Worship & Congregational Activities

WORSHIP/EDUCATION/CONGREGATIONAL LIFE

YOU CHOOSE THE HYMNS!: St. Mark’s worship service on May 10 (Mother’s Day) is a service where you may have had a say in the hymns that are sung! In April, the church asked for your favorite hymn, and some of those selections will be played during worship on May 10. Because we had a great response, the hymns that aren’t played on May 10 may be played during the June 21 (Father’s Day) worship service. That also means that if you didn’t do it before, you can let us know your favorite hymn, which may be sung at the June 21 service. You can email it to stmarksnydertown@gmail.com or write it down and put it in the box in the back of the Sanctuary by May 31.

During both services, Pastor David will talk about each of the hymns, giving some background and scriptural references that they include.

ANNUAL CHURCH PICNIC: St. Mark’s annual church potluck picnic will be held following worship on Sunday, May 17. Hot dogs, condiments, paper plates, napkins, cups, and utensils will be provided. Please bring a chair and a dish to share. A signup sheet is in the narthex for bringing food and/or beverages. If you have any questions, you can contact Pastor David.

BAPTISM AND NEW MEMBERS: If you are interested in becoming a member of St. Mark, you are invited to contact Pastor David with any questions and to meet with him.

COFFEE HOUR IN MAY: St. Mark’s next coffee hour is May 24 and follows worship. Spend some fellowship time together and enjoy some refreshments. It also will be a chance to welcome the newest members to St. Mark — the Zimmermans.

St. Mark’s Coffee Hours will take a break during the summer months (June-August). If you would like to help with future coffee hours, contact Pastor David.

TEA IN JUNE!: A Spring Tea will be held for “Ladies of All Ages, and family and friends” at 1pm Saturday, June 13 in St. Mark’s Fellowship Room. Donations collected during the event will go to Centre Safe, which “empowers survivors of sexual violence, relationship violence, and stalking and to work toward the elimination of such violence.” 

A sign-up sheet will be in the narthex to sign up for the event or email stmarksnydertown@gmail.com. The deadline to sign up is June 7. 

Enjoy time for tea talk, togetherness, and to support survivors of sexual and domestic violence.

FAITH EXPLORERS WRAP UP: Our Faith Explorer (Sunday School) class offerings for all ages will wrap up on Sunday, May 17, before they take a break for summer. The classes meet at 9:30am in the second floor classrooms. The family and youth class features engaging activities and conversations around life and faith today for both youth and adults alike. The older group is going through the devotional book, The Chosen: 40 Days with Jesus.  

Anyone is welcome to come anytime you can! If you are interested in helping with either of the classes when they start up again in the fall, contact Pastor David.

PREPARING FOR SUMMER WORSHIP: Starting in June, St. Mark goes to its summer schedule for worship services. The schedule for June through August will be the following: indoors at 10:30am on the first and fifth (if there is a fifth) Sunday of each month; outdoors under the pavilion at 10:30am on the second and fourth Sundays of each month; and outdoors under the pavilion at 6pm on the third Sunday of each month. Don’t worry, we will keep reminding you of the time and place!

Outdoor services happen, of course, weather permitting. If weather conditions or something else causes us to change anything happening at St. Mark, we will use our Call Multiplier system with an announcement, send out an email to anyone on our email list, and post on our social media platforms — Facebook and Instagram.

If you aren’t on our Call Multiplier list and/or email list, and would like to put on them, message Pastor David.

PROPERTY UPDATE: The parsonage has been put on the market for sale, and an open house was held on April 19. When an offer or offers are received, council will vote on any offers. If any are approved, the offer will go to the congregation, which will ultimately vote on whether or not to accept an offer.

CALLING ALL THRIVENT MEMBERS: If you currently hold Thrivent contracts, you are entitled to direct some of their charitable funds to organizations of your choice at no additional cost to you. You need to direct these funds each year, so please consider choosing St. Mark as your recipient. If you have questions or need help, please contact Pastor David and he can talk you through the online procedure. It’s easy and costs you nothing additional.

SHARE YOUR NEWS: Have you recently received a promotion at work? Changed jobs? Does your child/grandchild have a ball game or a part in a play coming up, or made honor roll? If there is something you would like to share with the St. Mark community, let us know! 

It is wonderful that we share our prayer requests and if we or someone we know has any needs. It also is good to share news that is something we want to celebrate as we journey on in our lives of faith here. We can celebrate together.

If you want to share any news, email stmarksnydertown@gmail.com and we can include that in our weekly or monthly communications. And if you or another family member is doing something that is open to the public, such as a ball game or play or concert, etc., let us know and we can pass it along for people to mark on their calendars if they are able to attend.

We share the Good News of Jesus Christ with one another and with all we meet, and we can share in the good news each of you in this community may have.

COUNCIL MEETING HIGHLIGHTS: Highlights from the council’s meeting on April 9:

• An internal audit on March 25, 2026 showed no discrepancies in the 2025

  accounting.

• Members are interested in forming a women’s prayer group and would like to be able to use the church for meetings. Pastor David offered his assistance, and council endorsed this idea.  

• The next council meeting is 7pm Thursday, May 14.

YOUTUBE CHANNEL: Yes St. Mark has its own YouTube channel @stmarksnydertown. Currently, the site has videos of Sunday worship services. We are looking to include content that would be meaningful to you and your faith formation/journey. If you have ideas, please contact Pastor David.

ENJOY SINGING? JOIN THE CHOIR: St. Mark Choir welcomes anyone who is interested in singing. Anyone who is interested in joining either the St. Mark Choir or Christians with Rhythm Choir, or both, is invited to join! If you have any questions, contact Pastor David.

HELPERS ON SUNDAYS: ​​Thank you to everyone who volunteers to help on Sundays — greeters, readers, etc. It is much appreciated and needed! If you would like to help on Sundays, you can contact Pastor David. Thank you!

GIVING ONLINE: Did you know you can make offerings to St. Mark online and also set up a schedule for continued offerings securely online using a credit card or bank account? This is done through the church’s online giving platform Tithely. Visit https://bit.ly/3bhr907 to give online. If you have any questions, contact Pastor David. 

MEETING WITH PASTOR DAVID: If you would like to meet or talk with Pastor David about anything, either in person, on Zoom, or a phone call, you are invited to contact him to set up a time.