• Tuesday Noon Bible Study (online)

    Tuesday Noon Bible Study (online)

    EVERY TUESDAY, 12–1:30 P.M., online via Zoom only This group provides a weekly conversation around the scripture readings for the following Sunday. Each week a discussion is facilitated by rotating guest leaders, and lively conversation ensues as people share their thoughts about the lessons. The group meets from 12–1:30 p.m. for study and prayer over the lectionary, led by a rotating member of the cathedral staff and clergy. (Join early at 11:30 for social time and chat.) Contact biblestudy@saintmarks.org for more … Read More

  • Evening Prayer Online

    Evening Prayer Online

    MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 6 P.M. Lay readers from Seattle-area congregations including the cathedral lead a spoken service of daily prayer following the form of the Book of Common Prayer 1979, every weekday evening at 6 p.m. The service lasts approximately 30 minutes. Learn more here. Join online using this Zoom link. Evening Prayer is always cancelled when the cathedral office is closed for holidays or other reasons, or when a special liturgy is being offered in the nave on a weekday evening.

  • 20s/30s First Tuesday Tacos & Contemplative Prayer

    20s/30s First Tuesday Centering Prayer and Dinner

    FIRST TUESDAYS, SEPTEMBER THROUGH MAY, 6 P.M., in the St Nicholas Bldg, 2nd floor (note new venue) Taco Tuesday (along with Contemplative Prayer itself) is on summer hiatus in July and August. They will resume in September. Come share a meal with us and practice sacred stillness with the wider cathedral community. Join in for a taco dinner at 6 p.m. in Leffler House—tortillas, beans and chips and salsa provided, just bring a favorite side—and conversation to start the week. … Read More

  • *Alcoholics Anonymous (Knuckleheads)

    Knuckleheads (CLOSED) NOTE: In-person meeting will not happen on Tuesday, December 24, but the group will meet virtually at the usual time. Meeting information Men only. In-person and online. Tuesday, 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm In-person Online Closed Men One Hour More information here. Closed meetings are for A.A. members only, or for those who have a drinking problem and “have a desire to stop drinking.” This meeting is being held in person and on zoom.

  • Evening Prayer Online

    Evening Prayer Online

    MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 6 P.M. Lay readers from Seattle-area congregations including the cathedral lead a spoken service of daily prayer following the form of the Book of Common Prayer 1979, every weekday evening at 6 p.m. The service lasts approximately 30 minutes. Learn more here. Join online using this Zoom link. Evening Prayer is always cancelled when the cathedral office is closed for holidays or other reasons, or when a special liturgy is being offered in the nave on a weekday evening.

  • Community Dinner

    Community Dinner

    On most Wednesday nights, a delicious dinner is served in Bloedel Hall from 6 to 6:30. (Note: Food service ends at 6:30 p.m., sharp.) On Summer Hiatus in June, July, and August $6/child; $8/adult; $25/max. family Cathedral Commons programs often follow at 6:45 p.m.

  • Cathedral Commons: Unpacking the Creeds

    Cathedral Commons

    WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 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) led by Canon Wendy Claire Barrie The historic Creeds of the Church—most importantly the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed—are an essential and obligatory part of our liturgical tradition, and also a potential stumbling block for many. In this Wednesday forum led Canon Barrie, participants will explore what the Creeds are (and … Read More

  • Evening Prayer Online

    Evening Prayer Online

    MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 6 P.M. Lay readers from Seattle-area congregations including the cathedral lead a spoken service of daily prayer following the form of the Book of Common Prayer 1979, every weekday evening at 6 p.m. The service lasts approximately 30 minutes. Learn more here. Join online using this Zoom link. Evening Prayer is always cancelled when the cathedral office is closed for holidays or other reasons, or when a special liturgy is being offered in the nave on a weekday evening.

  • Monthly Climate Conversations

    Monthly Climate Conversations

    THE SECOND THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH, 6:30–7:30 P.M., online via Zoom NOTE: There will be no Climate Conversation in March. Conversations resume April 10. Join fellow parishioners in these monthly climate conversations to learn about practical ways to reduce your impact on the environment. Participants also share insights on how they take action to care for God’s creation and mitigate climate change. Find the link to register and a list of upcoming topics, along with materials from two and a … Read More

  • Evening Prayer Online

    Evening Prayer Online

    MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 6 P.M. Lay readers from Seattle-area congregations including the cathedral lead a spoken service of daily prayer following the form of the Book of Common Prayer 1979, every weekday evening at 6 p.m. The service lasts approximately 30 minutes. Learn more here. Join online using this Zoom link. Evening Prayer is always cancelled when the cathedral office is closed for holidays or other reasons, or when a special liturgy is being offered in the nave on a weekday evening.

  • The Spiritual Approach to the Enneagram: A Map to Inner Wisdom

    FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2025, 6:30–8:30P.M. and SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2025, 9:30A.M.–2:30P.M., in person and via Zoom FACILITATED BY DR. JOSEPH BENTON HOWELL, PH.D. This three-part workshop will approach the Spirituality of the Enneagram in ways we have not previously considered in the Wisdom School. Friday evening’s session will use the foundational concept of the soul child to describe the nine types with specific egoic reactions that come when disconnected from our original goodness. We will explore each type’s pride, virtue, … Read More

  • *Clear Mountain Buddhist Monastery: Meditation, Teaching & Social

    *Clear Mountain Buddhist Monastery: Meditation, Teaching & Social

    SATURDAYS, 9:30 A.M. – 12 P.M, Skinner Auditorium The meeting is occasionally moved to Bloedel Hall. Those unable to attend in-person are also welcome to tune in via Zoom or YouTube livestream. Saint Mark's Cathedral cathedral is the host this meeting of the Clear Mountain Buddhist Monastery community. Join for a morning of meditation, teaching, and spiritual conversation over coffee! Each Saturday from 9:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m., local practitioners gather together in the Saint Mark’s Cathedral Skinner Auditorium (located in the St Nicholas School … Read More

  • The Spiritual Approach to the Enneagram: A Map to Inner Wisdom

    FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2025, 6:30–8:30P.M. and SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2025, 9:30A.M.–2:30P.M., in person and via Zoom FACILITATED BY DR. JOSEPH BENTON HOWELL, PH.D. This three-part workshop will approach the Spirituality of the Enneagram in ways we have not previously considered in the Wisdom School. Friday evening’s session will use the foundational concept of the soul child to describe the nine types with specific egoic reactions that come when disconnected from our original goodness. We will explore each type’s pride, virtue, … Read More

  • Holy Eucharist (8)

    A spoken service of Holy Eucharist in Thomsen Chapel, with sermon and hymns.

  • Holy Eucharist (9)

    Liturgy with sermon and hymns. Music is offered by Saint Mark’s Singers or children’s choirs. Children’s Chapel is offered during the 9 a.m. service. After the Gospel is proclaimed, children pre-school through 2nd grade are invited to Thomsen Chapel for Bible stories, singing, and prayer. Parents are welcome to join their children. They return at the Peace. Location: Cathedral Nave This service is not livestreamed.

  • “Friends Talking” Forum—Bishop LaBelle and Dean Thomason

    Sunday Forum

    SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 2025, 10:10–10:50 A.M., Bloedel Hall Bishop Phil LaBelle was consecrated the ninth Bishop of Olympia last September, and this informal conversation between the 9 and 11 a.m. services on the Sunday of his first official Parochial Visitation is a great opportunity for the cathedral community to continue to get to know our diocese's new leader, and to hear how things have been going so far. (This forum takes the place of the Blessing and Dedication of Donna … Read More

  • Holy Eucharist (11)

    Liturgy and music reflecting the breadth and depth of the Episcopal tradition, with Scripture, sermon, hymns, and choral anthems. Worship in person or online at saintmarks.org/livestream — also streams simultaneously at facebook.com/SaintMarksSeattle  and at youtube.com/c/SaintMarksEpiscopalCathedralSeattle/

  • Community Book Study, January/February 2025

    Community Book Study, January/February 2025

    Evicted book study groups meet SUNDAYS, JANUARY 12, 19 and FEBRUARY 2, 12:30 pm–2 pm, in person. PLEASE NOTE: in-person discussion in Room 210 on January 12 and February 2, but in the St. Nicholas Building, 1st floor, on January 19. THURSDAYS, JANUARY 16, 23 and FEBRUARY 6, 7–8:30pm, on Zoom Poverty by America book study groups meet SUNDAYS, FEBRUARY 9, 16 and 23, 12:30 pm–2 pm, in person THURSDAYS, FEBRUARY 13, 20, 27, 7–8:30pm, on Zoom The Intergenerational Council, the Restorative Justice Council, and the Affordable … Read More

  • *Seattle Bach Festival: Celebratory Inaugural Concert

    SUNDAY, JANUARY, 12, 2025 3 P.M., cathedral nave Find details and ticket link here. Get your New Year with off to a great start with the Celebratory Inaugural Concert of the Seattle Bach Festival with all the bells and whistles: a full baroque orchestra with trumpets, timpani and winds. Bach’s Cantata 29 was written for the 1731 “Ratswechsel” in Leipzig, a lavish ceremony celebrating the inauguration of the new Leipzig Town Council and a fitting and joyful start for our … Read More