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

08/28/2026

What a beautiful afternoon for Naz in Action day! These awesome first year students from Nazareth University came out to serve in our EDEN 1199 Garden. We’re grateful for their hard work, and even more grateful to be part of their university service learning journey!

07/29/2026

There's still time to join the EDEN Garden Choir to sing at the Rochester Red Wings on August 16! Send us a message to reserve your tickets for the game, and come to service that morning for a quick rehearsal and lunch afterwards!

06/29/2026

Some service days are just a little extra special in the EDEN Gardens. We were filled with gratitude to be surrounded by this community of family, friends, and alumni from Bloomfield and Webster Thomas High Schools coming together for another day of Service for Sammi.

06/13/2026

It’s a beautiful day to spend in the EDEN Church Garden! Stop by 1245 Culver Road for a cup of coffee, pick your own cherries, and community time. We’re here today (Saturday) til noon!

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.