Summer Music Fun: Dinner and A Show!

Our singing and handbell choirs don’t usually rehearse during the summer months.

This summer is going to be different!

We will work on POP music, tunes from Broadway and cinema, and who knows what else!?! We would love to have any guest singers so please invite your friends. (If you are reading this on my blog, then invite yourself - but contact me first so I'll have enought music!)

Our Wednesday night rehearsal schedule will look like this:

5:30 - 6:30 bell rehearsal in the nave
6:30 - 7:00 Bring Your Own Dinner! I hope that ringers will stay late and singers will come early for some fellowship and chit chat. Bring a brown bag or stop at a drive-thru on your way to church.
7:00 - 8:30 choir rehearsal in the music suite

We will rehearse on the following evenings:
June 8, June 15, June 22,June 29, July 6, July 13

Our concert, Dinner And A Show, will be on Wednesday evening, July 20th, at 7:30. Please invite friends and family for fun and fellowship. Details are still being worked out about the dinner. It may be catered, it may be potluck; whatever the fare, it will certainly be fun!

Prayers of Intercession for Easter 5

The Prayers of Intercession used in worship on Easter 5(May 22nd) were written by our confirmation class. Thanks to Jordan, A.J., Evan, Rebuen, and Luke.


Send your Holy Spirit, O God, so that all troubled or fighting countries may come to an agreement and have everlasting peace and justice. Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great.

Send your Holy Spirit, O God, to your church here at St. Mark's and around the world so that all our brothers and sisters may come together in love. Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great.

Send your Holy Spirit, O God, so that all families and those who live alone can worship you. Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great.

Send your Holy Spirit, O God, so that the sick and lonely will be comforted and strengthened spiritually and physically, especially (names inserted). Help them see your everlasting light in their time of need. Hear us, O God.
Your mercy is great.

Photo of St. Mark's by Bill Daugherty

June 19th at 7:30 PM: The Bells of Christ Church from Savannah, Georgia

The Bells of Christ Church is an auditioned handbell choir of teens and college-aged youth from Christ Church (Anglican) in Savannah, Georgia. This year, St. Mark’s will be the first stop on their tour. The group has performed in Washington D.C., Colonial Williamsburg, and at the International Music Festival, Spoleto, in Charleston. Their concert includes a history of handbells and testimonies from the ringers. This is an event you will not want to miss!

The group performs under the direction of Mark Williams, Minister of Music at Christ Church, established in 1733, in Savannah, GA.

An offering will be taken and all are welcome!

June 5th at 6:00 P.M. Organist Jeremy Thompson in Concert at St. Mark's

Dr. Thompson is the Director of Music at First Presbyterian Church in Goldsboro, NC and will be performing a concert on our 1984 Zimmer organ. Born in Dipper Harbor, New Brunswick, Canada, Dr. Thompson began his organ studies in Montreal. He holds a Doctorate of Music in piano performance, but has recently begun to concentrate on organ performance.

We don’t have many opportunities to hear our organ used in a setting other than Sunday morning worship, so this will be a special treat. The concert is free, and a free will offering will be taken.

May 29th: Church Music Celebration!

The time of our annual Church Music Celebration is approaching once again. This year’s event will be on May 29th at 5:00 p.m. in the nave. Each of our musical ensembles will perform a few of their favorite selections from the past year.

Come hear the Festival Choir, Kingdom Choir, St. Mark’s Ringers, Alleluia Ringers, and Eric and Ellen Olson of the San Marco Chamber Music Society. If you have friends who sing and ring in other churches, this is a perfect event for them. (Those of us who are church musicians rarely get a chance to hear the choirs of other churches because it’s hard to visit other churches on Sunday morning without being missed at “home.”)

A reception will follow.