Help Support the Family Table!
The Family table is a ministry shared by several church in our area. It is a dinner and social time for the community, especially those in need.It takes place on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Circle Pines. There are several ways you can help support this ministry:
- Volunteer on the 3rd Tuesday of the month to help serve meals, hand out gift bags, clean up.
- Donate non-food items (such as soap, laundry items, personal hygiene products, toothpast). Be creative! Use coupons and donate! There is a box to receive your donations in the narthex. Each month there is need for a specific item. Watch the service bulletins and the monthly newsletter (The Markings) for those details.
- Donations for money are also accepted. Please be sure to indicate on your check that the donation is for the Family Table.
- Attend the Family Table and eat with others in the community.
Prayer Chain
The St. Mark prayer chain prays for anyone requesting their support in prayer. To request a prayer, please call 763-784-2558, Ext. 206.
To join the prayer chain, call the prayer chain phone number or email us at prayerchain@stmarkcp.org.
Food Shelf
The Centennial Area Community Food Shelf exists to help people in need with about five days supply of food. This assistance is provided monthly as necessary. Distribution occurs Monday and Thursday from 4:00 - 6:00 PM. At this time, St. Mark provides a strong presence at the Centennial Area Food Shelf servicing activities the first week of each month. However, there may be volunteer activities that are available for St. Mark members that include:For more information or to volunteer at the Food Shelf, contact Angela Carlson, 763.785.0996.
- stocking the food shelf
- checking in clients
- filling orders, and
- data entry
LWR Coffee Project (Equal Exchange)
Lutheran World Relief launched the Coffee project with Equal Exchange, which adheres to fair trade standards on 100% of its products in 1997. By making a simple change from conventionally traded coffee to fairly traded coffee, such as Tanzanian Jubilee or any of the other coffees, Lutherans can make a big difference in the lives of coffee farmers. Because coffee farmers in Kilimanjaro (Tanzanian Jubilee coffee) have very small farms, even drinking one cup of coffee can "make a difference."
3,100 Lutheran congregations currently participate in the project. Fairly traded coffee often makes the difference between harvesting a crop at a loss or receiving a survivable wage.
Our congregation offers several types of coffee in 6 1/2 oz. bags at a prices ranging from $4 to $5.50. They are offered for sale on the second Sunday of the month, or may be special ordered in larger quantities. We have also begun offering fairly traded hot cocoa.
Any one interested in helping to sell the coffee, or interested in further advocacy on behalf of Lutheran World Relief Handcraft projects is encouraged to indicate their willingness to serve in this manner.
Red Cross Blood Drive
St. Mark hosts a Red Cross Blood Drive at the church every other month (January, March, May, July, September, November) from 1 to 7:00 p.m. This provides the Red Cross with a regular supply of blood donations and volunteers on a regular donation schedule. Volunteer opportunities exist to help at the blood drive as well as to donate blood. Give blood. It's easy, it's safe and it saves lives!
Cub Scouts
Cub Scouting is a year-round family program designed for boys who are in kindergarten through fifth grade.
Cub Scouting members join a Cub Scout pack and are assigned to a den, usually a neighborhood group of six to eight boys. Tiger Cubs (first-graders), Wolf Cub Scouts (second-graders), Bear Cub Scouts (third-graders), and Webelos Scouts (fourth- and fifth-graders) meet weekly.
Once a month, all of the dens and family members gather for a pack meeting under the direction of a Cubmaster and pack committee. The committee includes parents of boys in the pack and members of the chartered organization.
For more information see our website at http://www.bsapack35.org/ or call Bryan or Mary Albright at 763 - 792 - 9697.