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My Cup Overflows
Posted on: Wednesday, June 17, 2015
I usually think that “I’m a glass half full kinda girl”. However, these days my cup overflows. As I write this, we are preparing to travel to North Carolina for Mandy’s graduation and temporary move back home and within two weeks, we will be celebrating Andrew’s graduation as well as all the typical year-end celebratory events that go along with senior year. The fact is, my life has always been filled to the brim; it’s just that I didn’t always appreciate all the things that fill it.
» Read moreVBS Safari to Camp Kilimanjaro
Posted on: Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Come start your epic adventure with us!Sunday, June 14 – Thursday, June 185:30 – 8:00 p.m.
» Read moreCongratulations Graduates!
Posted on: Friday, June 5, 2015
Let us take time and congratulate all of St. Mark’s graduates for 2015: Lauren Ashely Barrett, daughter of Fred and Lisa Barrett, graduated from Salisbury with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Work. Lauran will be pursuing her master’s Degree in social work at the University Systems of Maryland through Salisbury in the fall. Jordan Taylor Carpenter, granddaughter of John and Linda Kauffman, graduated from South Hagerstown High School and will be attending Mount St. Mary’s in the fall.
» Read morePastoral Report - June 2015
Posted on: Monday, June 1, 2015
Inspire … Serve … Grow are in our mission statement. Building Faith, Finding Friendships is our tagline. Do we express this as individuals and Disciples of Christ here at St. Mark’s? In Sunday’s sermon we heard Paul state, “we are adopted children of God, instilled with the Holy Spirit to say Abba Father and co-inheritor’s of the kingdom of God with Christ” yet do we just hear the words or do we live the words? Do they change how we live, make decisions and relate to each other?
» Read moreWhy Go to Church?
Posted on: Friday, May 29, 2015
The following was sent by a St. Mark’s member and we thought it had a good message: A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. “I've gone for 30 years now,” he wrote, “and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons, but for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of them. So, I think I'm wasting my time and the pastors are wasting theirs by giving sermons at all.”
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Keep Your Eyes on Jesus
Posted on: Tuesday, May 19, 2015
“Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith ...”Hebrews 12:2 A quote that I recently read said, “Don’t minor in the majors and major in the minors.” I think we would all agree that this is a good principle; the problem is we often disagree on what is major and what is minor. So the real question is how do we decipher between the minor and the major? The answer, of course, is look to Jesus. When I look at the ministry of Jesus, I see someone who exemplified this...
» Read morePastoral Thoughts
Posted on: Wednesday, May 6, 2015
“While in their joy they were disbelieving and still wondering … You are witnesses of these things”Luke 24: 41a; 48
» Read moreThe Great Transformer
Posted on: Wednesday, March 25, 2015
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind...” (Romans 12:2) NKJV
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