st. mark’s episcopal church

St. Mark’s donates money  to city ambulance service

Oct 6, 2021

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Lake City recently made a donation of $3,720 to Lake City Ambulance. The funds were presented to ambulance service Director Sara Rybarczyk by Rev. Barbara Mathias to help cover the cost of specialty medical equipment and training materials. Pictured are (back row,...

Update: St. Mark's community supper cancelled

Aug 4, 2021

Editor's Note: The community supper scheduled for Aug. 11 at St. Mark's Episcopal Church has been canceled because of COVID-19. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church will be serving our “Monthly Community Supper’ on Wednesday, Aug. 11 from 5 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. We will be serving pulled pork on buns,...

VanHouten becomes St. Mark’s Deacon

Jul 28, 2021

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Lake City is happy to announce that Rev. Pat (Mountin) VanHouten, will become a deacon of our church. She is a cradle Episcopalian of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Lake City. She was ordained on June 19, 2021 at St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral in Minneapolis by...

Community suppers back at St. Mark’s

Jul 7, 2021

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church will resume its monthly community dinners on July 14 at 5 p.m. and closing at 6:30 p.m. The menu is picnic fare including brats and hamburgers, potato salad, veggie salad, cabbage salad, desserts and drinks. Attendees do not have to wear a mask if they have been...

St. Mark’s installs ‘Blessing Box’

May 26, 2021

The Coronavirus Pandemic has brought a lot of negativities, but it also has encouraged positive change in many ways. One such way has resulted in a Blessing Box at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. After being encouraged to “think outside the box” by Bishop Craig Loya and being unable to host our...

Community suppers on hold while church celebrates Lent

Mar 4, 2020

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church has issued a reminder that it will be suspending its monthly community suppers until after Easter. Last month the girl scouts who helped with preparation, serving and clean up were Carleen Jones, Melissa Jones, Cadie Wolf and leader Jena Kutina. The church looks...

St. Mark’s outreach program proceeds benefit Lake City Food Shelf

Jan 2, 2020

Representatives of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Lake City presented a $1,000 check to the Lake City Food Shelf on Dec. 24 from the church’s outreach program. From left are Darwin Meyers of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, food shelf representatives Eunice Blattner, Carole Helgerson, and Ross...

For St. Mark's, good deeds lead to more good deeds

Jan 17, 2018

“Our main thing is to keep it local and make it count,” said Bunny Anding, senior warden of the vestry at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Lake City. Anding was talking about how the church selects recipients for the money it raises from freewill donations at its monthly free community suppers....

Parish hall named in honor of a former  parishioner who became a bishop

Dec 6, 2017

On Sunday, Dec. 3, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Lake City, held a dedication service in honor of Bishop Philip Frederick McNairy (at right) who was born and grew up in Lake City and was confirmed at St. Mark’s Church in the early 1930’s. McNairy’s daughter, Judy LeWein, son, the Rev. Philip...

St. Mark's December free supper (with a Christmas twist) is Dec. 13