Sunday, September 7, 2025
immediately following the 10am worship service

The Church Council Executive Committee has scheduled an information meeting for the congregation on Sunday, September 7 to share details and answer questions regarding the potential sale of property.

Information about the sale offer is available in the Narthex to assist members in preparing questions.

Are you interested in officially becoming a member of St. Mark? We are gathering people to be welcomed as new members and would love for you to be a part of it! Contact the Church Office. 

Children's Christian Education Programs

(September - May)

Contact the Church Office for information on this program.

FaithWalk - Confirmation Program for 6th-8th grade is a collaberation between St. Mark Lutheran Church, Grace Lutheran Church and Trinity Lutheran Church. The class meets on Mondays from 4:30pm-6pm.

Taking Faith Home are weekly flyers that are a simple tool to help your family extend their faith formation practices at home. Based on the worship scripture text for the week, each flyer contains faith-building scripture, activities and devotions to help you and your family share and live your faith together during the week. Attached are the Taking Faith Home flyers:

September 7 - 13th Sunday after Pentecost

September 14 - 14th Sunday after Pentecost

September 21 - 15th Sunday after Pentecost

September 28 - 16th Sunday after Pentecost

“We believe” — Re-claiming the Nicene Creed for Today

What would you say if someone asked you, “So, what do you believe as a Christian?” A refreshed understanding of what Christians believe is vital as we anticipatea new pastor, as we seek to share the gospel with the unchurched in our community, and as we face the headwinds of growing secularity.

Beginning September 21 and continuing through October 12, the fall Adult Forums will celebrate the seventeen - hundredth anniversary of the first Christian creed, the Nicene Creed, by studying and discussing what it means. To understand how and why this creed originated is to gain a perspective on issues that were vital to Christians in the church’s early centuries. One critical question was the person and workof Jesus Christ. Who was Jesus for fourth century Christians? What did he mean for their life together? What do you believe? What do we believe?

In a day and age when growing numbers seem disenchanted with the institution of the church and local congregations struggle to exist, through a study of the Nicene Creed we gain confidence
that the church of Christ will “keep on rising from the dead.” (ELW 729)

In June, the Social Justice Group launched a campaign to help Global Refuge (globalrefuge.org), the Lutheran
immigrant and refugee resettlement agency, meet its commitment to resettle legally welcomed refugees after government support was halted in January. In business for over 85 years, Global Refugeis the largest faith-based national nonprofit exclusively dedicated to helping restore a sense of home to immigrants and refugees.

As of the end of July, St. Mark Refugee Support has achieved its goal of $600. Now an anonymous donor has pledged to match dollar-for-dollar all subsequent gifts to St. Mark Refugee Support until “God’s Work. Our Hands” Sunday, September 14. Gifts of any size—$5,$10, $25, etc.— from members, relatives, friends, and people from the community are welcome.

Click here to make a donation

September Lunch & Learn

Thursday, September 11

11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Join us Thursday, September 11 for lunch and a presentation by Celina McIntyre, organizational specialist and Founder/CEO of Staged to Inspire on Medical Organization. This presentation will identify the Importance of Medical Organization and how to create a well-organized medical system.

Celina will present decluttering tips, medication storage solutions, and how to create a medical binder to organize medical records. She will also introduce some technology solutions to medical organization. There will be time for questions at the end.

Suggested donation $10.00 to cover the cost of lunch. Registration required. Please RSVP to stmarkmp@stmarkmp.org or 847-253-0631 by Tuesday, September 9.

Exercise returns

Thursday, September 25!

We meet every Thursday morning from 10:00-11:00 at the Center. We focus on exercising all parts of the body to increase strength, endurance, and balance so you can physically continue to do activities that are important to you. For the first six-weeks, Rush University Occupational Therapy students will be leading the class. Everyone is encouraged to come and check out the class. Friends are welcome.

The congregation is invited to assist in assembling school kits with WELCA.

Social Justice Committee will be collecting donations.

If your group has a project where many hands could make the work easier, contact Pastor Eric or the Church office.

Recycle Styrofoam on “God’s Work. Our Hands” Sunday

The Social Justice Group invites members to bring Styrofoam (trademarked brand of polystyrene) to St. Mark for “God’s Work. Our Hands” Sunday, September 14. Styrofoam may be brought on Sundays, August 31, September 7, and September 14. Please bring in a paper or plastic bag (these will be recycled after use) and place along west wall of the Great Room.

Why recycle Styrofoam? Composted vegetables take perhaps a month to decompose, paper five months or less, aluminum cans biodegrade in around 100 years, but Styrofoam lasts 500 years or more.

The purpose of collecting Styrofoam on this particular Sunday is threefold: to help us see that recycling is one way we participate in God’s work of preserving the creation; to become aware via a display outside the Great Room on September 14 of a service that the Village of Mt. Prospect provides at Public Works; and to educate ourselves on the Styrofoam products that the village accepts.

On these Sundays, bring Styrofoam

1. Packaging for TVs, appliances, computers, or furniture;

2. Foam coolers

3. Food containers such as egg cartons, trays, takeout clamshells, cups, plates—of any color.

Do not bring:

1. Foam peanuts or foam noodles.

What you bring should be clean, dry and free of labels and tape.

Come and join us for lunch at

CLUB CASA

353 N. River Road, Des Plaines, IL

Order off the menu. RSVP to Marilyn Gosell by September 15, 2025.

Join us as we sing along with Music Director Tim Spelbring to our favorite hymns while enjoying a beverage or two and snacks. Bring a friend!

The St. Mark Book Club welcomes all readers of all ages. We meet at 1:00 PM in the Library at St. Mark on the 4th Monday each month, with the exception of December. We read a variety of books and authors and have lively discussions each month.

St. Mark Book Club 2025 Reading List

September 22 - When Crickets Cry

by Mikki Brammer
October 27 - The Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah

November 24 - Speak To Me Of Home by Jeanine Cummins

Copies available in the Narthex

Sunday, October 5, 2025
at the St. Mark Center
Tickets now on sale Sundays in the Narthex

Doors open at Noon –
Bunco begins at 1pm
$25 per ticket thru September 15;
$30 per ticket after that
Make checks payable to BCRF (Breast Cancer Research Foundation)
Must be 18 years old to play

Contact Janice Serafini for more information

The next meeting of the Social Justice Groupwill be Sunday, October 12, at 3 p.m