The Lutheran Church of Saint Mark
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75 Griswold Street
Glastonbury, CT 06033
Worship Service Times
Sunday morning, 9:00 am
In-person, in the sanctuary, every Sunday.
If you attend in-person, please wear a mask & socially distance.
If unvaccinated, please reconsider, get vaccinated & protect yourself & others.
In-person services will also be Zoomed,
on the link below.
There's no on-screen bulletin during the Sunday Zoom, so please download Sunday's bulletin from the link at right.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85007958999
Sunday Worship Zoom ID: 850 079 58 999
(no passcode required)
ZOOM LINK FOR WEEKDAY PRAYER OFFICES
Morning Prayer Matins -
Tuesday & Thursday mornings, 9:00 am
Evening Prayer Vespers -
Wednesday evenings, 7:00 pm
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84665292047?pwd=WGZtQWJQSDlqZzlsRzAzaEloNVcrZz09
Weekday Prayer Offices Zoom ID: 846 6529 2047
Passcode (REQUIRED): 420062
Download bulletins & our latest newsletter below
Our Sunday School is called
All-Ages Education Experience
(A2 E2).
The final details of meeting & presentation are being worked out as we resume
in-person worship.
The initial program series is "Awakening To God’s Call To Earthkeeping," a 4-part study to encourage, empower & equip us in caring for God’s creation.
Session 1 was Zoomed in October, “God’s Presence Fills All Creation.”
A .pdf file with notes for the lesson is above.
Message from Our Pastor
Excerpts from Pastor Cheryl Hoffman's sermon for Christ the King Sunday, November 21. Readings: Daniel 7: 9-14, Psalm 93, Revelation 1: 4-8, John 18:33-37.
Last week I reintroduced you to the fairytale of Little Red Riding Hood. Who knew that there was more than one ending? Who knew that Riding Hood could stand as a warning to remind us to keep our focus lest we get gobbled up and fail to complete the mission to which God has called us? And having warned us, who knew she’d also offer us a sign of hope by reminding us that Jesus has our back when we do wander off track and get swallowed up by the wolves of the world?
If you are interested, there are even more versions of Little Red Riding Hood out there. But you will have to look them up on your own, because today I’d like to share with you another story. I first heard this story in the form of a song, when I was in high school. Little did I know then that I was being introduced to Danish philosopher and founder of existentialism, Søren Kierkegaard.
Kierkegaard wrote this not as a song, nor really even as a story, but as a parable. If you are a visual person, feel free to close your eyes and watch the parable unfold. Even see yourself in the parable.
Imagine (once upon a time) there was a King who loved a humble maiden. She had no royal pedigree, no education, no standing in the royal court. She dressed in rags, lived in a hovel, the ragged life of a peasant. But for reasons no one could quite figure out, the King fell in love with this girl. Why he should love her was beyond explaining, but love her he did, and he could not stop.
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Saint Mark Garden
Throughout the growing season the garden, beside the fence on the east side of our parking lot, provided vegetable, herbs, spices & flowers for the Glastonbury Food Bank & Manchester Area Conference of Churches Food Bank & kitchen.
The wrought iron bistro table & chairs is still there for al fresco conversation, contemplation, or meditation
In April, Saint Mark members established a small garden for vegetables, herbs, spices & flowers to be shared with the Glastonbury Food Bank & MACC's Food Pantry.
