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Serving This Week... Sunday, January 26
Vestry Officer of the Day John Thomas Acolytes 8 am Jayne Papers 10 am Bob Jennings, Darla Cannon, Stacy Cannon, Zack Seaman Chalice Bearers 8 am Jayne Papers 10 am Bob Jennings, Peter Robbins Counters Bob Cannon, Angie Janes Readers 8 am Sharron Luft 10 am Rinda Brown, Mike Brown Prayers 8 am Sharron Luft 10 m Mike Brown Altar Guild Sue Doherty, Rinda Brown, Darla Cannon, Silvia Lucatero Refreshment Hosts 8 am 10 am Sunday School Nursery Bridget Callaghan, Emma Johnson PreK - 5th Chad Stacy Ushers 8 am Sharron Luft 10 am Angie Janes, Carrie Gomez Greeter 10 am Elizabeth Quick, Peter Robbins Weekday Greeter January 30 Barbara Young January 31 Candy Waldron Celebrations this Week Birthdays 1/26 Erica Capellino 1/28 Chase Carhartt 1/28 Leslie Franklin 1/28 Harry Mullin 1/30 David Agnew 1/30 Rick Ballantine 1/31 Farran Conroy 1/31 Rowan Conroy 2/2 Chris Chapman Anniversaries 1/30 Maria and Oscar Andrade 1/30 Angie and Stephen Janes Give the gift of hospitality to our faith community and guests. Anyone is welcome to host and snacks need not be elaborate... Sign up online; click the button above!
2019-2020 Commitment Season continues
Year-by-year St. Mark’s is expanding our work as a committed faith community serving the world. This year is no exception and our range of programs continues to grow. Summertime gives us time to catch our breath and reflect a bit, as well as to follow up on some important work — like making our commitment for 2019 and 2020. By far the largest part of our income is annual giving by all of us. As you expect, at St. Mark’s, you define your commitment in ways that make sense to you and you can be sure that all expressions of commitment count. Our commitment makes St. Mark’s what it is and builds it into what we hope it will be. The money and priceless time and expertise you and other members of our faith community give all year, every year allow St. Mark’s to be strong and to grow. Thanks be to God for your Commitment* Asterisk indicates Sustaining Commitment
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…about our Santa Barbara County Food Action Plan and how ourCommunity Kitchen can help address the priority goals of the Plan — and help our neighbors be healthier and more food secure. 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 A gift of hospitality…
Hosting Sunday Refreshments after 8 or 10 am Our Sunday refreshment time after the morning services is a great gift of hospitality to our faith community and guests. Anyone is welcome to host and snacks need not be elaborate - for about 12 people after the 8 am service or 50-75 after the 10 am service. Vestry members and others will help make coffee (simple - like using a "Mr. Coffee" machine). Sign up on the sign up sheet in Stacy Hall or click the button below or on our homepage. St. Mark’s Choir welcomes your voice
Choir rehearsals are Thursday evenings at 7 pm and both old and new voices are invited and encouraged! Singers are welcome to sing for part of the year, as well as every Sunday. Most choir members travel at various times of the year and have to miss rehearsals or Sundays, and simply keep Nichole, our choir director informed. NO AUDITION NEEDED. Also, choir members report that they learn more about music and also learn how to sing better - just by being part of our fun, interesting rehearsals. Take the plunge by showing up or, if you would like more information, contact Nichole Dechaine at nichole@smitv.org or call or text 951-312-0308, or Beverly Staples at bev@smitv.org. Bev is our Director of Music and Organist and Nichole is our Director of Vocal Music. |
Planning underway
Seeking Annual Meeting Agenda Input The program for the Annual Meeting is being planned. If you have questions to ask or information to seek or share, please notify the Rector by noon on Wednesday, January 22 (text or call 805-245-4921 or email randall@smitv.org). 
Vestry, Convention, Endowment Board elections
Voting for our leaders and representatives 10 am Sunday The Nominating Committee each year is the outgoing class of Vestry Members. This year the Nominating Committee is Barbara Brown, Mary Beth Johnson, and Kate O’Neill. The Committee is pleased to present the following nominations for the offices of Vestry and Diocesan Convention Delegate: Vestry 3 three-year terms (Class of 2023) Priscilla Higgins, Karen Johnson, Donna Seaman Priscilla Higgins When Roger and I moved to live in the Valley in February of 2014 I was eager to find a church that we could attend. We’d moved from Silicon Valley where I had attended St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Saratoga and had been involved with some of the outreach programs there. St. Mark’s was welcoming right from the start and, as someone who was raised with the Church of England, I did feel at home with the liturgy. I have come to appreciate the warmth and openness that I have experienced here. At St. Mark’s my first involvement was with the Endowment Board of Trustees and I was a member of that board for several years. I am currently serving on the Finance Committee, as a lector, and also as a member of the Women’s Guild. For me, one of the most important things about St. Mark’s is the message of inclusiveness, that we welcome people of all kinds and of all faiths or none. Looking forward, my hope would be that we continue to grow St. Mark’s and invite and bring more people into our welcoming community. We have a beautiful campus built for us, many programs in place and all of this we need to be cognizant of and support. I would like to see us fiscally strong and responsible so that we are able to both maintain the church and to support - and grow - our outreach to the wider community. I would like to recognize all the St. Mark’s folk who seem to be up front in every charitable endeavor in this Valley, you are inspirational. Karen Johnson I previously took over a 2-year Vestry term that ended in January of 2019. I enjoyed being on the Vestry and working with the other members. I also felt my tenure was over just as I was getting to really understand what I needed to know about my role in this group. St. Mark’s is an important part of my life, and I would like to give back to the generous church home that has spiritually nurtured me. Donna Seaman The church community has always been an integral part of my life. I was baptized and confirmed in the Presbyterian church and participated in Sunday school, youth group, was a camper and a counselor at church camp, and served on a pastor search committee (all in Colorado). I moved to Santa Barbara, then to the Santa Ynez Valley, and my husband John and I were warmly welcomed and married at St. Mark's almost 25 years ago. Our sons, Nick and Zack, were both baptized at St. Mark's and served as acolytes. More recently, both Zack and I were confirmed by Bishop Diane Jardine Bruce. I'm grateful for the guidance of St. Mark's as we raised our family, and I look forward to sharing the loving, accepting fellowship of St. Mark's with our local and wider community. Diocesan Convention Delegate 4 - one-year terms Sheila Benedict Alicia Thomas Nichole Dechaine Jim Pugh Diocesan Convention Alternate Delegates 4 - one-year terms (note: four of these elected will be our official alternates, based on availability) Barbara Anderson Darla Cannon Jeannie May John Thomas Barbara Young Board of Trustees Endowment of St. Mark’s-in-the-Valley Episcopal Church 1 - five-year term (class of 2025) Richard Nagler Early February
Walk scheduled with Jonathon Stalls Walking Movement leader Jonathon Stalls returns to Santa Barbara County at the beginning of February to work with our fledgling Walk Santa Barbara County community. There will be one public walk: Sunday, February 2, 11:15 am - meet in front of St. Mark's Church in Los Olivos. In addition, Jonathon will be gathering walking leaders (current and aspiring) on Sunday, February 2, 2:30-4:30 pm. Walking is an inherently human activity, reprioritized though it is in modern culture. Our walking movement encourages us to be guided into and discover the many communal, social, spiritual, and personal benefits of walking together. Jonathon Stalls spent 242 days walking across the United States in 2010 and has continued to walk alongside thousands of people for thousands of miles. He is an artist, social entrepreneur, advocate for social, economic and racial justice, LGBTQIA+, Creator of Intrinsic Paths, and Founder of Walk2Connect, Jonathon’s work includes a focus on Pedestrian Dignity, paying attention to the conditions in which people who must or choose to walk are able to do so. Jonathon completed studies at the Living School for Action and Contemplation and has committed much of his life to inspire a connection-focused walking movement to help people deepen and heal relationship to one another, to the natural world, and to themselves. 
Bishop of LA to visit St. Mark’s-in-the-Valley Sunday, April 26, 2020
The Rt. Rev. John Harvey Taylor, the Episcopal Bishop of Los Angeles will visit St. Mark’s-in-the-Valley on Sunday, April 26, 2020, the Third Sunday of Easter. Adults and youth who wish to be formally Received or Confirmed in the Episcopal Church will be invited to prepare. Bishop Taylor’s visit is still being planned and will include occasions in addition to services on Sunday (suggestions are welcome to the Rector or Wardens). 
Every Sunday at 9 am
Youth Breakfast continues this Sunday It is a casual, fun environment that allows the youth time to chat, share stories and eat. We (The Rector, Tasha and youth) meet in the Stacy Hall kitchen every Sunday with breakfast sandwiches, cereal, oatmeal, and other goodies. Friends are always welcome! 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 .)
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 .)
Choir rehearsals on Thursdays at 7
Regular weekly choir rehearsals are on Thursdays at 7 pm. You are invited to be part of the choir, singing either seasonally or regularly as your schedule permits. Contact Nichole Dechaine for more information nichole@smitv.org
Regular weekly choir rehearsals are on Thursdays at 7 pm. You are invited to be part of the choir, singing either seasonally or regularly as your schedule permits. Contact Nichole Dechaine for more information nichole@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?
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Do you have 40 minutes or so one morning a week to provide a regular delivery of food for hungry neighbors?
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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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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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Gamblers Anonymous group meeting now available
A new Gamblers Anonymous meeting is gathering at St. Mark's on Tuesday evenings from 7:30-8:30 pm in Stacy Hall.
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A new Gamblers Anonymous meeting is gathering at St. Mark's on Tuesday evenings from 7:30-8:30 pm in Stacy Hall.
CLICK FOR MORE INFORMATION: Gamblers Anonymous group
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