 The Prodigal is Welcomed by Cara B. Hochhalter from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library is licensed CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0. Invest In Hope: Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons.” Luke 15:11
We immediately recognize this introduction to the parable of the prodigal son. It represents such an ordinary but complex situation… how to balance competing interests and values. Stewards always strive for balance, measuring how best to care for all the persons and situations they encounter. Let’s Celebrate This Christmas Together At St. Mark’s: We are announcing our fundraising drive to keep St. Mark’s a vibrant, loving, Gospel-living presence in Mesa. We need everyone’s help NOW to make it happen. There are two prongs to this campaign: one is to bring new members to our church in both the Spanish and the English service; and the second is to raise much-needed cash IMMEDIATELY. The first element will help us continue to grow our community of faith, the second is necessary to allow us to survive until Christmas, as well as grow. If we do not raise enough money, we will not be here for Christmas. We ask you to donate NOW. We have so many options that there is no excuse to give generously. You can use check, cash, online direct from your bank account, or PayPal from our website www.stmarksmesa.org. Please make a note indicating “Christmas” as the designation. We will be keeping track on a fundraising thermometer. We also continue to collect your coins as part of the same fundraiser. Every contribution helps! How far will they stretch? If you love St. Mark’s, NOW is the time to donate. As Fr. G said, “If we do not gather, we will scatter”. God Bless and let us all be cheerful givers! Dianne Nunez, Stewardship and Faithful Fundraisers Chair. Community Outreach: St. Mark’s has teamed up with Embry Health to provide free Covid testing on the St. Mark’s parking lot. Testing is available Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 7AM till 7PM. Food Pantry: Distribution for the month of March will be March 8th and March 29th. Our set up day will be Monday, March 7 and Monday March 28, 8AM-11AM. Volunteers are welcome and appreciated! Come any of these days or all! Join our team and help feed the hungry in our community! May God bless you for supporting St. Mark’s Food Pantry! MarkDowns Thrift Store: The thrift store is OPEN on Tuesdays, 8 to 11 in conjunction with the food pantry schedule and Friday and Saturday from 9AM till 1PM. We are also open Sunday mornings, from 8:30 until 9:55 and following the 10am service on request. We are also looking for volunteers to help in the store. Please contact Diane Lewis at: at dilove@q.com or call or text 480-414-5497. Or Kathy Cheatham at 602-578-7538. Coffee Hour: We are pleased to announce that Coffee Hour is back! It will be on the second and fourth Sunday, in between services. If you would like to help with this ministry, please contact Judy Hossack. Holy Week Services
CURRENT SERVICES: You can join us for services live at the following times, or watch the recording any time at your convenience:
 Image by Mila Demidova from Pixabay Invest In Hope: The gardener said, “Sir, let it alone for one more year.” Luke 13:8
In his parable of the barren fig tree, Jesus encourages patience. The lesson for us: people can realize their stewardship values at different times in life. Let’s be open to discovering the many ways we can compassionately care for our world and its people. Let’s Celebrate This Christmas Together At St. Mark’s: We are announcing our fundraising drive to keep St. Mark’s a vibrant, loving, Gospel-living presence in Mesa. We need everyone’s help NOW to make it happen. There are two prongs to this campaign: one is to bring new members to our church in both the Spanish and the English service; and the second is to raise much-needed cash IMMEDIATELY. The first element will help us continue to grow our community of faith, the second is necessary to allow us to survive until Christmas, as well as grow. If we do not raise enough money, we will not be here for Christmas. We ask you to donate NOW. We have so many options that there is no excuse to give generously. You can use check, cash, online direct from your bank account, or PayPal from our website www.stmarksmesa.org. Please make a note indicating “Christmas” as the designation. We will be keeping track on a fundraising thermometer. We also continue to collect your coins as part of the same fundraiser. Every contribution helps! How far will they stretch? If you love St. Mark’s, NOW is the time to donate. As Fr. G said, “If we do not gather, we will scatter”. God Bless and let us all be cheerful givers! Dianne Nunez, Stewardship and Faithful Fundraisers Chair. Pops Concert: The East Valley Pops Orchestra is having it’s Spring Concert on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 7pm. This is a free concert and you will hear some excellent music. Funds gathered from a goodwill offering at this event will be split to support the Bill and Cynthia Richey Fund for Music Education and St. Mark's church. Community Outreach: St. Mark’s has teamed up with Embry Health to provide free Covid testing on the St. Mark’s parking lot. Testing is available Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 7AM till 7PM. Food Pantry: Distribution for the month of March will be March 8th and March 29th. Our set up day will be Monday, March 7 and Monday March 28, 8AM-11AM. Volunteers are welcome and appreciated! Come any of these days or all! Join our team and help feed the hungry in our community! May God bless you for supporting St. Mark’s Food Pantry! MarkDowns Thrift Store: The thrift store is OPEN on Tuesdays, 8 to 11 in conjunction with the food pantry schedule and Friday and Saturday from 9AM till 1PM. We are also open Sunday mornings, from 8:30 until 9:55 and following the 10am service on request. We are also looking for volunteers to help in the store. Please contact Diane Lewis at: at dilove@q.com or call or text 480-414-5497. Or Kathy Cheatham at 602-578-7538. Coffee Hour: We are pleased to announce that Coffee Hour is back! It will be on the second and fourth Sunday, in between services. If you would like to help with this ministry, please contact Judy Hossack. Faith Matters: Downtown Mesa Interfaith Initiative is holding a free community event on Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 6PM, Music and Messages, 7PM, Food and Fellowship. This is at the First United Methodist Church, 15 E. 1st Ave. here in Mesa. Come celebrate and reignite faith in our personal lives, homes and places of worship. ALL are welcome! CURRENT SERVICES: You can join us for services live at the following times, or watch the recording any time at your convenience:
 Invest In Hope: Some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” Luke 13:21
We might want to remember what a brave man Jesus was. Stewards strive for bravery too, not to the extent of risking their lives, but sometimes in embracing people and ministries that may be out of the mainstream. Let’s Celebrate This Christmas Together At St. Mark’s: We are announcing our fundraising drive to keep St. Mark’s a vibrant, loving, Gospel-living presence in Mesa. We need everyone’s help NOW to make it happen. There are two prongs to this campaign: one is to bring new members to our church in both the Spanish and the English service; and the second is to raise much-needed cash IMMEDIATELY. The first element will help us continue to grow our community of faith, the second is necessary to allow us to survive until Christmas, as well as grow. If we do not raise enough money, we will not be here for Christmas. We ask you to donate NOW. We have so many options that there is no excuse to give generously. You can use check, cash, online direct from your bank account, or PayPal from our website www.stmarksmesa.org. Please make a note indicating “Christmas” as the designation. We will be keeping track on a fundraising thermometer. We also continue to collect your coins as part of the same fundraiser. Every contribution helps! How far will they stretch? If you love St. Mark’s, NOW is the time to donate. As Fr. G said, “If we do not gather, we will scatter”. God Bless and let us all be cheerful givers! Dianne Nunez, Stewardship and Faithful Fundraisers Chair. Community Outreach: St. Mark’s has teamed up with Embry Health to provide free Covid testing on the St. Mark’s parking lot. Testing is available Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 7AM till 7PM. Food Pantry: Distribution for the month of March will be March 8th and March 29th. Our set up day will be Monday, March 7 and Monday March 28, 8AM-11AM. Volunteers are welcome and appreciated! Come any of these days or all! Join our team and help feed the hungry in our community! May God bless you for supporting St. Mark’s Food Pantry! MarkDowns Thrift Store: The thrift store is OPEN on Tuesdays, 8 to 11 in conjunction with the food pantry schedule and Friday and Saturday from 9AM till 1PM. We are also open Sunday mornings, from 8:30 until 9:55 and following the 10am service on request. We are also looking for volunteers to help in the store. Please contact Diane Lewis at: at dilove@q.com or call or text 480-414-5497. Or Kathy Cheatham at 602-578-7538. Coffee Hour: We are pleased to announce that Coffee Hour is back! It will be on the second and fourth Sunday, in between services. If you would like to help with this ministry, please contact Judy Hossack. Faith Matters: Downtown Mesa Interfaith Initiative is holding a free community event on Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 6PM, Music and Messages, 7PM, Food and Fellowship. This is at the First United Methodist Church, 15 E. 1st Ave. here in Mesa. Come celebrate and reignite faith in our personal lives, homes and places of worship. ALL are welcome! CURRENT SERVICES: You can join us for services live at the following times, or watch the recording any time at your convenience:
 Invest In Hope: Jesus answered the devil, “It is written, ‘One does not live by bread alone.’” Luke 4:4
Jesus’ compassion for the poor and oppressed of his time is well documented in the Gospels. It’s true, one doesn’t live by bread alone, but if you’re hungry, bread tastes pretty good! Lent is a perfect time for us to share our ‘bread’ with those who are hungry. Let’s Celebrate This Christmas Together At St. Mark’s: We are announcing our fundraising drive to keep St. Mark’s a vibrant, loving, Gospel-living presence in Mesa. We need everyone’s help NOW to make it happen. There are two prongs to this campaign: one is to bring new members to our church in both the Spanish and the English service; and the second is to raise much-needed cash IMMEDIATELY. The first element will help us continue to grow our community of faith, the second is necessary to allow us to survive until Christmas, as well as grow. If we do not raise enough money, we will not be here for Christmas. We ask you to donate NOW. We have so many options that there is no excuse to give generously. You can use check, cash, online direct from your bank account, or PayPal from our website www.stmarksmesa.org. Please make a note indicating “Christmas” as the designation. We will be keeping track on a fundraising thermometer. We also continue to collect your coins as part of the same fundraiser. Every contribution helps! How far will they stretch? If you love St. Mark’s, NOW is the time to donate. As Fr. G said, “If we do not gather, we will scatter”. God Bless and let us all be cheerful givers! Dianne Nunez, Stewardship and Faithful Fundraisers Chair. Community Outreach: St. Mark’s has teamed up with Embry Health to provide free Covid testing on the St. Mark’s parking lot. Testing is available Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 7AM till 7PM. Food Pantry: Distribution for the month of March will be March 8th and March 22nd.. Our set up day will be Monday, March 7 and Monday March 21, 8AM-11AM. Volunteers are welcome and appreciated! Come any of these days or all! Join our team and help feed the hungry in our community! May God bless you for supporting St. Mark’s Food Pantry! MarkDowns Thrift Store: The thrift store is OPEN on Tuesdays, 8 to 11 in conjunction with the food pantry schedule and Friday and Saturday from 9AM till 1PM. We are also open Sunday mornings, from 8:30 until 9:55 and following the 10am service on request. We are also looking for volunteers to help in the store. Please contact Diane Lewis at: at dilove@q.com or call or text 480-414-5497. Or Kathy Cheatham at 602-578-7538. CURRENT SERVICES: You can join us for services live at the following times, or watch the recording any time at your convenience:
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