Please help us update the CYFM info on the church website!

Volunteer from the comfort of your home, on your schedule!

Volunteer Opportunity for CYFM! Someone with sufficient familiarity with our basic programs to review the current website and advise the St. Mark’s website team on updates needed.

Seeking Youth Group Co-Leader for 2026-2027 School Year

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This role can be as simple as collecting RSVPs using the plans we already have, or as involved as generating new ideas for outings and service projects. It is up to you!

Youth Group Service Project  – Save May 17

They'll be back by 3:30

The youth group will meet at 12:30pm in Baxter Hall on May 17 for lunch together. Then they will head out to do yard work for elderly neighbors who are part of Capitol Hill Village.

New Policy on Transition from the Nursery into Sunday School

April 25, 2026

Our Sunday School classrooms are based on grade level not age level. In order to bring the nursery in alignment with Sunday School, our Nursery Director, Deborah Cunningham, and our Children, Youth and Family Ministry Director, Lisa Ramish, have decided to have kids transition out of the nursery when they start preK-3 in September rather than transitioning simply because they turn three years old.

Sunrise on Neurodiversity Working Group

Join this group to assess and recommend welcoming and inclusive program changes.

Research indicates that children with forms of neurodivergence are less likely — and less able — to participate in faith formation if programs aren’t designed with them in mind.

Sunset on Sunday School Working Group

Every grade level has been considered in this updated plan!

The Sunday School Working Group has been discerning how to support the increased number of students. Learn all the ways that they have increased capacity to date, and what remains to be done.

May 17 – Join the “St. Mark’s Lions” at the Capitol Hill Classic

April 25, 2026

There is no 9AM service or Sunday School on Sunday, May 17 because of the Capitol Hill Classic will close off streets around St. Mark’s. Instead, you can join St. […]

4th+5th Service and Social Justice Club 

There will be donuts and a special guest speaker!

This club for 4th and 5th graders will have its next meeting in the Adams room right after Sunday School on Sunday, April 26.

Grownups’ Intro to Sunday School (Take 2) 

Please join us to learn about the vision and structure of this special ministry.

St. Mark’s takes a unique approach to children’s spiritual formation, centering on wonder and play as a path to a relationship with the divine.

Pilgrimage Fundraiser Lunch at Pupatella Pizzeria 

Optional: Join the group walking over at 12:30 for a fun community lunch!

Pupatella Pizzeria (301 Massachusetts Ave NE) will be giving 20% of both dine-in and take-out sales on Sunday, May 3rd, to the HS Pilgrimage.