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God’s Gift of Life
On Sunday evening, March 12, St. Mark held its third installment of the series “Lutherans In The World.” Senior Pastor Mark Matzke led the study and provided a comprehensive booklet of resources that covered many “life” issues. Topics like “Care for the Dying,” Abortion, Marriage, Life, and Family just to name a few of the topics that the resources covered. A discussion on the Biblical foundation for what the Lutheran’s believe about these issues was also led by Pastor Matzke.…
Do You Know your Bible?
At the St. Mark March men’s breakfast, St. Mark member Rev. Ron LePere our guest speaker distributed a handout that said, “Does the Bible Really Say that?” It was enlightening to all about what the Bible really says. Many of us were really surprised, and we had a lot of laughs about what we didn’t know. click here to download the questions Rev. Ron used. On the second Saturday of each month, the men of St, Mark meet at Guido’s…
Lutherans In The World Feb 2023
Each month, St. Mark hosts a study on Lutherans In The World. Last month with Pastor Mark we had an overview of the Critical Race Theory. This month we examined the roles of Lutherans with regard to Church and State. Pastor Chris led this study. The next study will be on March 12 at 6 pm in St. Mark Fellowship hall Below are links to the outline and one other document that was used in the study https://www.stmarkchester.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Handout-Main.pdf https://www.stmarkchester.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Handout-CTCR-Civil-Obedience-and-Disobedience-1966.pdf This…
“Love ” Sagna at Trinity Lutheran
February’s meal served at Trinity Lutheran in Ohio City by members of St. Mark featured a Valentine’s Day theme. We also brought clothing donations for the Trinity clothing ministry and food staples for the Trinity food pantry. We served “Love ” Sagna, Italian cut green beens, rolls, and butter along with two special cakes that highlighted John 3:16 from the Bible. The message was based on John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son,…
Mark Zimmerman at St. Mark’s Men’s Breakfast
On February 11, at St. Mark’s monthly men’s breakfast, radio host and St. Mark member Mark Zimmerman (91.9 FM WKJA or heartfelt radio.org) was our guest speaker. Mark interwove scripture with his personal experiences at St. Mark in a message that really hit home to all who attended. Mark, who is also the author of “Eli – The Phenom’s Story: A Historical Novel of the 1946 Baseball Season,” which can be purchased by clicking on this here, gave a short…
St. Mark Valentines
The St. Mark fellowship board plans a lot of fun events at church and in the community. This year they extended their outreach to many of those that can’t make it to church on a regular basis for health reasons or because they are in assisted living. Lori Cudnik, Molly Francis, Diane Keehl, Rebecca Jabs, Tibor and Kathryn Lakatosh, and Margot Fretz assembled baskets that were filled with small valentines items like wood items, glasses, door hangers, puzzle books, cookies…
Debt Reduction Breakfast
Seems like a lot of our special activities at St. Mark revolve around food. Probably true. When we are not in worship or Bible study or spreading the GOOD NEWS, as a congregation, we like to get together and socialize, and that usually involves a meal. Periodically, we have debt reduction breakfasts that fundraise to reduce the principal on our mortgage, which helped pay for our current church building. These breakfasts are sponsored by the women only at one breakfast…
January COMMUNITY Lunch
St. Mark Women’s League host a free lunch on the last Wednesday of every month in the St. Mark Fellowship Hall. On a cold and wintry January 26 late morning and early afternoon, a number of hearty souls ventured out to St. Mark for a delicious lunch of ham sliders, cheesy pasta, fruit cups and assorted desserts. Two young men, Tanis and Thomas, came all the way from the Harvard and Lee neighborhood of the city of Cleveland. Great conversation…
Lutheran East Students Partner with St. Mark
On January 21, 2023, Students from Lutheran East High School partnered with the members of St. Mark and served a meal to the homeless and needy at the Trinity Lutheran social hall in Ohio City. St. Mark members provided a well-received meal of fried chicken, mac and cheese, and peas with cookies for dessert. The Lutheran East students served the meal. The Lutheran East students also provided care packages to our guests that included, toothbrushes, toothpaste, bandaids, alcohol wipe, beef…
Men’s Breakfast, Jan. 2023
On January 14, 2023, the men of St. Mark had their monthly men’s breakfast at Guido’s Restaurant in downtown Chesterland. This breakfast is a monthly event held on the second Saturday of the month. You don’t have to be a member of St. Mark’s to attend. Contact George Fretz at 330-396-8251 to reserve your spot! Jeff Kershaw, from the West Geauga Kiwanis Club, was our featured speaker. Jeff talked about all the local service projects that the Kiwanis Club was…
Lutherans In The World
On January 9, 2023, St. Mark hosted its second session entitled “Lutherans in the World.” This session was about a biblical approach to the Critical Race Theory. The session, led by St. Mark Senior Pastor, Mark Matzke started out with this quote from Rev. Dr. Lucas V Woodward, President of the Minnesota South District, Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, “The way forward is with Christ at the center. This means the forgiveness of sins, He won upon the cross, along with…
December Men’s Breakfast
Saturday, December 10, the St. Mark’s monthly men’s breakfast, was held at Guido’s Pizza Haven in downtown Chesterland. We are so grateful that Guidos opens early to host our breakfast, which is catered by their Versare Café and Market, located across Guido’s parking lot. This month’s breakfast featured great conversation, fine food and the singing of the Hymn “Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne.” It was a new hymn to most that attended but thanks to our leader George Fretz, we…