After more than a decade serving St. Mark's Church, Scott Hagler has announced his plans to move on. Scott has served as the Minister of Music & Arts at St. Mark's since moving to Durango in 2004. He is the Executive Director of 3rd Ave. Arts, an accomplished musician, a published composer and an integral part of St. Mark's and the Durango arts community. "It's been my honor to serve St. Mark's for 10-1/2 years," Scott said. "I'm grateful to the choir for their dedicated service, and to the entire congregation for the love and support you've shown me." |
We appreciate all that Scott has done for St. Mark’s and invite you to join us in wishing him well as he moves toward this new chapter in his life. Scott will finish his duties at St. Mark's on the last Sunday of June, 2015. Join us for a brunch in celebration of Scott's ministry in the Parish Hall after the second service that day, June 28.
Ecclesiastes 3 reminds us that “for everything there is a season.” I am very pleased to announce that on July 1, 2015, St. Mark’s begins a new season as it enters a time of intentional interim ministry led by the Rev. Dr. Lin Lilley. Lin was ordained in the Diocese of the Rio Grande in 2011, and then completed additional certification in transitional (interim) ministry. For the past two years she has served as interim Priest-in-Charge and Campus Ministry Chaplain of St. Thomas of Canterbury Episcopal Church in Albuquerque. In addition to her work in the parish, Lin has served in the Diocese of the Rio Grande in various positions including three years as chair of the Commission on Ministry. Prior to ordination, Lin had a 35-year career as a trial consultant. Her PhD is in communication, and for several years Lin taught university speech classes and trained secondary speech teachers. She is single but proud of three step-children and 10 grand children who all live in Iowa. We look forward to welcoming Lin to our church family. Additional information regarding the detailsand planning for Lin’s arrival will be forthcoming. Please keep Lin in your prayers as she begins her journey to St. Mark’s. Blessings,
Jessica Cox Sr. Warden At this Wednesday's Healing Eucharist, we celebrated Earth Day, including the reading of The Canticle of The Creatures, by St. Francis of Assisi, excerpted below. ...Be praised, my Lord, for brother wind After Wednesday's Gospel Reading, Willie Krischke, a parishioner at St. Mark's, offered a reading from his blog for our reflection. Willie and his wife Megan have worked with Native American students through InterVarsity at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, since 2006. My understanding of creation and my relationship with it has been intensely challenged over the last few years. I have come to believe that if we are not living in harmony with creation, then we have not fully embraced the reconciling work of Christ, and are ignoring an important part of his gospel. In recent years, Willie attended a symposium devoted to creation theology. Following that, he wrote a series of blogs exploring the concept of humans as the "youngest in the family of creation." Read them here.
Easter Season
I want to formally thank all of you who were so instrumental in making the season of Lent, beginning with Ash Wednesday, Holy Week and Easter Sunday such a wonderful experience of our spiritual life at St. Mark’s. It took an incredible amount of work and effort on the part of the entire staff, volunteer groups and clergy. We are so blessed to have such commitment from so many people that benefits our entire church family. With Easter we realize that God is supporting and guiding us in our faith and spiritual life into the future. Therefore, it is especially meaningful as we enter the season of Easter and engage ourselves also in the process of transition as a church body and finding our new rector. Transition/Clergy Search Update I continue my conversations with the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado Office as the Vestry moves forward with the Abbreviated Search Process and next steps. We have received additional paper work and input regarding our charge in designating an Interim Priest and engaging a formal Search Committee. Continued updates will be forth coming via the Newsletter and the St. Mark’s Communications Board located in the Parish Hall next to the office. Questionnaire Update As indicated previously, the Vestry continues to receive input to the questionnaire “What Matters Most to Me”. The Vestry will meet for a regularly scheduled meeting on April 27th when we will review the final compilation of the findings. That information will be provided by April 30th to the congregation as promised. Financial Update According to plan, our accountant has begun the process of closing the 2014 financial statement and we will have identified an auditor who will come sometime in May to begin the external audit. It will take approximately one to two days for the actual audit. The auditor will forward information that will be needed for the audit in preparation for her review of the financials. Once the audit is completed a findings report will be provided to the Vestry for review and follow up, as indicated. Please look for additional updates in the future. Blessings to you all, as we begin the Easter season. Jessica Cox, Sr. Warden Be a part of the St. Mark's Worship Team! Each Sunday, it takes a team of people to make our services happen. Soon, we'll be offering a training for those wishing to get more involved. If you are interested in becoming an Acolyte or LEM (Lay Eucharistic Minister), please contact the office.
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