Saint Mark Lutheran Church

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Saint Mark Lutheran Church We are a welcoming community of believers and seekers. 🏳️‍🌈 Join us on the journey! Saint Mark ELCA is located in downtown Salem, Oregon. Services:
9:30 a.m.

Welcoming All in Christ
Journeying Together in Faith
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10/16/2026
From the Lutheran Church of Dell Rapids (ELCA) in South Dakota. Please press See More.
09/22/2026

From the Lutheran Church of Dell Rapids (ELCA) in South Dakota. Please press See More.

As we get rolling with the 2026-27 faith formation year we wanted to make sure everyone is aware of our policy regarding children in church:

If your kids are loud, please still come to church.

If you’re running late because getting everyone out the door was a battle, please still come to church.

If your toddler won’t sit still, please still come to church.

If your baby needs to eat, please still come to church.

If your child asks questions at the least convenient time, please still come to church.

If someone cries, drops a toy, needs a snack, or has to make their third trip to the bathroom, please still come to church.

If your child doesn’t know all the words, all the prayers, or exactly when to sit and stand, please still come to church.

If you feel like you spent the entire service managing your children and heard approximately 12% of the sermon, please still come to church.

If Sunday morning feels messy instead of peaceful, please still come to church.

If you’re worried your children are distracting the people around you, please still come to church.

Because children do not learn how to be part of the Church by staying home until they can sit quietly.

They learn by being here.

They learn the hymns by hearing us sing them.

They learn the prayers by hearing us pray them.

They learn to worship by watching us worship.

They learn that church is home because we make room for them here.

The wiggles, whispers, dropped crayons, crying babies, and little voices are not interruptions to the life of the Church.

They are evidence that the Church is alive.

So bring the babies. Bring the toddlers. Bring the big kids. Come late. Sit in the back. Sit in the front. Step out when you need to and come right back in.

Just come.

Children are not simply the future of the Church. They are part of the Church right now.

Written by Pastor Mark Schlamann
(Not a pastor at LCDR)

Co-signed by Pastor Willie Rosin (pictured with his son, Ezra) and the entire LCDR staff

09/19/2026

You can donate to help those affected by the wildfires in Spokane through Lutheran World Relief.
08/05/2026

You can donate to help those affected by the wildfires in Spokane through Lutheran World Relief.

Our teams rely on faithful and compassionate people like you. Thank you for delivering critically needed emergency aid, when and where it is needed most.

Bishop Laurie Larson Caesar is asking that we all join in prayer and protest tomorrow morning if you can, or wrap Franci...
07/15/2026

Bishop Laurie Larson Caesar is asking that we all join in prayer and protest tomorrow morning if you can, or wrap Francisco in prayer at 10:00 am PT. Love thy neighbor. Welcome the foreigner. Work for peace and nonviolence in the land.

07/04/2026

Happy Fourth of July!

"Today we celebrate the history and independence of the United States as well as the long history of Native Americans in North America before the birth of our nation. Pray for the wisdom and resolve we need to ensure freedom, justice and equity for all people — in our nation and around the world." —Prayer Ventures

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790 Marion Street NE
Salem, OR
97301

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(503) 588-0141

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