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Serving those in Need at Trinity Lutheran
St. Mark has partnered with Trinity Lutheran in Ohio City for many years. We serve a community meal once per month, help stock the Trinity food pantry and bring clothes for their clothing outreach. February has been exceptionally busy, St. Mark held a “Stuff the Bus” event and we loaded “Prayer Force One, ” the church bus with donated clothes, particularly men’s clothes, which were in need. On Feb 22, 2020, members of the St. Mark congregation, made Chili and…
annual chili Cook-Off 2020
On Feb. 8, 2020, the wildly popular St. Mark Chili cook-off happened. The hungry audience sampled from 11 selections of Chili. The fare included Mom’s Chili, Bison Chili and a “deer “favorite, Bison Chili. After an exceedingly close vote, Tom Holt’s “Addiction Special” won for the best Chili and expert chef Ray Gleske, a winner from 2 years ago, took the most original medal. Vicar Chris Ryan announced the St. Mark 2020 Retreat which will take place in Jumonville PA…
2020 Annual Women’s Luncheon
On January 18, 2020, the women of St. Mark braved the icy, snowy, rainy weather to attend the annual women’s luncheon. This year’s venue was St. Denis golf course in Chardon Ohio. An interesting program about “Oils of Ancient Scripture” by St. Mark member Marti Jacobson and her associate Stacey Kelly, representing Young Living Consultants, an essential oils distributor, was enjoyed by all.
New Members at St. Mark !!
The members of St. Mark invited 15 new members into their fellowship on Jan. 12, 2020! Introduced at each of the 3 Sunday morning services, they had recently completed the “Life with God “class taught by Pastor Ken Welsh. A breakfast attended by the new members along with many of the members of the St. Mark Church Council and Board of Elders was provided by the St. Mark Women’s League. If you would like to know more about the Lutheran…
January Men’s Breakfast
On January 4, 2020, the men St. Mark held their monthly breakfast. This first men’s breakfast of the new year was a changing of the guard. For the first time in 12 years, Ron Cudnik and Pastor Ken Welsh were not the organizers. Bruce Robinson and Ron Meister have taken on the responsibility of organizing the men’s breakfast. The group still meets at Rise and Dine in downtown Chesterland, 2769 Chillicothe Rd, Chesterland, OH 44026. The lively conversation starts at…
A St.Mark – Trinity Lutheran Christmas
On December 21, 2019, members of St. Mark joined in a caravan of cars led by the St. Mark church bus “Prayer Force One” to Trinity Lutheran in Ohio City to hold a joint Chrismas Party for the homeless and needy. St. Mark members collected hygiene supplies over the previous 3 weeks and members of the Tuesday Morning Bible study at St. Mark assembled them in Christmas gift bags. Members of St. Mark also served a meal that included homemade…
December Community Lunch
On the last Wednesday of each month St. Mark hosts a delicious lunch for all that wish to attend at a special price. FREE !! On December 18th, one week early due to the Christmas Holiday, We shared our Christmas luncheon with the community. The St. Mark Church bus, “Prayerforce One, ” picked up a group of seniors at the West Geauga Senior Center and sang Christmas Carols on the way to St Mark’s and on the way back to…
Happy Birthday, Jesus!
Sunday, Dec. 15 at St. Mark featured a birthday party at the St. Mark Sunday school, including Christmas Carols, fun and games a beautifully decorated cake and reading out loud of the story of the birth of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ from the bible, students took turns reading. St. Mark has Sunday school for ages 5 and above every Sunday during the school year at 9:45 am to 10:45 am. For more information, contact the church office at…
December Men’s Breakfast
On Dec. 7, 2019, the men of St. Mark met for their monthly men’s breakfast at Rise and Dine Cafe in downtown Chesterland. For over 12 years, organizers Ron Cudnik and Rev. Ken Welsh have dedicated themselves to this breakfast, Ron, has made many phone calls and Pastor Ken has provided many interesting speakers from all walks of life. They are passing this responsibility to long-time member and former congregation Ron Meister. Ron was this month’s speaker and spoke of…
Gift of the Magi Boutique 2019
The Ladies at St. Mark transformed the hallways, library and fellowship hall into a magical Christmas boutique. On Friday and Saturday on the second weekend in November 2019. Christmas shoppers from Northeast Ohio, gathered at St. Mark to purchase beautiful, unique handcrafted items, from Christmas trees made from old hand saws to warm knitted hats and scarfs. Shoppers marveled at these unique offerings. Many thanks to all the vendors who made our 2019 Gift of the Magi Boutique a success.…
October Men’s Breakfast
Rise and Dine Cafe in Downtown Chesterland has been the home of the “St. Mark Men’s Breakfast” for more than 10 years. Pastor Ken Welsh and Ron Cudnik have faithfully contacted men and found speakers for each breakfast. This month’s speaker was Rev. Jeff Stevens. Pastor Stevens is well known to St. Mark members, he has mentored St. Mark in their search for a vision statement and has helped St. Mark as a representative of the Ohio District. Pastor Stevens,…