St. Mark's & St. John's Episcopal Church

06/01/2026

We mean it - this month, and every month 🏳️‍🌈

05/21/2026

All smiles and sunshine for Day of Caring! We have so much gratitude for our friends at for a phenomenal day of garden prep. These hardworking students moved truckloads of soil and mulch, planted, weeded, and so much more! 🌻

05/05/2026

Relationships are everything at SMSJ! Cameron served in the EDEN Gardens as a high school student with - and has now inspired her sorority to do the same! We had a great time in the EDEN 1199 Garden with this crew getting ready for spring planting. 🐇🌻

04/28/2026

In honor of our favorite trees finally blooming, we’re meditating on the poem “Returning Spring” by Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray - activist, legal scholar, poet, an Episcopal priest.

I’ll sink my roots far down
And drink from hidden rivers,
Renew my kinship with growing things—
The little ants will hold their congresses
Upon my arm, and cautious insects
Will make brief tours across my brows
And spiders spin webs from toe to toe.

The spears of sun will prick
No blade of grass to wakefulness
But I shall feel it tremble,
No further straw be laid upon a nest,
No twig but I shall see it quiver.

I’ll hear the symphonies within a stone,
Catch every murmur of the ground,
Travel the heavens with each vagrant cloud
And ark the golden islands in the sky.

04/24/2026

Spring has officially sprung! Thanks to our friends from , we made some huge moves in our EDEN Gardens today! 🌻

04/24/2026

Post three… today…

Join us on Saturday April 25th at 3:30 PM to stand in community and celebrate the bravery, love and passion of community leader Dolores Bustamante. On April 22 Dolores was detained during a scheduled immigration check in, since then she has been consistently moved across the country. We demand that Dolores be brought back home to NYS and that she be freed from ICE Detention so that she can rejoin her family. Parking will be available, support for the family, ways to get involved and other resource will also be available

Acompáñenos el sábado 25 de abril a las 3:30 p. m. para unirnos como comunidad y celebrar la valentía, el amor y la pasión de la líder comunitaria Dolores Bustamante. El 22 de abril, Dolores fue detenida durante una cita programada de control migratorio; desde entonces, ha sido trasladada repetidamente a través del país. Exigimos que Dolores sea traída de regreso a su hogar en el estado de Nueva York y que sea liberada de la detención del ICE para que pueda reunirse con su familia. Habrá estacionamiento disponible; asimismo, se ofrecerá apoyo para la familia, información sobre formas de involucrarse y otros recursos.

04/24/2026

Second post… 1 day ago…

Our hearts are heavy as we share the news that Dolores was indeed detained, at about 11:30 this morning. She was surrounded by her friends, her loved ones, and her community as she bravely entered her ICE appointment.

While this was not the news we were hoping for, we can tell you that there are some options still in play. We will be sharing more details tomorrow, along with ways that you can help Dolores in this fight.

If you are a person of faith, please continue to pray for her, and to everyone, we say: Continue to stand up and fight for justice, for Dolores and for everyone who is detained.

04/24/2026

First post… 2 days ago…

04/21/2026

What a gift to be recipients of ALL of this personal care, household, and hygiene supplies through the Food Outreach Project at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County! All of these supplies (and equipment to host new nutrition education workshops) will be distributed to our neighbors and Food Shelf guests!

04/15/2026

We can’t wait to host this workshop with our friends at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County! Link to register below!