CONSECRATION SUNDAY - All Together In One Place

Sunday, September 23rd, 2012. One service at 9:30am. Meal to follow. Look for your invitation in the church Narthex. R.S.V.P. needed by September 12th.

ROCKERS - Senior Activities Group

Ages 55 years young and up. Rockers meet every second and fourth Tuesday of each month with a special activity planned. See the Rockers schedule on the St.Mark Web Site: www.stmarkworth.org - Rockers. New members are always welcome. You don't need to be a member of St. Mark to be a "Rocker". The next regular meeting is at 1:00pm at St. Mark on September 25th.

ANNUAL PET BLESSING

Saturday, October 6th @ 10:00am - All pets welcome. Please leash or cage your pet for their safety. Community is welcome.

BOOKFINDERS - BOOK CLUB

Book Club meets on the second Thursday of each month at 10:30am.  The next meeting is September 13th at 10:30am. The book for September is "The Ultimate Gift" by Jim Stovall. New members and visitors are always welcome. Contact the church office for more information. 448-6555. Hosted by Karen Rames.

QUILTERS

Meet every first and third Thursday of each month beginning September 6th at 9:30am in the Fellowship Hall of St. Mark Lutheran Church.  Sewing experience not required. Open to the community. Contact the church office 448-6555 for more information.
Hosted by Peggy George.
Blessing of the Quilts - Sunday, September 16th at all services.

Quilts Collection Truck @ St. Mark on October 5, 6, and 7.

CELEBRATE RECOVERY

Monday's @ 7pm at St. Mark Lutheran Church in Worth, Illinois. For anyone with hurts, habits, or hang ups. Special Concert with Bill Brooks, Monday, September 24th at 7:00pm. Open to the public, everyone is welcome.

VBS - MEGA SPORTS CAMP 2012

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BLESSING OF THE BIKES - Saturday, September 8 @ 11:00am

BLESSING OF THE BIKES – Saturday, September 8th @ 11:00am. If you know a biker, please pass this information along. All bikes are welcome. Special Speaker: Bob Arthur "Just in the nick of time." Free food, live music, Best of Show.

Note from Pastor Jay on Unbinding the Heart:

Prevailing Prayer: Just opened an e mail from someone I don’t know. They asked me if I would pray for rain in Colorado, Oklahoma, West and South Texas, and New Mexico where the drought is the worst. They asked me if I would send the request on to others, which I have just now done. It put me in mind of a story of a rural community that was suffering from drought conditions as we are now. The churches in the community thought it would be a good idea to all gather together and pray for rain. The day came and the crowd was gathered and heads were bowed, and the pastor prayed. When the last amen was said, the pastor looked up and saw a little girl who had just opened up a big red umbrella. Everyone believed that prayer was a good idea in theory, but this little girl really believed that God would answer. We all believe prayer is a good idea, but do we believe it enough to actually take the time to pray? A deep prayer life is at the heart of a living faith. Someone has said it is the breath of the soul. I am sensing more and more that God is calling us to be a praying church. A church that takes prayer as seriously as God does. Beginning in October we as a church will be going on an adventure in prayer. The experience is called “Unbinding the Heart” and I hope every one of you will join me in this life giving class. It will involve: • praying daily for the needs of your family church, and our world, and keeping a prayer journal for 40 days. • reading and reflecting on verses on the Bible for 40 days. • joining the congregation in reading a short chapter from the book every week. The sermon for these 6 Sundays will be dealing with the verses and chapter you have read the preceding week. • Being a part of a small group of 7 or 8 people for six weeks and meeting some new friends. Please think and pray about your involvement in what I believe to be a movement of God in our church. I hope you’ll join me. Your brother in Christ, Pastor Jay