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The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, 2023

by Christopher Brown on August 13, 2023 with No Comments

The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost | August 13, 2023 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.

Questioning Together + Compline

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on August 11, 2023 with No Comments

SECOND SUNDAYS (September-May), 7:30–10 P.M., Leffler House Questioning Together and Compline is held on the second Sunday of each month. Join in for a conversation exploring a question of faith with a facilitator providing background on the topic. At 9:15, there is an option to head over to Compline together. Questions? Email Emily: emeeks@saintmarks.org Upcoming Topics & Facilitators: SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2024: What does it mean to practice evangelism as Episcopalians? Facilitator: The Most Rev. Melissa Skelton Come explore this … Read More

The Women’s Compline Choir on the Feast of the Transfiguration

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on August 6, 2023 with No Comments

The Office of Compline with the Women’s Compline Choir of Saint Mark’s Cathedral | The Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord | August 6, 2023, 9:30 p.m. Order of Service | Each week’s repertoire is posted here The Office of Compline on July 30 and August 6 will be chanted by the Women’s Compline Choir of Saint Mark’s Cathedral, directed by Rebekah Gilmore. Learn more here. The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2023/08/06/compline-2023-the-feast-of-the-transfiguration-of-our-lord/ August 6, 2023 • … Read More

The Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, 2023

by Christopher Brown on August 6, 2023 with No Comments

The Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord | August 6, 2023 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.

Sacred Ground: Fall 2023/Spring 2024

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on August 3, 2023 with No Comments

UPDATE 8/17: Registration for this first iteration of Sacred Ground at Saint Mark’s is now at capacity, and the waiting list is now also closed. There will be additional Sacred Ground circles forming in 2024. Contact Canon Barrie with questions: wbarrie@saintmarks.org GROUP MEETS TUESDAYS, 6:30–8:30 P.M.., BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 12, 2023, AND ENDING JUNE 4, 2024, in Leffler House or online via Zoom. Capacity is limited; registration is required. A Film- and Readings-Based Dialogue Series on Race and Faith Everyone in … Read More

The Women’s Compline Choir on the 9th Sunday after Pentecost, 2023

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on July 30, 2023 with No Comments

The Office of Compline with the Women’s Compline Choir of Saint Mark’s Cathedral | July 30, 2023, 9:30 p.m. Order of Service | Each week’s repertoire is posted here The Office of Compline on July 30 and August 6 will be chanted by the Women’s Compline Choir of Saint Mark’s Cathedral, directed by Rebekah Gilmore. Learn more here. The Order of Service and repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2023/07/30/compline-2023-the-ninth-sunday-after-pentecost/ July 30, 2023 • The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 12A) ORISON: Blessed … Read More

Eucharist in Memory of Gehan Perera

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on July 30, 2023 with No Comments

Holy Eucharist in Memory of Gehan Perera | Sunday, July 30, 2023, 2 p.m. 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 Ninth Sunday After Pentecost, 2023

by Christopher Brown on July 30, 2023 with No Comments

The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, 2023 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.

Bike Ride to Alki—Alki Beach Meetup

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on July 28, 2023 with No Comments

UPDATED WITH PHOTOS Ride Resources: SMC to Alki Bike Ride Tips SMC to Alki Ride Map and Directions SMC to Alki Enlarged Maps for Orientation Bike racks are available near the beach at Alki to lock your bike during the gathering. SUNDAY, JULY 30, begins on the cathedral front lawn at 12:30 p.m.; meetup at Alki Beach at 2 p.m. What better community activity in July than a gathering on the beach? Following the 11 a.m. Sunday Eucharist, meet on … Read More

Jefferson Park Lawn Bowling Club Night

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on July 27, 2023 with No Comments

UPDATED WITH PHOTOS! FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 6–9 P.M., 4103 Beacon Avenue S., Free but $5 donation appreciated Co-sponsored by the 20s/30s Group and the Intergenerational Council; all are welcome. Enjoy the sunset, great views of the city, food and community while learning the basics of lawn bowling from parishioner Tom Sunderland. All ages welcome but no pets. All equipment needed provided. Learn about the Jefferson Park Lawn Bowling club here. Update: You can learn the basic rules of lawn bowling in … Read More

Compline on the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, 2023

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on July 23, 2023 with No Comments

Compline on the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost | July 23, 2023 Order of Service | Each week’s repertoire is posted here The Order of Service and repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2023/07/23/compline-2023-the-eighth-sunday-after-pentecost/ July 23, 2023 • The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 11A) ORISON: ‘Phos hilaron,’ from Music for Compline – Kevin Siegfried (b. 1969) PSALM 57 – Plainchant OFFICE HYMN: ‘Te lucis ante terminum,’ from Music for Compline – Siegfried NUNC DIMITTIS – Dana Marsh (b. 1965) ANTHEM: Sicut cervus … Read More

The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, 2023

by Christopher Brown on July 23, 2023 with No Comments

The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, 2023 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.

Tent City 3 Meal Sharing 2023

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on July 22, 2023 with No Comments

SUNDAY EVENINGS, JUNE 18 through SEPTEMBER 3, 2:30–6:30 P.M., Bloedel Hall. Tent City 3 returned to the cathedral’s lower parking lot on June 17, and will be in residence for twelve weeks. While they are here, volunteers from Saint Mark’s prepare, serve, and eat a meal with the residents each Sunday evening. Volunteer shifts vary according to task—the earliest volunteers arrive at 3 p.m.; others arrive later. Dinner is served at 6 p.m. and concludes around 7 p.m. New this … Read More

School Supplies Requested for Lowell Elementary

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on July 21, 2023 with 3 Comments

The administrators and staff of Lowell Elementary School, our neighbor on Capitol Hill, have begun preparing for their students to return to class, and could use our help! (The Lowell Student body includes a large proportion of children from families experiencing homelessness or in transitional housing, as well as a disproportionate number of medically fragile students.) Their principal writes: Hello, and Happy Summer, Wonderful Lowell Community Partners! We have started a Lowell 2023-24 school supply list using this Amazon Wish … Read More

Creation Care Stories, Volume 2

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on July 20, 2023 with No Comments

The Creation Care Ministry has created a Story Sharing Project to allow parishioners to share actions they are taking related to Creation Care, as a way for parishioners to share their good work and to encourage others to help reduce climate change. Stories can be about any action you are taking, large or small, to care for creation and mitigate climate change. Stories can take the form of a brief written essay, a video, a photo album, an infographic, or a … Read More

Compline on the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, 2023

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on July 16, 2023 with No Comments

Compline on the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost | July 16, 2023 Order of Service | Each week’s repertoire is posted here The Order of Service and repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2023/07/16/compline-2023-the-seventh-sunday-after-pentecost/ July 16, 2023 • The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 10A) ORISON (H 36): O gladsome Light (Tune: LE CANTIQUE DE SIMÉON) – mel. Loys Bourgeois (c. 1510-c. 1561); harm. Claude Goudimel (1514-1572) PSALM 65 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Almighty God, your word is cast like seed … Read More

The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, 2023

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on July 16, 2023 with No Comments

The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, 2023 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 Guests to Visit from the Holy Land: The Rev. Fadi Diab & Family

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on July 15, 2023 with No Comments

UPDATED WITH VIDEO GUEST SERMON SUNDAY, JULY 16, at the 9 and 11 a.m. services “FRIENDS TALKING” FORUM: 10:10 A.M., Bloedel Hall Saint Mark’s is delighted to welcome The Rev. Fadi Diab, Rector of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Ramallah, Palestine, his wife Ruba and son Andrew to our diocese in July. They will share with us about the lives of Christians in the Holy Land today. Palestinian families who make up most of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem are … Read More

Choir Camp 2023 Concluding Evensong Liturgy

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on July 14, 2023 with No Comments

Concluding Evensong for 2023 Choir Camp | Friday, July 14, 4:30 p.m. 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.

Eat! Play! Love! 2023

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on July 13, 2023 with No Comments

FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 5:30-8 P.M. & SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 10 A.M.–3 P.M., in Bloedel Hall and throughout the cathedral grounds. Register here. In this special weekend of community, connection, and creativity, all ages come together to actively explore the Kingdom or Reign of God—what it is, how to recognize it, and how we help to bring it about right here, right now. Through story, conversation, justice-seeking, art, music, gardening, bread-baking, and more, we’ll delve into three of the kingdom parables in … Read More

Safety Where You Are… Orientation for Cathedral Community Members

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on July 13, 2023 with 2 Comments

SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 10:20 A.M. and 12:20 P.M. (two duplicate sessions), in the cathedral nave As part of a comprehensive review of our emergency and disaster responses, this brief (15-minute) orientation is designed to assist worshippers in basic procedures in the event of violent person enters the cathedral during worship. Junior Warden for Facilities Scott Kovacs and Dean Thomason will share the information outlined in this Quick Reference Guide from the Department of Homeland Security, along with details specific to … Read More

Compline on the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost 2023

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on July 9, 2023 with No Comments

Compline on the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost | July 9, 2023 Order of Service | Each week’s repertoire is posted here The Order of Service and repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2023/07/09/compline-2023-the-sixth-sunday-after-pentecost/ July 9, 2023 • The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 9A) ORISON: Be present, O merciful God – Roupen Shakarian (b. 1950) PSALM 145 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) OFFICE HYMN: Te lucis ante terminum – Shakarian NUNC DIMITTIS – Shakarian ANTHEM: Steal away to Jesus – African-American Spiritual; … Read More

The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, 2023

by Christopher Brown on July 9, 2023 with No Comments

The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, 2023 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.

Creation Care Stories, Volume 1

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on July 6, 2023 with 2 Comments

The Creation Care Ministry has created a Story Sharing Project to allow parishioners to share actions they are taking related to Creation Care, as a way for parishioners to share their good work and to encourage others to help reduce climate change. Stories can be about any action you are taking, large or small, to care for creation and mitigate climate change. Stories can take the form of a brief written essay, a video, a photo album, an infographic, or a … Read More

The Women’s Compline Choir 2023

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on July 6, 2023 with No Comments

Click below to enlarge a feature from The Rubric about the first Women’s Compline Choir services: UPDATED SUNDAYS, JULY 30 & AUGUST 6, 2023, 9:30 P.M., in the cathedral nave, broadcast, and livestreamed Following their debut in the summer of 2019, the Women’s Compline Choir, led by Saint Mark’s Associate Musician Rebekah Gilmore, has become an annual tradition at Saint Mark’s, chanting the Office of Compline in place of the all-male Compline Choir and presenting special repertoire for women’s voices, … Read More