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Education Volunteer Appreciation Dinner
On Monday, May 6th, the Board of Education at St. Mark held a volunteer appreciation dinner to recognize those that have had an impact on the youth at St. Mark over the past school year. Deacon Chris Ryan, head of the St. Mark Board of Education thanked all those in attendance. The event featured a lively, white elephant, gift auction along with unofficial Martin Luther currency, thanks to Kim Ryan.
May men’s breakfast
On Saturday, May 4th, the men of St. Mark gathered at the Rise and Dine Cafe in downtown Chesterland. As usual, a delicious breakfast was served by the Rise and Dine staff. The Rev. Robert Mertz of Our Savior Lutheran church in Mayfield Heights gave an interesting presentation on the subject of “time.” The multi-media presentation included a rendition of the song made famous by the rock group “The Byrds “, “Turn, Turn”Turn.”The lyrics are taken almost verbatim from the book of Ecclesiastes,…
Easter baskets-geauga Job and Family Services
The members of St. Mark filled over 170 Easter Baskets and loaded them on “Prayer Force One ” and took them to the office of Geauga County Job and Family Services to be distributed to childern in Geauga County. Many thanks to Giant Eagle Supermarket for their donation of baskets to help us with this outreach.
Happy Birthday -African Refugees
On Saturday, Mar. 23, a team from St. Mark boarded “Prayer Force One” the church bus and headed to Trinity Lutheran in Ohio City to celebrate the birthdays of the African Refugees in Trinity’s Refugee Outreach program. St. Mark members had baked cupcakes and the team served a chicken dinner to these refugees who are primarily from the Congo and Rwanda. Pastor Jerry Mitchell shared the GOOD NEWS of Jesus Christ through an interpreter to the guests and the youngsters…
St. Mark Women’s Retreat 2019
On Saturday, March 16, 2019, the St. Mark Women’s League held their annual retreat. The event was open to all women, not just St. Mark members. The Reverend Mark Matzke, Pastor at St. Mark gave the opening presentation, highlighting the theme, “Let God Be Your GPS.” A number of speakers presented during the day followed by discussion sessions. Lunch was served. It was a delightful day for all that attended.
Save a Life give Blood at St. Mark
Save a Life! Give blood! We need people interested in donating blood to sign up (sheet on the St. Mark bulletin board). The Red Cross will assign a date once we have 15-25 possible donors. Any questions, or if you wish to sign up by phone contact Donna Robinson. 216-496-2279.
Bio-Ethics Seminar at Christ Lutheran Church
Grow In Grace And Knowledge February 16, 2019 10:00am – 12:00pm Category: Seminar On Saturday February 16, 2019 Christ Lutheran Church will host Chaplain Major Glen Wurdeman who will speak to us on the timely topic of bio-ethics from a Christian perspective. Chaplain (MAJ) Glen Wurdeman earned a B.A in speech communication from the University of Nebraska in 1983 and an M.S. in college student personnel administration from Indiana University in 1985. After working as the coordinator of student organizations and…
LWML Prayer Service at St. Mark
The Northeast Zone of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League(LWML) held a prayer service on February 9th at St. Mark. The prayer service was written by Rev. Allen D. Anderson, past president of the Rocky Mountain District of The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. Pastor Kevin Guynn, Northeast Zone Counselor, gave the message. During a luncheon hosted by the St. Mark LWML chapter, Jackie Rychel, president of Ministry In Mission, gave a presentation on the progress and completion of the Elderly Christian…
2019 Chilli Cook Off
The 2019 version of the St. Mark Annual Chilli cook off is in the books. Over 10 entries were sampled by a hungry group of all ages. The winner Lucas Zelznick a young man in the St. Mark pre confirmation class won best tasting competition.. Congrats Lucas. Mark Rychel, took the most creative prize. The night was capped off by a raucous game of family feud , hosted by Chris Ryan, doing his best Steve Harvey impersonation. The entire group…
Annual Women’s League Luncheon
On Saturday, Jan. 12, the annual women’s league luncheon was held at St. Denis Golf Course Party Center. thanks to Donna Robinson for the great pictures