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The Weekly Connector
February 2, 2026
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UPCOMING
HIGHLIGHTS
Feb. 3,
Tuesday – Knitting Group, 10:30
am, Library; 1st & 3rd Tuesday of each
month
Feb. 4,
Wednesday - Ordination of Clara
Sanders, 6:00 pm, Nave (see below)
Feb. 6,
Friday – Gospel-based
Discipleship, 12:15 – 12:45, weekly, via Zoom
Feb. 8,
Sunday - Second Sunday Supper,
4:15 pm for volunteers, 5 pm for meal, at Plymouth Congregational
Church (see website)
Feb.
12, Thursday – Women’s
Ministry, 6 – 7:30, Library. (Bring a simple
food to share.)
Feb. 15
– March 31, Exhibit in Art Gallery
by Chris Faust, Landscape Photographer
Feb.
15, Sunday - Pancake Feast, 8:30 –
10:30 am, Community Room (see below and website)
Feb.
16, Monday - Cathedral closed for
President's Day
Feb.
18, Wednesday - Ash Wednesday
worship, 12:15 pm and 7:30 pm
Feb.
22, Sunday - Forum led by Dean
Search Committee, 9:30 am, Banquet Room
Feb.
24, Tuesday - Fresh Start at
Great River Landing, 12:00 pm
Feb.
25, Wednesday - Voices of
Reconciliation, 7:00 pm, Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman and Dr. Andy Stewart
(see below and website)
Feb.
26, Thursday - Sound Journey,
6:00 pm, Nave
Feb.
28, Saturday - Men's Ministry,
9:00 am, Library
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THE MONTHLY CONNECTOR:
Complete information on worship, events, and more can
be found in the new Saint Mark's Monthly Connector, available in the
Welcome Center, many places around the Cathedral, or on our website
by clicking here..
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Joining the Episcopal Church
The next offering of the Joining the Episcopal
Church series will begin on Sunday, February 8, 2026, and
continues through March 22. Sessions meet from 9:15 to 10:15 am
Sundays in the Library. The program is open to all interested adults
(16+ years old) but may be particularly appropriate for people who
would like to be baptized during the Easter Vigil on Saturday, April
4, 2026. Questions about this series may be directed to Rev.
Kent Rahm, kentrahm@comcast.net
Confirmation, Reception, and Re-affirmation will take
place on Saturday April 25 at 10:00 am, (new date and time), as
part of the ECMN Regional Confirmation service. If you have questions
about joining the church or becoming a member of Saint Mark's,
please contact Mary Lusk, maryl@ourcathedral.org
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Lenten Small Group Discussions:
For Such a Time as This: an
Emergency Devotional
Discussion
sessions begin on/after February 8
Sign-up now
In the days following Alex Petti’s murder I came across
two things online that persuaded me with sudden force and clarity
that gathering in small groups at St. Mark’s to talk about what is
happening now in Minneapolis alongside Hanna Reichel’s “Emergency
Devotional,” For Such a Time as This may prove to be the
most timely, essential, defining and transformative Lenten discipline
I have ever adopted.
Reporting from Minneapolis earlier this past week, MSNow’s Chris Hayes noted that history is being
made here because ordinary people have chosen to do something
extraordinary.” That he asserted, is “the alchemy of democracy.” The
same might equally well be said of Christianity, though we describe
it as the call to discipleship and credit the Holy Spirit rather than
“alchemy.”
The blog written by Roger Larson is continued here.
Now is
the time to join a small discussion group.
Select options below using the following
SurveyMonkey Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2GC5B9Y
Monday: 12:00-1:15 pm (Zoom)
Monday evening: 6:30 - 7:45 pm (In-Person at St Mark's
Library )
Tuesday: 6:30-7:45 pm (Zoom)
Tuesday: 7:00 - 8:15 pm (Zoom)
Wednesday: 10:30-11:45 am (In person at St Mark's
Library)
Wednesday: 6:00-7:15 pm (In person at St Mark's
Library)
Thursday: 10:30-11:45 am (In person at St Mark's
Library)
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SAAGES
Wednesday, February 11, 10:30 am
The February
meeting of SAAGES will be Wednesday, February 11, 10:30-11:45, at St.
Mark’s. Our Provost, Tim Kingsley, will speak about “Safety and Security”
at St. Mark’s. There will be a time for
questions and answers. Coffee and treats will be served at 10:30. For
more information or to bring a treat, please contact Lois and John at
jlsatterberg@gmail.com.
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2025 Giving Statements Mailed to Homes
If you made a contribution to
Saint Mark’s during 2025, you will soon
receive an annual giving statement at the address we have on file for
you. We hope this assists you with your tax planning. If you have
questions about information included in your statement, contact us at
mypledge@ourcathedral.org
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Big Impact, Small People
Saint Mark's Nursery
The nursery needs more volunteers to keep running. When
you volunteer in the nursery, you’re doing more than childcare for
the 6 month to 6 year old
members—you’re strengthening our whole church. You get to share joy
with curious, joyful children, form meaningful relationships with
families, and help make church accessible for parents, aunties,
uncles, and grandparents.
For 10 months of the year, with 41 weeks and 2
volunteers per Sunday, our current team of 6 volunteers are trying to
fill the 82 slots available for the year. They need your help.
Training provided, you pick your schedule. Please contact Kimberley
Johnson at kimberleydarnalljohnson@hotmail.com
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WELLS FOUNDATION GRANT SPOTLIGHT
Tubman
The Wells Foundation is an independent non-profit
charitable foundation managed by Saint Markans, granting funds to
organizations serving the needs of our communities.
Here is one of the organizations supported:
Tubman seeks to meet the needs
of homeless youth, while addressing the racism and historical trauma
that harm and devalue Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. It
offers the sustained, one-on-one support that homeless youth need to
heal, connect with community resources, form supportive
relationships, and pursue their goals—all necessary to secure a
stable future without violence, exploitation, or homelessness.
With assistance from the Wells Foundation, Tubman
provides 12 units of Safe Journeys site-based transitional housing
and 10 units of rapid rehousing with rental assistance. Tubman staff
also increase access to housing by overcoming landlord reluctance to
rent; they help clients connect with education and increase income.
In 2025, 92% of those who exited from the program did so to safe,
stable, longer-term housing.
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FIRST NATIONS KITCHEN
Upcoming Opportunities to Serve
Mark these Sunday dates in
your 2026 Calendar:
April 19th
June 21st
November 15th
There
are 3 shifts each Sunday:
9-11:30 am Cooking. This shift only needs 2 or 3 Saint
Mark's volunteers as there is always a Lead Cook from the First
Nations community who has a recipe in mind.
12:30-3 pm Setup. 10 volunteers needed. Tables for the
new Give Away format are set up in the basement. To-Go meals are put
in containers and fresh produce is sorted and put into bags. Bags of
Fresh produce are packed up. Sweeping, cleaning and prepping tables
for the Give Away shift are new tasks. This shift is suitable for
elementary-aged children to participate.
3:30-5:30 pm Give Away. 10 volunteers needed.
Neighborhood folk who have lined up outside
to receive to-go meals between 4-5 pm, are welcomed and enter the
building. Volunteers give out bags of produce,
some greet guests and guide them along the tables and others serve
beverages. At the completion of the Give Away shift, there are some
added cleaning tasks of sweeping and mopping.
Location: All Saints Episcopal Church, 3044 Longfellow
Ave., Minneapolis.
There will be sign up links in the weeks prior to St.
Mark's Volunteer 2026 Sundays--April 19th, June 21st and November
15th. Start looking in Mid-March.
Saint Mark's contact: betsylee108@gmail.com
Contact Betsy Lee for answers to your questions.
And what if you want to serve before the dates above?
Please contact Ritchie TwoBulls at this email: director@firstnationskitchen.org.
Ask to be put on her "Volunteers Still
Needed" email list. This refers to an email that gets sent out
whenever there is a need for volunteers. Each Sunday over 20
volunteers from different congregational or other organizational
groups have signed up before hand, but there
are usually openings the week of, due to
changes in volunteer plans. If you choose to receive the
"Volunteers Still Needed" email, you will receive the
request on the Thursday or Friday prior to a Sunday. Included will be an easy sign-up link.
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Dean Search Update
We are pleased to announce that Dean position at Saint Mark’s
has been posted! You can visit our profile page here to see part of
the package we’ve prepared: https://saintmarksmplsdeansearch.org/ We
will start interviewing candidates shortly.
The committee now turns to Getting Organized. (For
a refresher of the stages, please refer to the Dean Search page: https://ourcathedral.org/dean-search/)
This involves putting together the interview process, including the
questions, how each candidate will be evaluated, and how we will make
decisions. Thank you for your continuing support!
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