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Chesterland Independence Day Parade
St. Mark entered a float in the Chesterland Independence day Parade. The Parade, sponsored by the West Geauga Kiwanis featured many community organizations. The parade route started at Metzenbaum school on Cedar Rd. and finished at the West Geauga High School. The St. Mark Praise team led by Wendy Zimmerman played and sang live music along the route. St. Mark members passed out reusable grocery bags that celebrated St. Mark’s 60th anniversary.
Welcome New Members
On Sunday May 9th, St. Mark welcomed 14 people into membership at St. Mark. We are so blessed to have Pastor Ken Welsh continue to teach our Life with God Class and follow up on people expressing an interest in becoming members at St. Mark
Trinity Lutheran Outreach Cookout
On April 17, 2021, St. Mark members boarded the church bus, “Prayer Force One” and headed to Trinity Lutheran in the Ohio City neighborhood of the city of Cleveland to serve a meal to the neighborhood folks surrounding the Trinity Church. We serve every month but this was our first outdoor cookout of the year. We partner with the members of Trinity not only by serving a meal but helping stock their clothing ministry and food pantry . Dave Oneysko…
February Community Lunch
On February 24, the Women’s League at St. Mark hosted their monthly free community lunch. Due to Covid restrictions, the lunches have been served in, “drive-through” style. This month’s fare included corn chowder, sweet bread, and fruit cocktail. The lunch was served from 11 am to 1 pm. During Lent St. Mark has a Wednesday 11:30 am Lenten service as well as a 7:30 pm Lenten service. Many of the people that attended the 11:30 am service enjoyed a “take…
Sharing the Good News in Ohio City
Every month members of St. Mark board the church bus “Prayer Force One” and drive to Trinity Lutheran Church in Ohio City to serve a meal and share the Good News of Jesus Christ. Partnering with the members of Trinity on a monthly basis allows us to get to know the people we serve, the homeless, and the disadvantaged. Dave from Trinity shares a bible passage and message before each meal. One man, whose name was also Dave, was extremely…
Tailgate at trinity Ohio City
On July 18, 2020, St. Mark and Trinity Ohio City combined for a Baseball themed tailgate outside on the cul de sac in front of Trinity Ohio City Church. St. Mark serves at Trinity every month on the second last Saturday of the month We served hot dogs, hamburgers and fix-ins, Trinity’s clothing ministry was open to serve those in need and we all sang take me out to the ball game! Dave Onysko, from Trinity, gave an inspiring message…
60th Anniversary Music Event at St. Mark
On March, 7th, St. Mark hosted a community music event at St. Mark to celebrate 60 years in ministry. The event featured a wide variety of performances, classical music, barbershop harmony, Irish dancers, gospel music and contemporary Christian music. The sanctuary was packed and all enjoyed delicious home made cupcakes after the concert. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE MUSIC EVENT ON YOUTUBE
Serving those in Need at Trinity Lutheran
St. Mark has partnered with Trinity Lutheran in Ohio City for many years. We serve a community meal once per month, help stock the Trinity food pantry and bring clothes for their clothing outreach. February has been exceptionally busy, St. Mark held a “Stuff the Bus” event and we loaded “Prayer Force One, ” the church bus with donated clothes, particularly men’s clothes, which were in need. On Feb 22, 2020, members of the St. Mark congregation, made Chili and…
annual chili Cook-Off 2020
On Feb. 8, 2020, the wildly popular St. Mark Chili cook-off happened. The hungry audience sampled from 11 selections of Chili. The fare included Mom’s Chili, Bison Chili and a “deer “favorite, Bison Chili. After an exceedingly close vote, Tom Holt’s “Addiction Special” won for the best Chili and expert chef Ray Gleske, a winner from 2 years ago, took the most original medal. Vicar Chris Ryan announced the St. Mark 2020 Retreat which will take place in Jumonville PA…
2020 Annual Women’s Luncheon
On January 18, 2020, the women of St. Mark braved the icy, snowy, rainy weather to attend the annual women’s luncheon. This year’s venue was St. Denis golf course in Chardon Ohio. An interesting program about “Oils of Ancient Scripture” by St. Mark member Marti Jacobson and her associate Stacey Kelly, representing Young Living Consultants, an essential oils distributor, was enjoyed by all.
January Men’s Breakfast
On January 4, 2020, the men St. Mark held their monthly breakfast. This first men’s breakfast of the new year was a changing of the guard. For the first time in 12 years, Ron Cudnik and Pastor Ken Welsh were not the organizers. Bruce Robinson and Ron Meister have taken on the responsibility of organizing the men’s breakfast. The group still meets at Rise and Dine in downtown Chesterland, 2769 Chillicothe Rd, Chesterland, OH 44026. The lively conversation starts at…
A St.Mark – Trinity Lutheran Christmas
On December 21, 2019, members of St. Mark joined in a caravan of cars led by the St. Mark church bus “Prayer Force One” to Trinity Lutheran in Ohio City to hold a joint Chrismas Party for the homeless and needy. St. Mark members collected hygiene supplies over the previous 3 weeks and members of the Tuesday Morning Bible study at St. Mark assembled them in Christmas gift bags. Members of St. Mark also served a meal that included homemade…