The Messenger of St. Mark's 1908 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, WY 82001

April 2018

1868 150TH ANNIVERSARY 2018

Holy Week

While Holy Week officially begins with Palm Sunday, be sure to join us for Women of the Passion on Saturday, March 24, at 1 p.m. in the sanctuary. Men and women are invited to this reflection and Eucharist that celebrates the experiences of women during the difficult final days of the life of Jesus. Sunday, March 25 – Liturgy of the Palms / 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Eucharists Monday and Tuesday, March 26 – 27 / 6 p.m.

Healing Eucharist and Meditation by Eric Nelson and Nancy Abraham.

Wednesday, March 28 – The Way of the Cross (Stations of the Cross) / 7 p.m. Thursday, March 29

Maundy Thursday Dinner, Foot-washing, Eucharist, and Stripping of the altar / 6 p.m. All-Night Vigil / 8 p.m. Thursday – 12 noon Friday

Good Friday Liturgy, March 30 / 12:05 p.m. Saturday, March 31 – The Great Vigil - First Easter Liturgy and Baptism / 6 p.m. We welcome the kindling of new fire out of the darkness and the Exultet that will be sung by Thane Yenni. Sunday, April 1 – 6 a.m. Easter Sunrise Eucharist, 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Choral Eucharists with brass quartet -- Easter egg hunt to follow the 10:30 a.m. service!

150th Anniversary Gala, Worship, and Bagpipes!

Mark your calendars for the 150th Anniversary of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church on Saturday evening, April 28, and Sunday, April 29.

╬ Saturday, from 5 to 7 p.m., will include scrumptious catered food and drink, live jazz, and fun history in our parish hall. Formal invitations will be sent out soon.

╬ Sunday will include a single 9:00 a.m. worship service with our bishop and great bagpipe fanfare as we celebrate St. Mark’s Day. This will be followed by a reception.

Seeking a New Part-time Director of Children’s and Youth Ministries

We are seeking a person who is interested in supporting our ministries to babies, children, and teenagers through this part-time position. They will help to develop and grow our ministry to 0 – 18-year olds, working with volunteers and other staff to love and care for our youth as they learn to follow Jesus. Contact the office if you are interested in learning more about the position or if you know of someone who is interested.

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St. Mark’s Church

Who We Are / Whose We Are / Who We Are Trying To Become

Mission

(Book of Common Prayer BCP, p. 855) To restore all people to unity with God and each other in

Christ.

How (BCP p. 855)

Pray and worship Proclaim the Gospel Promote justice, peace, and love

G.R.A.C.E Core Values

God Rely on Each Other Accepting of All People Compassion for All Creation Excellence

Rector’s Corner

You will notice a new section within the Messenger titled St. Mark’s Church. It lists, first and foremost, the ministers of the church as defined by the Book of Common Prayer: Lay persons, bishops, priests, and deacons. It is intentional that the authors of the Book of Common Prayer listed lay persons first. They are the primary ministers of the church. By far, the majority of people helping to lead and guide the church are not ordained. They are home-makers, lawyers, doctors, students, engineers and architects, professors and teachers. They are the facilitators and vol-unteers that guide and grow ministries. The bishop is the chief apostle for the diocese, the lead pastor and adminis-trator. The priests preach and teach, consecrate the sacra-ments, and help pastorally. Rectors are priests who help lead a congregation. The primary role of a deacon is to reach out to and help the congregation focus on those in great need, the poor and sick. Every priest is a deacon. Every bishop is a priest and deacon.

Holy Week Descriptions (brief)…

What to expect….

Palm Sunday – We process into the church with our palms to shouts of “Hosanna” that all too soon turn to shouts of “Crucify Him!” The liturgy begins in triumph and ends in contemplation.

Healing Eucharists – Join with your Parish Family on Monday and Tuesday as we gather together to release that which burdens us. The liturgy will include opportunity to be anointed with Holy Oil in conjunction with the laying on of hands.

The Way of the Cross –This much loved liturgy recalls with great affection the last steps of the journey that Jesus walked in his earthly life.

Maundy Thursday – Share a simple soup supper in our “Upper Room” (the Parish Hall) as we gather for that most inti-mate of acts, The Foot Washing, and Holy Eucharist. We move into the church as our evening ends with the altar being stripped bare and left vulnerable. The All Night Vigil begins.

Good Friday – This is the one day of the year when the Eucharist is not celebrated. We hear Saint John’s account of the Passion and the Solemn Collects. A wooden cross is brought into the church and laid on the choir steps.

The Great Vigil of Easter – The first celebration of Easter! The service begins in darkness with the kindling of new fire, lighting the Paschal candle and the Exsultet and includes The Service of Lessons, Holy Baptism and the Eucharist.

The Sunday of the Resurrection-Easter Day – The 8:00 a.m and 10:30 a.m. liturgies are identical on Easter morning and will be accompanied by a brass quintet. The church will be resplendent with white altar hangings and lilies. Come celebrate with your Parish Family!

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If You Desire Baptism or Confirmation or Are New To Saint Mark’s, Be Sure To Contact The Church Office

To Learn About The Class. It is lead by The Rev. Rick Veit.

April 1 Richard Karstoft John Nemecek April 5 Sierra Smith April 9 Slade Taylor April 12 Javier Garcia April 13 Molly Murphy Grayson Sipe April 14 Lynne Carlton Taylor Gonzalez Kaeleigh McLelland Gina McMasters April 17 Glen Garrett April 22 Dave Hall April 27 Mallory Smith April 28 Henry Lance Sandy Urbanek April 30 Evelyn Ludwig Tracy Ringolsby

If your birthday was missed please notify the church office at 634-7709.

Sew and Sews

“Do not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world. All things break. And all things can be mended. Not with time as they say, but with intention. So go, love intentionally, extravagantly, unconditionally. The broken world waits the light that is you.” L.R. Knost We pray that our kindness to a broken child living through a traumatic situation, not of their own making, we are living those words. Primarily, we make blankets for "Blankets for Laramie County Kids" who find themselves in this situation. A blanket represents our love through comfort, to that child. We also work on personal projects and/or group projects depending on what we want to do. One important thing is our fellowship.

We will continue to meet the first and third Wednesdays at 1:00 p.m., March 21 and April 4 and 18.

REMEMBER, weather advisories may cancel our meeting.

Come, we all belong in this community.

A prayer request can easily be made one of two ways; on the back of the "Welcome" card in the pews or by calling St. Mark’s office. Your prayer request will be prayed daily for 1 month. We currently have 10 women and 2 priests who receive these requests. All prayer requests are kept confidential.

Daughters of the King is an order of Episcopal women that was started in Philadelphia in 1885 for the express pur-pose of Evangelism and praying daily. Our chapter, Bishop Talbot chapter was founded in 1892. We meet monthly @ St. Christopher's in November through March 2nd Friday of each month @ 3:45, March through October we meet @ 6:00, where we share and culminate with Eucha-rist. If you would like more information, please contact Como Boyle, Joann McConnaughey, Mara Funk, Shirley McLelland or Patti Jones.

April Birthdays Good Friday Offering

On Good Friday, offerings are invited from across The Epis-copal Church to support the four dioceses in the Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East. Funds are used to promote peace and mutual understanding through pastoral care, health care, and educational programs throughout the region.

To Learn more about our Church’s work in the Middle East, please visit www.episcopalchurch.org/goodfridayoffering. Jesus said, “Walk while you have the light, so that the dark-ness may not overtake you.” (John 12:35)

If you wish to contribute directly you may make the a check out to The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society and write Good Friday Offering in the memo field. Send the check to:

DFMS - Protestant Episcopal Church US P.O. 958983 St. Louis, MO 63195-8983

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In Christ’s love, we seek, welcome, embrace and serve the human family.

Outreach

Schedule

April 4 Outreach meeting, 7 p.m. in Guild room April 19 Serve dinner at COMEA Shelter, 5:30 p.m.

During March and April, Outreach will be collecting paper goods for the COMEA Shelter. Please drop off your donations of toilet paper, paper towels, Kleenex in the Parish Hall. Thank you to all the members who have contributed in March.

Serving at COMEA Shelter By Foy Jolley

These were the servers at COMEA on the evening of Feb. 15, 2018. For what it's worth, they serve about 80 to 90 people at one of these meals. The meals are pre-made by the COMEA staff, and they are good! I was surprised to see that they do breath tests (alcohol) to attendees before they can eat at these evening meals (no alcohol consump-tion allowed). The attendees range in age from young mothers, with their babies in hand-carried seats, to elderly.

Eric Nelson is the coordinator. The servers give an hour of their time once per month.

The servers in this photo are (L to R): Swede Nelson, Ted Dunn , Laraine Hutchison, Jim Janks, and Foy Jolley

LCCC Food Pantry Collection Report

The non-perishable food item collection for the LCCC pan-try was a great success. The total collection consisted of:

84 Chef Boy Ardee assorted bowl entrees 25 Complete entrees Two large shopping bags of Ramen and Cup of Noodles Four large boxes of assorted food items and toiletries

The items were delivered to Zeke Sorensen (the LCCC food pantry sponsor) and unloaded by a team of student volun-teers. All concerned were very appreciative.

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Girlfriends Unlimited is St. Mark’s women’s ministry dedicated to the philosophy of befriending, belonging,

believing and becoming.

“For where two or three have gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” Matthew 18:20

“The Women of the Passion, Journey to the Cross”

Everyone is welcome! Begin the holy season with this beautiful event!

Girlfriends Unlimited invites you to join us as we present

Three meditations and the Stations of the Cross on

Saturday, March 24 1:00 p.m.

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Readers are needed.

For more information, please call Karine @ 649-2310.

If you have any questions about our activities, please see any Girlfriends Advisory Board member: Margie Hayes, Pam Snell, Barb Brower, Karine Sneesby, or Sharon Gostovich.

Girlfriends Unlimited Fun Groups Have Fun & Get Connected

Listed below are our current FUN groups and the Funcilita-tor--a facilitator who likes to have fun with her girlfriends.

Sew & Sews: Karine Sneesby, Laraine Hutchison, Chris Connell, Funcilitators The Sew & Sews Group meets the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month to work on Blankets for Laramie County Kids, personal projects, group projects, and some just come for the fellowship.

Flick Chicks (movie group): Cheryl Jolley, Funcilitator Flick Chicks meet on the last Saturday of the month. Movie and time will be announced by e-mail.

Stitch ‘n’ Chatter (small crafts group): Margie Hayes and Barb Brower, Funcilitators Stich ’n’ Chatter meets the 1st & 3rd Monday of the month from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Margie will host the Stitch ’n’ Chatter the 1st Monday at her home: 1530 Dorothy Ln, Apt B206 630-1894 Barb will host the 3rd Monday at her home: 5121 Hickory Place 635-2836

Lit ‘n’ Latte (book group): Sharon Gostovich, Funcilitator. Meets on the 2nd & 4th Mondays at Barnes & Noble at 6:15 p.m. For more information contact Sharon at 630-5356.

If you are interested in joining any of these FUN groups or starting a new shared-interest group, please contact the church office (634-7709) for more information.

Changing Hearts. Changing Lives. One Girlfriend at a time.

Little Free Pantry

Thank you to everyone who has made the LFP so successful! Examples of items that can be placed into the Little Free Pantry:

Power bars staples dried milk crackers toothbrushes toothpaste peanut butter Bisquick paper goods dried fruit Ramen soup Fruit rollups toiletries diapers individual boxes of cereal kid-friendly items, such as crayons and coloring books

(Please, no homemade food.)

Laraine, Meg, and Karine working on a project in Sew and Sews

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Homebound Parishioners

If you would like Eucharist brought to you at your home, or in the hospital, please call the church office and this will be arranged. There is a contact number on the answering machine at the office if it is on the weekend.

Become Part of The Legacy Remember

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church through the Centennial Foundation

in your Will

You can help St. Mark’s Episcopal Church continue for many more years of service to this community by remem-bering us in your will. You may do so by donating to the Centennial Foundation, an organization tasked with build-ing and managing the endowment for the church.

Baby and Me

Infant playgroup (birth—12 months) will meet in the Guild room every Wednesday from 10:15-11:45 a.m. Meet other par-ents, learn baby sign language, check baby development, and spend 1 1/2 hours just having fun! Open to all.

Safeguarding God’s Children Training

In early May there will be two times available to take Safe-guarding God’s Children Training. This is a good thing for all members of the church to have.

Within the Episcopal Diocese of Wyoming Policy it states:

Child abuse prevention and child abuse awareness education and training is required for all Church Personnel Who Regularly Work With or Around Children or Youth and for all Church Personnel Who Occasionally Work With or Around Children or Youth. Completion of the “Safeguarding God’s Children” program upon commence-ment of work (or as soon thereafter as is practical) and once every 3 years thereafter shall satisfy this requirement.

Examples of Church Personnel who Regularly Work With or Around Children or Youth include, without limitation:

Children’s or youth choir or music directors Organists who work with children or youth Lay youth ministers Volunteer youth directors All Church Personnel who work or assist in the

nursery more than four times a year All Church Personnel who work in the nursery if

they are the only person over 21 present at any time All staff whether volunteer or paid, at church camps Adults who participate in overnight activities with

children or youth more than twice a year

The dates for the training will be announced later this month. The dates and times will be listed on the calendar on the website when the trainings are set.

Pictured above are some of the group members that at-tended the Living Well through Lent study. This is a devotional study from Living Compass and was conducted by Chris Van Burgh and Kathy Keck.

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Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church

Small Groups

Contact the church office for more details on any of these groups. For the Girlfriends Unlimited groups, women’s ministry, contact Karine Sneesby at karinesneesby@gmail.com for more details.

Sunday Adult Forum 9:30 a.m. in the parish hall

Monday Living Compass Lenten Study (Feb 12-Mar 26) 12:10 - 12:50 p.m. in Guild Room Girlfriends Unlimited Stitch ’n’ Chatter 6:30 p.m. (1st Monday) Margie Hayes’ House 6:30 p.m. (3rd Monday) Barb Brower’s House Girlfriends Unlimited Lit ‘n’ Latte at Barnes and Noble, 6:15 p.m. (2nd and 4th Mondays)

Wednesday Men’s Coffee- 11 a.m. at Dazbog’s Coffee Girlfriends Unlimited Sew and Sews Group 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. in Read Hall (1st and 3rd Wed.)

Thursday Dolby Bible Study/Sharing Group - 10 a.m. at Jim Dolby’s house Education for Ministry

Saturday Girlfriends Unlimited Flick Chicks, Last Saturday of month at 10:00 a.m.

St. Mark’s Church THE MINISTERS Lay persons, Bishops, Priests, and Deacons VESTRY Perry Dray – Junior Warden Sue Garrett Chuck Hayes Beth Lance Sue Miller – Finance Chairwoman Swede Nelson Mike Smith – Senior Warden The Rev. Rick Veit – Rector/Board Chairman Rick Wilcox – Secretary John Masters – Treasurer VESTRY COUNCILS PROPERTY

FINANCE (Chair / Sue Miller) CHRISTIAN ED./SPIRITUAL DEV. (Chair / Dick Torkelson) COMMUNITY LIFE OUTREACH (Chair/Eric Nelson, Carol Schiel) WORSHIP (Chair/ The Rev. Rick Veit) CENTENNIAL FOUNDATION Chris Barlow – Treasurer Ibby Davis Judy Dray Perry Dray – Junior Warden/Secretary Ryan Lance – Vice-President Mike Smith – Senior Warden Kelly Rankin - President John Rogers The Rev. Rick Veit – Rector STAFF AND CONTRACT WORKERS Erin Friel – Bookkeeper Danielle Glowacki – Nursery Wanda Hughes – Secretary Alek Keenan – Sexton The Rev. David McElwain – Assisting Priest Michele Rose – Asst. Director of Music Mary Salas – Nursery Betsy Taggart – Director of Music The Rev. Rick Veit – Rector BISHOP OF WYOMING The Rt. Rev. John S. Smylie

Stewardship Corner

Ministry Highlights Total monthly January income: 46,574.00 Total monthly January expense: 36,217.15 Children’s Chapel and Sunday School A group that helps lead chapel and Sunday school for children. This can be assisting or as a primary person. We have very user-friendly Bible-based curriculums that do not require expertise to lead.

Children’s Choir This group practices weekly and performs during the Sunday morning liturgies.

Choir This group sings on Sunday mornings

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St. Mark’s Episcopal Church

1908 Central Avenue

Cheyenne, WY 82001

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Concerts at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church

Sunday, April 8 at 3 pm, LCCC Faculty Recital: Join the talented LCCC performance faculty in an afternoon of solo and chamber selections from throughout history. This is a tremendous opportunity to hear talented musicians in your own backyard!

April 9 at 7 pm, LCCC Cantorei Pre-Tour Concert: Join LCCC's select vocal ensemble as they prepare to sing at Carnegie Hall in New York City with the Choirs of America festival. The concert is free and the group will present songs composed by Lauridsen, Whitacre, Monteverdi, and many more.

April 15 at 3 pm, Repertory: Music for oboe, flute, and string quintet (sample): Shaul, Two Nocturns for Chromatic Harp and Strings; Mozart, Flute/Harp concerto (II; oboe replacing flute); Scott, [two original Scottish fiddle tunes arranged for the ensemble]; Piece for Burmese Harp and Strings; Possible other local Cheyenne composers; 5 lighter sections for strings with harp.

The concert is free to the public. There will be a donation basket at the event and the amount collected will be split between the COMEA Shelter and Habitat for Humanity.

Saturday, April 21 at 3 pm, Dr. Theresa Bogard and Friends: Join Dr. Theresa Bogard, piano faculty at the University of Wyo-ming, in an afternoon of chamber music.

Sunday, April 22 at 3 pm, LCCC Student Honors Recital: Join the talented LCCC student musicians in an afternoon of solo and chamber selections from throughout history.