St. Mark’s Sunday Sermons
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Featured Updates
Vacation Bible School 2013!
Vacation Bible School 2013 will take place June 17-21, 2013, 9:30 AM – noon, for children ages 4 – Grade 5. The theme is “Walking With Jesus.” Put on your flip flops and grab your sunglasses and get ready to walk! Bring a friend or two! To register, email or call: pastoremilyhartner@gmail.com / 704-375-9185.
Holy Week Schedule
Please join us for our Holy Week services: Maundy Thursday: Service with Holy Communion at 12:15 PM; Service with Holy Communion and Stripping of the Altar at 7 PM. Good Friday: Services at 12:15 PM and 7 PM. Easter Sunday: Festival Worship at 10:30 PM
Oh, the Temptation! — Pastor Emily
The baptismal life is always a life in which we are constantly moving back and forth from our self-indulgent ways and appetites, through the waters of baptism where we are cleansed from sin, and where God creates a new and a new and right spirit within us.
Lenten Suppers and Worship
Shrove Tuesday Pancake and Sausage Supper On Tuesday, February 12th we will host a Fat Tuesday/Shrove Tuesday pancake and sausage supper from 5:45-7:00pm in the Fellowship Hall. Shrove Tuesday is the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday and the custom of eating pancakes and sausage is that of a last feast before the fasting of the [...]
Kintsugi People — Pastor Peter
If you have ever had your heart broken by the loss of love, of a dream, of a person, by the loss of anything precious and dear, then you understand in a way that may bring hope and healing to another.
Full of Surprises — Pastor Emily
If you want to know how to avoid spiritual burnout in your own lives of faith and ministries, if the glass looks half empty and the wine seems to be running out, if the party is dying down and the celebration seems to be over, Jesus will surprise you if you let him.
Youth Ministry Activities
Carowinds Christian Music Day
Click to read about the youth trip to Carowinds!
Middle School Youth Group Recap September 23
Click to read more about our youth’s latest activities.
Youth Kickoff Recap
Our youth group kicked off the new school year this past Sunday.
Youth Training Day Recap
On Sunday, August 19, our youth engaged in a Training Day which taught or reminded us of the finer points of serving as an acolyte, crucifer, lector, and prayer assistant during our 10:30 worship service. Starting this fall our youth will be a little more visible than they already are during worship. We want to [...]
High School Mission Week Day 4 and 5
Last night we were having too much fun for me to stop to update the website, so this entry will cover the last two days of our mission week. We started off Wednesday (Day 4) with an breakfast of scrabbled eggs and sausage biscuits. We had devotions before heading down to Cane Creek Park in [...]
High School Local Mission Week Day 3
Day 3 of our mission trip has been fun! In contrast to our first two days, today’s volunteer work was all inside (and we were grateful to be in the A/C!). We woke up a little earlier this morning, ate breakfast, and had a brief morning devotion. We drove down the street to the Dilworth [...]
Church News & Events
Vacation Bible School 2013!
Vacation Bible School 2013 will take place June 17-21, 2013, 9:30 AM – noon, for children ages 4 – Grade 5. The theme is “Walking With Jesus.” Put on your flip flops and grab your sunglasses and get ready to walk! Bring a friend or two! To register, email or call: pastoremilyhartner@gmail.com / 704-375-9185.
Holy Week Schedule
Please join us for our Holy Week services: Maundy Thursday: Service with Holy Communion at 12:15 PM; Service with Holy Communion and Stripping of the Altar at 7 PM. Good Friday: Services at 12:15 PM and 7 PM. Easter Sunday: Festival Worship at 10:30 PM
Oh, the Temptation! — Pastor Emily
The baptismal life is always a life in which we are constantly moving back and forth from our self-indulgent ways and appetites, through the waters of baptism where we are cleansed from sin, and where God creates a new and a new and right spirit within us.
Lenten Suppers and Worship
Shrove Tuesday Pancake and Sausage Supper On Tuesday, February 12th we will host a Fat Tuesday/Shrove Tuesday pancake and sausage supper from 5:45-7:00pm in the Fellowship Hall. Shrove Tuesday is the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday and the custom of eating pancakes and sausage is that of a last feast before the fasting of the [...]
Hope in the Darkness — Pastor Peter
There is not much that can be said to ease the pain that families are experiencing so we do not rely so much on words, but on Jesus, Word made flesh. And as we celebrate the anniversary of his coming among us, we must look to the day when all of the pain of the world fades in the brightness of resurrection.
Christmas Eve Service Times
Children and Family Service at 5:30 PM. Designed especially for children. Includes a visit to the live nativity scene.
Traditional Candlelight Service at 8:30 PM. The service begins at 8:30, but special music begins at 8:00 PM.
Sermons
Oh, the Temptation! — Pastor Emily
The baptismal life is always a life in which we are constantly moving back and forth from our self-indulgent ways and appetites, through the waters of baptism where we are cleansed from sin, and where God creates a new and a new and right spirit within us.
Kintsugi People — Pastor Peter
If you have ever had your heart broken by the loss of love, of a dream, of a person, by the loss of anything precious and dear, then you understand in a way that may bring hope and healing to another.
Full of Surprises — Pastor Emily
If you want to know how to avoid spiritual burnout in your own lives of faith and ministries, if the glass looks half empty and the wine seems to be running out, if the party is dying down and the celebration seems to be over, Jesus will surprise you if you let him.
How Then Shall We Live? — Pastor Peter
Baptism is the outward sign of the inward change that is supposed to be reflected in a new way of living.
When God Interrupts — Pastor Peter
My dear friends, never fear God’s interruptions, never avoid what God wants or asks you to do, and be forever open to the promise and possibilities of the Lord who says, “Behold, I make all things new.”
Hope in the Darkness — Pastor Peter
There is not much that can be said to ease the pain that families are experiencing so we do not rely so much on words, but on Jesus, Word made flesh. And as we celebrate the anniversary of his coming among us, we must look to the day when all of the pain of the world fades in the brightness of resurrection.
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