2014
News &
Articles
12.28.2014 - Christmas Outreach Report
12.27.2014 - Christmas Carol Success
12.10.2014 - Making Advent Wreaths
12.2.2014 - First Communion Celebrated
11.8.2014 - Operation Christmas Child, Pack ‘N’ Wrap
11.8.2014 - Annual Corning Glass Museum Trip
11.1.2014 - All Saints Sunday
10.30.2014 - Scenes from Consecration Sunday Breakfast
10.29.2014 - Riding the Hay Wagon
10.18.2014 - Hannah and Taylor produce quilt for charity
10.18.2014 - Crop Walk 2014
10.16.2014 - Wilderness Escape VBS Recap - PHOTOS POSTED!
10.5.2014 - Harvest Home Sunday - Blanket Sunday
10.1.2014 - Going Fishing! Photos from the fishing derby.
9.28.2014 - Signing with the Cross: New Catechetical Students
9.15.2014 - Fall Bazaar a Success!
9.7.2014 - Five Young Ladies Confirmed in 2014
8.31.2014 - 70+, SINGLE AND STILL PRAISING GOD milestone
8.28.2014 - Sunday School Season! Classes resume September 7
8.18.2014 - 2014 School of Religion Scheduled
8.6.2014 - Progressions Milestone
7.23.2014 - Recognizing our volunteers
7.13.2014 - Cooking with blueberries!
7.4.2014 - July 4 Hospitality
6.8.2014 - St. Mark's Summer picnic
5.28.2014 - Congratulations to our Graduates!!
5.28.2014 - Wilderness Escape VBS at St. Mark's
5.8.2014 - The 2014 St. Mark's Directory is (Finally!) here
4.20.2014 - Egg hunt and breakfast cheer kids
4.12.2014 - Catechetical Trip to Gettysburg
4.12.2014 - Easter Candy Making
3.30.2014 - Holy Week Services Scheduled
3.26.2014 - 2014 Iron Chef Williamsport Competition
3.12.2014 - Roller Skating Outing
3.1.2014 - Pictorial Directory Submitted for Publication
2.23.2014 - Iron Chef Williamsport competition anticipated
2.23.2014 - Prayer Pillows!
2.20.2014 - Ezra and Gillian attend Youth Quake/Zone
2.1.2014 - Commemorating Baptism with Faith Chests
1.15.2014 - We were smitten by the number of mittens!
Five Young Ladies Confirmed in 2014
Makensi Doebler, Grace Schreckengast, Taylor Wentzel, Sadie Wentzel, and Annika Waffenschmidt complete catechetical studies
After two years of work, five young members of the congregation were
confirmed at the 10:30 AM service on September 7, 2014. These young
people became full members of St. Mark's with all the rights and
responsibilities that follow their commitment.
Students being confirmed in their faith were: Makensi Doebler, Grace Schreckengast, Taylor Wentzel, Sadie Wentzel, and Annika Waffenschmidt. Their mentors were Michele Owen, Donna Elkin, Jane Kline, Michele Fredericks, and Diana Zeigler, respectively.
The confirmands were offered the congratulations of the congregation and their families. Please pray for them and encourage them on the occasion of this important step in their lives.
The confirmation process at St. Mark's involves close interaction
between the confirmands and a mentor, who works with the student and
provides moral support and a good example. At monthly meetings, the
mentor and student review bible and discuss readings, and also
participate in learning games. Studies continue during regular weekly
Sunday School sessions. Special, intense studies and observations occur
during Confirmation Camp and the annual field trip.
In Confirmation, those being confirmed recognize and affirm the baptism
they received as children and take personal responsibility for living
out the promises their parents made at their baptism. Confirmands
profess their faith and make promises before God to love, trust and
serve God and Christ. As an adult member of Christ's family, confirmands
express their intentions to live among God's faithful people, attend to
God's worship, and show the Gospel in lives of faithful service.
The confirmands' favorite deserts were provided by the families, for the enjoyment of the congregation, in Fellowship Hall after the service.
