Tickets on sale now!! Rooted in baptism, Growing in faith. Branching out into the world. POST MARK May calendar 2 Cinco de Mayo prep. 3 Plant Pick up for ASP mission trip Deanery Confirmation Cinco de Mayo 4 Communion Celebration CROP walk Diocese Deacon Meeting 6 Men's Monthly Breakfast 7 Prayer Group High School Group 10 Men's Group (Library) Mother’s Day Rose Sale 11 Mother's Day Rose Sale Confirmation Recognition Sunday 14 Middle School Group 15 June PostMark due 17 KNOW Group Brunch 18 Last day of SS Teacher Appreciation Event One Voice Concert 19 Daughters of the King Salad Supper 20 St. Mark's Vestry 21 High School Group 24 Men's Group 25 Youth Bridge Group 26 Memorial Day Coming in June: 15 Parish Picnic 15-20 Mexico Mission trip 16-20 Superstars Drama Camp St. Mark’s Annual Cinco de Mayo Dinner and Silent Auction Saturday, May 3/sábado, el 3 de mayo ST. MARK’S MAHON HALL 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. With Honored Guest Bishop Benito of the Diocese of Southeast Mexico! And Mexican Folk Dancing by Local Youth! $15 per adult/cada adulto $10 per student/cada estudiente $5 per child under 10 years/menores de dies años Donations can be made on the St. Mark’s website: go to www.stmarksglenellyn.org and scroll over "Give" at the top. Click on "Contribute Online" and then enter your contribution under "S.E. Mexico Mission." Proceeds go to San Marcos and the Diocese of Southeast Mexico and to help support the 2014 St. Mark's Mexico Mission Trip to Nigromante. Thank you Roses for MOM! St. Mark’s Mother’s Day Rose Sale: Help support our companion parish, San Marcos in Nigromante, Mexico, and the 13 St. Mark’s parishioners going on the 2014 Mexico Mission Trip by buying Mother’s Day Roses and arrangements at St. Mark’s on Saturday morning, May 10, and Sunday, May 11, Mother’s Day. There will be arrangements as well as roses by the dozen for $20. We also will have single roses for $3. Advanced orders can be placed by contacting Evelyn Cabrera (773) 716 -7840 or email at [email protected]. CROP Walk This year's CROP Walk will start at Gary United Methodist Church on Main St. in Wheaton at 2:00 pm on May 4, registration at 1:00 pm. Pro- ceeds from the walk will support the worldwide hunger relief work of Church World Service as well as four local hunger relief agencies, includ- ing Glen Ellyn Food Pantry and Peoples Re- source Center. Last year, 13 St. Mark's walkers, sponsored by 25 parishioners, joined with 183 walkers from 16 other area churches to raise $26,400. We will have two routes, a full 10 km, 6.2 mile course and a shorter, stroller friendly, 3.2 mile course. You can donate by going online to our team e-mail location or by supporting one of our walkers. The online address is: http:// hunger.cwsglobal.org/goto/stmarksglenellyn to support one of our walkers, look for information in the narthex or contact Don Sutherland at 630- 469-8384 or [email protected]. Your sup- port is greatly needed and appreciated. Thank you.
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Tickets on sale now!!
Rooted in
baptism,
Growing in
faith.
Branching
out into the
world.
POSTMARK
May calendar
2 Cinco de Mayo prep. 3 Plant Pick up for ASP mission trip Deanery Confirmation Cinco de Mayo 4 Communion Celebration CROP walk Diocese Deacon Meeting 6 Men's Monthly Breakfast 7 Prayer Group High School Group 10 Men's Group (Library) Mother’s Day Rose Sale 11 Mother's Day Rose Sale Confirmation Recognition Sunday 14 Middle School Group 15 June PostMark due 17 KNOW Group Brunch 18 Last day of SS Teacher Appreciation Event One Voice Concert 19 Daughters of the King Salad Supper 20 St. Mark's Vestry 21 High School Group 24 Men's Group 25 Youth Bridge Group 26 Memorial Day
Coming in June: 15 Parish Picnic 15-20 Mexico Mission trip 16-20 Superstars Drama Camp
St. Mark’s Annual Cinco de Mayo Dinner
and Silent Auction
Saturday, May 3/sábado, el 3 de mayo ST. MARK’S MAHON HALL 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
With Honored Guest Bishop Benito of the Diocese of Southeast Mexico!
And Mexican Folk Dancing by Local Youth!
$15 per adult/cada adulto $10 per student/cada estudiente $5 per child under 10 years/menores de dies años
Donations can be made on the St. Mark’s website: go to www.stmarksglenellyn.org and scroll over "Give" at the top. Click on "Contribute Online" and then enter your contribution under "S.E. Mexico Mission." Proceeds go to San Marcos and the Diocese of Southeast Mexico and
to help support the 2014 St. Mark's Mexico Mission Trip to Nigromante. Thank you
Roses for MOM!
St. Mark’s Mother’s Day Rose Sale: Help support our companion parish, San Marcos in Nigromante, Mexico, and the 13 St. Mark’s parishioners going on the 2014 Mexico Mission Trip by buying Mother’s Day Roses and arrangements at St. Mark’s on Saturday morning, May 10, and Sunday, May 11, Mother’s Day. There will be arrangements as well as roses by the dozen for $20. We also will have single roses for $3. Advanced orders can be placed by contacting Evelyn Cabrera (773) 716-7840 or email at [email protected].
CROP Walk
This year's CROP Walk will start at Gary United Methodist Church on Main St. in Wheaton at 2:00 pm on May 4, registration at 1:00 pm. Pro-ceeds from the walk will support the worldwide hunger relief work of Church World Service as well as four local hunger relief agencies, includ-ing Glen Ellyn Food Pantry and Peoples Re-source Center. Last year, 13 St. Mark's walkers, sponsored by 25 parishioners, joined with 183 walkers from 16 other area churches to raise $26,400. We will have two routes, a full 10 km, 6.2 mile course and a shorter, stroller friendly, 3.2 mile course. You can donate by going online to our team e-mail location or by supporting one of our walkers. The online address is: http://hunger.cwsglobal.org/goto/stmarksglenellyn to support one of our walkers, look for information in the narthex or contact Don Sutherland at 630-469-8384 or [email protected]. Your sup-port is greatly needed and appreciated. Thank you.
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Rector’s Message:
Parachuting into Easter Season
In case you missed Easter Sunday at St. Mark’s, here is a shortened version of my sermon: Of all the things that are out there to do, parachuting is not on my list. I really can’t think of anything more terrifying than plummeting to the ground at 120 miles an hour from 10,000 feet in the air, depending on a few pounds of nylon rope and sheeting to operate successfully in order to avoid an all-in-one dive and burial. As part of an experiment conducted at the University of Trier in Germany, fifteen people, who had never done it before, volunteered for the good of science, to jump from an airplane, not just once, but three times in one day. Each volunteer chewed on a small sponge before and after each jump in order to measure the amount of cortisol (stress) in the bloodstream. The laboratory results showed that cortisol levels were off the chart for the first jump. But by the second and third jumps, the stress had dropped to what people experience in slow traffic when they are running late. People who repeatedly jump from airplanes become acclimated to such an in-your-face life and death activity. Perhaps this isn’t a surprise. Each of us can think of things in our lives that seemed to us extremely frightening the first time, but over time became much easier. We get used to things that are frightening and terrifying. Like Easter.
According to Matthew’s account of that first Easter morning, just as the day was dawning, an angel of the Lord and Jesus himself told Mary Magdelene and another woman also named Mary the same thing: “Do not be afraid.” There is every indication that they were truly afraid. The two women ran so fast from the tomb that they caught up to Jesus, who, if he hadn’t said “greetings” might have run right past him. We can imagine their mixture of emotions - shock, grief, joy.
Fast forward to 2014. Who is afraid this Easter morning? Easter is anything but terrifying. Easter is nice. Easter these days is a white and harmless bunny carrying colorful eggs. Instead of being like parachuting, Easter is as stressful as seeing an airplane flying overhead. So if Easter has lost its frightening edge, is that a bad thing? It doesn’t make sense to me to artificially startle people with yelling from the pulpit or special effects. Matthew gets our attention by including some important details. First, there is a great earthquake as an angel, like a giant bird, comes screeching out of nowhere to roll away the stone in front of the tomb where the body
of Jesus had been placed. The face of the angel was like lightening, a 1000 volts of blinding electricity. No wonder the guards standing at the tomb, men who had been hardened in training and battle, crumbled like saltines. Unlike these guards and the two women, we don’t need to be afraid to hear the message. But Easter has something more to offer us than pastels, new shoes and a delicious family dinner.
On Palm Sunday, the Gospel left us with a question. “Who is this?” It’s a question everyone wanted to know the answer to. The entire city of Jerusalem joined together with one voice to ask this question as an unknown man on a donkey, with people waving branches and treating him like royalty, entered their city. Over the past week, we have seen parts of an answer come together. This “who” is someone who, unlike any king would ever do, washes the feet of his disciples. He washes the feet of one who he knows will be betray him. This is the “who” who gives himself over to be arrested without a fight. This is the “who” who in his last hours, dying on the cross, tells a criminal, a murderer, on a cross next to him that he will not abandon him even in death.
The best answers to the question “Who is this?” are often found outside of words. I stumble when I try to sum up all that Jesus means and is. What the earliest followers of Jesus realized is that through his death and resurrection, he made permanent for every man, woman and child, past, present and future, an unconditional bond of love and acceptance to himself and the Father who sent him. This was their Gospel, and it includes the murderers who died next to Jesus. It includes those who are atheists and those who have never heard of God. It includes Jews, Hindus and Muslims. It includes those who profess no faith. Unfortunately, with a wide open track ahead of it, the church is stuck in the starting gate, still trying to figure out who is in and who is out. It is a tragic failure to launch. The Gospel is always ahead of the church, and maybe some day the church will catch up. The resurrected Jesus is ahead of the church but patiently waits, even turns back and finds us, speaking words of comfort and calm.
If Holy Week and Easter help us the answer the question “Who is this?” it also tells us who we are. We can know who we are from the first story in the Bible. Cain, Eve’s firstborn, became a tiller of the soil. Eve’s second son, Abel, became a keeper of sheep. Cain didn’t know two important things: how much he was loved and how easy it is to kill. Out of jealousy, he struck Abel in the field. It was a fatal blow. Easter provides us with the things that Cain didn’t know: how much we are loved and how fragile we are. Easter provides a path away from the endless cycles of revenge and jealousy that plague our world, since that first homicide. If we see on Easter morning how fragile each of us is and how easy it is to kill, there is hope. There is so much in our world that teaches us to be strong and in control, and things often appear that way. But when we get a glimpse into the soft tissues of our hearts, we see a different story.
Instead of scaring us, Easter in 2014 does something even better: it helps us to find and see the fragile places in ourselves and each other. There is no one, absolutely no one here or anywhere without a dark, hurt place, because that is where each of us finds God. This morning, there are over 150 empty grocery bags in a basket in front of the church. They are flat and folded. Inside each is a dark space, representing a person or family facing hunger in our community. God is in that dark space, waiting to see your face peering down into it and filling it with a can of soup or a box of pasta. Take a small bit of fragile dark space home with you and find there the message of Easter. There is no reason to be afraid
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For sometime I have been interested in studying more theology, biblical studies and biblical history. Last year, Father George was kind enough to spend time with me to look at course options at local seminaries. During the process of reviewing my options I found an on-line program through Princeton Theological Seminary (PTS) in NJ (www.ptsem.edu). PTS, while located in Princeton, NJ is not associated with Princeton University. Established in 1812 it is a professional and graduate school of the Presbyterian church. PTS offers a one year on-line graduate certificate program. I applied and was accepted to the program at the end of 2013 and started studies in January of this year. So how does an on-line program work? Really well. Unlikely the horror stories that you may hear about unaccredited and/or for-profit programs like Phoenix University, etc., the students and staff are very focused and professional. The students are all adults, mostly on the older side, who are very active in their churches. A number are taking the PTS program as part of their discernment process, some are considering going to seminary, a few are ordained and are lifelong learners; and, others, like me, just want to learn. There are six courses, each course runs five weeks. We have completed the Old Testament and Theology Courses, up next is the New Testament followed by Evangelism, Poems and Hymns through the Ages; and a TBA course. Each course meets once a week for two hours and there is also an optional precept that runs an hour once a week. Both the lectures and precept are in the evenings. The technology that allows the courses to meet on-line are two commercial software programs - Adobe Connect and Blackboard. I connect using either my Mac or iPad with their built in camera, microphone and speakers. Others use a variety
Lifelong Learning David Dornblaser
reading material, etc., are posted to the Blackboard site. The interactive site is Adobe Connect. When we meet for a class there are over 100 of us on-line plus the professor and several graduate students who run the program. When the class starts you see and hear the live video of the professor. Additionally, there is a powerpoint presentation and the graduate assistants are posting notes in a separate box. The students have access to a chat box where they can type in questions and interact during the lecture. At least one of the graduate students is active in the chat box during the entire class. During the Q & A sessions students that want to ask a question have their microphones and video cameras enabled and the class is able to see and hear the questions being asked and the follow-up discussion with the professor. Often questions that come up in chat box are asked by one of the graduate assistants to the professor. The system really works well. During the week we break down into smaller groups, precepts, for an hour to discuss the readings and the lecture. My precept group normally had 6 - 8 people in it including a PhD student who ran the precept. In the precept everyone’s mic and video camera is on so we can see and hear all of the participants. I have really enjoyed the first two courses that I have completed. In addition to reading from the Bible, both courses have had two additional books assigned to them. I have spent roughly three hours a week reading the assignments. Each course has had two required essays and I have spent 2-2 1/2 hours writing each essay. The essays are both peer reviewed and reviewed the graduate assistants. The time spent preparing for and in class is not minimal but it is appropriate for all that you learn and take from the courses. The PTS professors have been excellent as have the PhD teaching assistants. If you are considering biblical and theology studies, you may want to look into PTS’s program. I would not be surprised if other seminaries, churches, groups, etc., offer other on-line opportunities in the future.
Christian Grandparents Blog
Are you keeping up with the Grand-blessings, locally or long distance? Pastor Robin writes a weekly blog on ideas, tips and resources for this best phase of life! Updated every Monday at www.peekinthenest.blogspot.com.
Don’t miss these special days in the lives of the youth of St. Mark’s! May 4, 10:30 a.m. and 1 :00 p.m. worship—Communion celebrations
May 3, 11:00 a.m.—Confirmation at St. John’s Naperville May 11, 10:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. worship—Confirmation Recognition
June 1- High School Graduation Recognition
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Spanish Language Ministry Para mayor información por favor contacte al P. Víctor
Conrado al 630-858-1020 Ext. 226.
Primera Comunión
Información Importante Reciban mis sinceros saludos y mejores deseos. Que la paz del Señor esté siempre con ustedes. Primero que todo quiero darles las gracias por confiarnos la formación sacramental de sus hijos, hijas o familiares. A continuación encontrará información importante sobre el sacramento de la primera comunión. Si tienen preguntas al respecto, por favor comuníquense con los profesores diácono Miguel Briones y Sra. Rosio Barrera, todos los domingos antes de las clases o después de la eucaristía. De martes a viernes pueden llamar a la oficina parroquial (630-858-1020 ext. 226). Pregunta: ¿Cuándo, a qué hora y dónde será la primera comunión? Respuesta: La primera comunión será el día
domingo, 4 de mayo a la 1:00 PM en la Parroquia Episcopal de San Marcos. Les pedimos que se encuentren en el sótano de la parroquia a las 11:30 AM. La puntualidad es importante para que tengan tiempo de ensayar y de encontrar sus puestos durante la eucaristía.
Pregunta: ¿Qué necesitan traer ese día? Respuesta: Respetamos las tradiciones religiosas
de cada uno/a de ustedes. Como signo importante para ese día es la vestidura blanca (una prenda blanca) y una vela (puede ser la del bautismo).
Esperamos que esta información sea de ayuda para ustedes. Muchas gracias nuevamente por ser parte de nuestra Parroquia. Les invitamos a que hagamos de este momento el comienzo para una vida de compromiso cristiano en la vida de sus hijos e hijas. La formación NO termina con la Primera Comunión. A cada candidato se le pedirá que ejerza un ministerio (monaguillos, lectores, ujieres, etc.) en la Parroquia. Necesitamos de su apoyo para que ellos y ellas continúen. Muchas gracias por la atención prestada a esta información. Respetuosamente, P. Victor H. Conrado Asociado del Párroco Parroquia Episcopal de San Marcos
Sacramento de la Confirmación
Información Importante Pregunta: ¿Cuándo, a qué hora y dónde será la Confirmación? Respuesta: La confirmación será el día sábado, 3 de mayo
a las 11:00 AM en la Parroquia Episcopal de San Juan. Esta es la dirección: St. John's Episcopal Church 750 Aurora Avenue Naperville, Illinois 60540. Les pedimos que lleguen a las 9:00 AM para una entrevista con el señor Obispo Jeffrey Lee
Pregunta: ¿Qué necesitan traer ese día? Respuesta: Respetamos las tradiciones religiosas de cada
uno/a de ustedes. Como signo importante para ese día es la vestidura blanca (una prenda blanca) y una vela (puede ser la del bautismo).
Mes del Ministerio Hispano en la Diócesis de Chicago Este mes está dedicado al Ministerio Hispano en la Diócesis de Chicago. Esto quiere decir que durante este mes estaremos orando por las diferentes misiones y parroquias que sirven a la comunidad Hispana/Latina de la Diócesis. Esperamos también tener una colecta de dinero para ayudar con algunos gastos que se tienen en encuentros de jóvenes y parejas. Esperamos sus oraciones y contribución. Domingo 4 Misión de Nuestra Sra. De Guadalupe,
Waukegan y Misión de la Sagrada Familia, Lake Villa. Domingo 11 Misión Cristo Rey y Misión de Santa Teresa
de Ávila en Chicago. Domingo 18 Parroquia de San Miguel y Todos los
Ángeles, Berwyn y Parroquia de Santa Elena, Burr Ridge.
Domingo 25 Parroquia de San Marcos, Glen Ellyn. Parroquia del Redentor, Elgin. Tendremos también la reunión bimensual del Ministerio Hispano en San Marcos el día sábado, 17 de mayo de 9am a 12pm. Esperamos su presencia para que compartan lo que significa ser parte de San Marcos.
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St. Mark's SUPERSTARS Drama Camp the week of June 16-20. Children entering Kindergarten through seventh grade are encouraged to attend this morning camp. You may register your child either online or at the front desk.
Vacation Bible School – July 14-18 from 9:30 – 12noon. Children age 4 through entering 5th grade are encouraged to attend. Please note we
will have a special session of Parent's Day Out that week for children 2+ to 4 years. More details coming soon on St. Mark's website.
PDO Registration for 2014-15! Parents Day Out (“PDO”) offers daycare from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and will walk children to afternoon St. Mark’s Preschool sessions. Children between the ages of 2 and 4+ are eligible to register for one or two days per week, and all days also offer a substitute list. Registration is $50 for one child and $75 for two or more children. Tuition is $25 per day for one child, $45 per day for two children, and $60 per day for three children. Financial assistance may also be available upon application to the PDO Director and Board. Program applications for September 2014 are available through the Parish website, www.stmarksglenellyn.org, the PDO check-in table, and in the parlor and may be returned to the church office.
PDO June and July 2014 Summer Session: Back by popular demand, PDO is offering a June and July summer session on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings operating from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., and providing a snack. You may register for one, two or three days each week, and you register for each individual day in June and July that you would like to have your child attend. The cost is $25/day/child, due at registration. There is a limit of 20 spots per day available. A Summer Session signup sheet will be available at the PDO check in table beginning on April 21st. Questions on either
J.A.M. - Jesus and Me! 9:15 a.m. in room 123 in the Undercroft all year round! This creative and thought-provoking time is set aside just for children ages 4-8 years old and lasts for approximately 35 minutes, at which point they are escorted upstairs to the sanctuary to be reunited with their parents for the remainder of the service. Preschool Sculptures on
Blast off to Kindergarten! Summer 2014 Registration
St. Mark’s Preschool introduces a Blast off to Kindergarten pilot program for students entering Kindergarten in the fall. Our Summer Program will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursdays from 9:00am to 12:00pm. We will offer a small teacher to student ratio and a project approach to an integrated Science, Language Arts, Handwriting Without Tears and Mathematics curriculum. Students will participate in daily journal writing and group reading experiences. Weather permitting, activities will incorporate water/outdoor activities and walks to Main Street Recreation Park. The cost for the Blast off to Kindergarten summer program is $105.00 per week. To register, please fill out registration form on our website: www.stmarksglenellyn.org/preschool/summerprograms. If you have any questions regarding our Blast off to Kindergarten Summer Program, please call 630-858-1020 ext.243 or [email protected].
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Easter Lilies and Brass
In memory of Karen Russell by Ellen Brannegan. In memory of Keith Schoen and in thanksgiving for blessings received by Peggy Schoen.
In thanksgiving for Carina & Christian by Craig & Ann-Marie Cudzilo. In memory of Jozan Carlton by Joe Carlton.
En memoria de Hugo A. Solorazano y en acción de gracias por familia de Flor y Juan por Flor Carmons. In memory of Hilary Stent Jackson and Stuart Welker by Jane Stent Zaccaria.
In memory of Kenneth Pearch and Brian Lancaster by Peter & Heather Norton. En acción de gracias por vida familia Blanco por Verónica Blanco.
En memoria de Emilia Cortes y en acción de gracias por la vida y salud de mis hijos por Alejandra Montes. En acción de gracias por la salud de Marco Ceron por Ernesto Leon.
In thanksgiving for blessings received by May & Dick Anstee. In memory of Rachel and Fred Dinse by Dianne Dinse.
Por Sanibel Barrera. In thanksgiving for our wonderful family and Ryan’s Joy & T.J.’s arrival by June and Bob Judd.
In thanksgiving for my extended family by Anna Panor. In memory of Robert and Edith Henderson by Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Becker.
In memory of Dru and Phill Carter by Andy and Chris Carter. En acción de gracias por Sara Rubio por Alejandra Rubio.
Por familia Cielo Grande. In memory of Florence E. Hunter and John Walor by Julie & Hunter Walor.
Por Julio Reyes. In memory of Charles and Stephanie Eha by the Flynn family.
Por la familia Godinez. In memory of Peggy Toliver by the Toliver family.
In memory of Doris & Henry Hain and Richard Mordini by the Mordini family. En acción de gracias por David, Daniel and Lucia Conrado y en acción de gracias for this congregation by Victor Conrado.
In memory of Norma A. Diver by the Barrett family. In honor a mis hijas por familia Garcia.
Por Camerino Ortiz. In memory of Steven Malosh by Stephanie & Joey Rivera.
Por Oscar Gallegos. In memory of our parents by Ken and Gail Kramer.
In memory of Frank, Chip and my parents by Audrey Halbeck. In memory of Robert Bailey by the Mote family.
Por Miguel y Alondra. In memory of Moira & Richard Riehl by the Tabacks.
In honor de Para Flores por Familia Chihuahua Casas. By Raleigh Kalbfleisch.
Por Raul, Ereida, Reily, y Evelyn. In memory of Wick Goodspeed by Mary Goodspeed.
By Cari & Raymond Dinglasan. By Raul Rocha & family.
Por Ado lofo y Gaby. In memory of our Godparents and in honor of our parents by Steve and April Sedall.
Por Javier Gonzales. Por Julian Mendoza.
Por Sofia. Por Ofelia BustaMonte.
By Karen Evans. By George Carleton.
In thanksgiving for the St. Mark’s DOK and choir by George and Cecilia Smith.
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2014 Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Easter
Vigil and Easter morning at St. Mark’s
By Sandy and Rinda Allison. In memory of Betty and Carter Newsom by Barbara Newsom.
In memory of James and Agnes Pliml by George Pliml. By Linda & Mike Boskovic.
In memory of Carl E. Tack Jr. by the Ward family. By Janice Langford.
In memory of St. Jose Trinidad Perez Antunez by Sandi Perez. By Daniel & Laura Ellison and family.
By Robert & Cheryl Olsen. By the Rojc family.
In memory of Norma A. Diver by the Barrett family. By David Orawan.
In honor of blessings received by the Delany family. In memory of Leland & Dorothy Sutherland and Nicholas & Julia Panor.
By the Reed family. By the Wulf family.
By the Sullivans. En acción de gracias por la vida de Josefina Emerenciana, Ángeles, Julio Jr. Y Julio por Ángeles Perdona.
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Youth@StMarks for April Kim Reed, Youth Ministry Coordinator [email protected] (630) 660-3611
For Middle Schoolers: Wednesday Night Youth Group (2ndWed@StMarks) for middle schoolers on May 14, and June 11 from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. All 6th,
7th, & 8th graders are invited and encouraged to bring a friend! We are in the St. Mark's library. Summer Middle School Mission Camp – NEW DATES: Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday August 12, 13, 14 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For those entering 6th, 7th, & 8th grades next year!
For High Schoolers:
Wednesday Night Youth Group (1st&3rdWed@StMarks) for high schoolers. In the St. Mark's library. Wednesdays: May 7, May 21, and June 7 from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m.
Make Breakfast and Serve the Homeless at St. James Cathedral in Chicago Sunday morning, May 18. Looking for a couple adults to lead a group of interested high schoolers and adults to help St. James feed Chicago homeless.
Important dates
Confirmation at St. John’s Naperville is Saturday, May 3, at 11:00 a.m.
Confirmation Recognition Sunday will be on Sunday, May 11, at St. Mark’s at the 10:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. services!
Last day of Sunday School is May 18.
High School Graduation Recognition Sunday is June 1 (we will be on the summer schedule).
Camp Chicago (Episcopal Diocese of Chicago)
It’s not too late to register for the Diocese of Chicago’s Summer Camp: Camp Chicago! Sign up online at http://www.episcopalchicago.org/at-work-in-the-church/youth-ministry/camp-chicago/. Sessions are from June 22 to July 11. St. Mark's Sawyer Hill and Frances Smith will be working at Camp Chicago this summer!
WONDERFUL NEWS from Kim: I will continue to be St. Mark’s Youth Ministry Coordinator on a more permanent basis, in case you hadn’t noticed that the “interim” part came off the title! Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns! I am thrilled to be working with St. Mark’s youth!
Cinco de mayo Festival on May 3!
Mission Trips: 2014
Mexico Mission Trip is June 15 to 20 and the 2014 Appalachia Service Project Trip is July 12 to 19. Be on the lookout for reports on these two mission trips later this summer!
For All Youth:
Youth Bridge Group: May 25! All 6th to 12th graders are invited to this once a month gathering for a service project, games, music, and pizza! 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in the library.
Help serve PADS dinner on the first Sunday of every month, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Contact Emily Sexauer at [email protected].
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Pix from Youth Events
Activities include Instructed Seder, trip to Synagogue, mid week
family project, cookies and cards for PADS, group going to Mexico 2014,
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Prayer Providers Welcome If you want to request prayers or join the prayer partners please contact George Smith at [email protected], Catharine Phillips at [email protected], or Judy Jackson at [email protected]. or come to our next Prayer Group meeting Wednesday, May 7 at
The Men’s Group meets on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month in the library at St. Mark’s. May 10 and 24 we enjoy coffee at 7:30 a.m. and then a DVD series on the Old Testament (part 4: Abraham, Sarah and Hagar) at 8 a.m. followed by discussion. The sessions are open to all men from the St. Mark’s community and beyond.
Vestry meetings are open: Any parish member is welcome to attend. Meetings are regularly on the third Tuesday of each month, 7:30 pm, in the Library. The May meeting is May 20. See the back of this bulletin for the list of parish officers and vestry members.
PADS Volunteers for May
Volunteers are needed for PADS Sunday evening May 4th through Monday morning May 5th. There are sign-up sheets on the table between the sanctuary and the library. For more information or to volunteer please contact David Dornblaser, 630.474.9706 H, 630.215.7999 C, [email protected] or Donald Sutherland 630.469.8284 H, 630.661.5792 C, [email protected]. Or visit http://www.stmarksglenellyn.org/st-marks-pads-ministr for an overview of the St. Mark's PADS ministry.
Coffee Hour Community Building
At St. Mark's, the coffee hour following the 10:30 a.m. Sunday service is one of the best times of the morning for children and adults to meet and greet. Coffee, juice and a treat of some variety is served most Sundays. In order to share this ministry, active households of our congregation are assigned one Sunday per every 16 months to bring the treat - cookies, muffins, fruit, etc. Two families are assigned each Sunday. They are assisted by a coffee hour minister, one of six or seven volunteers who know the workings of the kitchen and can help the hosting families.
Kim Toliver coordinates the coffee hour schedule and has posted the list of assignments for the entire year. Please take a look and see when you are assigned. You will be notified a month in advance, and have plenty of time to make a swap with another family is needed. If you have any questions about coffee hour, please contact Kim Toliver [email protected]. Thank you for making coffee hour a fun and vital St. Mark's ministry!
Isaiah Study Resumes The Tuesday Bible Study is reading the first 39 chapters of the book of Isaiah. This section is often referred to as First Isaiah and is a prophecy set in the Southern Kingdom of Jerusalem in the period roughly 700 B.C.E. These chapters much beloved by the Christian church include warnings about social injustice, visions of a messianic king and visions of a final banquet and heavenly signs. All are welcome. The study begins at 9 a.m. and concludes by 10:30 a.m. Questions? Contact George Smith at 630-858-0102, ext 222.
Join us for Brunch! Know Group and Brunch, May 17, 11:30 in
Mahon Hall. This senior-friendly group meets for a potluck brunch several times during the year. All retirees and “wannabee” retirees are welcome. If AARP has sent you a request to join - you qualify for the group. It’s a good time with lots of laughs and a great way to catch-up with old friends and meet new ones. We will need: hot brunch dishes, fruit, vegetable side dishes and coffee cakes. Please RSVP to Bonnie Schwanz, 708-299-3573 ([email protected]) or sign up in the narthex and let me know what you plan to bring.
ASP Plant Sale Pickup – don’t forget to schedule your plant pickup on May 3, 2014 in the afternoon.
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Book Review Rev. Dr. Walter Dunnett
DOK Annual Salad Supper
The Daughters of the King invite the women of St. Marks to our Annual Salad Supper, Monday May 19th, 6:30 pm at the home of May and Dick Anstee. The address is 219 W. Maple Street, Lombard.
Daughters of the King is an order of the Episcopal Church open to all women in the parish interested in sharing a spiritual journey of prayer and service. This is an opportunity to meet and get to know other women in the parish and to celebrate an end to the active school
year and slip into summer. Please RSVP to Paula Zwiebel 630-886-6185 or email her at [email protected].
Seven Events that Shaped the New Testament World. Warren Carter. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. 162 pages (paper). $21.99. Want to read a book done in an easy-going, breezy style of writing? And one that might give you, the reader, a new (or different) slant on the New Testament? Carter gives a sketch of seven (arbitrarily) selected events that aided in shaping the New Testament world, seven dynamics that help to understand the NT world (noted in his conclusion), and, in round numbers, a period of time from the death of Alexander the Great (in 323 BCE) to the “closing” of the NT canon at the Council of Carthage (in 397 CE). Roughly seven hundred years. And, of course, there are seven chapters in the table of contents! First we read of the birth, exploits, and death of Alexander the Great (who died in 323 B.C. E., after becoming a world-conqueror).. His empire stretched from Macedon in the west ti India in the east. He was a “manly”man. But Jesus outdid him in becoming the exalted Lord who ruled over the whole world, and also by “giving his life a ransom for many.” The second chapter expounds on the importance of the Greek language in the story. By spreading Greek as the language of his world Alexander gave to the Jewish world a vehicle for translating the Hebrew Bible into Greek (called the Septuagint, viz., LXX, the translation done by seventy Jewish scholars in about 232 B.C.E.). Later on the Christian New Testament was written in Greek, and the Bible became available to the world-at- large. The rededication of the Jerusalem Temple in 164 B.C. is the subject of chapter 3. This structure, first built by King Solomon, son of King David, was the center of Jewish worship, and spoke of the presence of God among his people. After being defiled by pagan (Syrian) invasion in 169 B.C.E., a Jewish family named Maccabeus won back, then rededicated the Temple to the worship if God. Jesus’ relation to the temple, and ministry there are important for our study of the NT. In the year 63 B.C.E. the Roman general Pompey the Great conquered Judea. Now the Jewish homeland was under the sway of figures like the Emperor Augustus Caesar, the half-Jewish king Herod the Great, his son Herod Antipas, and the Roman governor Pontius Pilate. These figures dominate the Gospels, and we see Jesus often confronting and being confronted by these powers.
The Jesus-people must learn to live under their sway. The Book of Acts and the NT epistles often advise how this can be done. The crucifixion of Jesus (in about 30 C.E.) is an event critical in world history. Who crucified Jesus, and why, are major queries. Much space is given in the Gospel accounts to what is called the Passion Narrative, and the epistles contain a good deal of teaching as to the importance of this event for humankind. But God raised him from the dead, and proclaimed him to be the true leader of the whole world. The writing of the NT texts occupied some years after the death of Christ. Carter likes the dates 50 to 130 C.E. for these documents; many other scholars limit the dating to within the first century (the lifetime of the apostles). He sees Paul’s letters as the earliest documents; the Gospels between forty and fifty years after Jesus’ death. They are all intended to aid Jesus-people to live faithfully amid a hostile world. Finally, in chapter seven, Carter traces the events that led up to the “closing” of the NT canon (he dates it in 397 C.E). Out of a number of documents circulating among the early churches, these twenty-seven “made it through,” and became what was called the New Testament, and were joined with the Old Testament, hence the “Christian Bible.” There is no need here to quibble about certain details. One could spend more time on issues like Pauline authorship (viz., did he write seven or thirteen letters?), stylistic issues (why keep on playing around with the name “Alexander”?), and so on. I would commend the book for its general purpose of giving a number of important contexts for our reading and practical use of the New Testament.
