Announcements – Feb 19
ADULT FORUM: No forum this week so that we can all enjoy pancakes. The showing of the classic silent film, Cecil B. DeMille’s “The King of Kings” (1928), at the adult form has been delayed to February 26th & March 4th. More information is available on the bulletin board outside the office. If you’re interested in an advance handout on the film, please contact Bob Stock.
BIBLE STUDY WITH SIDNIE: No Bible Study today. On February 26th, Bible Study will meet following the 10:30 service in the Narthex or the Lady Julian Chapel. We are studying Exodus 3-4.
VESTRY MEETING has been postponed to next Sunday, February 26th, so that all may enjoy the Fat Sunday celebration.
ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICES - February 22nd. There will be a Holy Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes at 12:15 pm and 5:15 pm, in addition to the 7:00 pm SPACE liturgy. Also during Lent: STATIONS OF THE CROSS, on Fridays at 12:15.
SPACE service is on Wednesday nights at 7pm. Come join us for a time that includes extended periods of silent prayer. Nursery care is available.
Father Jerry will be offering a EUCHARIST WITH PRAYERS FOR HEALING three times during the season of Lent: Thursdays, March 1, March 15, and March 29. If you have never attended such a Eucharist, it is a normal, said Eucharist, but with a time for prayers when congregants may kneel at the altar rail, the celebrant lays hands on your head, anoints your forehead with oil for healing, and says a specific prayer for healing. Prayers for healing may be offered for one’s self or for another. All are welcome!
PRINTED OFFERING ENVELOPES are now available in the Narthex – and there are many that remain unclaimed.
ANNUAL MEETING REPORTS: Copies of the booklet provided at Annual meeting are also available in the Narthex.
ALTAR FLOWERS: A new flower chart for 2012 is available in the Narthex, and needs to bloom. If you have dedicated flowers on a Sunday, please leave your $35 donation in the offering plate or mail it to the office. If you are unsure if you’ve paid a prior donation, please check with Denise in the office.
If you put your name in the collection plate last Sunday as a PRAYER LINK, please draw a name from the prayer link basket in the back of the church today and follow the instructions on the back of the sign up form. Thanks for your participation.
FAT SUNDAY PANCAKE FEED: A meal of pancakes and sausage/bacon will be available today after the 8:30 Eucharist until about noon. This event is co-sponsored by the Jr/Sr High School students and the Vestry in response to a request by the Bishop that all parishes hold fundraisers that day to benefit the Diocese. Suggested donation $5. Invite friends, family, classmates, and co-workers!
PROGRESS REPORT ON ELEVATOR / WINDOW APPEAL! Since our Annual Meeting, an additional $5000 in gifts has been received. Cash on hand for these projects is now $74,090. With the addition of $13,000 in outstanding pledges we are within about $22,000 of our goal. So far 43 families and members of the parish have made gifts or pledges to date in amounts from two dollars upward. Join them today. Envelopes are in the pews and Narthex for your pledges and gifts. For more information on this appeal please contact Bob Kuzelka by phone at 402-475-0221 or 402-417-9424 or by email at rkuzelka1@unl.edu. Thanks for your generous support for these improvements which will help our parish to fulfill its ministries.
ST. MARK’S CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES
Sun, Feb 19th 8:30 & 10:30 a.m…. Holy Eucharist
9:30 a.m – noon…… Fat Sunday Pancake Feed
12:15 p.m………….. NO Bible Study with Sidnie
Tue, Feb 21st 12:30 p.m…………… Holy Eucharist
Wed, Feb 22nd 12:15 p.m………….. Holy Eucharist
Ash Wednesday 5:15 p.m………….. Holy Eucharist
7:00 p.m……………. SPACE: Contemplative Worship
(Nursery care available)
Fri, Feb 24th 12:15 p.m…………… Stations of the Cross
Sun, Feb 26th 8:30 & 10:30 a.m…. Holy Eucharist
12:15 p.m………….. Bible Study with Sidnie
12:15 p.m………….. Vestry Meeting
Check out this link: http://www.lentmadness.org/. Who will win the golden halo? Fun and informative meditations with the saints during Lent. Created through Forward Movement Publications.