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The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 2024

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on August 25, 2024 with No Comments

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

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on August 24, 2024 with No Comments

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 … Read More

Saint Mark’s Writers’ Salon

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on August 24, 2024 with No Comments

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 … Read More

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

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on August 18, 2024 with No Comments

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), … Read More

The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 18, 2024

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on August 18, 2024 with No Comments

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

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on August 15, 2024 with No Comments

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 … Read More

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

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on August 15, 2024 with No Comments

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 … Read More

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

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on August 11, 2024 with No Comments

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 … Read More

The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, August 11, 2024

by Christopher Brown on August 11, 2024 with No Comments

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

by Christopher Brown on August 4, 2024 with No Comments

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 … Read More

The Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost, August 4, 2024

by Christopher Brown on August 4, 2024 with No Comments

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 … Read More

Night Prayer with Music from Taizé on the Labyrinth

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on July 31, 2024 with 1 Comment

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 … Read More

Creation Care Stories, Volume 3

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on July 30, 2024 with 1 Comment

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

Wisdom Practice Day in Advent—Silence, Stillness, Solitude: Ancient Monastic Practices for Bearing Advent Hope in a Modern World

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on July 30, 2024 with 3 Comments

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2024, 9 A.M.–12 P.M., registration required; total capacity limited to 35 participants. Now at capacity. UPDATE: Due to cancellations, a few spots have opened up. Please email Dean Thomason: sthomason@saintmarks.org LED BY THE REV. SR. MIRIAM ELIZABETH BLEDSOE, OSH In a world of constant commotion, what does it mean to practice silence? In a culture of shifting change, how do we practice stillness? In the crowds of everyday life, where do we find solitude? While silence, stillness … Read More

Wisdom Practice Day in the Fall—Marking Sacred Time

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on July 30, 2024 with No Comments

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2024, 10:00 A.M.–2:00 P.M. Drawing on traditional cyclical wisdom that holds seasonal, weekly and daily rhythms as sacred, how we mark time matters, and it informs the ways we live intentionally in the ordinary routines of daily life. Guided by contemplative practices that help us align with the rhythms of the natural world, those gathered will prepare and share a meal as a way of framing our lives by rooted intention. Register here.

Compline on the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, 2024

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on July 28, 2024 with 2 Comments

Compline on the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost | July 28, 2024 “Bon Voyage” Compline Order of Service (summer 2024)* | Each week’s repertoire is posted here. | *In preparation for the choir’s upcoming residencies in England, the Order of Service has been slightly adapted from Saint Mark’s normal Ordinary Time use, and psalms are chanted using the text of the 1662 English Book of Common Prayer. The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2024/07/28/compline-2024-england-2024-bon-voyage-compline/ July 28, 2024 • ENGLAND … Read More

The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, 2024

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on July 28, 2024 with No Comments

The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost | July 28, 2024 We apologize for the problems that caused the livestream to miss the first portion of this service. 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 … Read More

An Invitation to Apply to The Center for Spirituality and Action

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on July 25, 2024 with No Comments

DEADLINE TO APPLY: AUGUST 12 Dean Thomason invites members of the cathedral community to prayerfully consider applying to join the inaugural cohort of the The Center for Spirituality and Action (CSA), a new ministry of Saint Mark’s launching this fall and based in Leffler House. The CSA will function as an intentional Christian community for individuals who seek to order their lives by a contemplative spirituality and regularly gather for prayer, formation, retreats, spiritual direction and service. In the monastic … Read More

Hallway Gallery Exhibit— We Walk Together: Reflections on Pilgrimage

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on July 25, 2024 with 1 Comment

The Visual Arts Ministry of Saint Mark’s has mounted a community photography exhibition for the “Hallway Gallery”—the semicircular office hallway on the floor above Bloedel Hall. A dozen parishioners responded to the call for submissions for photographs reflecting on a personal experience of sacred travel, and the subject matter of the photos in the exhibition ranges from the cathedral’s own 2023 Celtic pilgrimage and 2022 journey to the Holy Land, to experiences of the Camino de Santiago, to our own backyard. The … Read More

Compline on the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, 2024

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on July 21, 2024 with No Comments

Compline on the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost | July 21, 2024 Order of Service (summer 2024)* | Each week’s repertoire is posted here. | *In preparation for the choir’s upcoming residencies in England, the Order of Service has been slightly adapted from Saint Mark’s normal Ordinary Time use, and psalms are chanted using the text of the 1662 English Book of Common Prayer. The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2024/07/21/compline-2024-the-ninth-sunday-after-pentecost/ July 21, 2024 • The Ninth Sunday after … Read More

The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost 2024

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on July 21, 2024 with No Comments

The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost | July 21, 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 … Read More

Concluding Evensong for 2024 Choir Camp

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on July 19, 2024 with No Comments

2024 Choir Camp Concluding Evensong | July 19, 2024 Learn more about the week-long summer Choir Camp of the Saint Mark’s Cathedral Choir School here. 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 … Read More

The Women’s Compline Choir 2024

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on July 16, 2024 with No Comments

Click below to enlarge a feature from The Rubric about the first Women’s Compline Choir services: NOTE: The post below describes the services in the summer of 2024. For the 2025 services (on June 29 and August 24, 2025) please see this post. THREE SUNDAYS: AUGUST 4, 11, AND 18, 2024, 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, … Read More

Compline on the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, 2024

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on July 14, 2024 with No Comments

Compline on the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost | July 14, 2024 Order of Service (summer 2024)* | Each week’s repertoire is posted here. | *In preparation for the choir’s upcoming residencies in England, the Order of Service has been slightly adapted from Saint Mark’s normal Ordinary Time use, and psalms are chanted using the text of the 1662 English Book of Common Prayer. The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2024/07/14/compline-2024-the-eighth-sunday-after-pentecost/ July 14, 2024 • The Eighth Sunday after … Read More

The Eight Sunday after Pentecost, 2024

by Christopher Brown on July 14, 2024 with No Comments

The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost | July 14, 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.