COMMUNITY LIFE

SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 2025, 3-4:30 P.M., Seward Park, Lake Washington Blvd. S., Seattle Calling all bikers, scooters, walkers, rollerbladers, runners, unicycles and so forth to join in a Pentecost Sunday Ride/Run/Roll around Seward Park in Southeast Seattle. We will meet on the lawn near the Seward Park Playground at 3 p.m. From there, we will head around the Seward Park 2-mile paved and flat loop. The day ends with the traditional root beer floats! All ages and generations are encouraged … Read More

An informational forum in preparation for this service will take place on: SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 2025, 10:10 A.M., in Bloedel Hall. TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 2025, 7 P.M., in the cathedral nave and livestreamed All are invited to join a special Interfaith Prayer Liturgy in the style of Taizé, co-hosted by Saint Mark’s Taizé Ministry and our neighbors Clear Mountain Monastery Buddhist Community (which meets on the cathedral campus every Saturday morning) The theme of the prayer service, Living Buddha, Living Christ, … Read More

Like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. —1 PETER 2:5 For many of us, the last few months have been full of uncertainty, apprehension, and even fear. In times such as these we may feel the instinct to “circle the wagons” and keep things close. It may seem like a time when generosity is a luxury we can’t afford. But generosity … Read More

FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 6–8 P.M., in the cathedral nave. Free; registration required. On Friday, June 6, the entire community of Saint Mark’s Cathedral is encouraged to come out for the ALL-PARISH BANQUET. This celebration of our vibrant cathedral will be held in the nave, and will include a catered meal, entertainment, and a few surprises. The buffet will open at 6 p.m., and you are welcome to arrive any time until dessert is served at 6:45 p.m. A presentation with … Read More

WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 6:45–8:15 P.M., in Bloedel Hall or online via Zoom. Optional Community Dinner at 6 p.m. Have you ever considered walking the medieval pilgrimage route, Camino de Santiago, in Spain? Several Saint Mark’s parishioners have and they wish to share their experiences and enthusiasm for the Camino! This Cathedral Commons will cover questions such as: What is a pilgrimage and what is the Camino de Santiago? What are the most popular routes to Santiago? How does one make … Read More

SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1 P.M.–9:30 P.M., in the cathedral nave and around the cathedral campus Join together as a cathedral community for a Day of Prayer and Spiritual Practices on Saturday, May 10, 2025. In addition to an online 24-hour prayer vigil led by at-home volunteers (see below), in-person prayer and several spiritual practice opportunities will be offered in and around the cathedral from 1–9:30 p.m. The day will be bookmarked by hourly prayers with facilitator-led spiritual practices, including: centering prayer, … Read More

A Thursday evening Wisdom School event with writer, poet, and educator Ellen Bass THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2025, 7–8:30 P.M. Join bestselling writer, poet, and educator Ellen Bass for an evening of poetic exploration of themes of healing, hope, life and intimacy as part of the Wisdom School at Saint Mark’s Cathedral. With a disarmingly deft touch and piercingly intimate voice, this sage offers poetic balm and a buoying lightness amidst the vagaries of life, connecting the humble to the luminous. … Read More

The following services will be livestreamed. Livestreams can be see on the cathedral website, as well as on YouTube and Facebook. (The Facebook streams include real-time automatic transcription and subtitling): Palm Sunday 11 a.m. Palm Sunday Compline Chrism Mass Tenebrae Maundy Thursday Good Friday noon Good Friday 7 p.m. The Great Vigil of Easter Easter Sunday 11 a.m. Easter Sunday Compline The liturgies of this most sacred time are an invitation to enter more fully into the mystery of the … Read More

MAUNDY THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 9 P.M. until dawn on Good Friday. Advance registration required. The Vigil at the Altar of Repose will happen this year, starting upon the conclusion of the Maundy Thursday liturgy (around 8:45 p.m.) until the following sunrise. This ancient practice is inspired by Jesus’ question to his disciples in the Garden of Gethsemene, “Could you not stay awake with me one hour?”  As in recent years, this vigil will be an online offering, with a live … Read More

Each year at this time, all are invited to make a special contribution in honor or in memory of a loved one, in order to help underwrite the beautiful flowers and music of the celebration of the Feast of the Resurrection. Fill out the form below, or use the paper form in the Sunday service leaflets. Then make a gift in any amount, using the method that is most convenient for you—by check, saintmarks.org/give, or Venmo. Contributions received by Palm … Read More

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 6:45–8:15 P.M., in person in Bloedel Hall or online via Zoom. Free, no registration required. Optional Community Dinner at 6 p.m. ($6/child; $8/adult; $25/max. family) “If America’s poor founded a country, that country would have a bigger population than Australia or Venezuela.” —Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America Why is there so much poverty in the richest country on earth? Can poverty be abolished? Participants in the recent Community Book Studies of Matthew Desmond’s, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American … Read More

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 6:45–8:15 P.M., in Bloedel Hall and via Zoom. Optional community dinner at 6 p.m. Come learn about the challenges facing transgender and gender non-conforming people in these uncertain times and how we can best support one of our most vulnerable minorities. Queer in Christ leaders Chloe Jett and Rose Hazard will guide us in learning more about the power of using gender affirming terms and how we can mobilize to help protect those in the transgender and … Read More

SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 4 P.M., in the cathedral nave Canon Emily Griffin and pianist David Poortinga will lead us using art, story, and song through the life of Jesus as we prepare to enter Holy Week. The Godly Play story usually shared over the weeks of Lent, The Faces of Easter, will be told in large scale, and familiar hymns and tunes will be woven throughout with opportunities to sing, wonder, and pray together as we reflect on the journey to the cross … Read More

TWO WEDNESDAYS IN LENT, MARCH 19 & 26, 6:45–8:15 P.M., in person in Bloedel Hall or online via Zoom. Free, no registration required. Optional Community Dinner at 6 p.m. ($6/child; $8/adult; $25/max. family) “From anyone who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt. Give to everyone who begs from you; and if anyone takes away your goods, do not ask for them again” (Luke 6:29b–30). Jesus proclaimed a message of extravagant generosity—a generosity responsive to God’s overwhelming generosity to … Read More

LAUNCH: SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 5:30 P.M. in Leffler House or online via Zoom SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS: MONDAYS, 7:30 p.m., online via Zoom only The Queer in Christ community will gather for a Lenten conversation series titled Clearing Space for God. There will be a general introduction next Sunday, March 2, at the normal monthly Queer Conversation time—right after Evensong at 5:30 p.m. Then starting the next day, Monday, March 3, the group will meet on Zoom each Monday at 7:30 p.m. for six weeks, … Read More

A Thursday evening Wisdom School event with acclaimed poet and theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2025, 7–8:30 P.M., in person in the cathedral nave and livestreamed UPDATE: Due to the number of registrations, this event will be offered in the cathedral nave rather than Bloedel Hall. A livestream will be available to registrants as announced previously.  UPDATED DESCRIPTION: We live in fraught times when violence seems to be the common denominator in a calculus based in mistrust and misanthropic … Read More