FEBRUARY 7: Our Story from Generation to Generation. Whether you are new to St. Mark’s or have been here all your life, please join the Youth this Sunday as they interview the adults about church and spiritual life in your generation.

FEBRUARY 14: Relationships. Dr. Dana Christensen, Director of the Center for Family Resource Development at the University of Louisville and Professor in the Kent School of Social Work, will help us to strengthen our family and personal relationships this Valentine’s Day.

FEBRUARY 21: The Holy Land and the “Jesus Boat.” Join the Rev. Dr. Charles Hawkins as he continues the pilgrimage to the Holy Land that he began with us in the fall and shows us the video of the first-century “Jesus Boat” from the Sea of Galilee.

Sunday Morning Lenten Series: Praying with Jesus. During four Sundays in Lent, the Rev. Anne Vouga will explore with us the language of Jesus’ own prayers in the New Testament. According to Eugene Peterson, Jesus’ prayer language is a far cry from our own often pious platitudes and gossipy talk to God. In examining how Jesus prays for us and with us in his 2008 book, Tell it Slant, Peterson hopes that we can learn to pray “after the manner of the Master.” We will use Peterson’s book as a foundation as we examine our own prayer lives this Lent.

FEBRUARY 28: Lenten Series, Praying with Jesus (Part 1): Jesus Prays with Us (Matthew 6:9-13)

MARCH 7: Lenten Series, Praying with Jesus (Part 2): Jesus Prays in Thanksgiving (Matthew 11:25-26)

MARCH 14: Lenten Series, Praying with Jesus (Part 3): Jesus Prays for Us (John 17)

MARCH 21: Lenten Series, Praying with Jesus (Part 4): Jesus Prays in Gethsemane and from the Cross.

MARCH 28: NO CHURCH SCHOOL: PALM SUNDAY

APRIL 4: NO CHURCH SCHOOL: EASTER

APRIL 11: The Forgotten Children. Sharon Receveur, archivist for the Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky, will share with us her research on finding the names of the unmarked graves of children buried in Cave Hill who died at the Home of the Innocents at the turn of the twentieth century. Just behind one of the newly discovered plots is the grave of Sister Emily Cooper, the first Episcopal Deaconess who managed the home for 25 years, reflecting the love and care she provided her young charges.

APRIL 18: St. Mark’s: Who do we want to be? As we approach St. Mark’s Day 2010, join the Rev. Anne Vouga as we conclude our fall study of the past, present, and future of our parish. We will examine our completed Time Line and share our hopes for the future.

APRIL 25: NO CHURCH SCHOOL: ST. MARK’S DAY POTLUCK

MAY 2: “Who knows?” Thoughts on What Comes Next. Seminarian Jonathan Bennett will present a study on Ecclesiastes 3:18-22, specifically pertaining to the writer’s thoughts on the here and now and, more importantly, what comes after this life. Come and explore what one of the Wisdom writers thought about how humans fit into the grand scheme of things.

MAY 9: YOUTH SUNDAY

MAY 16: The Irish Troubles. Forty years after Northern Ireland spiraled out of control, a feeling of hope and optimism has begun to take root in this place apart.  Old wounds are by no means healed, and while politically there remains “a problem to every solution,” both Catholics and Protestants of the province now speak of the Troubles in the past tense.  Is this impression premature?  What has brought Northern Ireland to this juncture?  What lessons can be learned from the ongoing Peace Process there?  These questions and others will be explored as Irish historian Michael Mahoney shares with us about the tragic past and promising future of Northern Ireland. 

MAY 23: NO CHURCH SCHOOL: PENTECOST, BAPTISMAL RECEPTION