2023 St. Francis Day Celebration & Blessing of the Animals

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 4:30 P.M., on the front lawn and labyrinth

On Saturday, October 7, Saint Mark’s will once again offer its beloved Saint Francis Day tradition. A few years ago this offering was moved from Sunday morning to Saturday afternoon, and the outdoor celebration has a truly festive community atmosphere. Dogs, cats, bird, bunnies, ponies, chickens, and all creatures great and small are welcome!

Music will be offered by the young choristers of Choir School, and The Rev. Linzi Stahlecker will offer a brief reflection. The service includes prayers for healing humanity’s relationship with the earth, and for all the creatures who share the earth with us. Following the service, animals can receive an individual blessing from a priest if desired. All are invited to attend, with or without their animal companions. Stuffed animals are also welcome to be blessed, as are photographs of pets who would not find attending the event a blessed experience. Animals should remain leashed or kenneled. You are welcome to bring your own chair to use on the lawn, although chairs will also be provided.

Dementia and Spirituality: Hope on the Journey

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2023, 6:45–8:15 P.M., in person in Bloedel Hall or Online via Zoom. Optional community dinner at 6 p.m. ($6/child; $8/adult; $25/max. family). This forum is in collaboration with St. James Cathedral.

Join online or in person at Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral for a conversation titled Dementia and Spirituality: Hope on the Journey.

The evening will include a presentation from Dr. Thomas Grabowski from the UW Memory and Brain Wellness Center followed by a panel conversation reflecting on dementia and ministry with Father James Eblen, Sister Judy Ryan and the Very Rev. Steven L. Thomason.

Come learn more about what dementia is, its impact on people living with the disease and their caregivers, and ways to provide support along the journey.

Program is free, but registration is requested for in-person or online participation. Optional community dinner served at 6 p.m. ($6/child; $8/adult; $25/max. family). If you choose to participate online, a Zoom link will be sent to registrants prior to the event. For assistance in registering, contact: edonner@saintmarks.org or 206.323.0300 ext. 217


The scripture passage about the Road to Emmaus shared during the event can be found here

Dr. Grabowski's slides from his presentation can be downloaded in pdf format here

Additional Resources:

A complete video can now be seen here:


Learn more about the speakers:

Dr. Thomas J. Grabowski is a neurologist and medical director of the UW Memory Medicine Memory and Brain Wellness Center where he leads a provider team that diagnoses, treats, and supports patients living with memory loss or dementia. Dr. Grabowski has made patient and family wellbeing into a top priority in the clinic by helping people adjust to cognitive challenges over time and leveraging intact personal strengths. He also oversees a multi-disciplinary effort to further a precision medicine approach to Alzheimer's disease through the UW Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) and conducts research at the UW Integrated Brain Imaging Center (IBIC).

 

James Eblen has ministered as a priest in the Seattle Archdiocese for more than fifty years, half of them teaching in the School of Theology and Ministry at Seattle University. For the last ten years, James has provided liturgical ministry for residents at Providence Mount Saint Vincent in West Seattle and for retired women religious at the nearby Saint Joseph Residence. Ministry among these older adults has been my learning ground about dementia.

 

 

Sr. Judy Ryan has been a member of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary for 63 years. She earned her BA degree from Holy Names College at Fort Wright; and her Master's degree in Theology and Pastoral Ministry from Boston College. Her ministry has steadily evolved from high school teaching to years of campus ministry with students and faculty at Gonzaga University and San Jose State. As she began to feel her own aging and need to slow down, she readily accepted an invitation to be a pastoral and spiritual presence with her older Sisters in Community at Los Gatos, CA.  There she "fell in love" with elders, completed CPE training as a Chaplain and spent the next 17 years in spiritual care with elders living in residential care: at Providence Center in Olympia, WA and  Mount St. Vincent's here in West Seattle. These were 20 privileged years of learning wisdom from these men and women who daily shared their living, dying and entering into eternal life with her.

 

The Very Rev. Steven L. Thomason has served as Dean of Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral in Seattle since 2012 after serving churches in his native state of Arkansas. He was ordained a priest in 2004 after graduating from the Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas. He earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from University of Arkansas (1991) and practiced medicine for more than 20 years as family doctor and hospice/palliative care specialist before turning to parish ministry full-time in 2012.

Queer in Christ Coffee & Art Walk

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 12:30 P.M., meet on the front patio

Join members of Queer in Christ on October 8 at 12:30 p.m. for a visit to Lower Queen Anne to grab some coffee and then visit The Fishbowl, one of Seattle’s newest art galleries designed specifically for QTBIPOC (Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) artists, creatives, and community members. We will meet at 12:30 p.m. on the cathedral’s front porch, and then travel together to Lower Queen Anne.

Rethinking Poverty: Faith, Place, and Relationality

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TWO WEDNESDAYS, OCTOBER 11 & 18, 2023, 6:45–8:15 P.M., in person in Bloedel Hall or Online via Zoom. Optional community dinner at 6 p.m. ($6/child; $8/adult; $25/max. family)

Led by The Rev. Linzi Stahlecker and Sarah Elwood

Poverty is perhaps one of the most pressing issues of our time. Across two weeks, we will explore impoverishment with Saint Mark's parishioner Sarah Elwood, one of the co-authors of Abolishing Poverty: Toward Pluriverse Futures and Politics, a book published in August. Sarah will share from her own lived experience (both personal and scholarly), about the power of relationship and the impact of unidentified boundaries in the landscape of our understanding. What role does faith play in our response to impoverishment? How might our relationships, with God and with one another, transform our understanding of the complex causes of impoverishment, and shape our collective learning and actions across boundaries of many kinds? Sarah is Professor of Geography at the University of Washington, and co-founder of the Relational Poverty Network, a transnational interdisciplinary group of scholars working in the field of relational poverty studies.

Part 2, on October 18, will include a panel discussion with The Rev. Christopher Cox of Operation Nightwatch Seattle, parishioner Molly Bosch, a public health nurse at Harborview Hospital, and The Rev. Kae Eaton of the Mental Health Chaplaincy. You are welcome and encouraged to attend, in person or online, whether or not you participated in Part 1.

Join online using this Zoom link (same link for both sessions).

UPDATE: Video of parts 1 & 2 are now available below:

 

Compline on the 17th Sunday after Pentecost, 2023

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Compline on the 17th Sunday after Pentecost | September 24, 2023 

Order of Service | Each week's repertoire is posted here

The Order of Service and repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2023/09/24/compline-2023-the-seventeenth-sunday-after-pentecost/

September 24, 2023 • The 17th Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: Now cheer our hearts this eventide - Nathan Jensen (b. 1968)

PSALM 145 - Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014)

HYMN: Now the day is over - M. Searle Wright (1918–2004)

NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong, Tone III; harm, Carolus Andreas (d. 1627)

ANTHEM: Nisi Dominus - Givanni Matteo Asola (c. 1532–1609)

Jason Anderson, director & organist • Gregory Bloch, reader • Joel Bevington, cantor

Thanks to this evening's Compline volunteers: hospitality ministers Ray Miller and Jim Buskirk.

Compline at Saint Mark's Cathedral has been a Seattle tradition since 1956. All the singers are volunteers. Learn more at: https://saintmarks.org/worship/compline/
and: https://complinechoir.org/

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  • The Service Leaflet contains all you need to fully participate in each liturgy from home.

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  • The weekly cathedral newsletter contains important announcements, offerings, and events. Click here to add yourself to cathedral emails lists.

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  • Video of past services can be seen here.
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You may also donate using the Venmo mobile app from your smartphone (search for @SaintMarksCathedralSeattle ) Thank you for your generosity.

The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, 2023

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LEAFLETS

  • The Service Leaflet contains all you need to fully participate in each liturgy from home.

NEWSLETTER

  • The weekly cathedral newsletter contains important announcements, offerings, and events. Click here to add yourself to cathedral emails lists.

ARCHIVES 

  • Video of past services can be seen here.
  • Audio and printed text of sermons can be found here.

A Spirituality of Place: The Pilgrim’s Journey and Finding Home

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TWO WEDNESDAYS, SEPTEMBER 20 & 27, 2023, 6:45–8:15 P.M., in person in Bloedel Hall or Online via Zoom. Optional community dinner at 6 p.m. ($6/child; $8/adult; $25/max. family)

The Wisdom School 2023/24 Program Year Opening Plenary Presentation, Led by Dean Steve Thomason

Place matters. It is the locus of spiritual purpose, whether at home, on the pilgrim’s way, or in the wilderness. It is the locus of belonging, of grounding, of meaning. The mystics remind us to “look deeply and discover God there.” The geography of the heart is shaped by the land and the ties that bind us to particular places, especially when we come to see it all as holy ground. This two-part series will explore the spirituality of place, pilgrimage and finding home, with spiritual practices that serve as maps for the journey.

Program is free; optional community dinner at 6 p.m. ($8/adult; $25/family max.) All are welcome.


UPDATE:

THE SLIDES FOR PART 1 ARE AVAILABLE HERE

THE SLIDES FOR PART 2 ARE AVAILABLE HERE.

A COMPLETE VIDEO OF PARTS 1 & 2 ARE NOW AVAILABLE:

40s/50s Fall Walk Through Capitol Hill Parks

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 12 P.M. (following the conclusion of the the 11 a.m. service), meet in the cathedral nave

Following the 11 a.m. service on October 8, the 40s/50s Group will meet in the nave to have a quick snack before walking up and over Volunteer Park to Interlaken Park. Part city park, part city neighborhood, part urban greenway and forest, we'll walk 2.5 miles through the north Capitol Hill area. Hopefully, the fall colors will be glowing by then! This is a nice follow-on to last week's tour of the Saint Mark Greenbelt and a great opportunity to enjoy nature in the city. Occurs rain or shine.

Finding Hope in a World of Climate Change

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 10:10–10:50 A.M., Bloedel Hall

The Creation Care Ministry will host a Sunday morning forum that asks the question: How do we cultivate a deepening, evolving relationship with God that gives us the strength, vision, and courage to face climate changes in our world? Presenters will explore practices of the Spirit, and actions we can all take to nourish the planet. Be prepared to touch the roots of hope, community, and joy.


UPDATE: Download Prayer Practices to Nourish Primordial Hope shared at the forum.

A complete video of this event is now available below:

Queer Conversations

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FOLLOWING EVENSONG ON THE FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH, 5:30 P.M., Cathedral House Room 210

Join the Queer in Christ ministry after Choral Evensong for "Queer Conversations". We will meet following the conclusion of Evensong in Cathedral House 210, for refreshment, fellowship, and a discussion on a variety of topics.

OCTOBER 6, 2024: The discussion will be led by Vicky Greenbaum, talking about experiences being queer and out while working as a teacher.

NOVEMBER, 2024, DATE TBA: Will not meet on the first Sunday of November; a Transgender Day of Remembrance discussion will be offered on a later Sunday in November TBA.

no meeting in December (O Antiphons Liturgy) or January (12th Night Celebration)

FEBRUARY 2, 2025:

MARCH 2, 2025:


  • MAY 5, 2024: The Rev. Canon Rich Weyls, Saint Mark's newest staff priest will discuss his journey from the Roman Catholic Church to the Episcopal Church, his marriage to his husband Mark, his background as a hospital chaplain, and more.
  • APRIL 7, 2024: The Rev. Lisa Graumlich (newly ordained deacon and Dean Emerita of the College of the Environment at UW) will lead a conversation themed around the article shared a few months ago, "Queering Climate Activism."
  • MARCH 3, 2024: The Reverend Linzi Stahlecker will lead a conversation about grief.
  • FEBRUARY 4, 2024: Michael Garrett (MS, CCM), a health equity and case/care management consultant, who will lead a conversation about LGBTQ+ healthcare
  • JANUARY 7, 2024: We will be joined by Canon Daugherty, and Rachel and Russ Crosbie as co-facilitators of the conversation, discussing how queer people can find meaning in religious expression while also honoring their gender, gender identity, and orientation, and how the church's theology affirms and nurtures this integration.
  • DECEMBER 3, 2023: no meeting due to the "O" Antiphons Liturgy
  • NOVEMBER 5, 2023: We will discuss the saints in our tradition that have been embraced by the queer community (including Vida Dutton Scudder, Marina the Monk, Perpetua and Felicity, and Simeon Bachos), as well as those holy people who have been saints to us in our own lives.
  • OCTOBER 1, 2023: We will be joined by Communications Director Gregory Bloch, who will lead us in a fascinating conversation about the queer history of Saint Mark's.

Greenbelt Work Parties

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FOUR SATURDAYS: SEPTEMBER 30, OCTOBER 14, OCTOBER 28, AND NOVEMBER 18, 2023, 10 A.M.–2 P.M.

Parishioner Robert Hayden, longtime forest steward for the Saint Mark's Greenbelt, led a wonderful tour through the Greenbelt last Sunday. Now it's time to get our hands dirty! Work parties are scheduled every 2 weeks beginning Saturday, September 30, then October 14, October 28, and November 18. Each work party is limited to 18 people, and you MUST SIGN UP BEFOREHAND for each date. More details and sign-up can be found here. Sign up links for each event can be found at:

You do not need to commit to working all of these dates. (Please note the closure of the north parking lot on September 30.) Tools and training will be provided. Bring a snack and a water bottle, and enjoy working alongside fellow parishioners and members of the community in this beloved space. For questions and more details contact Guy Oram or Kathy Minsch at: creationcare@saintmarks.org

20s/30s First Tuesday Contemplative Prayer and Dinner

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FIRST TUESDAYS, SEPTEMBER THROUGH MAY, 6 P.M., in the St Nicholas Bldg, 2nd floor (note new venue)

Come share a meal with us and practice sacred stillness with the wider cathedral community.

Join in for a taco dinner at 6 p.m. in Leffler House—tortillas, beans and chips and salsa provided, just bring a favorite side—and conversation to start the week. After dinner, the group will head over to the cathedral nave to take part in Contemplative Prayer from 7–8 p.m. No prior experience with Contemplative Prayer or meditation is required. RSVPs encouraged to the host each month but not required.

  • Tuesday, November 5, 2024
  • Tuesday, December 3, 2024
  • Tuesday, January 9, 2025

Compline for the Feast of St. Hildegard of Bingen

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Compline for the Feast of St Hildegard of Bingen | September 17, 2023 

Order of Service | Each week's repertoire is posted here

The Order of Service and repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2023/09/17/compline-2023-the-sixteenth-sunday-after-pentecost/

September 17, 2023 • The Commemoration of St. Hildegard of Bingen

ORISON: O pastor animarum (antiphon, Mode I) - Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)

PSALM 103: Plainsong, Tone VIII.5

HYMN: O ignee Spiritus (hymn, Mode I) - Hildegard of Bingen

NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong, Tone III.4

ANTHEM: O speculum columbe - Frank Ferko (b. 1950)

POST-COMPLINE ORGAN MUSIC: Antonio Vivaldi, J.S. Bach

Jason Anderson, director • Joel Matter, reader • Jeremy Matheis, cantor • Canon Michael Kleinschmidt, post-Compline organ recitalist

Thanks to this evening's Compline volunteers Estephan Meza and Priscilla Strand, and videographer Michael Perera.

Compline at Saint Mark's Cathedral has been a Seattle tradition since 1956. All the singers are volunteers. Learn more at: https://saintmarks.org/worship/compline/
and: https://complinechoir.org/

LEAFLETS

  • The Service Leaflet contains all you need to fully participate in each liturgy from home.

NEWSLETTER

  • The weekly cathedral newsletter contains important announcements, offerings, and events. Click here to add yourself to cathedral emails lists.

ARCHIVES 

  • Video of past services can be seen here.
  • Audio and printed text of sermons can be found here.

Support the Mission and Ministry of Saint Mark's Cathedral

If you watch and enjoy our live-streamed or archived services, please consider making a donation in support of the mission and ministry of this cathedral.

You may also donate using the Venmo mobile app from your smartphone (search for @SaintMarksCathedralSeattle ) Thank you for your generosity.

The Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost 2023

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  • The Service Leaflet contains all you need to fully participate in each liturgy from home.

NEWSLETTER

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ARCHIVES 

  • Video of past services can be seen here.
  • Audio and printed text of sermons can be found here.

A Reflection on Justice Work as Spiritual Practice

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Justice Work as Spiritual Practice: Remarks on the Connection between Spiritual Life, Restorative Justice, and Hope

Presented by The Rev. Canon Jennifer King Daugherty at the Restorative Justice Retreat, Saturday, September 9, 2023

As we begin our retreat today, let’s explore the context of our justice work – the water we swim in. The suffering and injustice active in the world is on full display. Climate change, weather refugees, and the impact on all of creation is real and visible. Racial injustice and white supremacy has been entrenched for centuries, and still emits a powerful toxin in conscious and unconscious ways. Increasing poverty, lack of universal health care, and no safety net is accelerating homelessness and hunger here in Seattle and around the world. There is growing economic inequality, which furthers the disconnection between people with different economic and social circumstances.

Threaded through all of this are the elements of our culture that unsettle our spiritual grounding. Divisiveness between people based on competing narratives of the truth. Sometimes we can’t even agree on the facts of what we see on video recordings. And most impactful, our culture grabs our attention and motivates us toward action through fear and drama. Whatever makes us most vulnerable and unsafe gets the most airtime.

So we need to ask ourselves, “What motivates us toward justice work?” People all around the world come to this work from many locations: secular, religious, public sector, private individuals, governments, not-for-profit organizations. Sometimes people are motivated by experiences of injustice they have witnessed or borne firsthand; they want freedom for themselves and others. Sometimes it is compassion, a desire to serve others. Sometimes it is guilt over the unearned privileges we enjoy. Sometimes it is anger. Often it is a drive to “change the world.”

Steve mentioned that justice work is gospel work. The clearest expression of that, for me, are Jesus’ words in the gospel of Matthew, chapter 25:

I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me . . . Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.

Justice work is incarnational and embodied, it affects our emotions, physicality, and is bound up with our spiritual lives. It brings us face to face with our own limitations of knowledge and control and our inability to predict or manage the future. It can highlight our vulnerabilities and brush up against a deep existential dread. It can stir up our tendency to catastrophize about the future, which can paralyze us.

Justice work makes us ask the question, “Why am I hopeful about this?” The secular world might find hope in the willingness of people, communities, and nations to work hard and put the needs of others before themselves. We might name our trust and confidence in science and the potential for intellectual creativity to solve problems that currently seem insolvable. Or our trust in the good intentions of others.

All of these reasons for hope are real and important. But I want to suggest that justice work that flows solely from a sense of citizenship and generosity is unsustainable. Progress is slow and the problems are huge and growing. This can cause frustration and disappointment in oneself and others, and lead to despair, cynicism, and burnout. The truth is that our individual wells of energy to push the rock uphill are not bottomless. Especially because we rarely see progress that we can claim is directly tied to our actions.

Hope based on the ability to imagine a better future is a meager hope. Cynthia Bourgeault writes,

Our mistake is that we tie Hope to outcomes. Not right. Hope is a primordial force that boils up from the center of the earth in our own being, and gives us the capacity to be truly present and strong, whatever the circumstances. [1]

Justice work is spiritual practice for precisely this reason. James Finley writes that,

Contemplative practice is any act, habitually entered into with your whole heart, as a way of awakening, deepening, and sustaining an experience of the inherent holiness of the present moment . . . The critical factor is not so much what the practice is in its externals as the extent to which the practice incarnates an utterly sincere stance of awakening and surrendering to the Godly nature of the present moment. [2]

What does it look like, then, if justice work is spiritual practice? First, we commit to cultivate the soul’s connection to the holy, so that we open space for that primordial force to dwell and boil up in love, compassion, gratitude, and courage. Second, we focus on the present and on relationships – to ourselves, to others, and to all of creation. We immerse ourselves in what is embodied and real now and let go of the desire to predict and control the future.

Third, we prioritize the offering rather than the outcome. So often, when we want to know what actions we should take, we imagine what the future impact is and discount it back to today. Then we compare results and pick the one that has the highest “value.” But that is not about responding to the present reality; it is engaging in an intellectual exercise. Instead, we need to ask, “What do I see today? What is needed today? How can I love today?” We follow that lead and set aside the need to know what the outcome is.

If justice work is spiritual work, there are some real implications for our ministry together. Foundationally, our deepest motivation for the work is a response to being loved by God and wanting to follow Jesus’ commandment to love others as we are loved. We also follow Jesus by remembering the many times he promised, “Do not fear, I am with you.” Fear is not of God. So when our culture insists on fear and drama, we must resist it and respond with truth and love.

In addition, the heart of a ministry goal can’t be about changing others’ behavior. We need to remind ourselves of that often. J The heart of our ministry must be awakening to and surrendering to God’s movement in the world today and aligning our energy with that. We are not accountable for “changing the world,” but we are accountable for our faithfulness in practice. This faithful, spiritual, practice of justice allows for our own transformation through God’s mercy and grace.

The First Letter of Peter to early Christian communities tells them to “always be ready to account for the hope that is in you” (3:15). This is an absolutely essential part of our justice work if we are to do it from a stance of faith. We must know how and why we hope. Our hope is not based on our passion, skills, resources, poltical power, or ability to problem solve. It is based entirely on who God is, in the present, and Jesus’ vision of God’s kingdom. In Paul’s letter to the Romans, he writes, “Hope that is seen is not hope. . . .  If we hope, we wait with patience. . . . The spirit helps us in our weakness, interceding with sighs too deep for words” (8:24-27). We can trust the divine Spirit as our source of primordial hope.

Gathering all these thoughts together, this is what it might look like for justice work to be spiritual practice. We acknowledge the enormous reality of the problems of this world. We acknowledge our own limitations and fears. And we do the work anyway, centering on the needs and opportunities in the present moment. We don’t evaluate the worth of what we do today by measuring its future value. Its worth is how it aligns with God’s kingdom and its power to transform us. What if our ministry is about naming, exploring, and modeling just this?

In Reflections on the Unknowable, Father Thomas Keating writes:

“To hope for something better in the future is not the theological virtue of hope. Theological hope is based on God alone, who is both infinitely merciful and infinitely powerful right now. Here is a formula to deepen and further the theological virtue of hope with its unbounded confidence in God. Let whatever is happening happen and go on happening. Welcome whatever it is. Let go into the present moment by surrendering to its content…. The divine energies are rushing past us at every nanosecond of time. Why not reach out and catch them by continuing acts of self-surrender and trust in God?” [3]

Amen.


REFERENCES:
[1] Cynthia Bourgeault, Mystical Hope: Trusting in the Mercy of God (New York, NY: Cowley, 2001.
[2] James Finley, The Contemplative Heart (Notre Dame, IN: Sorin Books, 2000).
[3] Thomas Keating, Reflections on the Unknowable, (New York, NY: Lantern Books, 2014).

A Visit by The Rt. Rev. Ernie Moral, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of the Southern Philippines

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GUEST SERMON: SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 24, at the 9 and 11 a.m. services

SPECIAL FORUM: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 7–8 P.M., Bloedel Hall and online via Zoom

We are honored to welcome back Bishop Ernie Moral of the Episcopal Diocese of the Southern Philippines (EDSP). He will be our guest preacher at both the 9 and 11 a.m. services on Sunday, September 24. (The Diocese of Olympia partnered over 10 years ago with the EDSP to create the Carbon Offset Cooperative Mission, a program that plants native trees in the Southern Philippines with funds received for carbon offsets.)

A few days later, Bishop Moral will present a special Thursday night hybrid forum titled Diversity and Indigenous Spirituality In the Southern Philippines. He will share an overview of the Episcopal Church in the Philippines and EDSP's history, as well as the ways the diocese engages with diversity, specifically in Mindanao. He will also discuss ways EDSP is working to honor indigenous spirituality, linking indigenous practices and belief to the Christian faith. Register to attend via Zoom using this link (no registration needed for in-person attendance).

Finally, Bishop Moral will be speaking on Saturday, September 30 at CONVENE, the Diocese of Olympia’s gathering for workshops and exhibits, which this year is being held in Everett.

Learn more at the website of the Diocese of Olympia, here.


UPDATE: Bp. Moral's sermon may be found here.

A complete video of the Thursday evening forum may be seen below:

Radix 11—Courageous Ancestors of Faith: Ruth & Esther

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OPENING PLENARY: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 7–8 P.M., online via Zoom only

SMALL GROUPS MEET: ONCE A WEEK STARTING THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 16, THROUGH NOVEMBER 26. Groups will meet online via Zoom OR in person. Registration required; deadline to register October 4.

Sunday groups begin October 22 and conclude on November 26. Thursday groups will not meet on Thanksgiving, and will have their final meeting on November 30.

The Radix Project is an opportunity to gather in small groups, share their stories, reflect on Holy Scripture and sacred art, and pray for one another with intention. The project was created to provide a way to connect in a setting that fosters trust, so that our relationships with God and one another are strengthened. This Fall, the theme for Radix 11 is Courageous Ancestors of Faith: Ruth & Esther.

UPDATE: Download the participant packet, containing guidelines, scripture selections, discussion questions, and accompanying visual art, here.

Learn more about Radix groups and find a link to video and materials from previous iterations here. Questions? Email radix@saintmarks.org


OPENING PLENARY: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 7–8 P.M., online via Zoom only

The opening plenary presentation with Dean Thomason and the Radix Project Team will be offered on Sunday evening, October 15, online via Zoom only. All are welcome and encouraged to join the opening Plenary Presentation with Dean Thomason and the Radix Project team, whether or not you plan to participate in the small groups.

UPDATE:

  • Read the opening and closing prayers shared by Radix Planning Team members here.
  • A video of the plenary is now available below:

Check out this special video invitation from Dean Steve Thomason:

Candlelit Prayer with Music from Taizé | September 12, 2023

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  • The Service Leaflet contains all you need to fully participate in each liturgy from home.

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Fall 2023 Liturgical Ministers Training

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 10 A.M.-12 P.M., Bloedel Hall

All current and aspiring liturgical ministers are invited to join a day of conversations and training on Saturday, September 23 in Bloedel Hall (note: not the Cathedral Nave). Dean Steve Thomason, Sacristan Michael Seewer, and others have redesigned the training from years past, so be prepared to have some fun, good conversation, and conclude with a simple lunch of soup and salad (vegan options available). All liturgical ministers are asked to attend one of these trainings at least once every three years. If you are able to join us, please RSVP by completing this form: https://forms.office.com/r/6rKPrsdq3a. Questions? Email Cathedral Sacristan Michael Seewer: mseewer@saintmarks.org

Edible Hope Kitchen Prep

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 5:30 P.M., at St. Luke's in Ballard, 5710 22nd Ave NW, Seattle 98107 (Parking onsite available)

Each day, Edible Hope serves up to 120 meals. Come help meal prep for their meal service with other young adults from St. Luke’s Ballard. Tasks will vary by the menu that week but there will be lots of opportunities to chop, dice and season food. Sign up by emailing Emily Meeks (emeeks@saintmarks.org).

 

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Compline on the 15th Sunday after Pentecost, 2023

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Compline on the 15th Sunday after Pentecost | September 10, 2023 

Order of Service | Each week's repertoire is posted here

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September 10, 2023 • The 15th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 18A)

ORISON: Now cheer our hearts this eventide (Tune: Ach bleib bei uns) – Geistliche Lieder, Leipzig 1589; harm. J.S. Bach (1685–1750)

PSALM 119:33–48 – Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014)

HYMN: Book of books, our people's strength (Tune: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier) – melody by Johann Rudolph Ahle (1625–1673); harm. George Herbert Palmer (1846–1926) and J.S. Bach (1685–1750)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Erin Aas (b. 1972)

ANTHEM: I will meditate – Richard T. Proulx (1937–2010)

Jason Anderson, director • Josh Sandoz, reader • James Wilcox, cantor

Thanks to this evening's Compline volunteers James Davidson and John Gulhagen, and videographer Michael Lee.

Compline at Saint Mark's Cathedral has been a Seattle tradition since 1956. All the singers are volunteers. Learn more at: https://saintmarks.org/worship/compline/
and: https://complinechoir.org/

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The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 2023

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LEAFLETS

  • The Service Leaflet contains all you need to fully participate in each liturgy from home.

NEWSLETTER

  • The weekly cathedral newsletter contains important announcements, offerings, and events. Click here to add yourself to cathedral emails lists.

ARCHIVES 

  • Video of past services can be seen here.
  • Audio and printed text of sermons can be found here.

Composting Workshop with the City of Seattle and Nurturing Roots

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UPDATED WITH VIDEO

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 3–4 P.M., Leffler Garden

Hosted by the 20s/30s group and the Creation Care Ministry

Learn about composting basics at home and how to use compost in your home garden. Representatives from the City of Seattle’s Master Composter Sustainability Program and Nurturing Roots Farm will guide the interactive discussion and activities. Enjoy snacks and refreshments on the Cathedral front porch before the St. Francis Celebration and Blessing of the Animals at 4:30 that day. Questions? Email Emily: emeeks@saintmarks.org

Visual Arts Ministry Call for Submissions—Pilgrimage Photo Exhibition

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The Visual Arts Ministry of Saint Mark's is planning a community photography exhibition for the "Hallway Gallery"—the semicircular office hallway on the floor above Bloedel Hall. Inspired by the multiple pilgrimage opportunities offered by Saint Mark's in the coming season, the theme for the exhibit will be We Walk Together: Reflections on Pilgrimage.

Have you been on spiritual pilgrimage, either through Saint Mark's or with another community? Is there one photograph from your journey that especially resonates with you? Please submit that photo for consideration to the Visual Arts Ministry!

Email Seyi Akanni (seyi.akanni@gmail.com) for instructions on the submission process. Please include "Pilgrimage Photo Exhibit" in the email subject. One submission per parishioner, please. Don't Wait! Submissions are due this Tuesday, September 12.

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