Blog - Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral

20s/30s Questioning Together with St. Luke’s Ballard: Sabbath & Rest

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

UPDATED WITH RESOURCES SUNDAY, MAY 7, 7:30–10 P.M., Leffler House How does keeping sabbath allow us to break a restless cycle and focus on the wholeness God intends? Join for a conversation to explore the practice of sabbath with young adults from St. Luke’s and their clergy, Canon Britt Olson and Mother Hillary Kimsey. Conversation will draw on themes from Walter Brueggemann’s Sabbath as Resistance but prior reading is not required. Dessert provided. At 9:15, we’ll head over to Compline … Read More

Radix 10: Gratitude

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on April 10, 2023 with No Comments

UPDATED WITH VIDEO The Tenth Iteration of The Radix Project OPENING PLENARY: SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 2023, 7–8 P.M., online via Zoom only SMALL GROUPS MEET: ONCE A WEEK STARTING THE WEEK OF APRIL 24, THROUGH JUNE 4. Groups will meet online via Zoom OR in person. 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 … Read More

Exploring Racial Justice in the Episcopal Church

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on April 10, 2023 with No Comments

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 2023, 6:45–8:15 P.M., in person in Bloedel Hall or online via Zoom; registration required. Optional community dinner at 6 p.m. ($6/child; $8/adult; $25/max. family). Facilitated by Vinh Do and The Rev. Canon Carla Robinson. Hosted by Saint Mark’s Cathedral; open to all in the Diocese of Olympia and beyond. In 2021, the Episcopal Church released its Racial Justice Audit documenting the experience of race, racism, and racial identity within church leadership. At the Diocese of Olympia’s Diocesan … Read More

The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection Through Embodied Living

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on April 10, 2023 with No Comments

a Saturday gathering with Hillary L. McBride, Ph.D. SATURDAY, MAY 6, 2023, 9:30 A.M.–3 P.M., in person in Bloedel Hall and online via Zoom; registration required for either option. Many of us have, unknowingly, been sold the story that our minds are superior to our bodies, and that our bodies are barriers to “pure” or “true” spirituality. Together, we will examine how these ideas continue to keep us from wholeness. We’ll explore practices that help us repair the fragmentations we … Read More

Compline on Easter Sunday, 2023

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

Compline on the The Feast of the Resurrection | April 9, 2023 Order of Service in Eastertide | Each week’s repertoire is posted here The Order of Service and repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2023/04/09/compline-2023-easter-day/ April 9, 2023 • Easter Day PROCESSIONAL: Easter Canticle – Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014) PSALM 118:14-24 – Plainsong, Tone VIII.1 HYMN: Ad cenam Agni providi – Plainsong, Mode VIII; harm. Guillaume Dufay (c. 1397-1474); ed. Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong setting, Tonus … Read More

Easter Sunday, 2023

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

The Feast of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ—Easter Day | April 9, 2023, 11 a.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 Great Vigil of Easter, 2023

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on April 8, 2023 with No Comments

The Great Vigil of Easter | April 8, 2023, 8:30 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.

Good Friday (evening service), 2023

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on April 7, 2023 with No Comments

Good Friday | April 7, 2023, 7 p.m. Service Leaflet (7 p.m.) 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.

Good Friday (noon service), 2023

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on April 7, 2023 with No Comments

Good Friday | April 7, 2023, 12 p.m. Service Leaflet (noon) 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.

Maundy Thursday, 2023

by Christopher Brown on April 6, 2023 with No Comments

Maundy Thursday | April 6, 2023 Service Leaflet Vigil at the Altar of Repose | April 6–7, 2023 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.

Tenebrae – Wednesday in Holy Week, 2023

by Christopher Brown on April 5, 2023 with No Comments

Tenebrae – Wednesday in Holy Week, 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.

Chrism Mass, 2023

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on April 4, 2023 with No Comments

Chrism Mass with Renewal of Ordination Vows | Tuesday in Holy Week, 11 a.m. Service Leaflet | I’m new here 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.

Compline on Palm Sunday, 2023

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on April 2, 2023 with No Comments

Compline on the The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday | April 2, 2023 Order of Service in Lent | Each week’s repertoire is posted here The Order of Service and repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2023/04/02/compline-2023-the-sunday-of-the-passion-palm-sunday/ April 2, 2023 • The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday ORISON: Christus factus est – Plainsong, Mode V PSALM 88 – Plainsong, Tone I.7 RESPOND: In manus tuas – John Sheppard (c. 1515-1558) HYMN: Today, he who hung the earth upon the waters … Read More

Evensong on The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday 2023

by Christopher Brown on April 2, 2023 with No Comments

Evensong on The Sunday of the Passion – Palm Sunday 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.

The Sunday of the Passion – Palm Sunday 2023

by Christopher Brown on April 2, 2023 with No Comments

The Sunday of the Passion – Palm Sunday 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.

20s/30s Explore West Seattle Day

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on April 1, 2023 with No Comments

UPDATED WITH PHOTOS SATURDAY, APRIL 15, meet at the catehdral at 9:30 a.m. to carpool All 20s/30s are invited to join in this exploration of distant and exotic West Seattle. The group will visit the Duwamish Longhouse, eat lunch, and spend some time helping with cleanup along the West Duwamish Greenbelt by removing invasive plants in Pigeon Point Park. The day will end in the afternoon with a visit to St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church to walk their labyrinth. … Read More

Transphobia has no place in the Christian Church

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

Links: Saint Mark’s Statement of Lament and Commitment to Action (2021) Saint Mark’s Queer in Christ Ministry launch A Message from Dean Thomason Dear friends, Haters will hate…and yet we have another story to tell! As we approach Holy Week and the heart-heavy task of walking with Jesus to the cross and beyond, I am keenly aware of the harm that is done when religion is misused to justify crimes against humanity. The One we follow was killed by the … Read More

20s/30s Questioning Together: Efficacy of Prayer

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on March 29, 2023 with No Comments

UPDATED SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 7:30 P.M., Leffler Living Room Come join a discussion with The Rev. Linzi Stahlecker and Fraser Reach as we explore the efficacy of prayer. Afterwards, some may wish to go to Compline together. Questions? Email Emily Meeks: emcmeeks@gmail.com RESOURCES SHARED AT THIS DISCUSSION: Notes and quotes from this discussion True Prayer by Kenneth Leech “How to Pray With Our Eyes Open” – NY Times Apps: Venite and the Daily Office

Holy Week Liturgies at Saint Mark’s, 2023

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

A note about pandemic safety: There will be no pre-registration or screening at the door for any of this year’s services. At this time, masks are recommended (not required) in the cathedral buildings. Learn more here. The designated “distanced section” in the nave, where all must remain masked and distanced, remains available. The following services will be livestreamed: Palm Sunday 11 a.m. Palm Sunday Choral Evensong Palm Sunday Compline Chrism Mass Tenebrae Maundy Thursday Good Friday noon Good Friday 7 p.m. The … Read More

Compline on the Fifth Sunday in Lent, 2023

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on March 26, 2023 with No Comments

Compline on the Fifth Sunday in Lent | March 19, 2023 Order of Service in Lent | Each week’s repertoire is posted here The Order of Service and repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2023/03/26/compline-2023-the-fifth-sunday-in-lent/ March 26, 2023 • The Fifth Sunday in Lent ORISON: Judica me Deus – Plainsong, Mode IV PSALM 130 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Out of the depths I call (Tune: SAINT BRIDE) – Samuel Howard (1710-1782) and Geoffrey Shaw (1879-1943) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, … Read More

Lenten Lake Plunge with the 20s/30s and 40s/50s

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on March 26, 2023 with No Comments

UPDATED WITH PHOTOS SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 5–6 P.M., Madison Park Beach, 1900 43rd Ave E, Seattle Saint Mark’s 20s/30s and 40s/50s groups invite you to an unusual gathering on the shore of Lake Washington at Madison Beach. Come experience the enlivening power of a cold water dip and its possible invitation as we enter into Holy Week. We’ll gather below the boathouse by the beach area. You may want to check out some of the possible benefits of cold water … Read More

The Fifth Sunday in Lent, 2023

by Christopher Brown on March 26, 2023 with No Comments

The Fifth Sunday in Lent | March 26, 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.

Tree Removal Update

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on March 23, 2023 with 1 Comment

A large elm tree in front of the St. Nicholas building has deteriorated in recent years due to Dutch Elm Disease (the disease which has killed over 75% of all the elm trees in North America over the last hundred years). Certified arborists and the City of Seattle concluded that the tree was irreparably diseased and had become a fall risk, so earlier this week Kemp West Tree Service carefully felled the tree, navigating the power lines and trolley lines … Read More

Transgender Day of Visibility

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

UPDATED FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 6:30–7:30 P.M., in person in Bloedel Hall and online via Zoom Join The Reverend Canon Carla Robinson, Canon for Multicultural Ministries and Community Transformation in the Diocese of Olympia, the Saint Mark’s Cathedral Queer in Christ ministry, and others from across the diocese in observance of Transgender Day of Visibility. Learn about why this observance is important, and hear from transgender, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming individuals and allies from our diocese about what the church can … Read More

Reflections on the Holy Land Pilgrimage

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on March 21, 2023 with No Comments

UPDATED WITH VIDEO WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2023, 6:45–8:15 P.M., in person in Bloedel Hall and online via Zoom. Optional community dinner at 6 p.m. ($6/child; $8/adult; $25/max. family). Walking in the footsteps of Jesus, in the land of the Holy One, is a transformative journey which thirty souls from the cathedral community recently made. As Christians, we are all called to make pilgrimage as a spiritual practice, drawing on sacred experiences, near and far. This special forum is designed to share a … Read More