The Lutheran Church of Saint Mark
75 Griswold Street
Glastonbury, CT 06033
(860) 633-1188
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WORSHIP SERVICES
SUNDAYS
9:00 am, Service of the Word
& Sacrament (Holy Communion)
In-person & Zoom
ALL Worship services
(Sundays & weekdays)
use the same
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Zoom Meeting ID
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1517 2023
Tuesdays, 9:00 am, Matins
Wednesdays, 7 pm, Vespers
Both are Zoom only
90 minute, very informal conversations about various Bible topics. Next up is
Inspired Imperfection: How the Bible’s Problems Enhance Its Divine Authority
by Gregory A. Boyd.
We should embrace the mistakes and contradictions in Scripture, writes Boyd, for they show God chose to use fallible humans to communicate timeless truths.
Just as God came to save humanity in the form of a human, God chose to impart truth through the imperfect medium of human writing.
Inspired Imperfection is required reading
for anyone who's questioned the Bible because of its contradictions.
BIBLE STUDY - SUNDAYS, 6:00 pm
(In person - Resumes Sunday, April 14)
In joy, we share Christ's truth.
This is Christ's church, with a place for you here.
We are the church that shares a living, daring confidence in God's grace.
Liberated by our faith, we embrace you as a whole person -- questions, complexities & all.
Join us as we do God's work in Christ's name for the life of the world.
Download worship bulletins
& our newsletter below
Saint Mark partners with
Glastonbury Links Together is a group of faith based organizations in town coming together to “change what it means to be poor in Glastonbury”.
The mission of GLT to date has primarily been to address food insecurity in town. Current initiatives include providing food to elementary school children via the weekend “Backpack” program & supplementing the Town’s Food Bank program with gift card donations.
UNSILENCED: MUSIC FROM AFGHANISTAN
ARSON FAHIM & CUATRO PUNTOS ENSEMBLE, FEB 22 AT SAINT MARK
Arson Fahim, Afghan pianist, composer, & conductor is a fierce believer in the power of music to be a tool for activism, social change, & a symbol of resistance, perseverance, & hope. Arson’s music is often inspired by the tragedies & injustices of war.
This Feb. 22 concert featured music for piano & strings written by Arson, plus a new piano quartet commissioned by Cuatro Puntos.
Following up the Feb. 1 release of "Unsilenced: Underground Music From Afghanistan,"this project, organized & sponsored by Cuatro Puntos, in partnership with Arson Fahim, features 12 musicians still in Afghanistan, who recorded their music secretly in 2023, despite threats and possible Taliban punishments to stop th their art.
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More pictures & performance video clips HERE https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.785569033606984&type=3
Complete recording of pre-concert conversation & entire concert (conversation begins 6:45 into video, concert begins at 1:09:30)
HERE https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=search&v=1449004969044354
IT WAS AWESOME!!!
Feb. 24, Saint Mark Parish Hall
featuring White Rabbit Theatre
in performance of the best of Broadway music!
ECLECTICA IN CONCERT
AT SAINT MARK - FEB. 3
On February 3, Eclectica,
a Connecticut-based group of women musicians, presented music spanning centuries, continents, styles, & cultures at Saint Mark. Using voice & an eclectic variety of instruments, including hammered dulcimer, viola da gamba, violin, viola, accordion, & recorders,
the audience was taken on a joyous
musical journey from the 13th to 20th centuries, with colorful arrangements from classical, pop, klezmer & more. Themes featured love & comedy (in honor of upcoming Valentine’s Day) & Carnival (Mardi Gras).
More concert pictures: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=lutheranchurchofstmark&set=a.774803574683530
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More info on Eclectica: https://www.facebook.com/EclecticaCT
If you are called to action, your love can reach innocent civilians & rush aid to families in crisis right now.
Lutheran World Relief has a long history of reaching our neighbors caught in the crossfire in this region. From sending emergency health care supplies to delivering LWR Mission Quilts, we are reaching victims caught in this conflict.
We're reaching out to longstanding partners in the region to adjust specifics of our coordinated responses.
Your gift delivers critically needed resources like medical care, food, water & essential supplies where they are needed most.
Gifts can be made online at lwr.org/crisis or mail a check (memo CRISIS) to:
Lutheran World Relief, PO Box 17061, Baltimore, MD 21297-1061
ELCA World Hunger is this church’s ministry to end hunger and poverty. Please give now and you can be part of the response as we work creatively and courageously in over 60 countries toward a just world where all are fed.
Your donation will be used where it is needed most within the wider category of each gift you’ve selected. (For example, a gift of vaccinations may be used to support other health care initiatives.)
This allows our church to stay adaptive, flexible and effective in the work that we do. Because we seek to honor your generosity and keep administrative costs low, we do not track individual financial gifts to specific families or locations in the U.S. or abroad.
