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Newsletter — August 15, 2021 August 15th, 2021

As pressure continues to mount from both our government and employers to require people to put things in their bodies that they do not believe they should — in this case it’s vaccines — be praying for: 1) Those in our congregation whose livelihoods are either in question or …

Newsletter — August 8, 2021 August 8th, 2021

Hope Russia is one of the ministries we support at St. Mark and encourage you all to pray for and support as well. One way you can pray for for one of the Hope Russia seminary students, Victor Nedorezov. He is the father of five children and a deacon of the church in Prokopyevsk …

Newsletter — August 1, 2021 August 1st, 2021

This week, we’d like to ask for your prayers for 10 year old Susanna Ketchen, daughter of Nathan and Melissa Ketchen. Nathan was formerly the pastor of a CREC church in Colorado. At age 7, Susanna started complaining of back pain — to the point that she could not sleep …

Newsletter — July 18, 2021 July 18th, 2021

One of the difficult things about living in the information age is, paradoxically, the availability of information. We have in our pockets and at the ready at all times, news and information about events that either concern us not at all, or that we can have no impact on one way or the …

Newsletter — July 11, 2021 July 11th, 2021

Continue to lift up Ashlee Holst, her husband Ryan, and the family. Brain scans revealed that Ashlee has had new strokes and that more are forming on the other side of her brain. When we pray to God, sometimes he answers with a “yes,” sometimes with, “wait,” and other times, he …

Newsletter — July 4, 2021 July 4th, 2021

Tim Stephens, the baptist pastor in Alberta, Canada who was arrested for continuing to gather with his congregation to worship God, was released from jail on July 1st. But before he was released, he wrote a letter to the Alberta Premier and MLAs from his jail cell. A Premier in Canada is …

Newsletter — June 27, 2021 June 27th, 2021

We recently reported on a situation of severely weather damaged homes for some of our brothers and sisters in Tanzania. To keep you apprised, Eric Pyle recently forwarded some news to Brian McLain from Mara Presbyterian Church in Tanzania. This is the church we reported on back …

Newsletter — June 20, 2021 June 20th, 2021

One of the challenges we face as Christians is faithfully balancing our calling to live at peace with all men while also discharging the other duties which God requires of us. There are times when those things come into conflict. This is true for pastor Tim Stephens who has been arrested …

Newsletter — June 13, 2021 June 13th, 2021

Our hymn of the month for June is “O Little Flock, Fear Not the Foe.” Coincidingly today, one of the lectionary Psalm readings is Psalm 20, which seemed appropriate to the text of our Hymn of the Month: May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble May the name of the God …

Newsletter — June 6, 2021 June 6th, 2021

“Pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense.”— C.S. LewisThis month the U.S. celebrates what is being called “pride month.” Pride month was declared by the U.S. President in 1999 to commemorate …

Newsletter — May 30, 2021 May 30th, 2021

As some amount of sanity begins to return in these “post-COVID” times, we are ready to resume Friar’s Forum. Since we’ve gained many fresh faces in our congregation over these last several months, an explanation of the event might be in order. Friar’s Forum was (and now will be …

Newsletter — May 23, 2021 May 23rd, 2021

Today is Pentecost Sunday and the liturgical color is red to symbolize the tongues of fire which descended upon the Apostles upon receiving the Holy Spirit. This marks the beginning of the Church’s ministry to the world. It’s significant that one of the gifts the Holy Spirit brought to …