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Welcome To St. Mark's Lutheran Church!
 Connect
St. Mark's is participating with several other congregations in a renewal
program through the South-Central Synod of Wisconsin, ELCA called Connect.
Connect is a two year program. Congregations support each other through
Bible study and reflection, helping to identify and clarify the mission of
each church and provide a foundation for new ministry opportunities. St.
Mark's is excited to participate in this program and to further develop
their hospitality ministries. Our mission statement is, "Reaching out with
the unconditional love of God" though even this may be tweaked during the
coming months.
Diana Butler Bass, a noted church historian, has observed that customs are
what define the way a church cuts their communion bread, or what time
service is or even what kind of music is played. Tradition is knowing that
we are called to Jesus' table of grace, that we gather for worship out of
thanksgiving, and we are to be Christ in the world. Custom's may need to
change. Tradition is what keeps us grounded. Come and join us as we honor a
faith tradition more than two thousand years old but that is necessary and
relevant in our changing world.
Upcoming Events!
There are lots of great things planned at St. Mark's for the next
several weeks. Click Here to learn about them!
St. Mark’s Calendar
Every Tuesday Food Pantry 10 a.m. – 12 Noon
Every Thursday Food Pantry 5:45 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Every Friday - Friday Free Meal 12:00 Noon – 1:00 p.m.
Sunday, July 9 at 9:30 am:
Worship and followed by canvassing
the neighborhood with flyers for the July 16th Ice
Cream Socia
and Live Music
Sunday, July 16 at 9:30 am Worship
4:00-6:00 pm: Free
Ice Cream Social & Live Music!
We look forward to meeting our neighbors and sharing
ice cream, cookies and
live music! Rain or Shine.
Sunday, July 23 at 9:30 am:
Worship “Sing a New Song Sunday”
Sunday, July 30 at 9:30 am:
Worship & Summer Hymn Sing. It will be fun!
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Featuring Live Music with Back2Back
 From
Our Pastor:
Being the Church
From the
June, 2017 issue of Branches
Dear Friends:
On the first Pentecost a small
following of people, mostly of Jewish descent, gathered for worship and to
follow the Jesus Way. They numbered around one hundred fifty people. The
Spirit touched their gathering and by the end of Pentecost their numbers
were near three thou-sand. The Spirit came upon the church and touched off a
fire in-side each of them.
Two thousand years later we are still the church.
The role of the church is not to constantly create new projects but to be a
place where people can find the fire inside of them. Sometimes the Spirit
leads us into new activities because of inner fires burning but at other
times it is a call to spiritual renewal – finding a deeper connection with
God individually and as a community of faith...
Blessings, Pastor Lori
Read
Pastor Lori's article in the June, 2017 issue of Branches.
Click here.
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