be plenty of Christmas Caroling along with the OHUM puppeteers program. For more information please call the church at 253-5169. --------------------------
BISHOP PRICE TO VISIT ST. MARK'S TODAY! Bishop Kenneth L. Price, Jr. will be visiting St. Mark’s on Sunday, December 2, which is the First Sunday of Advent. There will be only one worship service that day, a celebration of the Holy Eucharist, beginning at 10:30 AM. The visit of a bishop is a very special occasion in the life of a church. Please make every effort to be with us that day. If anyone might be interested in being baptized, confirmed or formally received into the Episcopal Church at this time, please contact the Rector as soon as possible. Special Informal Adult Forum with Bishop Price During his visit, Bishop Price has agreed to join us for a special, informal Adult Forum session in the Lounge from 9:30 until about 10:00. He will be with us to respond to your questions and talk about topics of your choice. Be sure to take advantage of this special opportunity! --------------------------
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Rector’s Continuing Education All Episcopal clergy are expected to spend two weeks each year doing continuing education. Mike will be away from the office after this Wednesday, November 14, until next Wednesday, November 21, attending the annual meetings of the Society of Biblical Literature and the American Academy of Religion. · Please contact George Snyder for any pastoral needs. · Please contact one of our Wardens, Tony Rubino and Jim Rudd, for any other needs during this time. --------------------------
St. Mark’s Adult Forum, Fall 2007 The first series for this fall’s Adult Forum will be based on the book "A Wing and a Prayer" by our Presiding Bishop, Katherine Jefferts-Schori. It consists of 44 short (3 - 3 ½ page) articles that are very easy reading, but which provide a rich basis for reflection and discussion. Sessions will begin September 16, from 9:15 AM until 10:00 AM in the Lounge. We will continue each Sunday through November 4 and perhaps beyond. Wednesday sessions will be held in the Lounge from 11:00 AM until 11:50 AM from September 19 through October 31. --------------------------
Don’t forget to pick up your
Lion’s Tale & Quarterly Contribution Sheets --------------------------
Waffle Shop Christ Episcopal Church November 13, 14, 15, 16 from 11am to 2pm Come Downtown for the 78th year of delicious waffles and other homemade lunch items. A small group of St. Mark’s members will be going down after the noon Holy Eucharist Service on Wednesday, November 14th. All are welcome to come. For more information on this event please call 223-2239. --------------------------
Job Opportunity at Christ Church Xenia Eighteen hour a week secretarial position Monday through Thursday (the exact schedule is somewhat flexible). Resumes may be sent to Christ Episcopal Church, 68 E Church St, Xenia, OH 45385. --------------------------
*_"Volunteers Needed for Diocesan Convention !!"_* Top 10 Reasons be a volunteer at this year's Diocesan Convention coming up this November 9th and 10th at the Dayton Convention Center. 1. Meet way cool people. 2. Get that matching red apron you've been dying for (to go with the one you got for volunteering at General Convention) 3. Find out what caliper "Canon" our diocese uses. 4. That great convention center food 5. Dayton Deanery got a fabulous deal on airfare, contact your Provost for details 6. Learn how to spell "Breidenthal" 7. Volunteer this year, get paid twice as much at next year's convention. 8. Go to Diocesan Convention, shop "Twigs Christmas Market" all in one stop. 9. Hall pass to skip Sunday Eucharist service if you attend the Convention Eucharist service on Saturday ...... clergy included. and ..... 10. Finally find out how many Episcopalians if takes to screw in a light bulb. This list compiled from various contributors who shall remain nameless to protect the guilty! Come join in the fun and volunteer today. Volunteer by going to www.episcopal-dso.org and click on the "volunteers' on the Convention page or by contacting your church office. Randy Young Provost/Dayton Episcopal Deanery --------------------------
Combined Choir for Diocesan Convention Three rehearsals will be held for those interested in participating in a combined choir for the Saturday, November 10, celebration of the Holy Eucharist at our Diocesan Convention. All the rehearsals will take place on Fridays, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the choir room at St. Paul's, 33 W. Dixon Avenue in Oakwood. The dates for the rehearsals are Oct. 12, Oct. 26 and Nov. 9. For more information, contact Jeff Powell at jeff@stpauls-dayton.org or call 937-293-1154. --------------------------
This Sunday, Nov 4 – Cub Scouts from Pack 5555 St. Mark’s is the charter organization for Cub Pack 5555. Scouts will sell popcorn products at next Sunday’s coffee hour to raise funds for pack activities. Please consider buying an item from them. Thank you, Gary Browning, St Mark’s Organization Representative to Pack 5555 --------------------------
This Sunday, November 4th we will have a special service that includes: >>> All Saints Day – please let the church secretary know if you would like to honor someone who has passed away during Nov. 2006 - Nov. 2007. >>> Day of Change – please bring in your loose change to give to the hunger. >>> CARE House Sunday. --------------------------
Time Change This Sunday is the Time Change please don’t forget to set your clocks back on Saturday night. --------------------------
Halloween Harvest Party When: Sunday, October 28th Food! Fun! Games! Trunk or Treat! The night will start off with food and festival games for all ages. Then a time of sharing as family and friends view a special story in our Sanctuary about being thankful for God and how he makes something good out of the "yucky stuff" we sometimes built up inside. The Children will then be given a small pumpkin with Biblical verses that correlate "cleaning the inside" with decorating their Pumpkin. The Highlight for the children will be the "Trunk or Treat". Everyone is invited to bring a treat for the children to be distributed from the trunk of your car/van. You are encouraged to Dress in costume and be creative in "decorating" your trunk. At the end of the night as the children leave, they will visit each car. For More information, contact the church office at 253-5169. --------------------------
8 Free tickets for Today’s The Bach Society Performance "Bach to Vivaldi" 4:00 p.m. Kettering Seventh-Day Adventist Church The Bach Society of Dayton opens its 2007-2008 Season with an all-Baroque program featuring works by Bach and Vivaldi, two of the most significant composers of the period, whose greatest popularity came long after their deaths. You will experience, perhaps for the first time, what is considered to be Bach’s earliest cantata as well as the familiar “Autumn” from Vivaldi’s most famous composition, “The Seasons.” If you are interesting in seeing this performance please see Father Mike. --------------------------
Regional Benefit Bank briefings The Governor's Office of Faith-Based Initiatives is holding a series of 90-minute briefings about the Benefit Bank in upcoming weeks, in partnership with the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks. Learn about how to get free training and how this program can help the working poor access food and health care. ECSF staff will be on hand at: Christ Church, Dayton: Oct. 23, 10 a.m. To register, contact Nora Nees at OASFH at nora@oashf.org or 614.221.4336. --------------------------
Contributions Needed for the Students of Kemp Elementary School St. Mark's, along with Community United Methodist Church, St. Mark's Lutheran Church, St. Helen's Catholic Church and Corinth Presbyterian Church, is beginning the sixth year of a School-Church Partnership with Kemp Elementary School in Dayton. In addition to providing one-on-one tutoring to students at Kemp, we plan to provide much-needed supplies for the students. The following items have been requested:
(Please place donated items in box in back of church.) The school requests that we do not send binders, trapper keepers, school boxes, or pencil sharpeners because they take up too much room in the desks. Thank you. --------------------------
Please join the JDRF Walk! Please join our secretary Rachel Huffman and her son Kenneth who is a juvenile diabetic on Saturday, Sept. 29th at Island MetroPark. If you would like more information regarding the walk or how to make a donation please call 256-1082. Click on the above icon for more information Thanks! --------------------------
Parishioner’s Action Team (PAT) Meeting This Sunday Sept.
30th All are welcome to attend. The agenda for the meeting is to discuss the disbursement of the Yard Sale Funds. For more information regarding PAT please contact Ann Phillips. --------------------------
Don't Forget! September 16, we returned to our regular Sunday service times: >> 8:00 a quiet Holy Eucharist >> 10:30 our principal celebration of the Holy Eucharist with music, followed by Coffee Hour. --------------------------
Altar Flowers The flower on the altar each week not only enhance the service but are a way to share a message with our congregation. The following Sundays have not been filled on the flower chart beside the church office: September 16. If you are interested in donating flowers for any one of these Sundays, please sign the flower chart and let the Secretary know if you want it as a memorial or thanksgiving. The cost for flowers is $30. --------------------------
There is a simple volunteer opportunity for the members of St. Mark’s. Kairos is collecting bags of cookies from different churches throughout Dayton for Kairos ministers to take to the Lebanon Correctional Institution. Kairos is an ecumenical ministry that conducts special, intensive, weekend programs for those in prison, praying with them, talking with them, and helping them to turn their lives around through turning to God. The next Kairos weekend will take place from September 13-16. If you are interested in baking cookies; bags are available on the ushers table. Each bag will need 2 doz. cookies. Please return the cookie bags no later than Next Sunday, September 9th. At the 10:30 serve we will pray over the cookies before they are given to the inmates and staff at the Lebanon Correctional Institution. The Kairos motto is Matthew (25:34-36) ’Come you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me.’ --------------------------
The Episcopal / Methodist Build The dedication of a New Home for the Alexis Allen Family will be on Saturday, September 15th at 2:30 PM. After the dedication there will be a small reception. Please RSVP to Anna Marty at amarty@daytonhabitat.org . --------------------------
There is a St. Mark’s white 2X sweatshirt in the office available for free to anyone who would like it! --------------------------
(Click on the picnic above for a map.) St. Mark’s Annual This Sunday, September 9 at 10:30 AM Indian Riffle Park, Shelter 3 Come and enjoy a casual worship service followed by a wonderful picnic meal. Please bring a side dish or dessert to share (a sign up sheet is located on the bulletin board outside the church office), and lawn chairs. Directions to the park are located on the Ushers Table. For more information please contact any Vestry Member. --------------------------
SUMMER IS HERE! * * * Service Time Change * * * Beginning July 1st and continuing through Labor Day, there will only be one Holy Eucharist Service on Sundays. It will begin at 9:30 AM and will be followed by Coffee Hour. --------------------------
The Office will be closed on Monday, September 3rd in observation of Labor Day. --------------------------
Riverside Community Festival! At Shellabarger Park across from Saville Elementary School Aug. 25th - Aug. 26th Catch the parade on Sat., Aug. 25 mornings at 10am. All are welcome to come and join us in a wholesome “family-oriented” --------------------------
Rector on vacation this week The Rector will be on vacation tomorrow through this Sunday (August 19). >> There was no Wednesday noon Holy Eucharist this past week. >> The Reverend Canon Gordon Price will serve as celebrant and homilist at 9:30 this Sunday. >> For pastoral needs, please contact our Deacon, George Snyder. >> For other needs, please contact one of our Wardens, Tony Rubino and Jim Rudd. --------------------------
Everyone is Invited Ice Cream Social Sunday,
August 19 Entertainment, games, and ice cream for everyone! Also, take a tour of the first floor. For more information on this event please call 859-7490. -------------------------- YARD
ST. MARK'S ANNUAL YARD SALE! Many thanks to all those who donated their time, talent, and treasure to make this year's Yard Sale the most successful ever! -------------------------- Well it's that time of year again for spring cleaning! We will be happy to accept your donated items that are clean and in good condition. Items will be accepted on Wednesday and Sunday mornings. If you would like to volunteer please contact Judy Kreutzer or Judy Rudd. Thank you in advance for your generosity. If you are interested in helping with the sorting and pricing of the donated items please contact Judy Kreutzer or Judy Rudd. Sorting will take place on Wednesdays: Mornings at 10:30 AM - 2:00 PM Evenings at 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM NOTE: It’s time to start saving plastic bags for the Yard Sale. Please place them with the empty boxes in the Yard Sale (Children’s Chapel) ro |
