St. Marks Evangelical Lutheran Church
All Saints Day
On all Saints Sunday we remembered Joe Landry, Jean Landry, and Jean Thompson.
Loaves & Fishes Coordinator Needed
Laura Heitz has served as St. Mark’s Coordinator for Loaves and Fishes for the past five years. She will complete her service in December, and a new coordinator is being sought. The responsibilities include coordinating with the leaders of Loaves and Fishes for what meal will be served that week, soliciting cooks, asking for cookies, and handling publicity.
Cookies Needed
Cookies are needed for Loaves & Fishes. St. Mark’s is responsible for the Loaves & Fishes meal held on Thursday, December 4. We will need to provide 300 servings of dessert. Please see the signup sheet on the table in the entryway if you are able to help provide cookies or the like.
Advent Offerings
Each Advent we take up an Advent Offering that is used to bless church members who are struggling financially. Advent Offerings were originally collected from families who dropped a quarter in a jar every time someone visited them in their home in December as a remembrance of the blessing that the magi gave to Mary and Joseph with their gifts. The envelopes are available on the entry way table.
Community Thanksgiving Dinner to include Shuttle Bus Service
Wapakoneta’s Annual Thanksgiving Day Community Dinner will include a Free Shuttle Bus Service. The continuous loop shuttle will follow a route from the dinner site at St. Joseph Parish Life Center, to the County Courthouse Parking Lot (Willipie street), then to the St. Paul UCC Parking Lot (Mechanic Street), and then back to St. Joseph. A-frame signs will indicate where the bus will stop to pick up dinner guests.
The shuttle bus service is being provided because of construction adjacent to St. Joseph Church, and will operate from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm.
Those who are transporting persons using canes, walkers, or wheelchairs may also drop off their riders at the Parish Life Center entrance. Please enter the drive from Benton Street, pulling up to the PLC door. Volunteers will be present to assist guests. The driver may then move his/her car to the street or one of the above-listed parking lots.
The November 27th Wapakoneta Community Thanksgiving Dinner will feature plated meals served from 11 am to 1 pm. The dine-in menu includes turkey with gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green beans, cranberry sauce, applesauce, rolls with butter, and pies.
Carry out meals are available from 12:30 to 1 pm only.
All are welcome!
Advent Suppers and Services
Everyone is welcome to St. Mark’s Advent Soup & Sandwich Suppers (6-7pm in the Fellowship Hall) followed by our Advent Services (7-7:30pm) beginning Wednesday, Dec. 3rd. Our Soup & Sandwich hosts will be the Worship & Music Committee (Dec 3rd), the Kitchen Committee (Dec 10th), and Church Council (Dec 17th). In this season of preparation, you are invited to hear how some special and humorous angels made preparations for Mary, the Shepherds, and the Wiseman.
2026 Budget
The Annual Meeting to approve the 2026 Budget and to vote on council members will be Sunday December 7 at 11:15, immediately following the worship service. The budget is on pages 6 & 7.
Christmas Jubilee
St. Mark’s will again be participating in the Christmas Jubilee “Angel” Tree program. We have 75 tags to fill on the Christmas tree in the hallway outside of the sanctuary. How it works: pick a tag, buy and wrap a gift with tag attached, and return it to under the tree. The gifts will be picked up on Sunday, December 14. These gifts will be distributed to needy families this Christmas season.
