Upcoming Events
Saint Mark’s Welcomes the Rev. Philip Streufert
February 12th
We welcome the Rev. Philip Streufert as our guest preacher (Homily: "No Roadmap - Just a Compass"). Living in Seattle, Washington, Philip is an ordained Lutheran Pastor, the director of Consultation to Clergy, a licensed pastoral counselor and a marriage and family therapist, specializing in church leadership challenges.
Adult Forum - Why Is There a Fly on Mary’s Foot: Christian Symbolism in Art
February 12th, 10:00 a.m. - Fontaine Auditorium
Christian religious art is full of symbolism, much of which was probably obvious to contemporary viewers, but not obvious to 21st-century viewers. Join Merritt Nequette, docent at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, for this fascinating discussion.
Jacob Cycle, or 'Much Ado About Everything!'
Sundays, Feb. 12th, 19th, & 26th, 10:00 a.m. - Library
The cycle of stories about Jacob in Genesis is crucial for understanding the Hebrew Bible. In this narrative are nearly every manner of drama, melodrama, vaudeville, slapstick, promises, deceit, sibling rivalry, angels, death threats, dark nights of the soul, scoundrel - and these are just ones in Jacob’s own clan! Saint Markan, Peter Sandstrom, M.Div., M. Th. will lead us through this lively and significant narrative.
Adult Forum: American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem
Feb. 19th, 10:00 a.m. [Fontaine Auditorium] - Join Lowell Johnson, Michael Summerfield, and Susan Whiteman and hear about the work of the AFEDJ as well see recent pictures of Palestine and learn firsthand about life there.
A Green and Pleasant Land: Music by Vaughan Williams and his contemporaries
Sunday, February 19th, 5:00 p.m.
English song by Vaughan Williams and his contemporaries, featuring the song-cycle ‘On Wenlock Edge’. Andrew Kane, Soloist - Raymond Johnston, Accompanist. Tickets $10
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper
Tuesday, February 21st, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Lent is coming up sooner than you think. Historically, pancakes were a great way to use up all those rich foods forbidden during Lent: eggs, milk, butter, and sugar! Join your Cathedral family in indulging in a pancake feast with glazed ham, breakfast potatoes, hot fudge sundaes, and more. Kids are invited to help transform palms to ashes for use in Ash Wednesday services. Cost: $4: 12 & over, $2: kids, free: 3 & under. Please help us to plan wisely and sign up in the Parlor by Monday, February 20th.
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