Announcements Events Calendar

Order Your Palestinian Olive Oil Before Nov 20

Use the link to make your purchase online today!

Buying Palestinian olive oil not only supports the farmers in the cooperatives and their families, but also supports critical humanitarian work in Gaza and the W. Bank.

Building the Circle of Compassion with the Most Vulnerable in the Americas

Learn how vulnerable children and families are being supported.

Mike McCabe, CEO of Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos International (NPH), will share a Mission Moment at the 9, 11:15, and 5 pm services and a brief dialogue after each service in the Rector’s Room.

Now is the Time to Order Palestinian Olive Oil 

You may also order directly at Church if paying by cash or check.

Palestinian Olive Oil is available once again. Online orders can be placed now until November 20, simplifying bookkeeping for St. Mark’s.

Justice in Palestine Book Discussion

The choices and a link to vote are listed in the post!

Our next book discussion will be in August – help us decide what to read!

Museum of the Palestinian People Museum Visit and Tour

June 21, 2026

St. Mark’s Justice in Palestine (SMJP) group invites you to join this outing to the Museum of the Palestinian People in NW Washington.

St. Mark’s Justice in Palestine (SMJP) – Thank you!

April 25, 2026

We would like to thank all who donated to We Feed Gaza during our Maundy Thursday and Good Friday offertory collection. With your help, we raised $4,348! Since April 14, 2024, We Feed Gaza has served more than 133,000 people with meals and fresh water, and your contribution helps them to provide even more. Gaza is still in Stage 4, or “emergency acute food insecurity,” according to the IPC.

Didn’t Make It to Honduras last Sunday?

April 25, 2026

St. Mark’s Green Lions and Migrant Support group wish to thank the 20+ parishioners who came to the presentation about Sustainable Villages Honduras last Sunday. All attendees were impressed by what the farmers, their families, and the small mountain villages are achieving with the support of St. Mark’s and other churches. Several expressed interest in the possibility of visiting the villages either this fall or next spring. Want to learn more? Pick up one of the handouts which you’ll find in a stand on the windowsill in the foyer.

Maundy Thursday & Good Friday Collection: We Feed Gaza

A call to feed the hungry...

This Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, we will continue our parish’s focus on food insecurity by collecting funds for We Feed Gaza, an independent Catholic movement dedicated to feeding and aiding starving families in Gaza.

Gratitude Lunch for Palestinian Olive Oil Purchases, March 21

Westmoreland Congregational Church on March 21, noon.

A potluck lunch will thank and celebrate the generosity of 33 area churches that participated in the Olive Oil Ministry during Advent. Read how much was raised and how it will help.

Update from the Diocese of Jerusalem

Get an update on the situation for Episcopalians in Iran since June 13.

Episcopalians in Jerusalem have provided online worship and voiced concern for employees, those without access to bomb shelters, and fellow Christians in Iran.