SUNDAYS & BEYOND The Saint Mark’s Cathedral weekly newsletter THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF , DECEMBER 18, 2016

Advent and Christmas at Saint Mark's To see a full schedule of worship, music and fellowship opportunities dur- Justice Ministries in the Nave: ing the season of Advent and Christmas, visit Mideast Focus Ministry saintmarks.org/adventchristmas or pick up a brochure in the back of the TODAY, AFTER MORNING SERVICES, Cathedral Nave. The full schedule for Christmas is also on page 3 of this Back of the Nave (Coffee Corner) newsletter. Stop by the Mideast Focus Ministry table in the coffee corner this morn- Forum today: The Gift of Forgiveness ing to pick up a flyer about the annual TODAY, 10:10 A.M., BLOEDEL HALL Mideast Focus film series which starts "The Gift of Forgiveness" is the third in Saint Mark's three-part series on next month. This year's theme is "Who spiritual gifts. In this gathering we will explore Biblical, Counts?" While visiting the table, bor- historical, liturgical, personal and social dimensions of forgiveness— row a book from the Mideast Focus forgiveness as a holy gift that can bring us closer to God, others, and our lending library to learn more about the true selves. This forum will be led by the Rev. Nancee Martin. Middle East.

The Cathedral Shop Christmas Boutique NOVEMBER 20 – DEC 24, CATHEDRAL SHOP The Christmas Boutique is open! Leffler House and the Cathedral Shop have been transformed into a Christmas gift wonderland. Lots of holiday gifts, plum pudding, ornaments and much more! Pick up a unique gift for friends and family and support Saint Mark's. We'll even wrap your gifts for you. There will be extended hours for the length of the boutique. Tuesday-Thurs 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Friday & Saturday 11 a.m. 7 p.m.; Sunday 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. And today there will be a Glassybaby Sale! These popular hand blown votives in a variety of beautiful colors make the perfect Christmas gift, and 10% of sales benefit local charities.

Listening for the Holy Spirit Discovery Group TODAY, 12:30 P.M., CONFERENCE ROOM Our Listening for the Holy Spirit Discovery Group meets today from 12.30-1.30 (brown bag lunch at 12.15) in Cathedral House room 210. This holy listening group uses a reflective model saturated with silence and the compassionate stream of God’s love. Questions? Contact Canon Nancee Martin, [email protected].

Pageant of the Nativity: A Celtic Telling MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 7 P.M., CATHEDRAL NAVE Saint Mark's much-anticipated pageant is tomorrow! Come and hear the children of Saint Mark's Cathedral sing favorites such as the Wexford Carol, ad Virginem, and Greensleeves. Three different Gaelic dialects will be used on the program too! The children will proclaim the story of the Nativity in song, speech, and visual pageantry. You will be transported to another time by a torchlight procession of our children accom- panied by Celtic instrumentalists and watch as the scenes of Jesus' birth come alive. Child care for very young children will be available for the duration of the pageant.

Blue Christmas Service THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 7 P.M. This special Eucharist will be offered in Thomsen Chapel for those who find the holiday season a difficult or painful time.

01 Buy a Holiday Card to Benefit Noel House Cathedral Prayer List TODAY, AFTER MORNING SERVICES, BACK OF THE To add a name to our prayer list, contact 206·323·0300 ×314 or NAVE [email protected]. Prayer requests are listed in Sundays & This holiday season, consider buying Noel House cards to Beyond for four weeks, and, if needed, they are listed in the send to friends and family. The proceeds from each Noel monthly Ongoing List, which is found in the Narthex. House card go toward providing a hot meal and a warm place to stay for a Noel House woman. Cards are for sale The flowers in the nave are given today by Kathy Sodergren to the glory of God and in memory of Dick Sodergren in (suggested donation: $10) in the coffee corner: December 4, celebration of their wedding anniversary and 41 wonderful 11, and 18. Any questions, write to: noelhouse@saintmarks. years together. org or to order cards directly, visit: www.noelhouse.org. THE CHURCH Help the Mission to Seafarers Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury; Michael Curry, Mission to Seafarers-Seattle visits ships in the ports of Se- Presiding Bishop; Greg Rickel, Bishop; all the ministries and communities of this diocese, especially Our Saviour, attle, Everett, and Tacoma. During the holiday season, MtS Monroe; St. John, Snohomish; the clergy and lay staff and brings ditty bags to seafarers celebrating holidays away from vestry of Saint Mark’s Cathedral; all the ministries of Saint home. This year, MtS is in need of hand-knit and hand- Mark’s. crocheted hats to give to seafarers. For more information, please email Hilary Zedlitz at [email protected]. THE WORLD Barack Obama, President; Jay Inslee, Governor; Ed Murray, Mayor of Seattle; Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General of the Come join in the Greening of the Cathedral! United Nations; Israel, Palestine, Pakistan, North Korea, DEC. 20 AND 21, BLOEDEL HALL & Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Libya, South Sudan, Zimbabwe, CATHEDRAL NAVE Syria, Turkey, Nigeria, Yemen, Kenya, the Philippines. Oh, the holly and the ivy, the cedar and the ALL WHO SERVE IN THE ARMED FORCES & THEIR spruce! We’ll use these beautiful northwest FAMILIES evergreens to make the wreaths which will Lawrence V.T. Coffey,R. Frondozo, Brian Kee, Michael adorn the walls and doors of the cathedral at Christmas. A Saint Mark’s tradition, the Green- THOSE WHO HAVE DIED ing will take place Tuesday, December 20 from John Pro, Gwen Iffil, Sue Landeen, The Rev. Sheila Crisp, 2 to 8 p.m. in Bloedel Hall. We will assemble wreaths Florence Barnette then and share a potluck supper. The next day, December THOSE WHO ARE SICK OR SUFFERING IN ANY WAY, 21, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., we’ll hang the wreaths in the IN BODY, MIND, OR SPIRIT cathedral and finish the rest of the decorating. Come join Harold Gilchrist Andrews, Jr. Tom Killoren the fun! Do you have evergreens you can share? Please Penny Barker Melanie Platt bring boughs of fir, pine, holly and other evergreens and Bill & Gwen Boyd Julia Reid drop them off under the fire escape on the north wall of the Joanie Boyer Marty Savage cathedral by December 18. Questions? Please contact Kathy Laura Brown Erik Segall Sodergren, [email protected]. Cate Callahan John Selberg Lisa Carter The Smyth Family Jesus Gariby Deanna Theiss & Family Christmas Memorial and Thanksgiving Gifts Larry Greene Sophia Wylansky Help underwrite the beautiful flowers and music of the David Hopkins Karen C. season by making a special contribution in honor or mem- Xavier Hume & parents Moira ory of someone. Make your gift online atsaintmarks.org (click “Give” in the upper right corner), or fill out the form inserted in your bulletin today and write a check payable Part time Cathedral Shop associate wanted to Saint Mark’s Cathedral and note “Christmas Memorials/ The Cathedral Shop is looking for a part time sales associate Thanksgivings.” Drop the form and check in the offering for Sundays, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and vacations. Salary depen- plate or return by USPS to: Attn: Christmas Memorials Saint dent upon experience. Please call Gaye Scott at 206-323- Mark’s. 1245 10th Ave E, Seattle, WA 98102. Contributions 1040. received by December 18 will be acknowledged in the bul- letins on and Christmas Day.

Organ Plus Concert in Thomsen Chapel SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017, 3 P.M. Curt Sather, organist, and Jacob Herbert, bass-baritone, of- fer music of Bach and Schütz, among other composers. Dr. 02 Sather is Organist and Choirmaster of Saint John’s Episco- Have you signed up for Saint Mark's online pal Church, Olympia, Washington. Advance passes are $15 directory? adults/$10 students. Get yours online at All members of Saint Mark’s Cathedral are encouraged to squareup.com/store/saintmarks or at the door on the day of update their listings in My Saint Mark’s, our online parish the performance. directory. You can log in or create an account by visiting saintmarks.org/mysaintmarks. There you can search for a Clergy Discretionary Fund running low friend's contact information, view your giving history, and Our Clergy Discretionary Fund, which allows us to help your current activities at Saint Mark’s. You can edit (or people in need, is running a low balance. The clergy deposit technically, submit a change request) by clicking on the honoraria for officiating at weddings, etc. into this fund, and edit pencil within your profile. For quick and easy mobile we receive occasional donations as well, which are greatly access to the Saint Mark’s directory, especially looking up appreciated and always welcome. You can make a gift online other members’ contact information, just download the free at saintmarks.org (click “Give” in the upper right corner), ChurchLife app to your Apple or Android phone. Need as- or mail a check made out to Saint Mark’s Cathedral with sistance? Contact Erik Donner in the church office, "Clergy Discretionary Fund" on the memo line. Thank you [email protected] or 206-323-0300. for your generosity.

Christmas Worship Schedule Christmas Eve - Saturday, December 24 4 p.m. Holy Eucharist With music by the Junior and Senior Choristers Families with children especially welcome 7 p.m. Festive gathering with Music and Carols 7:30 p.m. Holy Eucharist* with music by the Evensong Choir Sunday, January 1 10:15 p.m. Festive Gathering with Music and Carols Holy Eucharist, 8 a.m., 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 7 p.m. 11 p.m. Holy Eucharist* 4:30 p.m. Christmas Lessons and Carols with the Evensong With music by the Cathedral Choir Choir *Incense will be used at 7:30 & 11 p.m. Friday, January 6 The Feast of the Epiphany Christmas Day - Sunday, December 25 7 p.m. Worship in the Cathedral Nave followed by festivi- 10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Carols ties in Bloedel Hall With music by the Saint Mark’s Singers Christmas Lessons and Carols The Twelve Days of Christmas SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 4:30 PM, CATHEDRAL NAVE Monday, December 26 Saint Mark's Evensong Choir will lead this beloved service 7 p.m. The Feast of St. Stephen, Holy Eucharist, Thomsen of Nine Lessons and Carols for . Following Chapel the traditional narrative arc from the fall of humankind Tuesday, December 27 in the Garden of Eden through the Good News of God's 7 p.m. The Feast of St. John the Evangelist, Thomsen Chapel Incarnation in Jesus, this liturgy will afford everyone as Wednesday, December 28 many opportunities to sing carols as to listen to the choir 7 p.m. The Feast of the Holy Innocents, Holy Eucharist, sing them. Thomsen Chapel Thursday, December 29 Feast of the Epiphany 7 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Thomsen Chapel FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 7 P.M., CATHEDRAL NAVE Saturday, December 31 Come complete the twelve days of Christmas and celebrate 6 p.m. -12:30 a.m. New Year’s Eve Labyrinth Walk with the manifestation if God's Word made flesh with the Feast Midnight Eucharist of Epiphany. The night will begin with Eucharist in the As the Labyrinth Walk concludes, and as the new year be- Nave and end with bonfires, king cake and chili in Bloedel. gins, we will ring bells and celebrate Eucharist commemo- This celebrations ends the entire sweep of Advent-Christ- rating the Feast of the Holy Name. mas, bring your joy to the Light of Christ in the world!

03 Sunday, December 18 ~ The Fourth Sunday of Advent HOLY EUCHARIST, 8 A.M. Thomsen Chapel Preacher: The Very Rev. Steven L. Thomason, Dean and Rector HOLY EUCHARIST, 9 A.M. Cathedral Nave 1245 10th Ave E, Seattle, WA 98102 Preacher: The Very Rev. Steven L. Thomason, Dean and Rector 206.323.0300 [email protected] SUNDAY FORUM: THE GIFT OF FORGIVENESS, 10:10 A.M. Bloedel Hall saintmarks.org Led by the Rev. Nancee Martin. More on pg. 1. SUNDAY SCHOOL, 10:10 A.M. Wherever you are on Various locations your journey of faith, Offerings for children/youth preschool through high school. Ask at the you are welcome here. Welcome Table or pick up a blue map for classroom locations. HOLY EUCHARIST, 11 A.M. Cathedral Nave Weekday Service Times Preacher: The Very Rev. Steven L. Thomason, Dean and Rector MONDAY–FRIDAY, 6:30 P.M. CATHEDRAL YOGA, 6 P.M. Cathedral Nave Evening Prayer: McCaw or Thomsen Chapels A spiritual practice open to all. MONDAYS, 7:15–9:15 P.M. Centering Prayer in McCaw Chapel CONTEMPLATIVE EUCHARIST WITH HEALING PRAYER, 7 P.M. Thomsen Chapel WEDNESDAYS, 12 NOON With times of silence for reflection, simple meditative music and lots of Eucharist in Thomsen Chapel candlelight. THURSDAYS, 7 AM COMPLINE, 9:30 P.M. Cathedral Nave Eucharist in Thomsen Chapel Also known as the “chant service,” Compline is the ancient nighttime prayers, THURSDAYS, 12 PM sung by the Compline Choir. A Seattle tradition, broadcast on KING 98.1 FM. Centering Prayer in McCaw Chapel

Sundays and Beyond Sundays and Beyond is a weekly publication of updates, events and activities happening on Syrian Family Update: Additional items needed campus, and the Cathedral prayer list. It is available Our friends from Syria have had a busy transition since their arrival in No- by electronic subscription, on Saint Mark’s website, vember. With the help of Saint Mark’s parishioners, they’ve moved into their and in print in the nave. To submit announcements apartment in Everett. The parents have taken English placement tests, and the for these publications, visit saintmarks.org/ announce. Requests are due by Monday at 5 p.m. four boys have started school. The family needs help acquiring and install- for publication on the following Sunday. ing the following items: A modern TV in good condition that would be large Announcements may be edited for space and enough for 6 people to watch, but suitable for a small apartment (a flat screen is content. preferable). A laptop computer (Windows OS, in good condition). The TV will help with learning English and tracking the news, and a laptop will help with job searching, emailing and kids’ schoolwork. Note: No other items are needed at this time. Please email Marla [email protected] if you can donate, are interested in joining the unfolding Refugee Relief Ministry at Saint Mark’s, or want to receive regular updates and requests for donations.

CATHEDRAL STAFF AND LEADERSHIP Maria Coldwell, Canon for Operations, [email protected] Barbara Martin, Childcare Center Director, [email protected] Michael Kleinschmidt, Canon Musician, [email protected] Cam Jarvis, Music Series Coordinator, [email protected] Nancee Martin, Cathedral Canon, [email protected] Earl Grout, Deacon, [email protected] Nancy Ross, Curate, [email protected] Erik Donner, Executive Assistant/Membership Support, [email protected] Rebekah Gilmore, Associate Musician & Choir School Director, [email protected] Gaye Scott, Cathedral Shop Manager, [email protected] Steve Thomason, Dean and Rector,[email protected] Glenn Sands, Facilities and Events Manager, [email protected] Grant Brestle, Liturgy Intern, [email protected] 2016–2017 VESTRY Greg Bloch, Shop Associate, [email protected] Senior Warden: Lynne Markova, Junior Wardens: Walter Stuteville and Cara Ian Ford, Sexton, [email protected] Peterson. Betsy Bell, Ruth Mulligan, Timi Vann, Roland Yancey, Jim Green, Jason Anderson, Compline Choir Director, [email protected] Karen Knudson, Peter McClung, Vinh Do, Ralph Ermoian. Diocesan members: Jennifer King Daugherty, Cathedral Canon, [email protected] Christopher Breunig, Mary Maxon. Chancellor: John Hoerster; Treasurer: Phil John Stuntebeck, Associate Organist, [email protected] Lloyd; Clerk: Sharon Ferguson; Bishop’s Representative: The Rev. Canon Marda Steedman Sanborn. Karen Komoto, Bookkeeper, [email protected] Liz Bartenstein, Communications Director, [email protected] Malcolm McLaurin, Canon, Youth & Young Adult Min., [email protected] 04