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Online and In-person
services this Sunday
Holy Eucharist & Morning Prayer this Sunday
10:30 am and 5 pm Online Eucharist (links below)
11:30 am in-person service of Morning Prayer outdoors in the Courtyard this Sunday

SUNDAY MORNING, 10:30 am, Holy Eucharist
Welcome to a service of Holy Eucharist with a reflection on the gospel reading for the day from St. Mark’s-in-the-Valley in Los Olivos, California
 
Join Zoom Meeting – click this link:
http://smitv.info/Sunday-1030
 
OR manually enter meeting ID and password into Zoom Meeting Client
Meeting ID: 845 7856 1732
Passcode: 204530
 
OR One tap mobile on your phone
+16699006833,,84578561732#,,,,,,0#,,204530#
 
OR Dial your phone and manually enter meeting ID and password
+1 669 900 6833
+1 253 215 8782
 
Meeting ID: 845 7856 1732
Passcode: 204530

OR go to Facebook Live (no need to join the Zoom meeting)
https://www.facebook.com/stmarksinthevalley/
OR wait for the recording to be posted to our page or website.You will find a button on the homepage of the website that will take you directly to the Online Services page.

SUNDAY EVENING, 5 pm, Holy Eucharist
Welcome to a service of Hoy Eucharist from St. Mark’s-in-the-Valley in Los Olivos, California
 
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http://smitv.info/Sunday-5pm
 
OR manually enter meeting ID and password into Zoom Meeting Client
Meeting ID: 861 9648 8023
Passcode: 511652
 
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+1 669 900 6833
 
Meeting ID: 861 9648 8023
Passcode: 511652
St. Mark's-in-the-Valley receives a gift
A Sign of Hope in a Challenging Season
The brothers of Mount Calvary monastery, part of the Episcopal Order of the Holy Cross, based in West Park, New York, have given St. Mark’s-in-the-Valley an unexpected gift, a sign of hope in this very challenging season. We can think of it as an early Christmas gift.
As the brothers close their Santa Barbara monastery after decades of work in this area, they are giving the parish their Great Cross, commissioned by Amy du Pont, of the prominent American family, for their original monastery on Gibraltar Road. The masterwork of metal artist Gunnar Thielst who received the commission in 1947, it was erected and dedicated in 1949. The iron-work was conceived to be airy, letting air and light pass through it, and is adorned with bronze symbols of the life, death, and resurrection of Christ.
A focal-point of the much-beloved monastery on Gibraltar Road that attracted visitors from around the world as well as locally, the Great Cross was the only surviving artifact after the monastery and all of its contents were obliterated by the Tea Fire in November, 2015. It was the only item moved to the current monastery, the former St. Mary’s Retreat House convent of the Episcopal Sisters of the Nativity, who sold their property to the brothers when they were in need of a new home.
The brothers have been especially close to The Rev. Michael Corrigan through the years as well as to various members and clergy at St. Mark’s. Rev. Michael made the connection with St. Mark’s as the brothers expressed their concern about where the cross would go. The Vestry discussed the gift at length and formally accepted the brothers’ generosity at the November Vestry meeting. In the Vestry’s letter accepting the gift they wrote about their recognition of “how the cross expresses the many years of ministry of Mount Calvary and the Order of the Holy Cross in Santa Barbara County and throughout the west as people came to you for guidance, for respite, for restoration. Additionally, they noted that it “expresses the ministry of artists that the parish attempts to nurture in various ways, so we will invite the artist's sons to be part of a re-dedication and celebration at an appropriate time - and will keep in touch with them.” Artist Gunnar Thielst’s sons live in the Santa Barbara area.
The brothers have expressed their gratitude and happiness that the cross will be at St. Mark’s and enjoyed by the many visitors to our campus. The Superior of the Order of the Holy Cross, Brother Robert James Magliula, OHC wrote: “For us it symbolizes our 75 years in Santa Barbara County and an our even longer ministry in the Western states. Who knows what the future may hold? We may yet return.”
Members of the parish and families connected to the Memorial Garden are invited to participate in supporting the moderate expenses associated with moving the cross and constructing its new base. Rev. Michael has pledged to pay for half of the cost (approximately $7,000 overall). It will stand at the far end of the Memorial Garden, at the apex of the triangular space, beneath the very tall oak and deodar cedar trees. The base will be built and the cross erected by late December or early January.
Dan Hemming, a very good friend of St. Mark’s, worked with the brothers, Rev. Michael and co-workers to bring the cross to our campus and will complete the work on the new base and installation.
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The Great Cross in its original location at the Monastery on Gibraltar Road before the Tea Fire.
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The Great Cross at the second location at the Monastery on Los Olivos Street in Santa Barbara, near the Santa Barbara Mission.
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The Great Cross arriving at St. Mark's-in-the-Valley in Los Olivos. (three pictures here).
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The original dedication plaque (also given to St. Marks') that notes the artist and the year of dedication (1949).

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Participate in any of St. Mark’s Ministries
At. St. Mark’s, anyone is welcome to participate in anything. Everything we do is a ministry of imperfection. We aim for perfect, but get whatever we get (sometimes VERY good!), and thank God that everything we do is handmade and a work of love.
CLICK TO READ MORE: Ministries
Celebrations - week of February 21
Birthdays
2/22 Daniel Dechaine
2/23 Rinda Brown
2/25 Richard Gamble
2/26 Jonathan Taylor
2/27 Arden Stacy
2/27 Shane Firestone
2/28 Will Ambler
2/28 Olivia Flisher
​Anniversary
2/21 Amber and Jonathan Taylor

Let's all begin 2021 reading the Gospel of Mark!
The pandemic is going on for awhile longer. Let's use the time to connect with scripture and each other (all ages) reading the Gospel of Mark.
The Good Book Club is for individuals, couples, and families with children. There’s something of value for just about anyone. And it’s simple: over the next 50 days, reading through one book of the Bible – Mark’s gospel – the shortest and oldest of the four gospels, that tell the life of Jesus. We'll be done by Shrove Tuesday!
Also readings from Mark are what we’ll be hearing on Sundays quite often this year.
Also, this program is free. The optional expense is the book A Journey with Mark noted below. There are plenty of free resources here to enjoy The Good Book Club without buying the book.
Click to get all of the information here:
www.smitv.org/the-good-book-club.html
Stop by to pick up a copy or let Silvia Lucatero (silvia@smitv.org) know if you would like one mailed or dropped off at your home (doorstep delivery).

Pray with Our Lady of Guadalupe
​at St. Mark's-in-the-Valley

All are invited to come by St. Mark's-in-the-Valley to pray with Our Lady of Guadalupe anytime. Her Feast Day was December 12. A folder of prayers and coloring pages for children are prepared and in the church. Colorful flowers, traditionally presented to Guadalupe on her feast day, were made by St. Mark's Preschool children. Thanks to Yvonne Lowe and Rev. Courtney Tan for assisting with the preparations. Thank you to Leslie Zuller and to the "Frame Lady" Susan Granger for assisting with our Guadalupe image, cleaning and framing in time for her feast day.

La Señora de Guadalupe, first appeared to a peasant named Juan Diego on December 12, 1531, in Tepeyac Hill, in modern day Mexico City. Speaking to him in Nahuatl, the language of the Mexica (or Aztec), she asked that a shrine or church be built on that spot. A series of appearances followed.
After the first appearance, Juan Diego visited Juan de Zumárraga, who was Archbishop of what is now Mexico City. Zumárraga dismissed him in disbelief and asked that Juan Diego provide proof of his story and proof of the Lady’s identity.
Juan Diego returned to the hill and encountered La Señora de Guadalupe again. She told him to climb to the top of the hill and pick some flowers to present to the Archbishop.
Although it was winter and nothing should have been in bloom, Juan Diego found an abundance of flowers of a type he had never seen before. The Virgin bundled the flowers into Juan's cloak (tilma in Spanish).
When Juan Diego presented the tilma of exotic flowers to Zumárraga, the flowers fell out and he recognized them as Castilian roses, which are not found in Mexico. What was even more significant, however, was that the tilma had been miraculously imprinted with a colorful image of La Señora de Guadalupe herself.
The tilma, preserved since that date shows the familiar image of the Virgin of Guadalupe, an indigenous woman standing on a crescent moon, wrapped in stars on her mantle, with a sunburst of light emanating from her.
The image has layers of meanings and associations for indigenous people, and people of Mexican descent generally, many of whom recognize in her the Mexica goddess Coatlaxopeuh, another name for Earth Mother Tonantzin, to whom offerings were made on that same hill of Tepeyac hundreds of years before the arrival of the Spaniards.
The tilma is the most sacred object in Mexico. Among many, she is considered to be the Queen of Mexico and Patroness of the Americas. Over 20 million people visit the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe each year, now situated on the very same hill on which she initially appeared to Juan Diego.
La fiesta de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe) is celebrated in Mexico, the United States, and in many countries around the world on December 12 each year. 
Monday Meals on Wheels
Volunteer Opportunity welcomes you
Do you have a free hour once a month to help serve our wider community?
Every Monday throughout the year (52 Mondays including Monday holidays) St. Mark’s has a team of volunteers that deliver hot lunches to our area homebound. Our team delivers Route 1 which covers the Solvang area. The route takes about an hour and meals are picked up at around 11 am from Atterdag Village.
We are in need of new volunteer drivers. A volunteer typically does the route once a month or every other month. Please contact Billy Hurbaugh (text or call 805-245-4099) for more information or to sign up.
Contact Jeannie May or use online form
Prayer List and Prayer Chain available
The prayer chain and the prayer list are available to you.
CLICK TO READ MORE: Prayer List & Prayer Group Available 
For prayer requests, you can also use the online Prayer Request  (also find a hotlink on our home page at smitv.org .)
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“Glean” from stores for hungry neighbors
Do you have 40 minutes or so one morning a week to provide a regular delivery of food for hungry neighbors?
CLICK FOR MORE INFORMATION: Glean from stores
Adding St. Mark's to your estate planning
Planned giving is enormously important to the long-term life of St. Mark's-in-the-Valley.
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Clergy and staff email addresses
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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