Minot St. Mark's Lutheran Church

06/04/2026

Tomorrow is the last chance to bring in items for our VBS Mission Drive for Dakota Hope Clinic of Minot. Items can be dropped off in the pack n play in the foyer between 10:00AM-6:00PM.

We met our first goal of 100 items today, so the kids decided to up our goal to 150 individual items by tomorrow….

Any new donations are appreciated!

06/02/2026

Day ✌🏻of VBS was so much fun! We continued our journey through Emerald Crossing alongside “Guide the Border Collie”, our Creature Feature Animal of the day!

Guide reminds us of our Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ, who loving “guides” us through Psalm 23:2-3

“He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads (guides) me in paths of righteousness for His name sake…”

We’re looking forward to day three to meet our next Creature Feature Animal and continue on our Irish journey through Psalm 23.

06/01/2026

Day 1 of VBS was an absolute blast thanks to our AMAZING, HARD WORKING, CREATIVE, and GOOFY VOLUNTEERS! We are all looking forward to seeing the kids again for day ✌🏻tomorrow! ☘️🐏✝️

05/29/2026

Many hands make light work and I am so grateful for the 7 extra pairs of hands that came to help last night to set up the gigantic VBS scene setter posters!

A BIG thank you goes out to Jacob, Sean, Chandler, Tyler, Kassidy, Dena, and Renee, for taking time out of their evenings to to help me out.

I can’t believe VBS starts on Sunday already! We have a lot of new things happening this year and I am so excited to see how the Lord blesses each and every part of it.

I’ve been reminding myself recently that Vacation Bible School is so much more than an amazingly decorated space and high engaging activities; it’s a place we have the opportunity as a church, to share the love of Jesus Christ with children and their families in our community. Whether 10 children attend or 100 children attend, the blessing is still ours to be able to host this event for them.

It isn’t solely our work as a church that plants the seed, I know that the Holy Spirit will definitely be working throughout the week of VBS as the word of God is shared through Psalm 23 with the youngest sheep of His flock.

If you are signed up to volunteer this week in any capacity, we appreciate you! If you are unable to volunteer this week, please keep our volunteers and children in your daily prayers.

Thank you for allowing me the privilege to be your VBS director this year! It’s definitely been a learning experience, but I am so grateful.

- Virginia Braaten
St. Mark’s Youth Director

05/17/2026

Today we celebrated the Rite of Confirmation for our three Confirmands; Emma Wilcox, Mason Keller, and Nathan Ruelle.

What a joy it was for their extended families and our congregation, to celebrate this special faith filled day alongside them as they confessed their faith in Christ Jesus our Lord.

As their church family, we hold the duty of keeping Emma, Mason, and Nathan in our prayers asking that the Lord would continue to bless them and keep them in both His Word and His Sacrament.

Congratulations to the Wilcox, Keller, and Ruelle families.

05/15/2026