200 South Wille Street, Mount Prospect, Illinois 60056
Phone: 847-253-0631
Fax: 847-253-5387
Email: stmarkmp@stmarkmp.org
St. Mark Lutheran Church (ELCA)
Hello & Welcome!
Join us for In Person Worship on Sunday mornings at 10am.
Join us for Worship On-line!
Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/StMarkLutheranIL/
as well as
our YouTube Channel https://tinyurl.com/stmarkmpyoutube
Sunday Worship Services are LIVE on Facebook at 10am then posted to YouTube afterward
Offerings & Donations
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We also accept contributions through Zelle using our email address - Stmarkmp@stmarkmp.org ,
Bill Pay through your bank or a check payable to St. Mark Lutheran Church
and mailed to 200 S. Wille St., Mount Prospect, IL 60056
The choice is yours!
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Announcements & Events
New Members
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.
FaithWalk
Children's Christian Education Programs
(September - May)
Contact the Church Office for information on these programs.
FaithWalk - Confirmation Program for 6th-8th grade is now on summer break.
Taking Faith Home
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:
July 21 - 9th Sunday after Pentecost
July 28 - 10th Sunday after Pentecost
August 4 - 11th Sunday after Pentecost
Book Club
The St. Mark Book Club welcomes all readers, men as well as women. 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. Here is the reading list for the first part of 2024.
ST. MARK 2024 BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS
August 26 - The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
September 23 - The Women by Kristin Hannah
Contact the church office for more information.
Adult Education
Sundays following worship
in the Great Room
July Adult Forums will look at the spiritual nature of gardens. Gardens are special places that bespeak the care, beauty, patience, and amazing power of God. During the heart of the summer, the Adult Forums will focus on the spiritual nature of gardens and gardening as a
spiritual practice.
June 30: The class will look at gardens and plants of the Bible, with Jeannie Weber as facilitator.
July 7: Dr. Amy Wagenfeld, an expert on gardens and healing, will be our guest speaker. Dr. Wagenfeld teaches in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Washington. She is co-author of the award-winning book Therapeutic Gardens: Design for Healing Spaces (Timber Press 2015). Invite a friend.
July 14: No forum because of congregational meeting.
July 21: No forum because of July barbeque.
July 28: We will discuss the spiritual nature of gardens, and member Lynn Istwan will share the story of the St. Mark memorial garden and give us a tour.B(older) U
Returning in the Fall
Stay tuned...
Here is a list of activities
that are currently scheduled:Movies
Movies will be on the 4th Thursday of the month at 1:00. The current movie scheduled is:
Lunch and Learn
Lunch and Learn will meet on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 11:30 am in the Great Room
If there is a topic for the lunch and learn or movie you would like to suggest, please
contact Linda Olson or the church office.B(older) U activities take place at
The St. Mark Center in the Assembly Room unless otherwise noted
Quilting
Quilters (knotters) will meet at 9:30am on the upcoming date in the Quilting room (second floor of the Education wing):
No Quilting in July or August. See you again in September.
For more information, contact the Church Office 847-253-0631.
We CAN Make a Difference
In his sermon on Sunday, July 14, Pastor Eric challenged each of us for the next two Sundays (7/21 & 7/28) to bring ONE can of food to donate to help fight hunger. Please place the can good in the designated area at the altar or in the shopping cart in the narthex. No expired food please. Food will be donated to the Mt. Prospect Food Pantry.
Fair Trade Items on Sale
Fair Trade items, including olive oil, coffee, chocolate and more, will be on sale on Sunday, July 28 following worship.
Caregiver Support Group
Are you doing the important and challenging work of providing care to a loved one? Join our Caregiver Support Group meeting Wednesday, August 7 at noon in the Great Room. Bring your own lunch. Questions? Contact the Church Office at 847-253-0631.
Caring for God's Creation
On Sunday, August 11, the Social Justice Group will offer a unique worship service centered around the theme of "The Care of Creation." The liturgy, music, and readings will follow this theme of caring for our environment and world. Come and join creation's praise.
St. Mark Summer Festive
Sunday, August 18
11am-1pm
$10 per Adult, Kids Free
in the St. Mark Parking Lot
Hot dogs from Hubby's Dog House Cart, Burgers cooked on the St. Mark Grill and Ice Cream from Brain Freeze Ice Cream Cart. Musical Entertainment by Calaloo - fusion mix of Caribbean & Latin music and our own Tim Spelbring playing Broadway Show tunes. There will be games and a Bounce House too! Mark your calendar now! You won't want to miss this!
Our Ministries
We have a place for you!
Adult Education
Learning for the enrichment of daily living, we participate in midweek Bible Study, Fall and Lenten Focus studies and special topic sessions.
Backpack Ministry
St. Mark, working with School District 57, provides a backpack of healthy food for children in need for over the weekend during the school year.
Congregational Care
Caring for the congregation takes many volunteers. Supporting members by sending cards, making calls, delivering flowers, participation on the prayer chain, and making shawls, in addition to providing rides to church or appointments.
Fair Trade Products
We sell Fair Trade Products from Equal Exchange, a worker-owned co-operative. Equal Exchange's mission is to foster mutually beneficial relationship between farmers and consumers by paying producers a guaranteed minimum price that provides a stable source of income as well as improved social services.
Typically, Fair Trade Products are sold on the 4th Sunday of each month.
Fellowship
Summer BBQs, Mardi Gras Potluck, Lenten Meals, outings and more! Come out and meet some new friends or reconnect with old ones.
Music Ministry
People of all ages and levels of experience participate in our music ministry. Come and share your talents: Vocal Choir, Handbell Choir, Youth Choir and Youth Bell Choir.
Nibblers
Enjoy food? Come and join the Nibblers as they find new places to eat around our community each month. Typically, Nibblers meets on the 1st Saturday of each month.
Outreach
Collecting food items for Mt. Prospect Emergency Food Pantry and the Lutheran Church of the Cross Food Pantry; participating in the Mt. Prospect 4th of July Parade, the Mt. Prospect Block Party, Feed My Starving Children, Crop Hunger Walk, and helping Refugee One with the relocation of refugee families.
PADS
(Public Access to Deliver Shelter)
St. Mark works in conjunction with Journeys|The Road Home and St. Raymond de Penafort Catholic Church to provide meals and shelter for the homeless on Monday nights at the St. Mark Center from October through April.
Property
Do you like to do small projects around the house or yard? The church has projects to do, too! Your special talents/knowledge could be helpful.
Quilting
St. Mark quilters meet twice monthly to put together quilts for Lutheran World Relief.
Senior Lunch Bunch
Meets monthly to get together with friends for a meal or outing.
Stewardship
Our Goal: to be wise stewards of the resources with which we have been blessed . If you have good financial sense and a heart for doing the work of the church, join us.
Women of the ELCA
(WELCA)
St. Mark Women of the ELCA is our local unit of the churchwide women's organization. Activities range from educational to spiritual to social to charitable.
Worship
Serve as an acolyte, greeter, reader, cantor, lay minister, communion assistant, usher, audio-video technician, or serve on altar guild. There are many ways to participate.
Youth & Family Ministry
FaithWalk - Confirmation program for 6th through 8th grade, meets on Monday afternoons (4:30-6 pm) mid-September through May;
Sundays at the Center - Montly intergeneratinal gatherings that include fun, food, fellowship, a service project and craft!
Holy Family Ministries
St. Mark partners with Holy Family ministries in their support of Holy Family School in the North Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago. This ministry helps support student tuitions, Saturday Morning Academy, Summer School, early morning math enrichment, and after-school homework help.
St. Mark/
St. Raymond Ecumenical Ministry
This lay-led group fosters and encourages the special relationship and shared ministries between St. Mark Lutheran Church and St. Raymond Catholic Church. This ministry celebrates our oneness in Christ through our shared Covenant signed in 1999 and renewed in 2010. Its goal is to build upon our long lasting relationship and continue to live our covenant.
St. Mark Foundation
The St. Mark foundation is most known by the educational gifts it awards to the students of the congregation, but the Foundation's philanthropy goes far beyond these educational gifts. Through gifts and member bequests, the Foundation awards grants to support many worthwhile religious and charitable organizations: an ELCA missionary, Journeys/The Road Home, Holy Family Ministries, and Concordia Place, just to name a few.
St. Mark Preschool & Enrichment Center
has been developing the confidence and self-esteem of our community's children for over 65 years, providing a welcoming, safe and encouraging environment. Preschool and Kindergarten Enrichment programs offered. See more on their website at: stmarkpreschoolcares.org
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200 South Wille Street
Mount Prospect, IL 60056Church Office Hours
Monday-Thursday 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Friday 8:30 am - 12 noon847-253-0631
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