Welcome to St. Mark's Episcopal Church South Milwaukee
Celebrate God's Love With The Friendly Folks of St. Mark's
Join Fr. Steve and the Friendly Folks of St. Mark's Sunday Mornings at 9:00am. We offer Mass both online and outdoors through our Drive-In Worship (people bring their dogs to the drive-in mass too!). All are welcome.
Ready to Zoom
Everyone is welcome to join us on Zoom for worship at 9:00am on Sunday's and Thursdays. Are you more of a Night Owl? Night Owls worship with us at 7:00pm Thursday evenings on Zoom. For more information, please send us an email to StMarksSouthMilwaukee@gmail.com
Christian Formation
Adult Study of the "Outline of the Faith": Wednesdays at 7 PM on Zoom. The Book of Common Prayer is the book that summarizes all we believe, teach and confess as Episcopalians. As such it is also our chief resource for Christian formation. Yes, as the old adage goes: "Christians are not born, but formed." That' what Jesus means when he tells us to, "Go, therefore, and make/form disciples of all nations" (Matthew 28:19). Of course, one of the most common ways we are formed, shaped, molded into Christians is by worship: beginning with baptism, to hearing the Word of God and receiving the Holy Communion. But it also happens through ongoing "education," the personal, studying the Word of God with fellow Christians, and the "Outline of the Faith" (on pages 845-862 of the BCP) is a valuable resource the BCP provides helping us get at "the big picture" of what the Christian Faith is all about. So, please, join us as we study the "Outline of the Faith. We begin on Wednesday, September 22 at 7 p.m. and will meet every other Wednesday after that until we finish. Because we meet by Zoom, you don't even need to leave the house to attend. To register, please contact us StMarksSouthMilwaukee@gmail.com
"Love is the Way: Holding onto Hope in Troubling Times"
Book Talk With Bishop Curry-
One of the blessings we have as The Episcopal Church is a Presiding Bishop who is gifted with intellectual depth, a pastoral heart, a personable nature, and an ability to speak simply about complex things. You may have seen him Bishop Michael Curry when he preached at Prince Harry and Megan's wedding.
Bishop Curry has written 5 books over the course of his ministry and the latest one is "Love is the Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubled Times Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubled Times." To hear an engaging, overview discussion of “Love is the Way” simply click on the following link.
(44) The Most Rev. Michael Bruce Curry: Love is the Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times - YouTube
Join Us Each Week For Worship:
Current pandemic precautions we adapted our worship practice to providing worship online as well as "Drive-In" style in our parking lot. Here is our practice—and you are welcomed to join us.
Sundays – 2 Options for Worship:
At this time, there is no Indoor Mass.
Join us for Drive-in Worship at 9:00 AM (ushers will direct you to a parking spot, simply remain in your car and tune your radio dial to 92.7FM-you may have to turn up the volume in order to hear)
Communion is offered to all and is distributed at the end of the service in a Covid-safe manner.
Join us for Online Worship at 9:00 AM (Zoom) Email us at StMarksSouthMilwaukee@gmail.com to receive the Zoom link
Thursdays – Online Worship (Zoom)
+ Early Birds Morning Prayer at 9 AM
+ Night Owls Evening Prayer at 7 PM.
We will soon be offering Live Streaming our Sunday Worship online. Watch for when those options begin. You can also always check out our Facebook page for continual updates, https://www.facebook.com/st.marks.southmilwaukee
Community Resources: South Milwaukee Human Concerns
We are keeping our neighbors of our community and the world in our thoughts and prayers and partner with South Milwaukee Human Concerns as a community resource for assistance.
As you know, hunger has been an issue for many South Milwaukee families (one in three used the South Milwaukee Food Pantry during the past year) and the pandemic may very well make that worse.
If you would like to provide food to the community, we urge you to consider dropping food off at South Milwaukee Human Concerns or bring items with you to drive-in worship. Human Concerns is always in need of more food and they are very diligent in serving the needs of the residence of South Milwaukee. If you are in need of assistance, please contact South Milwaukee Human Concerns at (414) 764-5340 or dial 211 from your phone for other resource assistance and information.
Meals for Seniors at South Milwaukee Grobschmidt Senior Center:
Calling All Senior Citizens (60 Years and Older): Curb Side Pick Up Lunch
During this time of social distancing, making sure everyone has food is important. The South Milwaukee Senior Center is handing out “drive-by lunches” for Senior Citizens. Here are the details:
What: Lunch consisting usually of a sandwich and a salad
When: Pick up from 11 - 11:30 AM, Monday thru Friday
Where: South Milwaukee Grobschmidt Senior Center (2424 15th Ave)
How: Drive up to the West side of the Senior Center with the Driver' Side
next to the curb.
Cost: Suggested donation of $3.00 or what you can afford.
Needed: 24-hour advanced notice to reserve a meal, call your order in at
414-768-5722.
Needed: Fill out a Senior Dining Registration form (available online) or pick up a form during the drive-by distribution the day before your first meal. The Link for the form can be found on the Ad on St. Mark’s Facebook Page -- https://www.facebook.com/st.marks.southmilwaukee.
or by visiting this link https://county.milwaukee.gov/files/county/department-on-aging/PDF/Dining-Menus/2019-2020DinerRegistrationForm.pdf
Here is a Prayer you can use to go with your meal:
Come Lord Jesus, be our guest, let these gifts to us be blessed,
Blessed be God who is our Bread, may all the world be clothed and fed. Amen.
"A Coronavirus Prayer"
by Kerry Webber, Executive Editor for America Magazine
Jesus Christ, you traveled through towns and villages “curing every disease and illness.” At your command, the sick were made well.
Come to our aid now, in the midst of the global spread of the coronavirus, that we may experience your healing love.
Heal those who are sick with the virus. May they regain their strength and health through quality medical care.
Heal us from our fear, which prevents nations from working together and neighbors from helping one another.
Heal us from our pride, which can make us claim invulnerability to a disease that knows no borders.
Jesus Christ, healer of all, stay by our side in this time of uncertainty and sorrow.
Be with those who have died from the virus. May they be at rest with you in your eternal peace.
Be with the families of those who are sick or have died. As they worry and grieve, defend them from illness and despair. May they know your peace.
Be with the doctors, nurses, researchers and all medical professionals who seek to heal and help those affected and who put themselves at risk in the process. May they know your protection and peace.
Be with the leaders of all nations. Give them the foresight to act with charity and true concern for the well-being of the people they are meant to serve. Give them the wisdom to invest in long-term solutions that will help prepare for or prevent future outbreaks. May they know your peace, as they work together to achieve it on earth.
Whether we are home or abroad, surrounded by many people suffering from this illness or only a few, Jesus Christ, stay with us as we endure and mourn, persist and prepare. In place of our anxiety, give us your peace.
Jesus Christ, heal us.
Celebrate God's Love With The Friendly Folks of St. Mark's
Join Fr. Steve and the Friendly Folks of St. Mark's Sunday Mornings at 9:00am. We offer Mass both online and outdoors through our Drive-In Worship (people bring their dogs to the drive-in mass too!). All are welcome.
Ready to Zoom
Everyone is welcome to join us on Zoom for worship at 9:00am on Sunday's and Thursdays. Are you more of a Night Owl? Night Owls worship with us at 7:00pm Thursday evenings on Zoom. For more information, please send us an email to StMarksSouthMilwaukee@gmail.com
Christian Formation
Adult Study of the "Outline of the Faith": Wednesdays at 7 PM on Zoom. The Book of Common Prayer is the book that summarizes all we believe, teach and confess as Episcopalians. As such it is also our chief resource for Christian formation. Yes, as the old adage goes: "Christians are not born, but formed." That' what Jesus means when he tells us to, "Go, therefore, and make/form disciples of all nations" (Matthew 28:19). Of course, one of the most common ways we are formed, shaped, molded into Christians is by worship: beginning with baptism, to hearing the Word of God and receiving the Holy Communion. But it also happens through ongoing "education," the personal, studying the Word of God with fellow Christians, and the "Outline of the Faith" (on pages 845-862 of the BCP) is a valuable resource the BCP provides helping us get at "the big picture" of what the Christian Faith is all about. So, please, join us as we study the "Outline of the Faith. We begin on Wednesday, September 22 at 7 p.m. and will meet every other Wednesday after that until we finish. Because we meet by Zoom, you don't even need to leave the house to attend. To register, please contact us StMarksSouthMilwaukee@gmail.com
"Love is the Way: Holding onto Hope in Troubling Times"
Book Talk With Bishop Curry-
One of the blessings we have as The Episcopal Church is a Presiding Bishop who is gifted with intellectual depth, a pastoral heart, a personable nature, and an ability to speak simply about complex things. You may have seen him Bishop Michael Curry when he preached at Prince Harry and Megan's wedding.
Bishop Curry has written 5 books over the course of his ministry and the latest one is "Love is the Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubled Times Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubled Times." To hear an engaging, overview discussion of “Love is the Way” simply click on the following link.
(44) The Most Rev. Michael Bruce Curry: Love is the Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times - YouTube
Join Us Each Week For Worship:
Current pandemic precautions we adapted our worship practice to providing worship online as well as "Drive-In" style in our parking lot. Here is our practice—and you are welcomed to join us.
Sundays – 2 Options for Worship:
At this time, there is no Indoor Mass.
Join us for Drive-in Worship at 9:00 AM (ushers will direct you to a parking spot, simply remain in your car and tune your radio dial to 92.7FM-you may have to turn up the volume in order to hear)
Communion is offered to all and is distributed at the end of the service in a Covid-safe manner.
Join us for Online Worship at 9:00 AM (Zoom) Email us at StMarksSouthMilwaukee@gmail.com to receive the Zoom link
Thursdays – Online Worship (Zoom)
+ Early Birds Morning Prayer at 9 AM
+ Night Owls Evening Prayer at 7 PM.
We will soon be offering Live Streaming our Sunday Worship online. Watch for when those options begin. You can also always check out our Facebook page for continual updates, https://www.facebook.com/st.marks.southmilwaukee
Community Resources: South Milwaukee Human Concerns
We are keeping our neighbors of our community and the world in our thoughts and prayers and partner with South Milwaukee Human Concerns as a community resource for assistance.
As you know, hunger has been an issue for many South Milwaukee families (one in three used the South Milwaukee Food Pantry during the past year) and the pandemic may very well make that worse.
If you would like to provide food to the community, we urge you to consider dropping food off at South Milwaukee Human Concerns or bring items with you to drive-in worship. Human Concerns is always in need of more food and they are very diligent in serving the needs of the residence of South Milwaukee. If you are in need of assistance, please contact South Milwaukee Human Concerns at (414) 764-5340 or dial 211 from your phone for other resource assistance and information.
Meals for Seniors at South Milwaukee Grobschmidt Senior Center:
Calling All Senior Citizens (60 Years and Older): Curb Side Pick Up Lunch
During this time of social distancing, making sure everyone has food is important. The South Milwaukee Senior Center is handing out “drive-by lunches” for Senior Citizens. Here are the details:
What: Lunch consisting usually of a sandwich and a salad
When: Pick up from 11 - 11:30 AM, Monday thru Friday
Where: South Milwaukee Grobschmidt Senior Center (2424 15th Ave)
How: Drive up to the West side of the Senior Center with the Driver' Side
next to the curb.
Cost: Suggested donation of $3.00 or what you can afford.
Needed: 24-hour advanced notice to reserve a meal, call your order in at
414-768-5722.
Needed: Fill out a Senior Dining Registration form (available online) or pick up a form during the drive-by distribution the day before your first meal. The Link for the form can be found on the Ad on St. Mark’s Facebook Page -- https://www.facebook.com/st.marks.southmilwaukee.
or by visiting this link https://county.milwaukee.gov/files/county/department-on-aging/PDF/Dining-Menus/2019-2020DinerRegistrationForm.pdf
Here is a Prayer you can use to go with your meal:
Come Lord Jesus, be our guest, let these gifts to us be blessed,
Blessed be God who is our Bread, may all the world be clothed and fed. Amen.
"A Coronavirus Prayer"
by Kerry Webber, Executive Editor for America Magazine
Jesus Christ, you traveled through towns and villages “curing every disease and illness.” At your command, the sick were made well.
Come to our aid now, in the midst of the global spread of the coronavirus, that we may experience your healing love.
Heal those who are sick with the virus. May they regain their strength and health through quality medical care.
Heal us from our fear, which prevents nations from working together and neighbors from helping one another.
Heal us from our pride, which can make us claim invulnerability to a disease that knows no borders.
Jesus Christ, healer of all, stay by our side in this time of uncertainty and sorrow.
Be with those who have died from the virus. May they be at rest with you in your eternal peace.
Be with the families of those who are sick or have died. As they worry and grieve, defend them from illness and despair. May they know your peace.
Be with the doctors, nurses, researchers and all medical professionals who seek to heal and help those affected and who put themselves at risk in the process. May they know your protection and peace.
Be with the leaders of all nations. Give them the foresight to act with charity and true concern for the well-being of the people they are meant to serve. Give them the wisdom to invest in long-term solutions that will help prepare for or prevent future outbreaks. May they know your peace, as they work together to achieve it on earth.
Whether we are home or abroad, surrounded by many people suffering from this illness or only a few, Jesus Christ, stay with us as we endure and mourn, persist and prepare. In place of our anxiety, give us your peace.
Jesus Christ, heal us.
We are members of the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee and are located in Southeastern Wisconsin. Our modestly sized church and parish includes about 50 families from the Wisconsin cities of Cudahy, Franklin, Oak Creek, South Milwaukee and surrounding areas. We warmly welcome visitors and truly hope you will come and join us at a service very soon. The Episcopal Church welcomes you.
Living Life Through The Word Of Christ
St. Mark's Episcopal Church 1314 Rawson Avenue South Milwaukee 53172 (414) 762-1772 StMarksEvents@hotmail.com