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Compline on the Eve of All Saints, 2021

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on October 31, 2021 with No Comments

Compline on the Eve of the Feast of All Saints | October 31, 2021, 9:30 p.m. See the Order of Service here. Each week’s repertoire can be found here. October 31, 2021 • ALL HALLOWS’ EVE ORISON: Kontakion for the Departed – Kievan Chant; adapt. Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) PSALM 13 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) OFFICE HYMN: Before the ending of the day (Tune: TE LUCIS ANTE TERMINUM) – Sarum Plainsong, Mode VIII; harm. Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585) NUNC … Read More

The 23rd Sunday after Pentecost, 2021

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on October 31, 2021 with No Comments

The 23rd Sunday after Pentecost, 2021 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.

“We All Have the Potential to Be Activists”—A Reflection by Anna Xie

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on October 27, 2021 with No Comments

Heather Sutkus, a youth in the community of Saint Mark’s and member of cathedral’s Creation Care Ministry, wanted to share this essay written by her friend and classmate Anna Xie. Heather writes, “I chose Anna’s article because I was struck by how her experience of childhood was dramatically different from my own. Whereas I grew up unaware of the toll my lifestyle had on the environment, Anna had to live with the consequences every day.” “We all have the potential … Read More

Choral Evensong in celebration of All Saints and commemoration of All Souls

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on October 27, 2021 with No Comments

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 4:30 P.M. In person and livestreamed at: https://saintmarks.org/worship/live-stream/ Saint Mark’s Cathedral invites one and all to join in prayer and praise at nightfall to celebrate All Saints, and to commemorate the lives of all those whom we love but see no longer. Saint Mark’s Evensong Choir will offer a setting of the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis by Philip Stopford, composed in 2014 for the Evening Choir of St. Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, Ireland, and sung here for the … Read More

Compline on the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost, 2021

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on October 24, 2021 with No Comments

Compline on the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost | October 24, 2021, 9:30 p.m. See the Order of Service here. Each week’s repertoire can be found here. October 24, 2021 • The 22nd Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 25B) ORISON: Help me, O Lord, thy way to keep – Shaker tune, arr. Kevin Siegfried (b. 1969) PSALM 126 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: By gracious powers so wonderfully sheltered (Tune: INTERCESSOR) – Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone … Read More

The 22nd Sunday after Pentecost, 2021

by Christopher Brown on October 24, 2021 with No Comments

The 22nd Sunday after Pentecost, 2021 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. OTHER WAYS TO WATCH If you experience any problems with the video player on this page, you may wish to try joining the simultaneous stream on Facebook or YouTube instead. ARCHIVES Video of past services can … Read More

Funeral Liturgy for Marge Anderson | Saturday, October 23, 2021

by Christopher Brown on October 23, 2021 with No Comments

Funeral Liturgy for Marge Anderson | Saturday, October 23, 2021 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.

Nominate a candidate for Vestry or Diocesan Convention

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on October 22, 2021 with No Comments

Now Open: Nominations for candidates for the Saint Mark’s Vestry and for Delegates to Diocesan Convention 2022 The Vestry is a group of laypeople elected by the parish who, along with the Rector, supervise and sustain the finances, facilities and grounds of the Cathedral. New members are needed for both the vestry and to act as delegates at this year’s Diocesan Convention. Members of the Nominating Committee will be in the back of the Nave each Sunday in October to answer … Read More

Hymnathon!—A Fundraiser for the Evensong Choir Pilgrimage, 2022

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on October 22, 2021 with 3 Comments

UPDATED WITH VIDEO! SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 8-6 P.M. Saint Mark’s Evensong Choir of children, youth and adults plan to be in England next August to sing daily Evensong services in Chichester and Bristol Cathedrals. They are dedicating as much of their own resources toward the total cost of their pilgrimage as they can. However, they need to raise some additional funds so that the trip is affordable for all. To that end, the choir is hosting a Hymnathon on Saturday, … Read More

Convention on Climate Change Events

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on October 22, 2021 with 2 Comments

COP26 KICK-OFF: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 10 A.M. PST, Register here COP26 WORSHIP SERVICE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 8 A.M. PST, Register here COP26 CLOSING EVENT: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 8 A.M. PST, Register here UPDATE: The Episcopal Church’s Creation Care office has published a piece by Dr. Lisa Graumlich titled COP26 — What to watch for? What to pray for?. Attend Virtual COP26 Public Events From October 31 through November 12, 2021, 120 political leaders will gather in Glasgow, Scotland, for … Read More

19th Annual Community Multi-Faith Summit

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on October 20, 2021 with No Comments

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2 P.M. Faith—Science—Sacred Activism. Hear from leaders of various faiths, including First Peoples, Buddhist, Jewish, and Christian, as they share how their faith tradition calls them to act on climate change. And then join in the discussion with panelists about actions communities can take together to be part of hopeful solutions. This online-only event is co-sponsored by Saint Mark’s. Register here, or contact Marjorie Ringness or Libby Carr if you have questions. View the PDF flyer here.

The Rubric: Fall 2021 Issue

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on October 20, 2021 with No Comments

The new issue of The Rubric contains stories, reports, and reflection by, from, and about the community of Saint Mark’s during these extraordinary times. Read full-screen using the reader below, or download a full pdf here. Click the titles below to read individual stories. Contents of the Fall 2021 issue include: GREETINGS FROM THE DEAN Looking to the future with uncertainty and excitement ATTENDANCE SNAPSHOT online and in-person worship, by the numbers LITURGICAL LIVING: “EVEN AT THE GRAVE WE MAKE … Read More

Anniversary Compline on the 21st Sunday after Pentecost, 2021

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on October 17, 2021 with 1 Comment

Compline on the 21st Sunday after Pentecost | October 17, 2021, 9:30 p.m. Compline on October 17, 2021, is a special service in celebration of the 65th anniversary of the Compline Choir, with the choir joined by Compline Choir alumni from throughout the decades. The anthem, Jubilemus omnes by Peter Hallock, is accompanied by five cellos. The cellists are Page Smith, Olga Ruvinov, Brian Wharton, Meg Brennand, and Paige Stockley See the Order of Service here. Each week’s repertoire can … Read More

Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost, 2021

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on October 17, 2021 with No Comments

The 21st Sunday after Pentecost, 2021 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. OTHER WAYS TO WATCH If you experience any problems with the video player on this page, you may wish to try joining the simultaneous stream on Facebook or YouTube instead. ARCHIVES Video of past services can … Read More

Second Sunday Book Group: “The River that Made Seattle: A Human and Natural History of the Duwamish”

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on October 15, 2021 with No Comments

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1:30 P.M. via Zoom (note the Saturday, not Sunday time) In this short, meticulously researched book, B.J. Cummings recounts the story of the Duwamish River: beginning with the diverse 1000s-year-old Indigenous populations who lived along the river that sustained them to the arrival of the first White settlers and then to the diverse newly arrived immigrants that today have settled near or along this river in South Park. It’s a story about social and environmental justice (or … Read More

A World-Premiere Commission for the O Antiphons Liturgy, 2021

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on October 15, 2021 with No Comments

O Antiphons is a beloved annual liturgy of music and pageantry that marks the beginning of Advent —the season of longing, vigilance, and expectation in preparation for Christmas—which this year is offered Sunday, November 28, 2021, at 7 p.m.. The form of this liturgy that was invented here is now used in churches around the world. An exciting element of this year’s service will be the world premiere of a newly commissioned anthem, conceived and written expressly for the Saint … Read More

Linzi Stahlecker appointed as Curate in 2022

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on October 13, 2021 with 2 Comments

A Message from Dean Thomason Dear friends, It is my delight to share the news that Bishop Rickel has appointed Linzi Stahlecker to serve a two-year curacy-in-training program at Saint Mark’s Cathedral. Her first day will be January 16, 2022. She is a candidate for the priesthood in this diocese, having been raised up in the community of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Lower Queen Anne. She is scheduled to be ordained a transitional deacon in December, and as a … Read More

Organ by Night

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on October 12, 2021 with 8 Comments

Post-Compline Organ Music: A favorite Seattle late-night musical offering, now offered monthly For many year, the Office of Compline at Saint Mark’s was followed by a brief program of organ music on The Mighty Flentrop. These informal mini-concerts have introduced generations of Seattleites to the power and beauty of a real pipe organ. All are welcome to listen in the nave, or join the organist in the loft to see what playing an instrument of this size is really like. … Read More

Compline on the 20th Sunday after Pentecost, 2021

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on October 10, 2021 with No Comments

Compline on the 20th Sunday after Pentecost | October 10, 2021, 9:30 p.m. See the Order of Service here. Each week’s repertoire can be found here. October 10, 2021 • The 20th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 23B) ORISON: God be in my head – Doug Fullington (b. 1969) PSALM 90:12-17 – Plainsong, Tone VIII.1 HYMN: My God, how wonderful thou art (Tune: WINDSOR) – mel. William Damon (c. 1540-c. 1591), alt;. harm. Henchman & Hancock, 1754; Booke of Musicke, 1591; and … Read More

Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, 2021

by Christopher Brown on October 10, 2021 with No Comments

The 20th Sunday after Pentecost, 20201 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. OTHER WAYS TO WATCH If you experience any problems with the video player on this page, you may wish to try joining the simultaneous stream on Facebook or YouTube instead. ARCHIVES Video of past services can … Read More

The Marriage of John Simmons & Scott Hulet | October 9, 3 p.m.

by Christopher Brown on October 9, 2021 with No Comments

The Marriage of John Simmons & Scott Hulet | Saturday October 9, 3 p.m. Service Leaflet LEAFLETS The Service Leaflet contains all you need to fully participate in each liturgy from home. COFFEE HOUR Due to updated masking requirements coffee will be served on the front patio, weather permitting. Monthly Newcomers Coffee (first Sunday of every month only): Immediately following the Sunday morning service, come meet people and ask questions at a special virtual coffee hour with clergy over Zoom. … Read More

Treasures of the Cathedral: Everett DuPen

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on October 7, 2021 with 3 Comments

Have you ever noticed the wood carvings located just as you enter Bloedel Hall from the west doors of the building? For the small prayer card included in this year’s stewardship mailing, the stewardship committee selected a detail from this work, depicting Jesus telling his disciples to cast their nets on the other side of their boat, as recounted in the Gospel of John, chapter 21. (Click the photo to enlarge.) The entire work, titled Christ the Good Shepherd, is … Read More

Get to Know the Service Corps!

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on October 6, 2021 with No Comments

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, 10 A.M., Bloedel Hall Join the 2021-2022 cohort of Seattle Service Corps in Bloedel for a Q&A and an opportunity to get to know them better. Now that they’re almost two months into their program year, learn about their impressions of Seattle, service, and life in intentional community. Meet Lindsay!! Lindsay will be spending her service year working for Earth Ministry/Washington Interfaith Power & Light 🌎🌍🌏: Hi there! My name is Lindsay Bell and I’m so excited … Read More

Compline observing the Feast of St Michael & All Angels | October 3, 2021 | Saint Mark’s Seattle

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on October 3, 2021 with No Comments

Compline observing the Feast of St Michael & All Angels | October 3, 2021, 9:30 p.m. See the Order of Service here. Each week’s repertoire can be found here. ORISON: Christ, the fair glory of the holy angels (Tune: CHRISTE SANCTORUM) – Sarum plainsong, Mode I (see HYMNS) PSALM 103 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Hark! hark, my soul! (Tune: VOX ANGELICA) – John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876); adapt. Gregory Bloch NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone IV; harm. Lodovico Grossi da … Read More

Choral Evensong on the 19th Sunday after Pentecost, 2021

by Saint Mark's Cathedral on October 3, 2021 with No Comments

Choral Evensong on the 19th Sunday after Pentecost, 2021 Service Leaflet | LEAFLETS The Service Leaflet contains all you need to fully participate in each liturgy from home. COFFEE HOUR Due to updated masking requirements coffee will be served on the front patio, weather permitting. Monthly Newcomers Coffee (first Sunday of every month only): Immediately following the Sunday morning service, come meet people and ask questions at a special virtual coffee hour with clergy over Zoom. Join using this link. … Read More