St. Mark's News & Events for April 29, 2007

Greetings as we begin another week!

Now that the build up to Easter Sunday has concluded we can all take a deep breath and enjoy the rest of the Easter Season. We have a few major events coming our way in the next few weeks beginning with Fr. Ed Lamps 25th Anniversary Jubilee Mass on Friday, May 4th at 6:00 pm. Tickets are available for sale after all the Masses for the reception at Hunters Green. The very next day, Saturday May 5th at 10:00 am, Confirmation will be bestowed upon over 65 of our high school students. Finally on Saturday, May 15th, we will celebrate two First Communions for over two hundred children at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm. Whew! It just goes to show how we are growing in leaps and bounds here at St. Mark and the energy and electricity of our congregation is amazing. Keep all them in your prayers!

I also would like to give you a report from the Steering Committee as they lay the foundation for the education of our parish by stating that we have had many meetings thus far and subcommittees have been formed and have been meeting on a consistent basis. More specifics will be forthcoming as the committees begin to organize and publish their thoughts and ideas.

As you can also see in the Narthex of the Church the thermometer continues to rise as we try to meet our Annual Pastoral Appeal (APA) assessment. Thus far, only 15% of our congregation has contributed or pledged to this campaign and I am praying that more families will be part of this most important endeavor. Please, whatever you can give would be most helpful to our parish and help us to make that thermometer rise in the next few weeks! God will bless you for it.

No golf to report on this week since I broke my driver and have been unable to play. Well, at least thats a good excuse! I wish I could tell you I hit the ball so hard that the head fell off or I smashed it against a tree out of anger after a bad shot, but that would not be the truth. It simply fell out of my bag while riding in the cart, hit the hard pavement, and broke in two. How unremarkable is the life I lead.

Well, that is all for now.
Continue to enjoy the gift that God has given us in each other.

Peace, Father David