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St. Mark's This Week

Service Assistants

Sunday, June 29

10:30am

Verger: Mike Evranian

First Reading: Peter Walker

Second Reading: Anson Matthews

Intercessor: Mike Maruca

Chalicer: Patrick McDuff

Acolytes: Grace and Thomas McDuff

Crucifer: Mike Evranian

Gospel Bearer: Patrick McDuff

Ushers: Kenn Shirley, Richard Yuk, Elam Jarrells, Harold Wright

Greeters: Kevin and Cameron Cutro

Children's Worship: Malinda Collier

Nursery: Cassandra Price

Altar Guild: Sanford Eberly, Ivy Burnes, Liz Smith, Mary Clark

Flowers: Douglas D'Urso

Coffee Hour: Heady, Roberts, Moore, Kats

Alter Guild Zoom Host: Paul Shane and Nora Thompson

Sunday Readings:

2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14

Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20

Galatians 5:1,13-25

Luke 9:51-62

Justice & Advocacy Team meets tonight at 6pm

Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray Service

Sunday, June 29

5pm

Join in a service in celebration of the life and ministry of Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray. Reception to follow.

If you are not familiar with Pauli Murray -

she was an activist, lawyer, poet, and Episcopal priest who broke barriers throughout their life.

Friend to Eleanor Roosevelt, colleague to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and student of Thurgood Marshall, Pauli Murray fought for all freedoms, including gender identity.

Questions?

I’m seeing these communications about this new tool,

but what is it?

How can I add my ministry team?
What does it actually do?

Come and chat with Paul Shane after the service on June 22 and June 29 in the parish hall. He will be available for Q&A and program details.

Or contact via email: paulkshane@gmail.com

“The Good Trouble Gang”

Justice and Advocacy and the recent Sacred Ground Team are putting together a kind of “email tree” – “The Good Trouble Gang.”

This will allow anyone on the list to keep track of what the St. Mark’s mobilizers are up to—be it marches/protests, post card writing, whatever. You will be able to post information, coordinate group participation, or just stir up a little of your own good trouble. Anyone can enter.

If you are so inclined, please contact Penny Adams (nbfginc@aol.com) or Ryn Kennedy (kennedy.appstate@gmail.com) and your contact info will be included. When the list is complete, we will send it out to all concerned and each of you can copy/paste into your records… and away we go.

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Community Dinner Tuesday,

July 1 at 6pm!

Menu is a 4th of July Picnic Feast:

Pork BBQ with a variety of sauces

Veggie Burgers

Tater tots

Cole slaw

Baked Beans

Summer Fruit and Ice Cream Sundaes!

All for a mere $10 donation!

Parish Retreat at ShrineMont

October 17-19

Listening for the Voice of God

Once again this year we are sharing our retreat with members and friends from the Church of the Holy Comforter. Brochures available in church. Lots of fun and relaxation in the mountains of Virginia.

Sign-up by August 1. Register on-line!

Diocese of Virginia's Racial Justice & Healing Pilgrimage

September 22- 26, 2025

Visiting Sites in Central Virginia, housing at Roslyn

Information and how to register on the DOV website.

Outreach

July Laundry Ministry Collection

During July we will be collecting laundry detergent pods, dryer sheets, and Quarters! We will use these item to support St. Andrew's monthly Laundry ministry that allows unhoused and under-employed individuals to wash their clothing.

It costs $3.75 to wash and dry a large load of clothes! Not including the detergent and dryer sheet.

Hoping some of our teens will be able to help on first and third Wednesday at the laundromat.

Questions? Talk with Malinda, Ed or Suzanne.

St. Mark’s Blood Drive

Where: St. Mark's Episcopal Church Parish Hall

When: Wednesday, August 6, 2025 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

12-step July 2 host is

Douglas D'Urso

Don't forget to sign up to host this important ministry!

New hosts are always welcomed and needed

Training provided.

Contact Suzanne Long for more information.

Wednesdays 7:30 - 9:30pm

CARITAS Meal ministry

continues in 2025.

Our next meal is Lunch on Friday, August 8.

Contact Suzanne Long to help with the meal (we prep it here and deliver it to CARITAS).

Food Pantry Call!

We need pop top cans of meat products, hearty soups and stews, chili, ChefBoyArDee pasta products. Pouches of tuna and chicken also welcome!

Please shop as you are able.

Food Pantry on 2nd and 4th Saturdays!

Shop for our Staples!

List

June 28 Breakfast team is

Jones, Cline, Ricks

Contact Karen Franklin if you have a donation or assist with distribution, forpop247@gmail.com

Please remember in your prayers this week:

Parishioners: Mandy Cline, Jane and Stuart Settle, Kent Slonaker, Ryn Kennedy, the Tucker family, George Summers, George and Malinda Collier, Sam Shute, Haig and Anne Kambourian, Jennifer McCauley, Meredith Franklin, Jerry Long, Kenneth Decker, Garry Land, Bobbie Aiken, Jo Tyler, Mike Craft, Keith MacKay, Betty Leviner, Lisette Johnson, Becky Lee, Margaret Franklin, Phyllis Iverson, Juette Iverson, Marsha Iverson, David Christiana, Samantha Ridley, and Bill Piercy.

Our extended family and friends: Everette Beach, Jennifer Downey, Christy Fiedler, Meer and the Kisra family, Peggy Keating, Dave Brooks, Kim Smith, Mary McLenigan, Robert McLenigan, Sally Kye, Daniela and her family, Vanessa Clemons, Conor, Louis Morris, Candace Franco, Andrew and Gretchen Curtain, Debbie Abernathy, Jeffrey Matthews, Sandra Painter, Ron, Pam, Kathy, Barbara Taylor, Corey Sims, Florence, Edward, Stefan, Olivia, Michelle, Lee Hyden (Anne Kambourian’s daughter), the Dummitt family, the Downey family, Elizabeth and David Hardison, Ronnie, Nicholas, the Sonant family, Amy Burks, Kristy Rose, Randi Smith, Marion Broome, and Hollis Daniels.