This section of the webpage is intended to allow me to write a little about what we are teaching at St. Mark's Church, Frankford. I intend to keep it updated with what is happening in our community. There may be comments and/or opinion; but there may also be simple news or deeper reflection on Scripture or something I have been thinking about.

The next three links on our webpage are to Service, Discicpleship, and Praise. We believe at St. Mark's that these three ministries make up the cornerstones of a healthy relationship with God. Praise without service, service without praise, and discipleship without service or praise are hollow. I believe what God has done is given us a vision of healthy balanced life with Christ. The relationship with God cannot be defined by how much Bible you know or how great you sing, but how you live out your faith in balance, one to another, Praise, Service, and Discipleship. That is healthy. Look at the links above to check in on how we are living in balance.

This Week

A friend shared a simple comment on Epiphany: “When God disturbs you, breaks into your life, just when everything seemed nice and comfortable, be thankful, for that is God’s Epiphany to you. An epiphany is a sudden realization of a greater truth; it can be as simple as something thought to be complex, being made clear.

An epiphany that occurred for me was the simple realization that no matter what happens, whether it is the best day or - God forbid - the worst day, that God is absolutely faithful to us and is present to each of us and every day, loving us all the way. I believe that God loves us, and has loved us, from the time the time of our conception in our mother’s womb through the end of time.

I think that it is easier for most of us to see God through the good times, but an important realization that my friend shared, is that God is just as loving and just as present when the negative occurs. These “interruptions” are opportunities for us to encounter God, remembering all the while, as shared in a longer passage on persevering at Hebrews 10:31, “that it is an awesome (fearful) thing, to fall into the hands of the living God.”

                                                                                                                                Jonathan +

Past

We Include the Wider Church

At St. Mark's Church we work very hard to share the love of Christ with all of God's children.  We focus ministry on people who do not belong to other Christian communities.  Occasionally, for the obvious reason that we are fun and high functioning, Christians from other denominations want to come and participate.  Please know that everyone is equally welcome. 

We believe that it is God, and God alone who consecrates Holy Communion.  Therefore all who come are not only welcome at the Table, but encouraged to come and participate fully in worship.  This is important because their are some denominations that restrict visitors from participating.  At St. Mark's we think that is absurd.

 

 
 
 

Quote of the week:

Jesus directed the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. And all ate and were filled; and they took up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full. And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

Matthew 14