The Lutheran Church of Saint Mark
Contact us
The Lutheran Church of Saint Mark
75 Griswold Street
Glastonbury, CT 06033
Coming Events
Sun., Dec. 4, 9:00 am -
Advent Worship service of Word & Sacrament followed by
All Ages Education Experience
Tues., Dec. 6, 9:00 am - Matins (morning prayer), Zoom
Wed., Dec. 7:
7:00 pm - Advent Vespers (evening prayer), In person & Zoom
7:30 pm - Choir rehearsal, in person
Thur., Dec.8:
9:00 am - Matins (morning prayer), Zoom
Friday, Dec. 9, 7:30 - CONCERT
Handel's Messiah
Concora Connecticut Choral Artists
Sun., Dec. 11, 9:00 am -
Advent Worship service of Word & Sacrament followed by
All Ages Education Experience
Tues., Dec.13, 9:00 am - Matins (morning prayer), Zoom
Wed., Dec. 14:
7:00 pm - Advent Vespers (evening prayer), In person & Zoom
7:30 pm - Choir rehearsal, in person
Thur., Dec.15:
9:00 am - Matins (morning prayer), Zoom
7:30 pm - Choir rehearsal, in person
Sun., Dec. 18, 9:00 am -
Advent Worship service of Word & Sacrament followed by
All Ages Education Experience
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Thur., Nov. 10 concert at Saint Mark Sin Fronteras joined Cuatro Puntos for
traditional music of the Andes Mountains
More pictures HERE
Concert streamed & recorded on
Cuatro Puntos Facebook page,https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=search&v=1246532225912089
Worship Service Times
Sunday Mornings - 9:00 am
Sunday morning worship is In-Person & on Zoom meeting at 9:00 am.
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If attending, masking is not required.
Sunday services will also be on
the Zoom link below.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85007958999Sunday Zoom ID: 850 079 58 999
(no passcode needed)
All Ages Education Experience (A2E2)*follows Sunday morning worship,
in person only, in the lounge.
Weekday Matins & Vespers Prayer Offices
Tuesday & Thursday mornings, 9:00 am
& Wednesday evening, 7:00 pm
Weekday Zoom Meeting Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84665292047?pwd=WGZtQWJQSDlqZzlsRzAzaEloNVcrZz09
Weekday Zoom ID: 846 6529 2047 Passcode: 420062
* - All Ages Education Experience -
The after-worship A2E2 sessions are based on one of the scripture texts from Sunday's readings.
We'll show a short video produced by The Bible Project to provide background and context to scripture in an easily understood visual explanation.
Christmas 2022 Worship Services
In person & Zoom
Advent Vespers - Wednesdays thru 12/21, 7 pm
Candlelit Christmas Eve Worship
& Holy Communion
12/24, 7:00 pm
Christmas Morning Worship & Holy Communion
Celebrating the Nativity of Our Lord
12/25, 9:00 am
New Year's Day Worship of Word & Sacrament
Name of Jesus
1/1/2023, 9:00 am
Download bulletins & our latest newsletter below
Announcements
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Christmas at Sea
Saint Mark collected Christmas gifts for maritime workers far from home thru Seafarers International House. Gifts were blessed at the Nov. 30 Vespers worship.
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We're collecting items for theNaubuc Backpack Program Individual microwavable
mac & cheese cups Individual fruit cups Individual cereal boxes Granola bars Oatmeal Tuna pouches
Crackers (small packs)
Please, no cans, they make the backpacks too heavy for the children.
Saint Mark partners with
providing food for hungry local families.
Make a difference with your donation of $$.
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Message from Our Pastor
Pastor Cheryl Hoffman's sermon for Sunday, November 27, 2022.Readings: Isaiah 2:1-5, Psalm 122, Romans 13:11-14, Matthew 24:36-44.
[Sound: Rooster crowing, as Pastor plays the beginning of the song “Rise & Shine” by the Itty Bitty Beats]
If that song doesn’t wake you up, nothing will. Of course, it may be just a little too cheery for some folks first thing in the morning.
Both Paul’s letter to the Romans and Matthew’s gospel speak to us about being awake. In fact, whether it is Paul or Jesus, the words come as an adamant admonition: It is time to wake up, keep watch and stay awake, less you be robbed of the most important moment of all time – the Day of the Lord’s Coming.
Well, I don’t know about you, but I don’t always find it easy to wake up these days. It has nothing to do with my ability to actually wake up; I just don’t want to open my eyes to another day of senseless violence, nations at war, people who hate each other without knowing each other, obituary pages with names of people I know, friends with incurable diseases, news about rising prices, rising crime rates and the Earth’s rising temperature alongside an ever increasing inward focus on me, myself and I, without a care in the world for any other person who may exist outside one’s own bellybutton.
Some days the world is just downright depressing, and when my alarm goes off with shouts of good morning, rise and shine, I want to toss it across the room, roll over and pull my nice warm down-comforter up over my head and hibernate for a decade or two.
If that song doesn’t wake you up, nothing will. Of course, it may be just a little too cheery for some folks first thing in the morning.
Both Paul’s letter to the Romans and Matthew’s gospel speak to us about being awake. In fact, whether it is Paul or Jesus, the words come as an adamant admonition: It is time to wake up, keep watch and stay awake, less you be robbed of the most important moment of all time – the Day of the Lord’s Coming.
Well, I don’t know about you, but I don’t always find it easy to wake up these days. It has nothing to do with my ability to actually wake up; I just don’t want to open my eyes to another day of senseless violence, nations at war, people who hate each other without knowing each other, obituary pages with names of people I know, friends with incurable diseases, news about rising prices, rising crime rates and the Earth’s rising temperature alongside an ever increasing inward focus on me, myself and I, without a care in the world for any other person who may exist outside one’s own bellybutton.
Some days the world is just downright depressing, and when my alarm goes off with shouts of good morning, rise and shine, I want to toss it across the room, roll over and pull my nice warm down-comforter up over my head and hibernate for a decade or two.
2022 Saint Mark gardens
The harvest from the 2022 gardens is complete! Fruits, vegetables & herbs from gardens at Saint Mark, the Tunney-Kraatz estate & the Frick farm were well-received throughout the harvesting by the Manchester Area Conference of Churches Food Pantry & the Glastonbury Food Bank.
In April 2021, Saint Mark members established a small garden by the Saint Mark parking lot for vegetables, herbs, spices & flowers to be shared with the Glastonbury Food Bank & MACC's Food Pantry.
In 2022, additional gardens were added at the Tunney-Kraatz home & Frick farm.
