2012
News &
Articles
12.29.2012 - The Tower Spire Returns!
12.29.2012 - Advent Gift Trees
12.19.2012 - Christmas Cookie Baking
12.19.2012 - Kids Night Out
12.16.2012 - Scenes from A Christmas Carol
12.2.2012 - Advent Wreath-making
11.30.2012 - 1st Communion & 3rd Grade Bible Milestone
11.7.2012 - Honoring all the Saints
11.7.2012 - Blessing of the Keys - Riley Weber
10.25.2012 - Celebrating Consecration Sunday
10.25.2012 - Off to the Farm!
10.18.2012 - Blanket Sunday - Harvest Home Sunday Celebrated
10.6.2012 - St. Mark's Adds Members
9.26.2012 - Fall Bazaar a Success!
9.16.2012 - Catechetical Studies Underway
9.9.2012 - Confirmation 2012
9.2.2012 - Sunday School Kick-Off
8.30.2012 - Milestone: 70 or more years of praising Christ
8.5.2012 - Progressions Milestone Celebrated
7.31.2012 - Disaster Strikes St. Mark's Steeple
7.15.2012 - Bardo Baptism Milestone
7.4.2012 - Popcorn & Hot Dogs on July 4
6.22.2012 - Synod Assembly Report
6.22.2012 - VBS in Babylon
6.5.2012 - Scenes from the Summer Picnic
6.3.2012 - Fishing!!!
5.27.2012 - Hershberger-Hieber Wedding Milestone
5.27.2012 - St. Mark's Women & Children Dinner
5.9.2012 - Register for 2012 VBS!
4.29.2012 - 2012 Annual Report issued
4.7.2012 - St. Mark's annual Easter Egg hunt
3.23.2012 - "Spoon of Doom" Returns to St. Mark's
3.17.2012 - St. Mark's Lions Basketball
3.10.2012 - Confirmation Trip
3.9.2012 - Iron Chef Williamsport Challenge Issued & Accepted
2.14.2012 - YouthQuake Zone 2012
2.7.2012 - Languages Milestone Awarded
1.28.2012 - Commemorating Baptism with Faith Chests
1.28.2012 - Lenten Study Schedule Announced
1.28.2012 - Acolyte Training
Confirmation Trip
March 4, 2012
Six confirmation students and 7 adults left on an adventure on Saturday, March 4, 2012. The trip, a traditional part of the confirmation studies, was led by Pastor Elkin.
After an early start the group first stopped at Augustus Lutheran Church in Trappe, Pa.
The church dates from 1743 and is preserved for its relationship to the patriarch of the Lutheran Church in the United States, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg.
The old church is still being used, although the congregation regularly
worships in the "new" 1852 building.
The excursion next visited the Hopewell Furnace.
This national historic site is the location of iron plant dating from
the 1700's. It is a well preserved showcase of an early American industrial facility.
Finally, the group visited the Ephrata Cloister. This was one of America's earliest religious communities, founded in 1732 by German settlers. The kids appreciated the hard life of the Brothers and Sisters, from the hard beds, to the many hours of worship and prayer, to the meager meals.
There were no meager meals at the next stop, Old Country Buffet in Lancaster. The group was well nourished for the trip back to Williamsport.
What a great trip!