“Discerning the Will of God…” — Listen here, or download the MP3!
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Paul is in a deep discussion with the people of Corinth.
“Paul is in a deep discussion with the people of Corinth. There is trouble and Paul is far away from them and the only way he can reasonably communicate with the people in the Church is by letter – the one we have just begun.
It is not going to surprise you that the Corinthians have been without strong leadership and they have allowed their old lives – lives before Christ – to have sway again. They have returned to the ways of the world where individualism has wrecked the community they once shared with each other…” — Listen here, or download the MP3!
Stir Up Your Might And Come To Save Us.
“The fourth Sunday of Advent is the perfect setting for our Psalm this morning. The Psalm is a prayer for a congregation that cries out for a new beginning. And is that not where we are today; crying out for a new beginning?” — Listen here, or download the MP3!
Let Us Go To The House Of The Lord
“‘I was glad when they said to me, let us go to the house of the Lord.’ From a Christian perspective, believers may well have some ambivalence about Advent because it means God is coming to earth. Some of us have problems with God coming – not all believe that will be a time of rejoicing. They feel unprepared as they hear those heavy words of our prayers, ‘things done and left undone’. But it doesn’t have to be this way.” — Listen here, or download the MP3!
All Scripture Is Inspired By God
“As the Gospel opens up today, we see Jesus instructing the disciples in the art of persistence seamlessly joined to the subject of prayer. Kind of odd that the disciples would need a lesson in persistence and prayer at this stage of things. Now we may assume that only contemporary, and non-religious people would have problems with these things, but Jesus knew better…” — Listen here, or download the MP3!
First of all, then, I urge that supplications be made for everyone…
“Remember the teenage years? How about this, ‘As long as you live in this house, you will follow these rules.’ If these words were part of our growing up, we may regard them as simply when the alpha person in our home laid down the rules….” — Listen here, or download the MP3!
Children’s Chapel Service – An Introduction To Our Liturgy
“Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 19:14
A few short words on the Children’s Chapel Service that is such an integral part of the early childhood Christian Education curriculum at Saint Mark’s.
Here, the children experience the same Liturgy of the Word, albeit shortened, as we have in the church proper. In general, we open with a collect, read several lines of the day’s psalm, read the Gospel story, have a question/discussion-based homily, create a “prayer card,” discuss the cards, and confess our sins. When there is extra time we practice our formal prayers or sing songs related to the day’s lesson.
We will continue to keep you informed. Please feel free to ask questions and provide feedback. We encourage you to visit with us at Chapel this summer!