The season of Lent is a time to return to God, reminding ourselves of living within God’s abundant grace. God’s abundant grace is marked by faithfulness, mercy, compassion, forgiveness, and love. During Lent this year, we will mediate upon these five dimensions of God’s abundant grace in our lives by reading from the gospels of […]
First Sunday in Lent
These forty days called Lent are like no other. It is our opportune time to return to the God who rescues, to receive the gifts of God’s grace, to believe with the heart and confess with the mouth the wonder of God’s love in Jesus, and to resist temptation at every turn. This is no […]
View the Sermon (PDF)Ash Wednesday
On Ash Wednesday, we begin a forty-day journey toward Easter with Christians around the world. Today is a day of fasting, repentance, and the imposition of ashes, reminding us that we will all die and return to the earth. As a fitting repentance, Joel reminds us, “rend your hearts, and not your garments.” We are […]
View the Sermon (PDF)Transfiguration of Our Lord
Jesus’ appearance was changed on the mountain as he prayed, and the disciples heard a voice saying, “This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!” Jesus’ transfiguration began in prayer as he was revealed as God’s Chosen Son. May we also be open, as Paul writes, to “being transformed into the same image” as […]
View the Sermon (PDF)Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
On this holy night, Christians around the entire globe gather and sing praises in every language to God’s Son, Jesus. Isaiah declares that light has shined on all people, light that illumines our darkness, and Paul declares that the grace of God has appeared in Christ Jesus, bringing salvation to all people. We gather tonight […]
View the Sermon (PDF)3rd Sunday of Advent Lessons & Carols
Sunday’s “Service of Lessons and Carols” (see the “Music Notes” on page 10 of the bulletin, available under the Resources menu on the website) is a St. Mark’s tradition that reaches back into 19th century England with the singing of carols and the reading of lessons preparing us for the season of Christmas. During today’s […]
View the Sermon (PDF)Christ the King – Baptism
Christ the King is the last Sunday after Pentecost and marks the end of the church year. On this Sunday we meditate on the fullness of Christ Jesus as the Anointed One, the Messiah, who reigns as King over all creation, the cosmos and time. He is revealed through his Word of truth made manifest […]
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On Holy Trinity Sunday we remember the triune shape of the gospel. The Father sends the Son, and we come to know the Father and the Holy Spirit through Jesus. Jesus sends his church into the world to all nations, to baptize in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Baptism into the […]
View the Sermon (PDF)Pentecost/Confirmation Sunday
On Pentecost we celebrate the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon Christ’s body, the church. Crossing all boundaries that would separate us, the Spirit brings the wideness of God’s mercy to places we least expect it—to a crowd of strangers of different lands and tongues, and continues to breath life and inspiration into our lives. […]
View the Sermon (PDF)Easter Sunday Worship
Christ is risen! Jesus is alive, and God has swallowed up death forever. We celebrate Easter to proclaim, witness, praise, and affirm the liberating reality of Christ’s cross and resurrection. In word and sacrament, we celebrate God’s unending love, and depart to become witnesses of the good news to all the world. Christ is risen […]
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