Faith ~ Family ~ Friends
Sharing Christian Life/ Making Friends/ Lighting the Way
158 North Avenue Tallmadge, OH 44278 330-633-3718
Sharing Christian Life/ Making Friends/ Lighting the Way
158 North Avenue Tallmadge, OH 44278 330-633-3718
Up-coming Events: 2020 Church News:
Events:
Property Committee - Thursday February 4th, 7pm Holy Communion - Monday February 8th, 3-5pm Church Council - Thursday February 11th, 6:30pm Dates may change as we get closer to the events. Please check back often. Update from Pastor January 19, 2021
Dear people of God, “For God alone my soul in silence waits; truly my hope is in Him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold, so that I shall not be shaken.” (Psalm 62:6-7) “It’s been a quiet week in Lake Woebegon…” Fans of the long-running radio program “A Prairie Home Companion” will recognize the invariable opening of Garrison Keillor’s weekly monologue about life in his mythical Minnesota home town. Listeners quickly learned that every week was a “quiet” week in Lake Woebegon. That did not mean it was uneventful, and certainly not inconsequential. Life happened in the daily activities of the community’s members and in their interactions with one another; and every single week, Keillor managed to weave together stories of the ordinary in a way that revealed the value and the significance of what we might consider “the everyday.” It’s a quiet season at St. Mark. Christmas has faded in the rear-view mirror. Lent is on the way, but not here quite yet. We continue to be cautious about the spread of the COVID-19 virus even as we anticipate more and more people receiving the vaccine and resuming a more “normal” schedule of activities. In the meantime we wait, and we trust the Lord to be at work in us and amongst us causing us to grow in faith, hope, and love. The Church has entered into a brief season of “ordinary” time after the cycle of Advent-Christmas-Epiphany. This year there are four “green Sundays” before the Epiphany season ends with Transfiguration Sunday (and Mardi Gras!) Lent begins with Ash Wednesday on February 17th. As of now, the plan is to observe Ash Wednesday along with St. Luke’s, Cuyahoga Falls, “Together, but Separate.” It will be rather different from other years (you should be used to that qualifying phrase by now) but we are aiming for a 12 noon worship service here at St. Mark and a 7 p.m. service at St. Luke’s. I will have more details in the next letter, as well as something about a midweek Lenten “gathering” (Spoiler: Don’t count on soup, salad, and dessert on Wednesday evening unless you make it yourself. L ) At our January meeting, the St. Mark church council voted to postpone the annual congregational meeting, which in the ordinary course of things would have taken place on Sunday, February 28. The new meeting date will be Sunday, April 25. Our hope is that many of our members, particularly those at greatest risk from COVID-19, will have received the vaccine and be able to participate in person. (A “virtual” meeting that would satisfy constitutional and legal requirements would be challenging, to say the least.) It seems worth noting, by the way, that April 25 in the calendar of the Church is the feast day of St. Mark the Evangelist! The Building Accessibility Task (BAT Force) held a productive meeting earlier this month. It was decided to authorize officially “stamped” architectural drawings of a new, accessible entryway and of an additional ADA-compliant bathroom. When these are completed, construction bids will be sought; and when we have some estimates, the congregation will be asked to decide how best to proceed with building modifications. The following members, friends, and family were in our prayers as of last Sunday: Dorothy Arbour, Juli Carlson, Ashley Davis, Dick Foss, Steve Fry, Doug and Pat Gardner, Bill George, Jen and Jasmine Lamey, Richard Mattson, Nile Whitsett, and Lori Wright. Please also remember the folks who reside in an Assisted Living or Skilled Nursing Facility and have been “locked down” for these many months: Jane Baddorf, Wenda Count-Drach, Betty Keller, Lois Kost, Marilyn LeMasters, Lois Lytton, Cathy Lundstrom, Lew Meeker, June Mutersbaugh, Lyle Shaffstall, and Nancy Yoho. May the Lord enable and empower our everyday acts of love and service as we wait on Him, and may He hasten the days until we can gather together safely in one place again. Pastor Deborah Wissner 
Sunday School will take place during part of the church service until further notice.
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Weekly Services
SUNDAY Single Service 9:30 AM There will be a single service time will be at 9:30 until further notice. Worshippers are asked to wear a face mask and to maintain an appropriate distance while in the church building. The service live-streamed online on our Facebook page or on our YouTube Channel or there will also be a dial in option from your phone. Dial (773) 231-9226 and Enter Meeting ID: 149 585 9573# for audio stream Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Pass along the dial in information for anyone who is not online. 
Church office hours:
By Appointment 
Interested in some new St. Mark apparel? We have you covered with a variety of shirts, also a mug or car decal. This is a fundraiser for the church so your purchases will earn money for the church's choir robe fund. Items can be shipped to the church for free or to your home for a fee. Check out the St. Mark Store at the link below.
https://ritchiessports.com/shop/stmarklutheran/ 
Coffee Hour
. On hold for now, at least until fall. 
Please Note:
Our new Flower Chart is up on the bulletin board. Please pick a week and sign-up to sponsor altar flowers. Thanks! 
For Northeastern Ohio Synod, ELCA, News and Events
follow this LINK. For full ELCA Synod website, go here. How We Change The World
At St. Mark Lutheran Church we care for the hurting in our church, in our community, and in the world with the following ministries: Out Reach: Crop Walk Dare To Share In Reach: Faithful Servants Angels in the Kitchen Hand Tools for Africa Caring Cards Haven of Rest Kids Activity Bags Knitting for a Cause Prayer Shawls Lions Recycle for Sight Open M Piece Corps Quilts LWR St Bernard's Lunches Tallmadge Good Neighbors We also provide Worship, Pastoral Care, Christian Education, Fellowship, Choir and Band Ministries, and Ministries for Children-Youth-Families. As we grow in service to the Lord, so we also grow in faith. For more information on these missions and how to become a part of them, please see links below: |
If you have news that you would like to see in the monthly Messenger Newsletter or Bulletin please email to:
office@stmark-lutheran.org
Snapshot deadline is by Tuesday at 12:00 PM & Messenger information deadline is by the 20th of the month prior. ( EX: if you want it in the March edition then have it emailed in by 20th of Feb)
NOTE: There will not be any Messenger or Snapshot at this time, until further notice
office@stmark-lutheran.org
Snapshot deadline is by Tuesday at 12:00 PM & Messenger information deadline is by the 20th of the month prior. ( EX: if you want it in the March edition then have it emailed in by 20th of Feb)
NOTE: There will not be any Messenger or Snapshot at this time, until further notice
