St. Mark's Episcopal Church

09/05/2026

Our concrete restoration project is finished! Doesn't it look good? Many thanks for the hard work and dedication of our property management team. Let them know what you think about it on Sunday, and comment below.

09/04/2026

.paulssoup Fundraiser Dinner and Music: 80's Night!
Join us for as we celebrate a fun evening of food, music, and prizes as we support the soup kitchen's annual fundraiser dinner. It will be held at the Mount Pleasant Golf Club in Lowell on Saturday, September 19, from 6:00 to 10:00 PM. The 80’s themed evening will feature dinner, dancing, silent auctions, raffles, and plenty of fun to go around. We expect to fill at least one table, as we did last year. Tickets are $55 per person individually, $50 per person if we fill a table. Please contact Paul Ackroyd or Joan O'Hare if you're interested.

09/03/2026

This is what "hands and feet" looks like in real life, you serving soup, us serving meatloaf, everybody just trying to love their neighbor a little better. 🍲✨ Thank you for having us, St. Pauls Soup Kitchen!

St. Mark's Episcopal Church, thank you!!
Meatloaf is a favorite comfort food! 🥘

We appreciate your support and the love all these years!!

09/02/2026

We are so excited to welcome our children back to Sunday School starting September 13th! Every Sunday at 10 AM, our kids gather to explore Bible stories, grow in faith, and learn that they are deeply loved by God and by this community.

Children are the heart of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Westford. Whether you’re part of our parish family or simply looking for a warm, welcoming place for your child to grow in faith, we want you here. All children from Westford, the surrounding communities, and beyond are warmly invited to join us this fall!

For more information contact Judie at [email protected] ❤️

09/01/2026

Volunteer with Us at St. Paul's Soup Kitchen
Wednesday, September 2, 2026: We will be serving our popular meal of meatloaf, mashed potatoes, salad, dessert, bread, and milk. If you would like to be added to the sign-up for donations, email Paul Ackroyd. All are Welcome! www.st-mark.org

08/30/2026

14th Sunday After Pentecost
The Burning Bush: In this week's readings, God speaks from a burning bush that is not consumed, revealing the divine name to a reluctant Moses: I Am Who I Am. God sends him directly toward the suffering he had fled. That same holy ground runs beneath Paul's breathtaking vision of the Christian life: genuine love, hospitality extended to strangers, evil overcome not by force but by good, enemies fed rather than conquered. Jesus makes the cost explicit: Take up your cross, lose your life to find it. The God who grafts love into our hearts and brings forth the fruit of good works is the same God who sends us, like Moses, back toward the very place we thought we could not go.

#𝑮𝒐𝒅𝑰𝒔𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅𝑨𝒍𝒍𝑻𝒉𝒆𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆 #𝑮𝒐𝒅𝑰𝒔𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆

08/28/2026

Praise Be to God! Our altar carpet has been replaced, and our Sanctuary has never looked better! With the new carpet, completed lighting project, and refurbished rail all coming together, our sacred space is truly transformed.

A heartfelt thank you to our Property team, Altar Guild, and all the volunteers who made this happen. Come see it for yourself this Sunday! Questions? Contact Michael O'Hare

08/23/2026

In this week’s readings, God’s purposes cannot be drowned, buried, or oppressed into silence; they keep multiplying, keep escaping, keep surfacing in the most unlikely places. Shiphrah and Puah, two midwives whose names Pharaoh never bothered to learn, fear God more than empire and quietly subvert the machinery of death; a mother hides her son in a basket of reeds, and a princess pulls him from the water, and the deliverer of Israel is saved by the courage of women on both sides of the divide. Paul calls the church to be transformed, presenting our different gifts as parts of one body in Christ. And Jesus turns to his disciples and asks the question that still demands an answer: Who do you say that I am?

08/22/2026

Venezuela Earthquake Relief: St. Mark's has donated $500 through Episcopal Relief & Development to support communities affected by the devastating earthquake in Venezuela. If you feel called to give, contributions to our Outreach Fund help us respond quickly and compassionately to needs near and far. Thank you for putting your faith into action. www.episcopalrelief.org

08/22/2026

We are saddened to share that Ralph M. Regner, a beloved member of our St. Mark's community and longtime folk group performer, passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 6, 2026, at age 88. Ralph was well known for his beautiful singing, both with our own folk group and with the Gentlemen's Songsters barbershop chorus in Lowell.

His Funeral Service will be held here at St. Mark's on Friday, August 28, 2026, at 11:00 am. Visiting hours will take place on Thursday, August 27, from 4–6 PM at the Blake Chelmsford Funeral Home in Chelmsford.

Please keep Ralph's wife, Marcia, and their entire family in your prayers during this time. Read Ralph's full obituary: https://www.lowellsun.com/obituaries/ralph-m-regner-chelmsford-ma/