Centering Prayer
2025-05-02 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-05-07 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-05-09 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-05-14 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-05-16 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-05-21 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-05-23 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-05-28 08:30 - 09:30 (America/Los_Angeles) and 1 more date | Kennedy Room – St. Marks, 600 Colorado Ave, Palo Alto, California, 94306
Gather to spend time with God in quiet communion and Centering Prayer

Equipping the Saints Training at Trinity Episcopal Church
2025-05-03 09:30 - 16:30
The Diocese is hosting an all-parish training opportunity led by De’Amon Harges, Director of the Learning Tree. The training will take place at Trinity Episcopal Church from 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 a.m.

Attendees will be trained in: Roving Listening (the practice of listening); Dialogue Walk (the practice of discovery); and Asset-Based Community Development.

Registration required – and highly encouraged! Click here to register for this training.

8 a.m. Liturgy at Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene
2025-05-04 08:00 - 09:30, 2025-05-11 08:00 - 09:30, 2025-05-18 08:00 - 09:30, 2025-05-25 08:00 - 09:30 | Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene, 600 Colorado Ave, Palo Alto, CA, 94306

10 a.m. Liturgy
2025-05-04 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-05-11 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-05-18 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-05-25 10:00 - 11:30 | Sanctuary, 600 Colorado Ave, Palo Alto, CA, 94306

Guest Preacher & Forum
2025-05-04 10:00 - 12:30 | Kennedy Room – St. Marks, 600 Colorado Ave, Palo Alto, California, 94306
We are pleased to welcome The Rev. Canon Eric Metoyer, Canon for Social Justice in the Diocese of California, as well as Mr. De’Amon Harges as our guest preacher on Sunday, May 4.

Our BBC Task Force will host a forum featuring Canon Metoyer and Mr. Harges following the 10:00 a.m. service.

Choir Rehearsal
2025-05-08 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-05-15 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-05-22 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-05-29 19:30 - 21:00 | Sanctuary, 600 Colorado Ave, Palo Alto, CA, 94306

Global Refugee Issues Forum with Alice Farmer
2025-05-11 11:30 - 12:30 | Kennedy Room – St. Marks, 600 Colorado Ave, Palo Alto, California, 94306
Alice Farmer is a Policy Fellow this year at Stanford’s Center for Advanced Study of the Behavioral Sciences. She has been a refugee lawyer for 20 years, with Human Rights Watch and the UN, in emergency settings from Ukraine to Liberia to the US southern border. She’s working on a book about climate change and displacement, and how we can create welcoming spaces for people in need.

Good Reads Book Club
2025-05-15 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-05-29 16:00 - 17:30 | Zoom
This Spring, the Good-Reads group will be reading and discussing Till We Haves Faces by C.S. Lewis.
The book is Lewis’ retelling of the myth of Cupid and Psyche. Before reading this retelling, we will read from Edith Hamilton‘s version of the myth.
The group meets bi-monthly via Zoom on Thursday afternoons. 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM
Contact Marie Highby [mhighby@gmail.com] for more information and Zoom link!

Bi-Monthly Schedule:
May 15, 2025 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM Thursday Zoom
The Cupid/Psyche myth – Edith Hamilton version.
May 29, 2025 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM Thursday Zoom
“Till We Haves Faces” By C.S. Lewis.
June 12, 2025 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM Thursday Zoom
“Till We Haves Faces” By C.S. Lewis.
June 26, 2025 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM Thursday Zoom
“Till We Haves Faces” By C.S. Lewis.

Parish Picnic at Hoover Park
2025-05-18 11:30 - 13:00
Our annual Parish Picnic will be held at Hoover Park following the 10:00 a.m. service. Join us for food and fun – including some water games!

May Book Club
2025-05-20 14:00 - 15:30 | Kennedy Room – St. Marks, 600 Colorado Ave, Palo Alto, California, 94306
The St. Mark’s Book Club May book is The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides.

We will meet on May 20 at 2:00 in the Kennedy Room. Imelda White will be our discussion leader. All are welcome!

St. Marks Book Club
2025-05-20 14:00 - 16:00 | Kennedy Room – St. Marks, 600 Colorado Ave, Palo Alto, California, 94306
The St. Mark’s Book Club is a group of dedicated readers who gather to discuss great books! We meet every 3rd Tuesday of each month at 2 p.m.
The St. Mark’s Book Club May book is The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides. We will meet on May 20 at 2:00 in the Kennedy Room. Imelda White will be our discussion leader. All are welcome!
Email Kathy Gillam, kgillamk@stanford.edu, for more information and to be added to the group email.

Ascension Day Eucharist at Stanford Memorial
2025-05-29 18:00 - 19:30
Stanford Memorial Church is hosting Ascension Day Eucharist on Thursday, May 29 at 6:00 p.m., sung by the combined choirs of local Episcopal and Lutheran congregations (including St. Mark’s). Bishop Austin Rios will be in attendance.
