What is Ignite?  Ignite is a leadership and discipleship seminar led by our very own, Pastor Jason Huffman! The day will be split into two sessions. Session 1 will be from 9am-noon and will focus on taking our discipleship to the next level. How can you, as a believer and follower of Jesus be a good disciple? How can you strengthen your relationship with God? We will then break for lunch and come back for session 2 from 1pm – 3pm. This session will focus on St. Mark’s as a church. How do we see God moving in our church? What goals do we have as a church for 2025 and how can we achieve them?  We encourage everyone to attend both sessions.

Open Door Invites Everyone to
A Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper

Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras or Carnivale is the last day before Lent begins on Ash Wednesday.
In England it was a time to use up those rich food items before people ate more sparingly as they readied themselves for the 40 days of Lent.  Pancakes were a good way to use up ingredients that fell into this category.
Pancake races celebrate the legend of the good wife from Buckinghamshire whose pancake was still cooking as the church bells rang out for Vespers on Shrove Tuesday. She grabbed her coat and her pan containing the pancake and ran to the church, flipping the pancake as she ran! She didn’t want it to burn while she was gone because she had used all her “good stuff” to create this one!
Now women (and others) race from the town hall to the church in that town to commemorate her feat. Other pancake races take place, even at St. Mark’s, to celebrate her faithfulness as a parishioner.