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Yard Sale !!! Thank you to everyone who donated their items and time towards the Yard Sale on Saturday. Without you we could not have had such a successful sale. Thanks again! --------------------------
Thank you to all who volunteered for the Kemp Kickoff Cookout on Friday, August 8. --------------------------
A note from Deacon Mary: My office hours have settled into: This morning, you are invited to bring your coffee and pay a visit to my office on the 2nd floor, directly over the parish offices. Come see storage room turned penthouse! Many thanks to Mike and Don Nancarrow for moving what was stored there and to Don for installing air conditioning, blinds and curtain rods and carpet cleaning. --------------------------
Remember!!! Please remember to pick up your 2nd Quarter Contribution Sheets and latest addition of the "Lion’s Tale." The box of envelopes is located by the piano. Also, please remember to recycle your envelope. --------------------------
Young's Dairy Outing!!! All are welcome to join us next Sunday, immediately following the 9:30 AM service, for our annual outing at Young’s Jersey Dairy, just north of Yellow Springs. Directions to Young’s are available on the main bulletin board, across from the church office. --------------------------
Congratulation to Scott & Kate Canale Who were married yesterday at St. Mark’s. --------------------------
Rector on Vacation!!! The Rector will be on vacation from Monday, June 23, through Sunday, July 6. · For Pastoral needs, please contact Deacon George Snyder or Deacon Mary Slenski. · For other needs, please contact one of our Wardens, Tony Rubino or Jim Rudd. · Next Sunday, June 29, George Snyder will be leading Morning Prayer at 10:30. · On Sunday, July 6, Bill Bumiller (a retired priest in our area) will serve as celebrant for the 9:30 celebration of the Holy Eucharist. · On Wednesday, June 25 there will be No Noon Service · On Wednesday, July 2, Mary Slenski will be leading Morning Prayer at noon in the Lounge. --------------------------
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Happy Father's Day In Memory of Evan (Eddie) Miles from his loving son Mark Miles. In remembrance of Eddie’s belated birthday on May 25th. Eddie would have been 88 this year. --------------------------
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH --------------------------
On Tuesday, June 17, Christ Church in Xenia will be hosting a Life Line Screening. For more information or to set up a screening session please call 1-800-897-9177. --------------------------
Happy 90th Birthday To Vivian Kovach! --------------------------
Congratulations --------------------------
Please Note: The church office will be closed this Thursday, June 5. --------------------------
FREE Epson Ink Cartridges! T0602-yellow These ink cartridges will work in Epson: C68.C88, CX3800, CX3810, CX4200, CX4200, CX4800, CX5800F, or CX7800 printer machines. The ink cartridges are located in the church office if you are interested. --------------------------
St. Mark's is now accepting new or renewal subscriptions for the Episcopal Life newsletter. You will receive 12 issues of this subscription for only $15.00. Episcopal Life is the independently edited, national monthly newspaper for the Episcopal Church. Come and find out what the Episcopal Church is doing in our country and around the world. If you are interested in starting or renewing a subscription, please contact the Church Office at 256-1082. --------------------------
Please join with other members of St. Mark’s and of Community United Methodist Church for the second-annual “5 for the Kids” 5k (3.1 mile) walk or run, beginning at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, May 30. The proceeds will benefit CARE House, the focus of one of St. Mark’s principal Outreach ministries. CARE House, located across from Children's Medical Center, is the service agency that cares for abused and neglected children from throughout the greater-Dayton area. It brings together the resources of Children's Medical Center, Montgomery County Children's Services, the Montgomery County Prosecutor, the Montgomery County Sheriff and the Dayton Chief of Police to serve, in an integrated way, the needs of these young victims of violence, neglect and abuse. Several members of St. Mark’s participated in the walk last year and found it to be, not only a great way to support the vital services that CARE house provides, but also an enjoyable way to walk and talk together in a fun and relaxed atmosphere. Refreshments available afterward provide a setting to continue the fellowship. If you have any questions, or to register for our “team”, please contact Percy Akoto (byakoto@medscape.com). There is a sign-up list for your convenience. We would like to register our participants by May 18, although you can register yourself (for $25) on the night of the race. --------------------------
The office will be Closed in observation of Memorial Day on Monday, May 26th. --------------------------
MEMORIAL DAY EVE SERVICE Each year, St. Mark’s joins with VFW Post 657, American Legion Post 776, Eastmont United Methodist Church, Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church and St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in hosting a brief (30 minutes) Memorial Day Eve service. This observance provides a way for the entire community to come together in a faith-filled setting in order to focus on the significance of this special day and to honor those who gave their lives for the freedoms that we enjoy. Please make plans to be with us at St. Mark’s on Sunday, May 25th at 7:00 PM, and bring your family and friends with you, for what is always a moving event for many. The service begins with the posting of the colors and concludes outside the church with the playing of taps and a 21-gun salute. --------------------------
St. Mark's will be collecting used computer ink cartridges. Instead of throwing them away bring them to church. There is a box near the Ushers table and one in the church office if you are interested. Thank you. --------------------------
If you wish to have mentioned in the bulletin the name and occasion of why a candle or flower was purchased, please contact the secretary by Tuesday. Thank you. Rachel Huffman, Secretary --------------------------
Please remember to wear something red this Sunday for The Day of Pentecost. --------------------------
Join us for a celebration of the Life of Betsy Jones At an Open House Reception 2:00 – 4:00 pm Saturday, May 10 Aullwood Audubon Center Drop in, meet, and reminisce about Betsy with Hayward and their children. Aullwood Audubon center is located at 1000 Aullwood Rd. (near Englewood): feel free to explore the beautiful building and grounds. Casual attire is appropriate. --------------------------
Flower Sunday May 11
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A long-time St. Mark’s custom is to include in our worship on Mother’s Day a “Flowering of the Cross”. We have a simple wooden cross that is placed at the front of the center aisle. It has many small holes drilled in it. All those attending are invited to bring a flower with them to church that day and, during the Offertory, to come forward and place it in one of the holes. The result is always a beautiful sign of the abundance of God’s love and of the joy of the resurrection. --------------------------
6 Free Tickets for Sunday, May 11, 2008 "A Celebration of Spring" Starting at 7:30 p.m. Kettering Seventh-Day Adventist church 3939 Stonebridge Road, Kettering In a refreshing change of pace, the Bach Society presents a “mostly 20th Century” program of music, from the serious to the joyous. The Vaughan Williams “Mass in G Minor” is a fitting capstone to our 6th season, and the Dello Joio “A Jubilant Song” will send you out the door wanting to come back for more. --------------------------
A Special Dayton Deanery Adult Formation Opportunity Confirmation and Renewal: Glorious Companions Beginning Thursday, April 3, and continuing for a total of 6 sessions, the Episcopal Church of Dayton will be offering a special Adult Formation series. It will provide an overview of our Anglican heritage and specifically of the Episcopal Church. All sessions will take place on Thursday evenings from 7:00 until 8:30 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Oakwood. (Click HERE to visit our Adult Ed Archives!) Topics and presenters will be: April 3: The History of the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion > The Rev. Michael Kreutzer, St. Mark's Episcopal Church April 10: The Polity and Life of the Episcopal Church > The Rev. John Koepke, St. Paul's Episcopal Church April 17: Anglican Foundations and Liturgy > The Rev. John Paddock, Christ Episcopal Church, Dayton April 24: Anglican Spirituality and Temperament > The Rev. Benjamin Speare-Hardy, St. Margaret's Episcopal Church May 1: Anglican Poets and Writers > Carol Ganim-Nelson, English Professor at Miami University May 8: Anglican Prophets and the Baptismal Covenant > The Rev. Jane Gerdsen, St, Andrew's Episcopal Church All are welcome. Optional reading: “Glorious Companions.” --------------------------
You’ve Got Mail !!! Please check the envelope box next to the piano for a special letter from St. Mark’s. If you would like to help St. Mark’s save on mailing expenses please recycle your envelope. Thank you! --------------------------
Starting on April 20th there will only be one Holy Eucharist service at 10:30 AM! --------------------------
...to pick up your latest copy of the Lion’s Tale. Also, please help St. Mark’s save money on postage and envelopes by placing your envelope in the recycle folder. Thank you! --------------------------
3rd Annual Dayton Deanery Clergy Swap This Sunday, April 27, the churches of the Dayton Deanery will be holding our third annual Clergy Swap. In a schedule created by our Deanery Provost, Randy Young, the priests of the Deanery move to different churches for the Sunday celebration of the Holy Eucharist. In the past two years, the Revs. Ruth Paulus and Jane Gerdsen have visited St. Mark’s. This year, the Rev. Jack
Koepke, from St. Paul’s in Oakwood, will be our guest celebrant and homilist. --------------------------
Please join us in congratulating Grandparents Joy & Carl Brown on the birth of their 12th grandbaby, Reese Katherine Brown on March 28th 2008. Zach & Tara Brown and older sisters Alynna (3 yrs) and Reagan (2 yrs) are all doing well. --------------------------
All are welcome to attend the St. Helen Altar Rosary Society Annual Interfaith Luncheon on Tuesday, March 25th at 11:30 AM. Please RSVP at 254-6233 or 253-9471. --------------------------
8:00 AM Service Moving to Children's Chapel Beginning Sunday, February 3, the 8:00 AM celebration of Holy Eucharist will take place in the Children's Chapel. We recently made the same move for the Wednesday Noon Service, and our regular participants liked the setting. It is warmer and more intimate than in the nave, and it saves the expense of running two sanctuary furnaces early on Sunday mornings and the expense of turning on the 118 (!) light bulbs in the nave and narthex! --------------------------
Holy Week & Easter Services Palm Sunday, March 16 Wednesday, March 19 Maundy Thursday, March 20 Good Friday, March 21 Easter --------------------------
St. Mark’s Adult Forum Lent 2008 The season of Lent has long been a time during which converts to the Christian faith are prepared for the sacrament of Baptism, and current members of the Church prepare to renew their baptismal commitments at Easter. For centuries, an important part of that observance has been the Sunday gospel readings that we hear this year: a special series taken from the Gospel according to John. They speak to us in vivid and powerful images of central baptismal themes. Our Adult Forum series this Lent will once again focus on those themes, examining in detail each Sunday the Gospel reading for that day. Our journey will lead us through: >> February 10: “The Season of Lent and the Gospel According to John” >> February 17: “Born from Above: John 3:1-17” >> February 24: “The Water of Life: John 4:1-42” >> March 2: “The Light of the World: John 9:1-41” >> March 9: “The Resurrection and the Life: John 11:1-44” >> March 16: “John’s Passion and Resurrection Narratives” All sessions take place on Sunday mornings from 9:30 until 10:00 in the Lounge. (Wednesday sessions will take place in the Lounge at 11:15, beginning February 6). Please bring a Bible and join us! --------------------------
EASTER FLOWERS We are receiving donations for Easter Flowers. If you are donating, please print the name of the person for whom the flowers are given, whether in thanksgiving or in memory. We need the names by March 16th to include them in the Easter Bulletins. Thank you. --------------------------
KAIROS There is a new and 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. (Our local contact is Rev. George Brewer, Pastor at Eastmont UMC). 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 a turning to God. The next Kairos weekend will take place from March
13 -16, 08. 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.’ Please take the time to bake some cookies and make a difference in someone’s life today. --------------------------
This Sunday begins Daylight Savings Time. Don’t forget to set your clocks forward! --------------------------
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER This Friday, March 7th All are invited to attend. --------------------------
Day of Caring Annual Pancake Brunch TODAY! Sunday, February 24th |
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