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Compline for Christ the King, 2022

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on November 20, 2022 with No Comments

Compline on the Last Sunday after Pentecost ~ Christ the King | November 20, 2022 Order of Service | Each week’s repertoire is posted here The Order of Service and repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2022/11/20/compline-2022-the-last-sunday-after-pentecost-christ-the-king/ November 20, 2022 • The Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King (Proper 29C) ORISON: O worship the King, all glorious above (Tune: HANOVER) – attr. William Croft (1678-1727) with additional harm. by C.D. Hackett in The Boston Collection, 1841, and Harvey Grace (1874-1944) PSALM 46 … Read More

The Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King

by Christopher Brown on November 20, 2022 with No Comments

The Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King 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.

“Autumn Returns” by Doug Thorpe

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on November 18, 2022 with No Comments

November 13, 2022 Autumn returns with the rain and cold. This time it seemed to happen overnight. I talk with my daughter over WhatsApp and—along with the beloved and very mobile grandson Walter—she shows me the blue skies, the red and golden leaves of Buffalo New York. The flames of autumn give way to grays and ash. I’m pretty sure that I’m not the only one around here who welcomed the rain with a sense of relief—more so this year … Read More

Advent Quiet Morning 2022

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on November 17, 2022 with No Comments

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 9 A.M.–12:30 P.M., at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Green Lake — 111 NE 80th St., Seattle Join Amanda Findley at Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church in McLachlan Hall for this special Quiet Morning preparing ourselves for the Season of Advent. The focus this year will be on meditational movement practice, so wear something comfortable! Enjoy the wonderful opportunity for inner reflection and renewing silence as the season of prayerful expectation unfolds. This event is co-sponsored by Saint Mark’s … Read More

“Spreadable Hope”: An Advent Gathering to Benefit Edible Hope

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on November 17, 2022 with No Comments

UPDATED WITH PHOTOS! TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 7:30–9 P.M., Leffler House Young adults, drop-in to decorate and frost cookies at Leffler House for an Advent gathering to benefit Edible Hope. Frosting and decorations will be provided along with a custom hot chocolate and tea station. Bring your own pre-baked sugar cookies either homemade or bought. We recommend trying this go-to recipe from Jade Bawcom-Randall. Decorated cookies will be delivered to Edible Hope, which is also a site placement for the Seattle … Read More

A Celebration of the Life of Alice Jean Lewis

by Christopher Brown on November 17, 2022 with No Comments

A Celebration of the Life of Alice Jean Lewis | 2:00 PM, November 17, 2022 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.

Compline on the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost, 2022

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on November 13, 2022 with No Comments

Compline on the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost | November 13, 2022 Order of Service | Each week’s repertoire is posted here The Order of Service and repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2022/11/13/compline-2022-the-twenty-third-sunday-after-pentecost/ November 13, 2022 • The 23rd Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 28C) ORISON: New songs of celebration render (Tune: RENDEZ A DIEU) – mel. attr. Loys Bourgeois (c. 1510-c. 1561); harm. Claude Goudimel (c. 1514-1572) PSALM 98 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Disposer supreme, and judge of the earth (Tune: … Read More

The Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost, 2022

by Christopher Brown on November 13, 2022 with No Comments

The Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost, 2022 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.

Sanctuary Stories from the Rubric

by Christopher Brown on November 10, 2022 with No Comments

Here is a selection of stories published in The Rubric during the three years, 2019–2022, when Jaime Rubio and his family lived on the cathedral grounds as our guest in Sanctuary. Click on each image to enlarge. You may watch a video of Jaime telling his story in his own words here.

Candlelit Prayer with Music from Taizé, November 2022

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on November 8, 2022 with No Comments

Candlelight Prayer with Music from Taizé | November 8, 2022, 7 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.

United for Good: An Interfaith Prayer Vigil on the Eve of Elections, 2022

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on November 7, 2022 with No Comments

United for Good: An Interfaith Prayer Vigil on the Eve of Elections | Monday, November 7, 2022, 7 p.m. Service leaflet | Learn more 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 observing The Feast of All Saints, 2022

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on November 6, 2022 with No Comments

Compline observing the Feast of All Saints | November 6, 2022 Order of Service | Each week’s repertoire is posted here The Order of Service and repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2022/11/06/compline-2022-all-saints-sunday/ November 6, 2022 • ALL SAINTS’ SUNDAY ORISON: Bring us, O Lord God – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) PSALM 149 – Peter R. Hallock HYMN: Who are these like stars appearing? (Tune: ZUECH MICH, ZEUCH MICH) – mel. from Geistreiches Gesang-buch, 1698; harm. William Henry Monk (1823-1889), alt. NUNC DIMITTIS … Read More

Choral Evensong observing the Feast of All Saints, 2022

by Christopher Brown on November 6, 2022 with No Comments

Choral Evensong observing the Feast of All Saints, 2022 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.

All Saints Sunday with Holy Eucharist and Holy Baptism, 2022

by Christopher Brown on November 6, 2022 with No Comments

All Saints Sunday, 2022 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.

Winter Apparel Urgently Needed for Lowell Elementary Kids

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on November 3, 2022 with No Comments

UPDATE, November 17 The community of Saint Mark’s quickly and generously answered the appeal from Lowell Elementary for winter clothes. Lowell staff have told us, “The children are cozy and warm, and the parents and staff are so happy! We are grateful for your generosity.” November 4, 2022 As the weather becomes precipitously colder, Lowell Elementary School has alerted us to an immediate need for children’s winter coats and gloves. Low temperatures in the 30s are predicted for next week! … Read More

2022 Report from El Salvador by Elizabeth Hawkins

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on November 2, 2022 with No Comments

UPDATED WITH VIDEO WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 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). Saint Mark’s parishioner Elizabeth Hawkins has been living and working in San Salvador since 2019. A former immigration attorney, she travelled to El Salvador to research the complex factors that lead people to attempt to emigrate to the United States. She will give us an update about the current situation in El Salvador. Elizabeth … Read More

United for Good: An Interfaith Prayer Vigil on the Eve of Elections

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on November 1, 2022 with 1 Comment

Click on the flyer image below to enlarge. UPDATED WITH VIDEO MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2022, 7–8 P.M., in the cathedral nave or via livestream Download the service leaflet for this event here (pdf). A complete video is now available below In this time of trial and struggle, as we confront challenges to our civil society and our body politic, we are at a crossroads of conscience. And though the voices of vitriol and extremism often resound loudly, it is the … Read More

October 31, 2022 | The Marriage of Ross Pearson & Eric Spradling

by Christopher Brown on October 31, 2022 with No Comments

October 31, 2022 | The Marriage of Ross Pearson & Eric Spradling 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.

Compline on the 21st Sunday after Pentecost, 2022

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on October 30, 2022 with No Comments

Compline on the 21st Sunday after Pentecost | October 30, 2022 Order of Service | Each week’s repertoire is posted here The Order of Service and repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2022/10/30/compline-2022-the-twenty-first-sunday-after-pentecost/ October 30, 2022 • The 21st Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 26C) ORISON: ‘Beloved, let us love one another,’ from In Praise of Singing – Alice Parker (b. 1925) PSALM 32 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN 700: O love that casts out fear (Tune: MOSELEY – Henry Thomas Smart (1813-1879) … Read More

The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost, 2022

by Christopher Brown on October 30, 2022 with No Comments

The Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost 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.

Intergenerational Hike to Carkeek Park

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on October 26, 2022 with No Comments

UPDATED WITH PHOTOS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1:30–4 P.M., meet at Carkeek Park trailhead, 6th Ave. NW and NW 100th Pl., rain or shine. The next intergeneration hike will explore Carkeek Park, near Northgate. After meeting at the trailhead, the group will follow Pipers Creek, which a group of citizen activists have restored as an active salmon run. The the trail passes one of Seattle’s early farmsteads, where old apple trees still bear fruit. Some people could walk straight to the … Read More

Martinmas, a 40-Day Advent, and the Holy Dark

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on October 26, 2022 with No Comments

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 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). Canon Barrie will share stories of St. Martin, whose feast day on November 11 marked the beginning of Advent in the Middle Ages, as we talk about how to live into the long winter—where we find comfort and strength during the cold, dark months, and how, too, darkness can nourish and enrich us. Please plan to share a … Read More

The Triduum of All Hallows/All Saints/All Souls

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on October 26, 2022 with No Comments

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 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). In this forum led by Canon Barrie, we’ll explore the pre-Christian, Celtic roots of these holy three days and reflect on their relevance in the present day. You are invited to bring a photograph of someone you “love and see no longer” for the prayer table we’ll set with flowers and candles in commemoration of All Souls, better … Read More

Compline on the 20th Sunday after Pentecost, 2022

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on October 23, 2022 with No Comments

Compline on the 20th Sunday after Pentecost | October 23, 2022 Order of Service | Each week’s repertoire is posted here The Order of Service and repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2022/10/23/compline-2022-the-twentieth-sunday-after-pentecost/ October 23, 2022 • SAINT JAMES OF JERUSALEM ORISON: ‘Peace be within this sacred place’ from Six Hymns to Doctor Watts – Alice Parker (b. 1925) PSALM 84 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: All praise to thee, my God, this night (Tune: TALLIS’ CANON) – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585) … Read More

The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, 2022

by Christopher Brown on October 23, 2022 with No Comments

The Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost 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.