St. Mark's Episcopal Church

02/08/2026

The pull toward rigid certainty and the pull toward cynical disengagement are deeply human. But neither leads us into the full maturity of an adult faith—one capable of navigating nuance, complexity, and real life as it actually is. The option Jesus offers is not a retreat to certainty or an escape into doubt, but a deeper, more demanding faith—a faith that has learned how to ride without training wheels.

The pull toward rigid certainty and the pull toward cynical disengagement are deeply human. But neither leads us into the full maturity of an adult faith—one capable of navigating nuance, complexit…

02/08/2026

5th Sunday of Epiphany
February 8, 2026

02/08/2026

Greetings friends! We are currently experiencing technical difficulties, but the team is hard at work. Livestream will begin as soon as we are able. Thank you for your patience.

02/01/2026

4th Sunday of Epiphany February 1, 2026

01/28/2026

St. Mark’s Church gives thanks today for the new ministry of the Most Reverend and Right Honorable Sarah, the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury.

Her Grace is the 106th person and the first woman to occupy the See of Canterbury since its foundation in the year 597 CE.

Archbishop Sarah serves as Primate and Metropolitan of All England and ceremonial head of the Anglican Communion, the worldwide fellowship of which The Episcopal Church is a Province.

01/26/2026

St. Mark’s is excited to announce that we will be joined by a very special guest at worship this Sunday:

Our longtime friend, the Venerable Beth Drew, Archdeacon of the Episcopal Diocese of the Great Lakes!

Archdeacon Beth will be preaching at Mass and telling us all about the forthcoming diocesan mission trip to the Dominican Republic, where she will be joined by St. Mark’s parishioners Don & Patricia Hetrick.

A special blessing on their travel and ministry will be given at this service.

01/25/2026

Light doesn’t change much—but it brings clarity. It allows the truth of our present moment to be seen for what it is. Light beats back the darkness of fear with the brightness of perspective. When we look around the room with the lights on, we see what’s really going on, and we are not afraid.

With the lights on, we can say to the monster under our bed, “You’re not really there. You have no power over me.”
With the lights on, we can say to the mess on the floor, “I’m going to clean you up tomorrow, and you will not cause me to stumble and fall during this temporary time of darkness.”
With the lights on, we can say to our fears—both real and imaginary—“You don’t scare me anymore.”

Sermon for the 3rd Sunday of Epiphany. The biblical text is Isaiah 9:1-4. Back when I was a little kid, I would sometimes wake up in the middle of the night, maybe after a nightmare, and I would lo…

01/25/2026

Stay warm!
Come to church in your jammies!
Morning Prayer, 3rd Sunday of Epiphany

01/24/2026

In addition to our Sunday service moving online this week, the next session of We The People, which we are hosting in partnership with our Presbyterian, Methodist, and Beech House neighbors, has been rescheduled for next Sunday (2/1) at 2pm, at First Presbyterian Church.

01/24/2026

We will hold a virtual morning prayer this Sunday (January 25) at 10:00 am. Please access the livestream here, on this page.

01/20/2026

Sunday's sermon is a couple of days late this week, but here it is!

"We get a glimpse, in John’s vision, of the way God sees each and every one of us. When we feel misunderstood or misjudged, God looks at us and seeing past the shell of worldly categories to the treasure beneath the surface of our lives."

Sermon for the second Sunday after the Epiphany The biblical text is John 1:29-42. Most of us have experienced what it feels like to be misjudged or misunderstood.The pain of that memory can someti…