Welcome to St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. St. Mark’s is an historic congregation of the ELCA that unconditionally welcomes all people of all ethnicities, genders, identities and backgrounds. Please join us for worship on Sundays at 8:30 or 10:30 am with inspiring music and talented musicians as we gather to grow together […]
December 21, 2025, Fourth Sunday of Advent
Today Isaiah prophesies that a young woman will bear a son and name him Emmanuel. In Matthew’s account of the annunciation and birth of Jesus, he is called “Emmanuel, God-with-us.” Joseph responds to this message with faith and trust in God’s command, setting an example for us. As Paul writes, God calls us and when […]
View the Sermon (PDF)December 17, 2025, Third Advent Service of Word and Prayer
In this Advent season, we await Emmanuel: God with us. The Holy Spirit gathers us into a community of prayer. This week’s reflection is “Power to become the children of God.”
View the Sermon (PDF)December 14, 2025, Third Sunday of Advent
Our Gospel text from Matthew finds the reader in waiting for confirmation from Jesus to John the Baptist that he indeed is the Messiah. Jesus responds to John with the promise that the faith of the disciples might be made real by what they ‘hear and see’. In the passage from Luke, Mary receives a […]
View the Sermon (PDF)December 10, 2025, Second Advent Midweek Service of Word and Prayer
In this Advent season, we await Emmanuel: God with us. This week’s Advent Reflection is “Do not be afraid.”
View the Sermon (PDF)December 7, 2025, Second Sunday of Advent / Lessons and Carols
Today’s “Service of Lessons and Carols” (see the “Music Notes” on page 22) is a St. Mark’s tradition that reaches back into 19th century England with the singing of carols and the reading of lessons in preparation for the season of Christmas. During today’s service, may you hear again the grace of the good news […]
View the Sermon (PDF)December 3, 2025, 1st Advent Midweek Service of Word and Prayer
In this Advent season, we await Emmanuel: God with us. This week’s Advent Reflection is “Here am I, the servant of the Lord.”
View the Sermon (PDF)November 30, 2025, First Sunday of Advent
A new church year begins: Christ is coming soon! Today’s readings challenge us to wake from sleep and to live alert to the needs of others for we know neither the day nor the hour of the Lord’s coming. Isaiah proclaims the day when God will gather all nations on the holy mountain and there […]
View the Sermon (PDF)November 23, 2025, Christ the King Sunday
Jeremiah’s promise of the execution of “justice and righteousness in the land” finds ironic fulfillment in the execution of Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. It appears utterly contradictory that a king should be crucified with a criminal. This victory appears for all the world as humiliating defeat. Yet through the gate of […]
View the Sermon (PDF)November 16, 2025, Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost
The end is near. There is no doubt about it. The warnings are dire. The tone of today’s texts is ominous. But the baptized know how to live in the meantime. The baptized are strengthened for the living of these days in word and sacrament. The baptized rally around the invitation of the apostle: “Do […]
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