St Mark's Episcopal Church

8 a.m. Liturgy at Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene
2024-12-01 08:00 - 09:30, 2024-11-24 08:00 - 09:30, 2024-11-17 08:00 - 09:30, 2024-11-10 08:00 - 09:30, 2024-11-03 08:00 - 09:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene, 600 Colorado Ave, Palo Alto, CA, 94306

Centering Prayer
2024-11-29 09:00 - 10:00, 2024-11-27 08:30 - 09:30, 2024-11-22 09:00 - 10:00, 2024-11-20 08:30 - 09:30, 2024-11-15 09:00 - 10:00, 2024-11-13 08:30 - 09:30, 2024-11-08 09:00 - 10:00, 2024-11-06 08:30 - 09:30 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

Choir Rehearsal
2024-11-28 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-11-21 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-11-14 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-11-07 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-10-31 19:30 - 21:00 | Sanctuary, 600 Colorado Ave, Palo Alto, CA, 94306

Thanksgiving Service
2024-11-28 10:00 - 11:00 | Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene, 600 Colorado Ave, Palo Alto, CA, 94306
On Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 28, we will hold a liturgy at 10:00 a.m. in the St. Mary Magdalene Chapel at St. Mark’s. As is our custom, it is a simple and beautiful Rite 1 Eucharist for us to share our grateful hearts.

10 a.m. Liturgy
2024-11-24 10:00 - 11:30, 2024-11-17 10:00 - 11:30, 2024-11-10 10:00 - 11:30, 2024-11-03 10:00 - 11:30 | Sanctuary, 600 Colorado Ave, Palo Alto, CA, 94306

St. Marks Book Club
2024-11-19 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
Email Kathy Gillam, kgillamk@stanford.edu, for more information and to be added to the group email.

Ice Skating at Winter Lodge
2024-11-17 17:30 - 19:30 | Winter Lodge Palo Alto, 3009 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, CA, 94306, United States
We will gather at Winter Lodge in Palo Alto from 5:30-7:30 on Sunday, November 17 for hot cocoa, ice skating, and parish-wide fun! Skating is optional. Email lily@saint-marks.com to register!

Third Stakeholder Conversations
2024-11-17 11:30 - 12:30 | CA
All are invited to participate in these conversations to better understand the core aspects of our ministry, vision, and values at St. Mark’s. Specific locations for each stakeholder group will be announced on the day.

Guest Forum & Sermon With Dr. Travis Stevens
2024-11-10 10:00 - 12:30 | Kennedy Room – St. Marks, 600 Colorado Ave, Palo Alto, California, 94306
Our Episcopal Chaplain to Stanford, Dr. Travis Stevens, will visit St. Mark’s November 10. Travis will preach and lead a forum as we celebrate the mutual ministry St. Mark’s supports for the Progressive Christians at Stanford, Episcopal Lutheran Campus Ministry. Travis also serves as Vocations Director for the Diocese and in that role supports Debie Thomas, who St. Mark’s is sponsoring for ordination in the Diocese of California.

Originally from Texas, Travis moved to California to attend the University of Southern California, where he studied music and French. It was at USC where he first participated in campus ministry and found other Christians interested in queer inclusion. “My church community’s radical welcome made me realize how critical the study of theology could be,” Travis says.

Travis moved to Massachusetts to attend Harvard Divinity School, where he earned an MDiv and went on to receive his doctorate in the history of Christianity, specializing in mystical theologies of suffering and love. Travis moved to the Bay Area in 2009 to be with his partner, Kerry, and worshiped at Holy Innocents in San Francisco before serving as a cantor and section leader at St Luke’s.

Travis has held teaching positions at Santa Clara University, Seton Hall University, and Pacific School of Religion. He also has experience in the diocese in guiding others discerning a call to ordained ministry; he served on the Commission on Ministry, the Board of Examining Chaplains, the board of the School for Deacons, and as a consultant on diaconal formation. Travis is thrilled to be able to accompany others in practices of spiritual discernment, both as the vocations officer and as a university chaplain.

Pre-Election Vigil
2024-11-03 11:30 - 12:30 | Kennedy Room – St. Marks, 600 Colorado Ave, Palo Alto, California, 94306
Beloved, we are coming to the end of this election season with races up and down the ballot impacting our common life. Sunday, November 3, around 11:30 am, Rev. Nick will offer a vigil space for anyone to pray and share our own sense of how we go through the days following the election, come what may.
How does our faith invite us to ground ourselves in God’s grace and justice, God’s loving-kindness and shalom, as we emerge from the results and endeavor to move forward as neighbors, as family, as friends, as citizens? This is intended as a safe space for sharing and for support, not for giving or having answers or solutions.
There will be a wonderful intergenerational All Souls Altar activity that folks are encouraged to participate in as well, but for those who many need a space to breathe in the company of love, Rev. Nick invites you to join him in creating and holding that space together.

All Souls Service
2024-11-02 09:00 - 10:00 | Labyrinth Patio, 600 Colorado Avenue, Palo Alto, CA, 94306
You are invited to our observance of All Souls Day at 9:00 am on Saturday, November 2, 2024, as we gather on the labyrinth patio next to All Souls Memorial Garden for a special service to remember those family members and friends whom we have lost. This heartful tradition is an intimate service with prayer and reading of names and planting flower bulbs, with the liturgy continuing as we process into the Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene for Eucharist.
