Gathered Light Art show

• Come see our Gathered Light Art Show and sale featuring work from Jim DeWoody, Roland de Fries, Sally Apprelbaum, Nancy Azara, Sean Mellon, Calvin Ramsey, among others. On view in the Parish Hall.

  We also have a Silent Auction featuring neighborhood experiences, collectibles, and more. The auction will go live on Saturday, but you can preview it here. You could win cocktails with Ada Calhoun, a photoshoot in our beautiful West Yard Garden, or a one-of-a-kind Tiffany broach. All proceeds will support the renovation of our Parish Hall. You can see the art and auction items here!

The Compassion Hub at St. Mark’s

• We’re participating in a neighborhood-wide pilot program to bring more resources and deepen community connections in the East Village/Lower East Side. The initiative is being organized and supported by Trinity Church and involves five neighborhood institutions—St. Mark’s, Grand Street Settlement, The Loisaida Center, The Lower East Side Girls Club, and East Village Community Care. All five partners will offer vital services to the community and share communications and outreach. Here’s what’s coming up at St. Mark’s:

  • Free legal clinic: Friday, May 1st 10:00am-2:00pm

  • Family Movie Night: Friday, May 2nd 5:30pm

  • Free Pop-up Food and Formula Market: Monday, May 4th 4-6pm

  • Mobile Barber Shop: Saturday, May 9th 10am-4pm (see below)

  • Free Pop-Up Food and Formula Market: Monday, May 18th 4-6pm

  • Community Garden Day: Saturday, May 23rd 10am-2pm

Join Rural and Migrant Ministry for a “Friendraiser”

• Friday, May 8th at 6:00pm.
  on Friday evening, May 8 from 6-8 pm at St. Bart’s Church in the Midtown. The event is being supported by the downtown Manhattan Clericus (the network of downtown Episcopal Churches, which includes St. Mark’s! Richard Witt is a long-time friend of our community. His vital work in upstate New York with migrant communities is more important now that ever. Please let Rev. Anne Marie know if you’d like to join and she will add your name to the RSVP list.

Design Your Lift, Discern Your Path with Dr. Mary O’Neil:

• Sunday, May 17: You Are Here: Creating Your Life Compass, 2pm-4pm in person | Register HERE
   Feeling stuck, lost in transition, or unable to move forward? You are not alone! This two-part life design workshop offers a practical, creative, and surprisingly joyful process for finding clarity about who you are, what you value, and where you want to go next. Drawing on Stanford's Designing Your Life and the Life Design Catalyst methods, the sessions will help you identify your purpose and values, take a clear-eyed look at where you are now, explore possible futures you haven't yet imagined, and take small, concrete steps toward the life that feels right--and that serves something greater than yourself.
  Sunday, May 31: Ideating and Prototyping Your Possible Futures, 2pm-4pm in person

Baptism or Confirmation

• Sunday, May 24th at 11:00am
  We’ll do baptisms this year on Pentecost during the 11:00am service (May 24th). If you’re interested in baptism, please let Rev. Anne Marie know. This spring, we will also begin a newcomer/confirmation class. Confirmations will take place at the Cathedral later this spring. And—if you don’t know anything about baptism or confirmation, and just want to learn more, please be in touch!

Cookout, crafts, and bad bunny flashdance

• Sunday, May 24th from 1-3pm
  No dance experience necessary. Everyone is welcome.
  1:00: Cookout and crafts in the Yard
  1:30: Gather in front of the church on 10th street for a Bad Bunny Community Dance Class
  2:00 Perform Bad Bunny Flash Dance

Holy Eucharist

• Sundays at 11am | In Person in the Sanctuary | Stream online here 

New Bible Study: Lent Through a Franciscan Lens

• Sundays at 9:30am | Parish Hall.
  Join us on Sunday mornings during Lent for a study rooted in the life and witness of St. Francis of Assisi. Each session will include prayer, a story from the life of St. Francis, guided discussion, and simple practices to help us live more faithfully into the season of Lent.Together we will explore themes of conversion, humility, compassion, peacemaking, and walking with Christ to the Cross, drawing wisdom from Francis’ journey and applying it to our own lives of faith today. All are welcome. Come for one week or the whole series.

First fridaY family movie and game night

• First Friday of every month from 5:30-7:30pm | Parish Hall | Register here
  Join parents and kids at the rectory for an evening of fellowship and fun. We’ll have crafts, pizza, and a movie for kids and an opportunity for parents to connect with each other.

Welcome centeR - Supporting Our Neighbors

St. Marks is offering food, cell phone charging, rest/respite, and other resources to welcome our neighbors who are without work or shelter in New York.

• Please consider donating food, new socks, men’s shoes and clothing. There is an urgent need at the moment for winter coats and blankets. You can bring donations to church during the week or during the program on Wednesday afternoons. If you don’t have coats, you can donate here and we will purchase them. You can make a financial donation here or sign up to volunteer here. Donate to Metrocards here.

Multi-Faith Mondays: Witness for Democracy at Columbus Circle

• Mondays at 5:30 | Columbus Circle
  Join Rev. Anne Marie, Jeannine Otis and the St. Mark’s Choir along with interfaith leaders across the city for a weekly witness for democracy. The group gathers every Monday, but St. Mark’s will lead the program this week. We’ll sing, pray, read poetry, and testify to our moral values. Everyone is welcome.

Ecclesia

• Sundays at 2:00pm
  On Sundays, St. Marks in the Bowery hosts “Ecclesia,” an outdoor church ministry committed to serving unhoused and under-resourced New Yorkers. The ministry offers a 2pm Eucharist service every Sunday, fellowship, and a bagged lunch to everyone who joins. As the host parish, St. Mark’s will offer storage space and participate in making sandwiches and celebrating the Eucharist about once a month.