Join us for The Spirituality of Wine on May 20th from 7:00-9:00 pm at the Witness Tree Vineyard. The author of a book by the same title, Gisela Kreglinger, will speak on the topic, sign copies of her book, and lead a wine tasting. Tickets are now available: $30 for a copy of the book, presentation, and wine tasting for one; $35 for the book, presentation, and Witness Tree Vineyard wine tasting for two. Contact Deb Mantey outreach@stmarksalem.org for tickets.
Saint Mark welcomes you to experience Lent by attending one of our mid-week services. Two services are held each Wednesday at 12:05 p.m. with a light lunch to follow, and at 6:30 p.m. with Holden Evening Prayer. Choir Rehearsals will take place at 7:15 p.m. during Lent. The labyrinth will be available all day on Wednesdays during Lent beginning at 9:00 a.m. in the lounge.
The Ninth Annual Women’s Retreat will be the weekend of April 15th-17th at a beautiful home on the shore of Devil’s Lake, just east of Lincoln City. Our theme for the weekend will be “Living Grace-fully”, where we will explore how to receive God’s gift of grace at each stage of life to live each day to its fullest. There will also be plenty of time built in to enjoy conversation, beach walks, laughter and the beautiful lake setting. Our facilitator will be Deb Mantey, Outreach Coordinator at Saint Mark. You may download a brochure, or pick one up at the church office or the west narthex. Registration fee of $150 is due by April 10th. Be sure to put this popular and enriching retreat on your calendar!
2016 Retreat Brochure (pdf)
Mid-Week Worship at 12:05 noon each Wednesday with a light lunch following!
Advent Organ Concert on Friday, December 18 at 7:00pm
Christmas Eve Service on Thursday, December 24
Christmas Day Service at 10:00 am with Communion
Sunday, December 27th – 10:00 am (one service only / No Sunday School)
Faith Dialogues at Saint Mark (formerly the Visiting Theologian Program) is hosting Dr. Susan Pitchford October 16th to 18th. She is a sociologist from the University of Washington and has a particular interest in St. Francis and St. Clare. She will be speaking from a sociological perspective about their influence for our lives in 2015.
On Friday evening, October 16th, at 7:00 p.m., Dr. Pitchford’s lecture will be Francis and Clare of Assisi: A Spirituality of Joy.
On Saturday morning, October 17th, we move from theory to practice. Dr. Pitchford will offer two workshops. At 9:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. she will speak on Faith Beyond Sunday: Having a Rule of Life.
Dr. Pitchford will also be available on Sunday morning, October 18th for the Forum at 9:45 a.m..
In preparation for her arrival we will hold a Saint Mark Reads. Her book, The Sacred Gaze: Contemplation and the Healing of the Self will be the study. Books and more information will be available free (courtesy of the Faith Dialogues Fund) beginning this Sunday. We hope you will have opportunity to participate.
Saint Mark Lutheran Church in downtown Salem will host a spring tour visit by the Pacific Lutheran University Chorale from Tacoma on Friday, April 17.
The performance, titled “Dances to Life,” will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the church, 790 Marion St. NE. Admission is free, but offerings will be accepted.
Interim conductor Lauren Whitham, a PLU alumna and visiting instructor of music, will lead the chorale. The program will span several centuries and genres, including works by Claudio Monteverdi, Felix Mendelssohn and Eric Whitacre.
PLU’s new music department chairman, Dr. John Paul, will provide violin accompaniment as the chorale performs his composition “How I Came to Be.” Paul previously served 13 years as music department chairman at Marylhurst University in the Portland area.
The 36-member chorale includes primarily freshmen and sophomores representing a variety of academic disciplines. The singers appear many times each year in concerts and campus ministry events as well as regional tours and Christmas compact discs. They also have performed for the Washington Music Educators Association and the American Choral Directors Association.
Information about the chorale is posted at www.plu.edu.