Annual Parish Meeting and Elections -- Sunday evening, October 5, in our Fellowship Hall

5:30 pm - Pot Luck Fellowship Supper
6:30 pm - Annual Parish Meeting and Elections
This is an open meeting. Guests and ordinary members are invited to attend and participate, although only registered voting members may vote.

“St. Mark’s Babysitters Club”

Need a night out? Date night? Unfettered shopping? Girl’s Night out? Would you like to attend the speaker series “Done in a Night” here at St. Mark’s? J2A teens are offering babysitting services, either at St. Mark’s parish hall or at your house. Rates are negotiable. ~ Please contact Michelle Morice, (410) 531-9098 ~
 
Call today! All proceeds benefit the J2A Pilgrimage Fund

“Teens for Hire”

Need a job done? Have a chore that you just can’t seem to get started/finished? Our J2A teens are ready to help!
 
J2A teens are offering their services for hire: Painting ~ Fall Plantings ~ Deck Washing ~ Leaf Raking ~ Mulching ~ Odd jobs ~ Rates are negotiable. Adult supervision included. All proceeds benefit the J2A Pilgrimage Fund -- Please contact Aidan Wright, (443) 545-5111.

St. Marks at Highland Day!

Highland Day is a wonderful celebration of the community of Highland and takes place on Saturday, October 4th from 11am - 4pm around the merchants at the intersection of Highland Road and Rt. 108. This is a great way to spend a beautiful Fall afternoon! There's a hayride, a "not so spooky" haunted house, food, music and shopping! The J2A youth group (youth in 9th/10th grades) is happy to announce that they will be hosting a yard sale at the Highland Day festival. The J2A youth invite any parishioners to participate. You may participate in a variety of ways:
 
1- You may "rent" a table for $15 and sell your treasures. The $15 "rental fee" would be a donation towards the J2A pilgrammage.
 
2- You may donate items for the J2A youth to sell. All profits from these sales would go towards the J2A pilgrammage. Donated items should be dropped off the morning of the festival at the location of the sale.
 
3- If you just love a good yard sale but don't have anything you want to sell you can come and help the youth and adults with the sale. It will be a great time of fellowship!
 
So....mark your calendar, clear your closets and help the youth of St. Marks! More details will follow. Please contact Will and Sally Swygert (301-854-9457) or Cal and Marianne Mann (301-854-2153) if you have questions.

Participate in the Next Cursillo Weekend, November 6-9

Sponsor and Candidate applications may be found on the Cursillo website at www.cursillo.ang-md.org
 
Completed applications (with the $35.00 Sponsor Fee and $15.00 Candidate fee) should be mailed to:
Emerson Champion
Assistant Lay Director, Maryland Episcopal Cursillo
8068 Armiger Drive
Pasadena, MD 21122

St Marks in the World -- Outreach

Guardian Angel - On Wednesday Oct 22's a "Done in a Night" program, Vaughn Vigil, the Senior Warden of Guardian Angel, will be coming to St. Mark's to share with us Guardian Angel's inner city ministry. "Urban Ministry at Guardian Angel is living the Gospel in a neighborhood…inviting other to join us because we believe this ministry can transform and empower people from other parts of the diocese as well."
 
The Homework Club meets Mondays from 6-8 pm. Tutors and kids eat together from 6-6:30 before working on homework. Tutors are needed. The children are primarily middle schoolers but some are as young as 8. Each child is matched with an adult who is a sustained presence in the life of the child during the year. If you are interested in tutoring, contact Alice+ at 410- 235-5740.
 
The children continue to need school supplies. The children in the Remington area wear uniforms to school and are not allowed to attend school if they are not dressed in their uniforms. If you would like to contribute to providing the children with extra uniforms or replacement uniforms as they grow during the school year, make your check out to St. Mark's with Outreach/Guardian Angel Homework Club on the memo line.
 
If you would like to prepare Monday night supper for the tutors and children, they need meals for most Mondays. Meals are usually 2 casseroles, one meat and one veggie, fruit, raw veggies, bread, butter, and a dessert – enough to feed 20 people. Talk with Madeleine+ if you are interested.
 
The food pantry ladies thank us for the food and money donations. Frederick and Madeleine+ took up 14 bags of food on Wednesday. The food pantry gives food to over 40 people and families. Please continue to bring in canned food, particularly meat (chicken, span) and tuna, soup, and cereal. We take the food up every Wednesday. If you would like to help deliver the food, let Madeleine know (beardmcd@aol.com).
 
Thank you all for your generosity in filling the globe bank. We collected $101.60 last Sunday. Please continue to drop your loose change in the globe which sits on the coffee hour table. If you would rather donate by check: make the check out to St. Mark's with Outreach/Guardian Angel Food on the memo line and put your check in the collection plate.
 
The Thrift Shop can use clothes, small appliances (in working condition) and small furniture. The Thrift Shop is open every Saturday from 10am-2pm.
 
The Tool Bank lends hand and small power tools to the people in the neighborhood. If you have an abundance of pliers, screwdrivers, duplicate electric drills, or any similar items and are wondering, "Why did I keep this?" Guardian Angel can provide a good home. The Tool Bank is open on Thursday from 10 am -1 pm. Additional information about the Tool Bank is available from Betsy at Episcopal Housing Corporation – 410-366-6200.
 
The yellow Remington Community Newsletter is posted on the main bulletin board to the right of the kitchen window.
 
Park Planting - Join Remington residents and volunteers in planting trees and shrubs in the woods behind Greenmount School (501 W. 30th St) in Baltimore on October 25. To learn more about this event, call Ashley at 410-243-5083 or a_traut@hotmail.com
 
Fill the Ark - If you haven't picked up a calendar and Ark, extras are on the Outreach Table. We will be collecting and offering the Arks on November 30 at all three services.
 
+Pray - Say prayers with speckal intention for the extreme poor throughout the world.
+Fast - Skip at least one meal in solidarity with the nearly 1 billion people who go to bed hungry each night. (As possible depending on health....consult your doctor if in doubt)
 
Click here for information about giving the money you would have spent on the meal(s) you skip to ERD's MDG Inspiration Fund.
 
+Witness - Participate in an online advocacy action promoting our government's fulfilling its promises to achieve the Millennium Development Goals through the Episcopal Public Policy Network.
 
To learn more about how the Diocese of Maryland contributes to the Millennium Development Goals, visit the Diocese's Global Mission website. St. Mark's contributes directly through the work of DreamBuilders in Panama and Guatemala, when we "fill the ark," and through the vestry's .07% financial contribution. To learn more about the September 25 activites, go to E4GR's Sept 25 website.
 
"For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me [...] Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me." Matthew 25:35-36, 40b
 
Election 2008 - The final day to register to vote in the General Election on November is October 14, 2008 . Click here for Registration instructions and application. To request an absentee ballot, click here. Absentee ballots are available approximately 3 weeks before the election. The Presidential Election date is November 4. To find your polling place, visit the Voter Registration Search and the Polling Place Locator
 
PATH continues its work in developing legislation to allow residents of mobile home parks the right of first refusal if and when the parks go to sale. The Governor will be coming to visit at least one of the parks in the near future. To learn more about this work here in Howard County, talk with Farrell McAfee.

SCRIPTURE READINGS -- Prepare for Worship by Reading Sunday's Scriptures

Sep 28, Pentecost 20, Proper 21
 
Oct 5, Pentecost 21, Proper 22
Oct 12, Pentecost 22, Proper 23
Oct 19, Pentecost 23, Proper 24
Oct 26, Pentecost 24, Proper 25
 
Nov 2, All Saints Sunday

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