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 year are certain Sunday evenings set aside for volunteers from specific ministry groups, such as Creation Care, Queer in Christ, or the 20s/30s group (contact ministry leaders to learn more). But there are still plenty of spots to sign up as an individual as well. If you'd like to participate, contact Deborah Person at deborah.person@gmail.com and she will reply to with available dates.

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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 descendants of the original Christians first baptized at Pentecost. They seek to uphold the work and teachings of Christ in the very places where He ministered in His earthly life.

Fr. Fadi will preach at both the 9 and 11 a.m. services, and a conversation with all three members of the family is scheduled for the 10 a.m. "Friends Talking" Forum.

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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, including world-premiere compositions and arrangements.

In the summer of 2019, the men of the Compline Choir traveled to the U.K. for two weeks, serving residencies in Canterbury and Salisbury. To cover the services during absence, Saint Mark's Associate Musician Rebekah Gilmore was asked to assemble an all-female choir, comprising some of the most accomplished choral singers in the Seattle area. The services they sang, the first all-female services in the 63-year history of Compline at Saint Mark's, were deeply moving to many, and may be heard here and below.

The Women's Compline Choir now gathers to chant the service several times each year, usually in the summer. Although during the pandemic of 2020 the full choir could not assemble, a quartet of singers drawn from the women's choir chanted the office on July 19 & 26, 2020. The full complement of singers gathered again on July 18 & 25, 2021, although the services were closed to the public. At last, on July 17 & 24, 2022, a full choir featuring some of the finest choral singers in the region gathered for an in-person Compline liturgy open to one and all. The 2023 services will be July 30 & August 6, 2023.

A message from Dean Thomason

Dear Friends,

I write to share the news that the Rev. Canon Eliacín Rosario-Cruz is resigning from his position at Saint Mark’s Cathedral effective mid-July as he accepts a new call in New York. His statement to the cathedral parish is shared below, and his excitement for the multicultural opportunity it presents is palpable in his message.

He and I have been talking about this opportunity for some months now, and I am glad for the multicultural setting it presents for this servant of Christ who has unique gifts to offer the Church. We have been enriched by his ministry among us these past two years, and we are grateful for his work especially in the area of restorative justice, and of course serving as a member of the clergy team leading worship, preaching, teaching and delivering pastoral care. His last Sunday at Saint Mark’s will be July 16, and we will bless him and his family around the font after the 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. services, as is our custom. We will have cake to share in his honor also.

Please join me in thanking Eliacín for his ministry among us and blessing him and his family in their new ventures.

Faithfully yours,

The Very Reverend Steven L. Thomason
Dean and Rector

A Message from Canon Rosario-Cruz

Dear Ones,

With mixed emotions, I share with you that my season of ministry at Saint Mark’s has bloomed into a new ministry opportunity. After prayerful discernment, I have accepted the call to serve as Priest-in-Charge at Holy Cross/Santa Cruz in Kingston, New York. Holy Cross/Santa Cruz is located in the beautiful Hudson River Valley. I’ll be pastoring and leading a multicultural community with the vision to be a unified congregation that worships in two languages but otherwise strives to be one in all other aspects of their common life.

I am convinced that this new call from the Spirit is as clear and firm as the one that brought me to you in 2021. My last Sunday with you will be July 16. You have been a wonderful congregation that showed love and care for my family and me. I am grateful to you all, the fantastic parishioners of this Cathedral-Parish, Dean Thomason, Canon Daugherty, Curate Stahlecker, the staff, the vestry, and lay leaders for the wonderful opportunity to serve here at Saint Mark’s.

I speak on behalf of my family when I say that you have blessed our lives. I am a better person and a better minister because of you. I am grateful to God and you for the sacred time of my ministry here. You will continue in my prayers, and I ask that you continue to pray for my family and me.

With deep gratitude,

The Rev. Canon Eliacín Rosario-Cruz