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Cultivating Peace in a Changing World: A Lenten Meditation Class

Mindfulness Meditation: Cultivating Peace in a Changing World Led by Mary Dillard Where: St Mark’s Kennedy Room. When: 10am-11:30am: February 17 & 24 and March 2 & 9 Are you looking to rekindle or begin a meditation practice? Learn the basics in a clear, easy-to-follow way as we explore meditation in a supportive environment.

Lent Forum–The Lives We Actually Have

During this sacred season, please join us in reading The Lives We Actually Have: 100 Blessings for Imperfect Days, by Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie. This beautiful collection of creative blessings will inspire hope, even as it acknowledges our real and often messy lives. We will read the book alongside its accompanying Lenten devotional, Bless the Lent We Actually […]

St. Marks Book Club

Kennedy Room - St. Marks 600 Colorado Ave, Palo Alto, California

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.

Good Reads Book Club

Zoom

Good-Reads Book Discussion 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM This group meets bi-monthly via Zoom on Thursday afternoons. Contact Marie Highby for more information and Zoom link! We read spirit-filled, typically modern Christian, books.  Discussions focus on a few chapters at each meeting providing the opportunity to learn from each other as we are progressing through the […]

Cultivating Peace in a Changing World: A Lenten Meditation Class

Mindfulness Meditation: Cultivating Peace in a Changing World Led by Mary Dillard Where: St Mark’s Kennedy Room. When: 10am-11:30am: February 17 & 24 and March 2 & 9 Are you looking to rekindle or begin a meditation practice? Learn the basics in a clear, easy-to-follow way as we explore meditation in a supportive environment.

March 3rd Forum: Sharing about Our Lenten Book Read and Lenten Experience

Come share about your Lent this Sunday, whether it is feeling big...or nuthin'. Join Rev. Nancy Ross on March 3rd for a conversation about how we experience this holy season. Together we will reflect on our All-Parish Book-Read, The Lives We Actually Have, or your other reflections -- so come share, whether you're reading the book […]

Becoming Beloved Community Task Force Speaker Series

Parish Hall 600 Colorado Ave, Palo Alto, CA, United States

The Becoming Beloved Community Task Force is pleased to invite the community to the first talk in our speaker series on the topic of Christianity's involvement in perpetuating racial injustice, along with efforts toward healing, reconciliation, and social change. The speaker series begins Wednesday, March 6 at 7 PM in the Parish Hall with a […]

speaker series: community, faith and racial justice

Our nation continues to combat racial inequality in 2024, 60 years after the passage of the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act. Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church in Palo Alto invites the wider community to an upcoming speaker series, “Community, Faith and Racial Justice,” that explores the role of Christianity, including the current white Christian Nationalist movement, […]

Good Reads Book Club

Zoom

Good-Reads Book Discussion 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM This group meets bi-monthly via Zoom on Thursday afternoons. Contact Marie Highby for more information and Zoom link! We read spirit-filled, typically modern Christian, books.  Discussions focus on a few chapters at each meeting providing the opportunity to learn from each other as we are progressing through the […]

Sunday Forum: Lenten Organ Recital

Matthew Burt, our beloved music director, will present a 30 minute organ recital of music based on Lent and Passiontide hymns at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday March 10. The recital will include works by J. S. Bach, Johannes Brahms, Clay Christiansen, Euguene Hancock, Kenneth Leighton, Marianne Kim, and St. Mark’s own Ron Hodges. All are […]