Saint Mark S EpiScopal pro-cathedral 422 North Burlington Hastings, Nebraska 402-462-4126 The Rt. Rev. J. Scott Barker, Bishop The Very Rev. Katie Hargis, Dean HAPPENINGS March 5, 2018 www.stmarkshastings.org stmarkshastings@gmail.com The Forum Lyndle Lewis, Senior Warden I want to talk a little more about why I think involvement in church community is necessary to our identity as Christians. Certainly, personal and private prayer and worship have their place in our lives. I sit alone in my room most mornings and read the daily office of Morning Prayer and I get a lot of pleasure and benefit from being alone with God and my own thoughts. Many people feel that that kind of private devotion and spiritual exercise is enough. Personally, I wish that were true. Church is hard. Community is hard. For an extreme introvert like me mingling with lots of people is painful. The last time I was "in my comfort zone" was probably in the womb. But I've learned to adapt and live in community, if not comfortably, at least meaningfully. Learning how to live within community is one of the first lessons of growing up. We start with ourselves at the center and learn to expand our communities like concentric circles. Parents, household, extended family, neighborhood, school, work, organizations, church, all kinds of settings become our communities. We learn to exercise influence and cooperation in a give-and-take that leads to healthy environments. Our individuality, our God given uniqueness is something we express and exercise within community. When we welcome, and make room for all of the unique people who ask to join our circles we are doing God's work of reconciliation. If people make room for me I can do nothing less than make room for them in my turn. I've intentionally put myself into challenging situations of church and religious life because I felt a nudge or heard a "still small voice" moving me to a place of wholeness. In doing so I have been stretched and shaped into something resembling a human being. Being in relationship with God is a first step. The next step is relationship with each other in a spiritual community. Love the lord your God and love your neighbor as yourself. This is God s nature as revealed in scripture. I won't wade into the theology of the Trinity but when we talk about the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit we are talking about community. As Christians, we are part of God's Kingdom, members of a holy and eternal community where even I can feel at home. 1
THIS WEEKS CALENDAR March 5 March 11, 2018 MONDAY By appointment only for Dean Katie TUESDAY 7:15 pm - violin students group rehearsal Soul Talk not meeting during Lent WEDNESDAY 10:00 am Holy Eucharist & Healing Rite 12:05 pm Sermons A la Carte begins 6:00 pm Soup Supper & Lenten Study THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 8:00 am Bible Study at Blue Moon SUNDAY 8:00 am Holy Eucharist Rite I 9:45 am Sunday School & Nursery 10:00 am Holy Eucharist Rite II 11:00 am Open Table Sandwich making How to Contact St. Mark s Phone: 402-462-4126 Email: stmarkshastings@gmail.com Website: stmarkshastings.org Parish Office Hours: Tuesday thru Friday 9:00 am 11:00 am and 12:00 pm 3:00 pm ST. MARK S ON FACEBOOK Are you on Facebook? Don t forget to Like St. Mark s Pro-Cathedral! March 20 March 29 March 30 March 31 April 1 DATES TO REMEMBER Outreach Meeting Spring Begins Maundy Thursday Good Friday The Great Vigil of Easter Easter Sunday 2
HAPPENINGS OPEN TABLE This Sunday is Open Table sack lunch making Sunday. Volunteers are need to make sandwiches after the 10:00 Eucharist. EASTER LILIES Sign-up sheets are placed in the library and in the back of the church, if you would like to make an Easter Lily Dedication. The deadline is March 25 th and coming up quickly! BLESSINGS & GIFTS Our March BAG project is board games for the YWCA s ZONE after school program. DISHWASHER SIGN-UP SHEET Please consider helping with Sermons à La Carte! There is a sign-up sheet in the Common Room. Thank you for supporting this 46 year-old Lenten ministry at St. Mark s! LENTEN SOUP SUPPER WITH GUEST SPEAKER Each Wednesday in Lent, we will gather at 6 p.m. for a soup supper in the Undercroft followed by a presentation from a guest speaker. A sign-up sheet to provide soup and bread is in the Common Room. Watch the Happenings for more information about that week s presentation. The remaining speakers for this year are: March 7 th Rev. Teresa Houser, Executive Director of Magdalene House Omaha March 14 th Dean Katie Hargis, St. Mark s Pro-Cathedral March 21 st Rev. Robert Lewis, Rector of St. Stephen s Episcopal Church in Grand Island CURSILLO 2018 Plan to join members of the Episcopal Diocese of Nebraska community at the Nebraska Cursillo #26 to be held from May 31 - June 2, 2018 at the Immaculata Monastery, Norfolk. Christians have been experiencing this rich growth opportunity since Cursillo began in Spain in 1944. The key elements of the Episcopal Cursillo Ministry are relationship, evangelism, and reconciliation in the home, the parish, the community, and the world. Visit the website for more info at https://www.nebraskaepiscopalcursillo.org. 3
St. Mark s Episcopal Pro-Cathedral 5th and Burlington, Hastings 46 th Annual Lenten Series Please join us on the following Wednesdays during Lent from 12:05 pm to 12:30 pm for a Lenten message, followed by lunch served in our undercroft. $4.00 Lunch 2018 Theme The Parables: Unlocking the Mystery Stories of Jesus March 7 th Luke 10:25-37 The Good Samaritan Kili Wenburg First Presbyterian Church Lunch by the First Presbyterian Church March 14 th Mark 4:21-25 Hiding your lamp under a bushel Pastor Jessica Palys United Church of Christ Lunch by the United Church of Christ March 21 st Luke 18:9-14 The Parable of the Pharisee and Tax Collector Pastor Andy Springer Gospel Community Church Lunch by Lakeside Community Church 4
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