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  • News
    • News
    • Calendar
    • Key dates 2020-2021
    • Standing Notices
  • Events
    • The Summer Classic
    • SYV Concert Series
  • Welcome
    • Visiting on Sunday >
      • Q and A
      • An Episcopal Church?
      • Sunday at St. Mark's in detail
      • Service Schedule
    • Every day at St. Mark's
    • Open Doors Building Use >
      • Building Use Introduction
      • Shared Space Guidelines
      • Space Use Request
    • Community Kitchen
    • Baptism
    • Marriage & Weddings
    • Funerals & Memorials >
      • Churchyard Memorial Garden
    • Notes on St. Mark's Buildings
    • A Brief History
    • Gallery
    • Contact
  • Grow
    • Grow
    • Adults >
      • Way of Love
      • The Good Book Club
      • Sermons
      • Centering Prayer
      • Education for Ministry (EFM)
    • Children & Youth >
      • Nursery ages 0-3+
      • Sunday School ages 4-12
      • Youth
    • Donate
  • Ministries
    • Service Programs
    • Music
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    • Guilds & Organizations >
      • Easter Flowers
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Key Dates in the Church Year and at St. Mark’s-in-the-Valley 2020 through January 2021

2020
The Eve of the Feast of the Epiphany & Boar’s Head Festival, Sunday, January 5, 2020, 4 pm
The First Sunday after the Epiphany: The Baptism of Our Lord, Sunday, January 12, 2020
Annual Meeting, January 26, 2020 - after the 10 am service (note: always last Sunday in January)
Vestry Workshop (TBA Vestry members and staff)
Ash Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Lent, February 26 – April 11, 2020
Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday, April 5, 2020
Holy Week, April 5 – April 11, 2020
Easter Triduum (The Great Three Days): Maundy Thursday, April 9; Good Friday, April 10; Easter Vigil, April 11)
Easter Day, April 12
Ascension Day, May 21, 2020
Pentecost, May 31, 2020
Trinity Sunday, June 7, 2020
Summer Schedule Begins, Sunday, May 24, 2020 – (through & including Sunday, September 6)
Summer Classic, Saturday, June 27 (cancelled)
Fall Faire, Sunday, September 13, 2020 (program year schedule begins)
Blessing of the Animals, Sunday, October 7, 2020 4:30 pm
All Saints’ Sunday, November 4, 2020
Diocesan Convention, November 13-14, 2020
Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King, November 22, 2020
SYV Interfaith Thanksgiving Service, Tuesday, November 24, 2020, 7 pm
Thanksgiving Day Service, Thursday, November 26, 2020, 9 am
Gingerbread Wonderland, Saturday, December 1, 2020, 4-8 pm
Advent 1, November 29, 2020
Advent, November  29-December 23, 2020
Women’s Guild Christmas Luncheon, Saturday, December 12, 2020 11:30 am
Advent 4, Sunday, December 20, 2020
Christmas Eve, Thursday, December 24, 2020
Christmas Day, Friday, December 25, 2020
First Sunday after Christmas Day, Sunday, December 27, 2020​ (Lessons and Carols for Christmas)

 
2021
In Celebration of the Feast of the Epiphany: the Boar’s Head Festival, Sunday, January 3, 2021, 4 pm
The First Sunday after the Epiphany: The Baptism of Our Lord, Sunday, January 10, 2021


Epiphany Proclamation 2021
Dear friends in Christ, the glory of God has shone upon us, and shall ever be manifest among us, until the day of Christ’s ultimate return. Through the rhythms of times and seasons let us celebrate in the eternal now, day by day, the mysteries of salvation. 
Let us recall the year’s culmination, the Easter Triduum (The Great Three Days): the last supper, the crucifixion of Jesus, his burial, and Christ’s rising celebrated in 2020 between the evening of April 1 and the evening of April 3. Easter Day is April 4.
Each Easter – as on each Sunday – the Holy Church makes present the great and saving deed by which Christ has for ever conquered sin and death. From Easter are reckoned all the days we keep holy. Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, will occur on February 17. The Ascension of the Lord will be commemorated on May 13. Pentecost, the joyous conclusion of the season of Easter, will be celebrated on May 23. And, this year, the First Sunday of Advent will be on November 28. Christmas Eve is on Friday and Christmas Day is on Saturday in 2021.
Likewise the pilgrim Church proclaims the passover of Christ in the feasts of the holy Mother of God, in the feasts of the Apostles and Saints, and in the commemoration of the faithful departed.
To Jesus Christ, who was, who is, and who is to come, who reigns over time and history, be endless praise, for ever and ever. Amen.

Ash Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Easter Triduum:
  • Maundy Thursday, April 1, 2021
  • Good Friday, April 2, 2021
  • Easter Vigil, April 3, 2021
The week that begins with The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday, March 28, 2021 is Holy Week,
Easter Day, April 12, 2021
The week that begins with Easter Day, April 4 is Easter Week, April 4, 2021 - April 10, 2021
Ascension Day, May 13, 2021
Pentecost, May 23, 2021
Trinity Sunday, May 30, 2021
Summer Schedule Begins, Sunday, May 30, 2021 – (through & including Sunday, September 5)
Summer Classic, Saturday, June 26, 2021 (tentative)
Fall Faire, Sunday, September 12, 2021 (program year schedule begins)
Blessing of the Animals, Sunday, October 3, 2021, 5 pm
All Saints’ Sunday, November 7, 2021
Diocesan Convention, November, 2021 (TBA)
Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King, November 21, 2021
SYV Interfaith Thanksgiving Service, Tuesday, November 24, 2020, 7 pm
Thanksgiving Day Service, Thursday, November 23, 2021, 9 am

Advent 1, Sunday, November 28, 2021
Gingerbread Wonderland, Saturday, December 4, 2021, 4-8 pm
Advent 4, Sunday, December 19, 2021
Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24, 2021
Christmas Day, Saturday, December 25, 2021

2022
In Celebration of the Feast of the Epiphany: The Boar’s Head Festival, Sunday, January 2, 2022, 4 pm
The Feast of the Epiphany, Thursday, January 6, 2022
The First Sunday after the Epiphany: The Baptism of Our Lord, Sunday, January 9, 2022
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Address & Directions
2901 Nojoqui Avenue at Alamo Pintado Avenue
Post Office Box 39
Los Olivos, California 93441
Contact
info@smitv.org
Church messages 805-688-4454
Preschool 805-688-1815
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