St. Mark's in the Valley Episcopal Church in Los Olivos, CA
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  • Home
  • News
    • News
    • Commitment 2022-23
    • Calendar
    • Key dates 2023-2025
    • Standing Notices
  • Events
    • SYV Concert Series
    • ENCORE! SYVCS Online Concerts
    • The Boar's Head Festival >
      • Boar's Head Festival Cast
  • 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
    • Mutual Care
    • Guilds & Organizations >
      • Easter Flowers
      • Christmas Flowers
  • Preschool
    • Preschool
    • Preschool Families Information
    • Preschool Admissions
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Mutual Care

St. Mark’s has several programs to benefit parishioners with special needs or in circumstances in which parishioners need help.
 
Lay Eucharistic Visitors

St. Mark’s provides training for volunteer parishioners to share the pastoral and sacramental ministries of the church. The Lay Eucharistic visitors take the Communion elements to persons who are house-bound or who cannot otherwise participate in the Eucharist at regular services. The Communion elements are blessed during the regular church services, and are given to the Lay Eucharistic Visitors for that day, in order that the house-bound parishioners and others in hospitals and nursing homes share the same bread and wine that the congregation shares. The Lay Eucharistic Visitors perform a simple order of worship and share information about the parish.
Contact: Freda Iverson, f.iverson@me.com
 
Email Prayer Group

Prayer requests are forwarded by email to prayer group participants, and included on the prayer list in the Sunday service leaflet and the ERoar. Members of the Prayer Group pray for those on the prayer list, and they are included in the Prayers of the People at Sunday services.
Contact: Jeannie May, jeannie@the100acrewood.com 

Transportation Guild
St. Mark’s provides transportation assistance to parishioners and friends – whether to church, doctors’ appointments, the pharmacy or the grocery store or other places the parishioners (or friends) need to go.
Contact: Bill Connell, wconnell@connellandersen.com
 

Meals
St. Mark’s has a dedicated group of parishioners who are available to take dinner to parishioners with a temporary need for this service, such as recovery from medical procedures, a new baby in the house, or other circumstances requiring this service.
Contact: Laura DeJohn, dejohnfamily@gmail.com
 
Grief Group, 3rd Mondays at 5:15 pm
St. Mark’s Grief Group meets on the third Monday of every month at 5:15 in the Firestone Hall Common Room. The Grief Group is led by Anna Cook. Attendance at the Group varies from two or three individuals to as many as ten participants. Most of the participants in the Group have experienced significant losses in their lives, including the death of a spouse, child, parent or sibling. Other attendees have experienced losses of a different nature including emotional losses surrounding a divorce or other disruption of a family situation. The Grief Group provides support for those suffering from a significant loss, and it provides a place for the participants to talk about their feelings with others who have also experienced intense grief. The Group also provides feedback to the participants on ways to cope, and it helps the participants discover ways to find meaning in life after a significant loss.
Contact: Anna Cook, annabcooked@gmail.com
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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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