This week’s services & events
- Thursday 23rd May
- 11:00 am: Pondering the Parables discussion groupPONDERING THE PARABLES After Holy Communion on Thursdays, 11.00am.
- Sunday 26th May
- 8:00 am: Holy CommunionService follows the Book of Common Prayer
- 10:00 am: The Parish EucharistThe main act of worship for the whole community. Children's groups and a crèche run concurrently. Sunday lunch is served at 12.15 pm for those who would like to stay. Preacher: to be confirmed.
- 8:00 pm: Night Service - "Completeness"A simple, open and reflective night service based on the theme of "Completeness". Led by Jen Ryder and Helen Stocker.
- Thursday 23rd May
Tag Archives: kingdom
The Next 50 Years
Tombs don’t need to be emptied. They can remain occupied. It’s so much more manageable when they do. For all the grief and loss that surrounds them, there is at least a path to follow, albeit a painful one. Unoccupied … Continue reading
April 21, 2013
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Tagged evolution, faith, Honest to God, Jesus, kingdom, resurrection, tomb
Sheffield May Day Trek: 6 May 2013
The Sheffield May Day Trek is an annual sponsored walk to raise money for Christian Aid and CAFOD. It began 30 yrs ago and with the associated night hike raises around £15,000 each year for the two charities! The money raised … Continue reading
Divisions at the Lord’s Supper
‘Do this in remembrance of me.’ Was ever another command so obeyed? For century after century, spreading slowly to every continent and country and among every race on earth, this action has been done, in every conceivable human circumstance, for … Continue reading
March 3, 2013
in Sermons
Tagged community, Corinth, eucharist, holy communion, Jesus, justice, kingdom
Homelessness Sunday – WATCH
O Christ the stranger, you meet us when we are not ready for you; you stand or sit with those we would avoid; you knock on the door we are hesitant to open; you say the word we are reluctant … Continue reading
Community Worker with Older People
Community Worker with Older People – closing date 10am on Monday 4 February 2013. Churches Together in Broomhill and Broomhall, Sheffield, wishes to appoint an experienced part-time (17.5 hours per week) worker in view of the forthcoming retirement of the … Continue reading
Consultation on St Mark’s engagement with Social Justice – Saturday 2 February 2013
People at St Mark’s have long seen a need to relate their faith to social action. Since the early 1990s, the Social Responsibility Group (SRG) has been the church’s umbrella body for activities of this kind, though SRG has not had an … Continue reading
January 6, 2013
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Tagged community, Jesus, justice, kingdom, poverty, sharing meals
Christmas Unwrapped – 10 & 17 December 2012
CHRISTMAS UNWRAPPED: A fresh look at the gospel stories of Jesus’ birth. Discover how to read them as the evangelists intended. A two-part seminar on Mondays 10 and 17 December at 7.30 pm in the lounge. All welcome.
Things we’d rather not think about
Reflections on Traditional Advent Themes, Sunday Evenings, 6.00 – 7.30 pm
For all sorts of reasons, we are rarely given opportunity to engage with some of the most important aspects of life. These evenings aim to take a fresh, creative look at traditional Advent themes by drawing on poetry, prose, music, images and silence to aid reflection and make space for openness and sharing. Continue reading
Taking Up The Cross
I suspect that most, if not all, of us have heard of the Greenbelt Festival – the annual cultural celebration of inclusive, progressive Christianity that takes place at Cheltenham Race Course over August bank holiday weekend. In fact, some of … Continue reading
September 16, 2012
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Tagged collaboration, cross, intervention, Jesus, justice, kingdom, politics
Seeds and Weeds – insights into the Kingdom of God
Today’s gospel reading is just nine verses long, yet contains two striking parables of the kingdom: the parable of the growing seed, and the parable of the mustard seed. Like many of Jesus’ parables they may well be somewhat familiar … Continue reading