The Lutheran Church of Saint Mark
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The Lutheran Church of Saint Mark
75 Griswold Street
Glastonbury, CT 06033
Announcements
Care for Creation &
Special Youth Blessing
Sunday Worship, August 21
Special blessing for young adults, teens, children, grands,
entering K-12 or college.
Goodie bags to be provided, so pls. RSVP to Jan Frick by 8/20.
If you'd like to be a student's prayer partner, contact Jan or Pr. Hoffman.
After Worship, August 21
Join us on a hike through
J.B. Williams Park to Walk for Calumet & collect water samples for testing.
We then return to Saint Mark for pizza and ice cream sundaes on the lawn.
Worship Service Times
Sunday Mornings - 9:00 am
Sunday morning worship is In-Person & on Zoom meeting at 9:00 am.
If attending, masking & social distancing
are encouraged.
Services will also be on the Zoom link below
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85007958999Sunday Zoom ID: 850 079 58 999
(no passcode needed)
Weekday Matins & Vespers Prayer Offices
Tuesday, 9:00 am & Wednesday, 7:00 pm
Weekday Zoom Meeting Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84665292047?pwd=WGZtQWJQSDlqZzlsRzAzaEloNVcrZz09
Weekday Zoom ID: 846 6529 2047 Passcode: 420062
Saint Mark partners with
providing food for hungry local families.
Make a difference with your donation of $$.
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More Announcements
We're collecting items for theNaubuc Backpack Program Individual Microwavable Mac & Cheese Cups Individual Fruit Cups Individual Boxes of Cereal Granola Bars Oatmeal Pouches of Tuna Crackers (small packs)
Please, no cans, they make the backpacks too heavy for the children.
Message from Our Pastor
From Pastor Cheryl Hoffman's sermon for Sunday, June 19, 2022 Readings: Luke 10:38-42.
As Martha, sister to Mary & Lazarus:
I remember that day like it was yesterday.
I wish I could forget it.
Even more, I wish I could take it all back – undo it, have a second chance.
Have you had days like that?
Days where you get it all wrong and everyone knows it?
Days where you should have known better but didn’t?
Well, let me tell you about my very bad... no, good day, and just maybe you won’t make the same mistake I did.
It was a beautiful early summer day.
It was a little warm but not too warm.
The birds were singing.
The air was perfumed with the scents of lavender and herbs.
The children were running about while the women chatted around the town well.
It was a perfect, gentle, quiet summer day.
That all changed when my little sister, Mary, came charging into town waving her hands above her head shouting my name.
“Martha, Martha,” she yelled.
“Come quick, the Master is coming for dinner.”
She was breathing so hard that none of us could understand a single word.
When she finally calmed down I made her drink some water and start from the beginning.
She told us she had gone with our brother Lazarus to see Jesus and his disciples a couple of towns over.
I scolded her for tagging along and not staying here with the women.
She said she was sorry, but that I should be glad she went, because Lazarus had invited Jesus for dinner, and Lazarus had sent her home so we would have some time to prepare.
At first there was pure silence, and then I and all the other women jumped up at once and began screaming, “What! Jesus is coming? Here? Tonight? For dinner? With his disciples?”
Mary just kept nodding her head.
“Yes, Jesus is coming here, tonight, for dinner.”
I wanted to slap her and my brother Lazarus.
Don’t get me wrong, I love Jesus.
He is like a member of the family, and he is welcome here any time.
But, 30 minutes isn’t enough time to prepare the house, a meal, dessert, and make myself presentable for Jesus, himself, let alone Jesus and his disciples –
And who knows how many other guests he will bring?
Click here to read more of the sermon
New Pictures as the Saint Mark Gardens Produce Starts Coming In
The harvest from the 2022 gardens is starting to come in! Main garden is at Saint Mark, with auxiliary plots at the Tunney-Kraatz estate & the Frick farm. Check with Jan Frick for details on how you can help.
In April 2021, Saint Mark members established a small garden by the parking lot for vegetables, herbs, spices & flowers to be shared with the Glastonbury Food Bank & MACC's Food Pantry.
