Bishop’s Seating: Request for Contributions

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Bishop Phil LaBelle is being seated at Saint Mark's Cathedral at a 4:30 p.m. Choral Evensong on Sunday, September 15—see more information below. We, the congregation of Saint Mark's, are providing a festive and elegant reception in the cathedral nave following the liturgy. Contributions of refreshments are needed! Please take a look at this signup form to see what is needed, or speak with Virginia Lenker at a table in the nave on Sunday, September 1, following the 11 a.m. service.

Sunday Forum: Report from the 81st General Convention

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UPDATED WITH VIDEO

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 10:10-10:50 A.M., Bloedel Hall

Attend this special Sunday forum in Bloedel Hall between the 9 and 11 a.m. liturgies this Sunday for a summary of the events of the 81st General Convention, the governing body of The Episcopal Church. General Convention takes place every three years, and this year occurred in Louisville, Kentucky from June 23–28. Hear from three Saint Mark's members—Michael Seewer, Michael Perera, and Hannah Hochkeppel—who were at General Convention and serving in different roles. Hear from them about the activities from the Houses of Deputies and Bishops, the Exhibit Hall, the election of the next Presiding Bishop (The Rt. Rev. Sean Rowe), and more.

UPDATE: The slides from this presentation can now be downloaded here.

A video of the forum is now available below: 

Compline on the 14th Sunday after Pentecost, 2024

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Compline on the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost | August 25, 2024

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

The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2024/08/25/compline-2024-the-fourteenth-sunday-after-pentecost/

August 25, 2024 • The 14th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 16B)

ORISON: The shadows of the evening hours – Joshua Haberman (b. 1982)

PSALM 34:15-22 – Plainsong, Tone V.2

HYMN 662: Abide with me (Tune: EVENTIDE) – William Henry Monk (1823-1889)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone VII; harm. Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (c. 1560-1627)

ANTHEM: Salva nos, Domine, vigilantes – Jacob Handl (1551-1591)

Jason Anderson, director • William Turnipseed, reader • Fred McIlroy, cantor

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

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 Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 2024

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The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost  | August 25, 2024

Service Leaflet

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.

Special Zoom Forum on Operation Nightwatch Broadway Street Ministry

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UPDATED WITH VIDEO

TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 6–7 P.M., via Zoom

Join members of the 20s/30s, 40s/50s, Third Acters, and Queer in Christ as we learn about and celebrate a new ministry opportunity at Saint Mark’s, Operation Nightwatch’s Broadway Street Ministry. Operation Nightwatch is a local non-profit that reduces the impact of poverty and homelessness, in keeping with Jesus’ teaching to love our neighbors.

At this special Tuesday night forum, The Rev. Michael Cox, pastor at All Pilgrim’s Church in Capitol Hill and Director of Outreach for Operation Nightwatch, will share the background of this ministry, why it is important for our Capitol Hill neighborhood, and how the community of Saint Mark’s can help. Volunteer opportunities through Saint Mark’s with the new ministry will be on Tuesday evenings starting in September.

Questions? Please contact Molly Bosch: molly.bosch@outlook.com

UPDATE: A complete video is now available below.

Saint Mark’s Writers’ Salon

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2–5 P.M., Leffler House

The members of Saint Mark’s Writer’s Group invite you to join us at our first in-person Salon, to listen to, and/or share writing from the heart and soul. We welcome 20s/30s, 40s/50s, and Third Acters (60 plus). You may bring an original work, or a work by a favorite author (limit: 5–7 minutes). If you have a piece you would like to share but are shy to read to the group, one of us can read it for you.

If you plan to attend and just be an audience, that is great. If you want to read please submit your request to Elizabeth Clark-Stern: ecstern@yahoo.com (This is not an audition, just a way to keep track of how many readers we can expect.) Everyone please bring a simple snack to share. There will be time for community, laughter, and joy!

The Women’s Compline Choir on The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 2024

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Compline on the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost | August 18, 2024

The Office of Compline on August 4, 11, and 18 is chanted by the Women's Compline Choir, directed by Rebekah Gilmore. Learn more about the Women's Compline Choir here.

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

The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2024/08/18/compline-2024-the-thirteenth-sunday-after-pentecost/

August 18, 2024 • The 13th Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: Calm the Tempests of my Heart – Elizabeth Alexander (b.1962), Text: Sören Kierkegaard, adapted

PSALM 84 – Sheila Bristow [premiere]

HYMN: O Christ, you are both light and day – David Hurd (b. 1950)

NUNC DIMITTIS: Jeff Junkinsmith (b. 1956) [composed for the Women's Compline Choir; premiered in 2021]

ANTHEM: Adoremus in Aeternum – Ērik Ešenvalds (b. 1977)

POST-COMPLINE ORGAN MUSIC: TBA

Rebekah Gilmore, director  •  Sibyl Adams, reader • Sarra Sharif Doyle, cantor • Stephen Price, post-Compline organ recitalist 

Thanks to this evening's Compline volunteers: hospitality ministers Priscilla Strand and Estephan Meza; and videographer Chris Brown.

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 Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 18, 2024

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The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost  | August 18, 2024

Service Leaflet

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.

Parish Picnic 2024

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 12:15 P.M. (following the 11 a.m. service), on the labyrinth and front lawn; RSVP requested.

This year, we’re delighted to provide a delicious picnic lunch of grilled burgers and hot dogs (vegan alternative available), macaroni salad, chips, watermelon, and cookies following the 11 am service on the front lawn. There’s no charge, but please register here so we know how many people to cook for.

Activities will include:

  • Ministry Fair! (naturally!)
  • Live bluegrass music!
  • Blessing of Backpacks and Briefcases! (All ages are invited to bring their bags.)
  • Bake sale to benefit children and youth ministries at Saint Mark’s!

If you usually come to the 9 am service, please note that there will be Children’s Chapel at the 11 a.m. service as well that day.

“Remember Your Baptism!”— A Cathedral Pilgrimage for Everyone

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1:30-4:30 P.M. (Renewal of Baptismal Covenant at 3 p.m.), in the cathedral nave and outdoors; registration requested

In the Baptism rite of the Book of Common Prayer, parents and godparents of younger children are asked “by your prayers and witness, will you help this child to grow into the full stature of Christ?” Adult baptizands have sponsors, too, and the entire community is asked if we will “do all in your power to support these persons in their life in Christ?” Living into our baptism, then, is a lifelong pilgrimage.

On the afternoon of Saturday, September 7, 2024, Saint Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle, invites parents, godparents, sponsors, and those baptized of every generation to make a pilgrimage to your cathedral where we consider the fortifying qualities of baptismal waters that mark us sacramentally and indelibly as Christ’s own forever. Those who gather will be invited to explore what it means to have inquiring and discerning hearts across a lifetime, the courage and will to persevere, a spirit to know and to love God, and to have joy and wonder in all God’s works of creation, including you and me. Wherever you are on your spiritual journey, you are welcome here! There will be reflection and activity stations for all ages (including the splash mat, weather permitting!).

Activities will be available 1:30–4:30 p.m. in the cathedral nave — arrive any time and stay as long as you wish. Please plan to be present at 3 p.m., when everyone will gather around the font to renew our Baptismal Covenant in community. Other offerings include:

  • Activity and reflection stations based on the six promises of the baptismal covenant
  • Splash pad!
  • Water beads and water table, and sand play-dough and shells for kids
  • Water walk around the cathedral campus
  • Water poetry and scripture
  • Watercolor painting
  • Rock painting using imagery from the Waters of Baptism mural in the nave
  • Special music offered by members of the Schola
  • Remarks by Dean Thomason on the meaning of the sacrament and its elements, just before the renewal of Baptismal promises

Register using this link or by submitting the form below.

Fill out my online form.

The Women’s Compline Choir on The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, 2024

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Compline on the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost | August 11, 2024

The Office of Compline on August 4, 11, and 18 is chanted by the Women's Compline Choir, directed by Rebekah Gilmore. Learn more about the Women's Compline Choir here.

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

The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2024/08/11/compline-2024-the-twelfth-sunday-after-pentecost/

August 11, 2024 • The 12th Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON:  Let my prayer arise – Dimitri Bortniansky (1751-1825), arr. Kevin Siegfried

PSALM 34:1-9 [St. Helena Psalter] – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014), adapt. & ed. Gregory Bloch

HYMN: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree – Alice Parker (1925-2023) arr. Gregory Bloch

NUNC DIMITTIS:  Harmonized plainchant, Tone V

ANTHEM: I am Wisdom – Peter R Hallock (1924–2014)

Rebekah Gilmore, director  •  Robin Ethridge, reader  •  Molly Porter, cantor  •  Sheila Bristow, organ  •  Naomi Kato, harp 

Thanks to this evening's Compline volunteers: hospitality ministers John Gulhaugen and James Davidson; and videographer Chris Brown.

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 Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, August 11, 2024

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The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost  | August 11, 2024

Service Leaflet

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.

The Women’s Compline Choir on the 11th Sunday after Pentecost, 2024

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Compline on the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost | August 4, 2024

The Office of Compline on August 4, 11, and 18 is chanted by the Women's Compline Choir, directed by Rebekah Gilmore. Learn more about the Women's Compline Choir here.

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

The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2024/08/04/compline-2024-the-eleventh-sunday-after-pentecost/

August 4, 2024 • The 11th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 13B)

ORISON - Grace to you and peace, Alice Parker (1925–2023)

PSALM 33: 1–11 - Peter R Hallock (1924–2014), arr. Jeff Reynolds

HYMN - Christe qui Lux es et dies, arr. Stephanie Martin (b. 1962)

NUNC DIMITTIS –  Plainsong, mode 1, harm William Byrd (c. 1540-1623), arr. Bill Bertolas and Jeff Reynolds

ANTHEM - Ave Generosa, Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978)

Rebekah Gilmore, director • Jamie Balducci, reader • Natalie Ingresano, cantor

Thanks to this evening's Compline volunteers: hospitality ministers Estephan Meza and Ray Miller; and videographer Chris Brown.

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 Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost, August 4, 2024

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The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost  | August 4, 2024

The musicians at this service are the participants in the 2024 Saint Mark's Cathedral Choir Camp.

Service Leaflet

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.