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Nurturing Community: In the Spirit! Parish Activity Day 18 May 2013

Parish weekend circle dance

On Saturday 18 May we’re building on our successful parish weekend through a parish activity day: Nurturing Community – ‘In the Spirit!’. It will be another chance for everyone in the St Mark’s community to come together, relaxing in the … Continue reading

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Calling all singers – Stainer’s Crucifixion

Stainer's Crucifixion

On Palm Sunday, 24 March, the choir of St Mark’s will be performing Stainer’s much loved work The Crucifixion. The scores have been hired, and we’re about to start rehearsing this fantastic work. So I’d like to invite you to be … Continue reading

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The ‘Horrible History’ Christmas Story and Crib Service 2012

Gathering in the Stable

The ‘Horrible History’ Christmas Story and Crib Service on Christmas Eve was one of the highlights of the Church’s festive season – a time when the whole Church family came together to experience the magic and hope of this special time. Continue reading

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Why don’t we sing some of the familiar hymns?

This is the third of three sermons looking as some of the questions relating to worship at St Mark’s which have been raised in recent months. Today we explore why we tend not to sing some of the ‘golden oldies’ – hymns that some of us have grown up with; but, equally, why it is that we sing the hymns that we do. Continue reading

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Why don’t we always use authorised liturgies?

This is the first of three sermons in response to questions I’ve been asked in recent months relating to worship at St Mark’s. It is now nearly two years since our last major worship review, the outcomes of which relating to this service were gathered together in the leaflet, Worship at St Mark’s: Foundational Insights, Aspirations and Commitments, which is readily available on the card stall and which has largely determined our course during the intervening months. Continue reading

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Holy Week at St Mark’s

Holy Week at St Mark's

We belong to a story of faith centring around a particular person, Jesus of Nazareth. Holy week offers us a unique opportunity to to follow him in his final journey – in the way of the cross. Please make the journey from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday a priority by sharing in the services and events. Continue reading

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Being Valued

This is the first sermon in a series accompanying our Lent course, ‘Practising Hopefulness’ – a course that invites us to explore the characteristics of a community shaped by the kingdom vision of Jesus.  The aim is that each Sunday … Continue reading

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Parish Weekend Away 2015

Prayer tree at the Sunday Eucharist

The next Parish Weekend has been booked for 18 – 20th September 2015 so put this in your diary now! To see what we got up to in September 2012, have look at the pictures below when many members of the community of St … Continue reading

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Worship

Worship is the beating heart of the community gathering at St Mark’s – vital, life-giving, resourcing everything else we do. We aim to offer engaging, profound and spiritually satisfying worship within the Anglican tradition which is accessible to people of … Continue reading

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