St. Mark's United Methodist Church

03/05/2026

03/29/2023

Dear St. Mark's family,

Grace and peace to you from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!

This Sunday, our children will perform a walk-through holy week. We are blessed to have support from their parents and Joan Schad, who tirelessly devotes herself to children's ministry.

Then, on Easter Sunday, April 9, at 10 a.m., we will celebrate with holy communion the joyous and triumphant resurrection of Jesus, who delivered us from darkness to light. Because this service is the richest and most glorious occasion for worship in the entire year, I invite you, your family, and your friends to honor and praise God's mercy and His Son Jesus' resurrection.

Special offering envelopes for Easter will be available. Let us express our gratitude to God, who sent us Jesus and raised Him for our sake. Your generous support of our ministry is very appreciated.

Faithfully yours,
Pastor Gunshik

Another reminder, United Methodist Women (UMW) will hold their bake sale after Palm Sunday service. Please donate and purchase some baked goods!

02/09/2023

Dear Congregation,
Ash Wednesday Service with the imposition of ashes will be held on February 22, 2023 at 10 a.m. in the Sanctuary.
Have a blessed day!

03/09/2022

Good Afternoon St. Mark’s Congregation,

Our church wants to help Ukraine in any way we can. We were just made aware of an opportunity.
In conjunction with Holy Family Ukrainian Catholic Church of Lindenhurst, St. Mark’s will be collecting supplies that are needed. These supplies must be brought to St. Mark’s no later than Sunday March 13 after our worship service.
For your convenience, a plastic bin will be set up on the front porch of the parsonage, so you can deliver any time that works best for you. Janet Vaughan will drive all supplies that we collect out to Lindenhurst Sunday after church, so that they can be shipped out on Monday.
Supplies needed:
Men’s gloves, hats, socks, under ware, blankets, Bain Aids, antiseptic/Neosporin, tooth paste/tooth brush, bar soap, wash cloths, hand sanitizer, hand wipes, toe/hand warmers.

Thank you in advance for the help!

12/24/2021

Friends,

We have late guidance from the Bishop that makes cancelling the in person option for this evening's service prudent. Along with other requirements, no singing (including solo's, etc.) presents a particular challenge for this hymn based service.

We are going to have a Zoom Only virtual/remote service. Christine will be playing and singing from her home. We hope to have many of the service components in place for the remote service - this is a work in progress.

If you are able, please have a candle and lighter (or LED cande) at the ready, and be in a room/environment where you can dim your lights - we will have a virtual candle lighting and sing Silent Night. Note that your computer or phone screen may provide all the light you need to provide "dim" lighting, and please be careful with any lit candles!

The nature of Zoom audio does not allow us to collectively sing (in a meaningful musical way), so during the service most microphones will be muted. I encourage you to sing along with Christine.

If you are a reader, please "raise your hand" in Zoom so you can easily be found in the Zoom participant list.

This coming Sunday's service will also be Zoom only - a separate email with the bullentin will be circulated in the near future.

Please find the bulletin for the Christmas Eve (Friday, December 24th) Service attached.

The Christmas Eve service link and phone number (for landline/voice only) are found below.

Please wrap up any pre-service conversations before the scheduled start time. We have been starting a minute or three after to allow people to connect over Zoom and get seated in the sanctuary (adhering to various protocol, etc.). We should be fairly practiced at this now, so will be starting the service closer to or at the announced time.

Be Safe, Be Well

Nate

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St. Mark’s UMC Christmas Eve Worship Service will take place online/on phone at 5:30pm on Friday, December 24.

Join Zoom Meeting - click the link below for computer/cell phone video and audio

zoom.us/j/812777011

One tap mobile

+19292056099,,812777011 # US (New York)



Dial by your location

+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)

Meeting ID: 812 777 011

- For phone (audio only) use * 6 to toggle mute/unmute

- The meeting page on Zoom will be activated about 15 minutes before our service is scheduled to start. You will be placed in the "waiting room" and admitted to the service meeting by the host.

- I suggest you plan to join about 5 minutes before the scheduled start to allow the host to admit everyone for a timely start..

- You may join a little earlier to converse with others before the service. Be aware it can be audibly chaotic, and please wrap up any conversations prior to the starting time of the service.

RESOURCES:

Here is a link to the Zoom tutorial on joining a meeting from any applicable communication device.

Joining a meeting Tutorial

To check your computer connection and test your computer microphone and speakers, use this link:

zoom.us/test

Zoom's secure, reliable video platform powers all of your communication needs, including meetings, chat, phone, webinars, and online events.

12/16/2021

My dear friends of St. Mark's,

In the most precious and holy name of Christ Jesus, I write you this Christmas greeting.

Christmas is always a joyful season celebrating the birth of the Messiah, who brings us faith in place of doubt and strength in place of fear. We have hope and love guiding and resting our hearts in peace and love through Him.

Your generous Christmas donation to the church will be appreciated. We together can bring the love and peace of Christ to all around us through our mission and ministry. Would you please send your Christmas offerings to St. Mark's United Methodist Church, 200 Hempstead Avenue, Rockville Centre, NY 11570?

May God bless you this season.
Peace in every heart, the joy to all the world . . .

Christmas, 2021
Pastor Gunshik