A Spirituality of Hope and Healing

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UPDATED WITH VIDEO

WISDOM SCHOOL 2024/25 OPENING PLENARY

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 18, 2024, 6:45–8:15 P.M., (as Cathedral Commons) in person in Bloedel Hall and online via Zoom.

LED BY THE VERY REV. STEVEN L. THOMASON

Drawing on his decades of experience as a hospice physician and parish priest, Dean Thomason will explore a spirituality of hope, as a virtue worthy of practice especially in challenging times, and a spirituality of healing, as the prevailing gift of peace that comes to those who lean into newfound creativity and freedom.

UPDATE: The slides for this presentation are now available here.

A complete video is now available: 

Sunday Forum on Cathedral Communications

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Cathedral Communications: How to Get the Word Out!

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 10:10–10:50 A.M., in Bloedel Hall

The Communications Committee of the Vestry and Communications Director Gregory Bloch will present a Sunday morning forum for all members of the cathedral community, exploring the various communications channels used by Saint Mark’s, and how parishioners and ministry leaders can best take advantage of those channels. One of the main themes of the 2024 Strategic Plan is “Connecting and Telling Our Stories,” and the whole community is enriched when the stories of this place are shared. The forum will introduce a “Communications Toolkit” for the community, and some individual parishioners will share their experiences.

The slides from this forum are now available here.

Follow Up: Communications Office Hours

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, and SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2 P.M., via Zoom. 

As a follow up to the Communications Forum, Gregory Bloch, Director of Communications, and Alexandra Thompson, chair of the Communications Committee of the Vestry are offering "office hours" online via Zoom on a Friday and a Saturday in October. They will be present to address any questions relating to event promotion, the Communications Toolkit, the new Canva brand kit, the podcast relaunch, Slack, or just cathedral communications in general. Have you been dreaming of a new communication channel not currently being used that might benefit the mission and ministry of Saint Mark's? Drop in any time between 2 and 3 p.m.

UPDATE: Thanks to those who dropped in! We hope to offer additional such office hours in the future.

Lambert House on the Saint Mark’s Campus

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An article by Lambert House Executive Director Ken Shulman from the Spring 2024 Rubric. Click to open a pdf in a new tab.

UPDATE: Sunday Forum on Volunteer Opportunities at Lambert House

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 10:10–10:50 A.M., Bloedel Hall

This coming Sunday between the 9 and 11 a.m. morning services, a panel of youths from The Lambert House LGBTQ Youth Center  (currently relocated to Leffler House and the Carriage House on the Saint Mark's Campus, see below) will tell us about what Lambert House is, why they go there, and what they get out of it, and then will take questions. Find out about the mission and programs of Lambert House, hear how their move to the cathedral property is going, and learn about opportunities to get involved. Lambert House Executive Director Ken Shulman will moderate the panel.

Saint Mark's Cathedral is pleased to announce the beginning of a partnership with Seattle's LGBTQ+ youth center, Lambert House. This groundbreaking resource for LGBTQ+ young people has a history extending back to 1981, and since 1991 they have operated out of an old Victorian house in Capitol Hill. That building now has critical structural issues that require the entire foundation and basement of the building to be replaced, a $2 million project that will last one to two years. For the duration of the construction, Lambert House's offices and programs will operate out of Carriage House and Leffler House on the cathedral property. Read a brief article by Lambert House Executive Director Ken Shulman from the Spring 2024 Rubric here.

Lambert House officially begins their stay on the cathedral campus this week, on June 27. Cathedral community members should be aware that Lambert House offices will occupy the Carriage House (in the southeast corner of the cathedral property) at all times, and that the Carriage House will not be available for cathedral activities for the duration of their stay with us. In addition, Lambert House has exclusive use of the kitchen and living room of Leffler House on weekday afternoons and evenings, 3:30–10 p.m. Monday through Friday; again, no other activities can be planned for those spaces at those times.

In the words of Executive Director Shulman, "The mesh of missions between Saint Mark’s and Lambert House couldn’t be better. By housing Seattle’s LGBTQ+ youth center, Saint Mark’s is continuing its long history of social justice action and inclusion on LGBTQ+ issues." The cathedral is blessed to be able to support an organization that has benefitted hundred of young people over its 40-year history. Stay tuned for community conversations with the Lambert House leadership in the coming months. Please address any questions to Dean Thomason.

Compline on the 16th Sunday after Pentecost, 2024

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Compline on the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost | September 8, 2024

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

The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2024/09/08/compline-2024-the-sixteenth-sunday-after-pentecost/

September 8, 2024 • The 16th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 18B)

ORISON: Now cheer our hearts this eventide (Tune: ACH BLEIB BEI UNS) – Geistliche Lieder, Leipzig, 1589; harm. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

PSALM 115 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: O worship the King, all glorious above (Tune: HANOVER) – att. William Croft (1678-1727)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone I; harm. Carolus Andreae (1550-1627)

ANTHEM: Be unto me, O Lord, a tower — William Byrd (c. 1540-1623)

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

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

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 16th Sunday After Pentecost—”Homecoming Sunday” 2024

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The 16th Sunday After Pentecost—"Homecoming Sunday"  | September 8, 2024

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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.

Intergenerational Hike on Middle Fork Snoqualmie River Trail—POSTPONED

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, meet at the trailhead at 10 a.m.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. IT WILL BE RESCHEDULED AT A FUTURE DATE TBA.

All are welcome to join in a three-mile round-trip hike on the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River Trail! We will meet at the trailhead at 10 am. After the first 1.5 miles, more adventurous hikers are welcome to continue along the trail while other folks turn back and perhaps choose to have lunch together in nearby North Bend. Learn more here. Please RSVP to Canon Barrie: wbarrie@saintmarks.org

A recreation pass is required to park at the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River Trailhead. Both the Northwest Forest Pass and the America the Beautiful Pass cover the fee, or purchase a day pass online ahead of time for $5. Passes are not sold at the trailhead.

Pack your own water. Potable water is not available at the trailhead.

Pets on leash are welcome.

(Our inspiration for this hike was this post!)

“Deep Time” Walk with the Creation Care Ministry

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UPDATE! Mary Koch participated in this event, and published this insightful reflection on her experience. Thank you Mary!

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2024, 1–4 P.M., walk begins and ends in Leffler Garden (Note corrected time.)

Take a Deep Time Walk to Connect Earth History and Creation Care

Explore climate change through a transformative walking experience that leads participants into a profound connection with the more-than-human world. Deep Time Walk is a journey through 4.6 billion years of Earth's history via a 2.8-mile guided walk. Using a science-based approach to connect to the history of the earth, we'll learn about the magnitude of the Earth's history. Along the way, you’ll have a chance to connect with other participants by discussing questions such as ‘what is your origin story’ and ‘when were you a pioneer in a new activity?'

At the end of the walk, leveraging a Creation Care perspective, we will share light refreshments, discuss what we have learned and consider how to take positive action for a regenerative earth. WALK. EXPERIENCE. ACT.

High school-age and older please. Please RSVP to organizer Richard Hartung: rlhartung@outlook.com

All-Parish Gratitude Dinner, September 28, 2024

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2024, 6–8 P.M., in Bloedel Hall; registration required.

The evening will begin with dinner: a catered taco bar with all the trimmings. Over dessert there will be engaging activities for all ages and an “off-Broadway” act offered by Dean Thomason and the Cathedral staff (designed to bring the house down!). The Rev. Timothy Dombek, guest preacher the following morning, will share a brief reflection about “The Power of Gift” before Dean Thomason closes the evening with prayer and blessing. Come and be a part!

Childcare provided.

DEADLINE TO REGISTER: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 12 P.M. The deadline to register has now passed.

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The State of Emergency Shelters in Seattle, and a New Women’s Shelter Coming to Saint Mark’s

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WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 11, 2024, 6:45–8:15 P.M., in person in Bloedel Hall and online via Zoom. 

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

"Cathedral Commons" resumes this Wednesday, September 11. Join Dean Thomason and invited guests—Deacon Frank DiGirolamo and others from Operation Nightwatch, with whom Saint Mark’s is partnering to provide a new Women’s Shelter on the cathedral property, launching later this fall in space formerly occupied by Gage Academy of Arts in the St. Nicholas building. The shelter will serve up to twenty women nightly and will have showers, laundry, a clinical care room, and lockers where women can secure their belongings. We will begin with a consideration of the lack of adequate shelter beds in Seattle and reasons for it, then learn more about the important ministry of Operation Nightwatch, and finally share some of the details of the new shelter at Saint Mark’s as a sacramental sign of our commitment to seek and serve Christ in all persons. Those present in Bloedel will have the opportunity to tour the rooms in the St. Nicholas building where the shelter will be located.

UPDATE: A complete video is now available. A few snapshots of the tour of the space that followed the forum can be seen below the video (click to enlarge.)

Compline on the 15th Sunday after Pentecost, 2024

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Compline on the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost | September 1, 2024

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

The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2024/09/01/compline-2024-the-fifteenth-sunday-after-pentecost/

September 1, 2024 • The 15th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 17B) [David Pendleton Oakerhater, Deacon, 1931]

ORISON: Round me falls the night – mel. A. Drese (1620-1701); harm. S.S. Wesley (1824-1899), Henry Ley (1887-1962), and J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

PSALM 15 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN 627: Lamp of our feet (Tune: NUN DANKET ALL UND BRINGET EHR) – mel. att. Johann Cruger (1598-1662), alt.

NUNC DIMITTIS – Christopher Tye (c. 1505-c. 1573)

ANTHEM: Exultate justi in Domino — Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (c. 1560-1627)

Jason Anderson, director • Jeremy Matheis, reader • Kenneth Peterson, cantor

Thanks to this evening's Compline volunteers: hospitality ministers Estephan Meza, John Gulhaugen and James Davidson; 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/

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.

Evensong in Thanksgiving for Bishop Melissa Skelton

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Choral Evensong with Sermon | Sunday, September 1, 4:30 p.m.

offered in Thanksgiving for the Ministry of the Most Rev. Melissa Skelton as Bishop Provisional of the Diocese of Olympia

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 Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 2024

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The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost  | September 1, 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.

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.

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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.

Night Prayer with Music from Taizé on the Labyrinth

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 7 P.M.–8 P.M., outside on the labyrinth and front lawn

All ages are welcome to join the 20s/30s group for an outdoor evening of music and prayer. Using Night Prayer from the New Zealand Prayer Book as our guide, we will end our day gathering on the Labyrinth in front of Saint Mark's. We will also intersperse simple singing together inspired by music from Taize and other short refrains.

If you play an outdoor appropriate instrument and want to join in helping to make music you are welcome to join! Musicians are invited to gather early at 6 p.m. to review the songs - melody and chords will be provided.

We will stay afterward for casual social time. Feel free to bring some cookies to share!

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