Belonging: Your Touchstone to St. Mark’s
Instructors:
- Ryan Baugh
- Terri Poxon-Pearson
- Caitlin Frazier
Meeting Dates & Time:
Tuesdays: April 1, 8, 15 – 7pm to 9pm
Retreat April 26 or 27 (TBD)
Tuesdays: May 6 and May 20 – 7pm to 9pm
Format: Five in-person weeknight sessions and a one-day retreat on a Saturday or Sunday.
Everyone brings a story with them when they walk into the nave. From past religious experiences, one may wish to leave behind to traditions that sustain one, no two parishioners are the same.
Description: Are you joining St. Mark’s, rejoining, or seeking reconnection? Wherever you are on your journey, we invite you to exchange stories and explore what belonging means in 2025. Do you feel more connected to your neighbors, friends, and community than before the pandemic or less? Which elements of your faith sustain you, and which have been tested? How do we, as a community, support and sustain all the parts which make us whole?
A sense of belonging – of knowing that you are a part of another’s life or the life of a group important to you – is one of our basic human needs. We hope you will join this class for an opportunity to look at both birth and chosen belongings, as well as ways in which each of us is facing the joys and challenges of renewing our connections.
This class is especially designed for newcomers as you consider St. Mark’s as your church home. Getting to know a core set of parishioners with whom you’ve shared deep understanding can provide a touchstone within the larger St. Mark’s community. We also invite long-time parishioners to join us as well.
Childcare can be made available on request.
Contact: Caitlin Frazier, assistantrector[at]stmarks.net
Sign-up sheet will be posted in the Foyer soon.