Worship Services

The Protestant Episcopal Church of America

Worship Options & Schedule

Choose the service that works best for you...
Ancient root. Future faith. Seeking God here and now.

Sundays

Weekdays

Fellowship

Volunteers


Sunday Services
Traditional Holy Eucharist
7:45 AM Traditional Worship Holy Eucharist with Congregational Singing
11:00 AM Traditional Choral Worship
Anglican Choral Tradition
Holy Eucharist with Congregational Singing & Choir
Non-Traditional / Intergenerational Worship
9:00 AM Intergenerational Worship
A non-traditional Service
Contemporary Music
Designed to teach worship & the Bible to adults & children
Educational & Community Events
Break Coffee hour Following Each Service in the Fellowship Hall
10:00 AM Christian Education For all ages
Weekday Services
9:00 AM Morning Prayer Monday-Friday
     
Service time may vary at special times of the year. 
Please check the Church Calendar or Newsletter for the current Schedule.

Altar prepared for Holy Communion

Services

Intergenerational

Intergenerational Service

A Simple Eucharist designed to teach worship and the Bible to adults and children together.

Traditional

Traditioanl Service

The Holy Eucharist with Congregational Singing and Traditional Choral Worship, the best in the Anglican Choral Tradition.  All ages welcome.

Morning Prayer

Compline

  • Services held on special occasions, please check the monthly calendar or newsletter for specific dates.
  • Compline

Christian Education

Painting of Jesus Preaching

A variety of Christian educational programs are offered for all ages starting at 10:00 A.M. on Sundays.  Classes and groups meet in the main Church building, in the connecting wing, in the fellowship hall, and in the the parish house.  Please check with your teacher or group leader for locations.

Coffee Fellowship Hour

Coffee hour

There is a short coffee fellowship "hour" immediately following the intergenerational worship service and before the Sunday Christian education programs begin.  Adults are welcome to bring coffee and goodies with them to the Adult Sermon which is held in Church during the Sunday School hour.

Music

Music enjoyed at St. Mark's

Have a favorite hymn request?
Interested in singing in the choir?
Interested in offering an instrumental meditation for the prelude, offertory, communion or postlude?
Interested in assisting with choir practice?
Interested in substituting on organ or piano at the traditional service, when the choir director is away?
Interested in substituting on organ, piano, or guitar at the intergenerational service, when the choir director is away?
...email our musical director

Music Staff

Rosemary Beakes
  • Rosemary Beakes  [email]
  • Choir master
  • Organist
  • Music Director for the Sunday Traditional Holy Eucharists
  • Music Director for monthly Choral Evensong
Nick Pace
  • Nick Pace  [email]
  • Music Director for the Sunday Intergenerational Holy Eucharist

Join Us

  • Traditional Choir Rehearsal is held on Thursday evenings at 7:45 P.M.
  • To participate in our traditional adult or children's choirs, email Rosemary
  • To participate in our traditional contemporary worship band, email Nick
  • To request a favorite hymn at our traditional service, email Rosemary
  • To request a favorite hymn at our intergenerational service, email Nick
  • Musical Resources

The Singing-Health Connection by John Sparks

A growing body of research demonstrates enhanced health and emotional benefits. To singers and others in the arts who are news-attentive, it seems that the evidence just keeps rolling in: Arts participation is good for your health.  [read more...]

Aging Study Yields Powerful Results

Just concluded in 2004, one of the most specific studies on singing and health also focused on aging. The Levine School of Music in Washington, D.C. formed a Senior Singers Chorale in 2001 as part of a wider study examining how singing under professional direction could affect the health of people 55 and older. [read more...]

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St Marks Episcopal Church is convenient to Columbia MD, Clarksville MD, and Laurel MD, in Howard County, Maryland, halfway between Baltimore and Washington D.C.