Easter & Holy Week Services 2023
As we all prepare to celebrate the Good News of Christ’s Resurrection, St. Mark’s is joyfully preparing our celebrations of worship.
Anglican
Every Person Has A Place
“We too can be confident in our place and we can be strengthened by our baptismal promise to speak truth and seek restoration for all.” The Rev’d Canon Rob Park offers prayers and a message reflecting our reading from John’s Gospel chapter 9:1-41.
Godly Relationships Everywhere
“So powerful is Jesus’ encounter with he Samaritan Women that it causes his own disciples and her own community to take notice and be transformed.” The Rev’d Rob Park offers prayers and a message reflecting our reading from John’s Gospel chapter 4:5-42.
Faith Does Not Grow Overnight
“To grow in our faith and our faithful relationships, we will have questions to ask.” The Rev’d Rob Park offers prayers and a message reflecting our reading from John’s Gospel chapter 3:1-17.
Refusing Evil’s Price
“Each of Jesus’ choices in our reading reminds us that our place in the kingdom cannot be bought by any material wealth.” The Rev’d Rob Park offers prayers and a message reflecting our reading from Matthew’s Gospel chapter 4:1-11.
The Pathway Out of Our Brokenness
“God successfully reveals the path of the Good News, just as God intended, and opens up for all the path that leads us out from our earthly bondage.” The Rev’d Rob Park offers prayers and a message reflecting our reading for Transfiguration Sunday from Matthew’s Gospel chapter 17:1-9.
Intentions And Motivations
“The intentions and motivations of our actions are as important to our relationships as the the situations covered by the Old Testament laws.” The Rev’d Rob Park offers prayers and a message reflecting our reading for this Sunday from Matthew’s Gospel chapter 5:21-37.
Salt And Light
“Both images are transformative in their power to reveal what is hidden and to open Christ’s path to true joy that is found in the Gospel’s truth.” The Rev’d Rob Park offers prayers and a message reflecting our reading for this Sunday from Matthew’s Gospel chapter 5:13-20.
“Come And See”
“For us as Christian’s, Jesus holds the combination that promises to unlock the path to that place of deepest and truest satisfaction in our lives.” The Rev’d Rob Park offers prayers and a message reflecting our reading for this Sunday from John’s Gospel chapter 1:29-42.
Peace On Earth
“War, and the horrific things that human beings do to each other in war are the terrible fulfilment of that human brokenness that sets us against each other are the exact opposite of the peace God intends for us in Jesus Christ.” For Christmas, The Rev’d Rob Park offers prayers and a message reflecting our reading of Jesus’ birth from Luke’s Gospel, chapter 2:1-20.