St. Mark's Lutheran Church Youth and Family Ministry
Welcome back to a new year at St. Mark's! It was great seeing some of you at the Ministry Fair. We hope to see many of you this Sunday as we kick off Fall programming.
Email Youth Director Alice Real at youth@stmarks-elca.org with questions or to be added to the mailing list.
* * * In order to participate in activities, all youth/parents must register to provide up-to-date information for youth leaders,
as well as complete the 2025-2026 medical release/consent form. English or Spanish * * *
This Week at St. Mark's:
Sunday, May 31, 2026
Youth Sunday Planning and Practice- 11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Youth Room
All youth grades 7-12 are invited to meet in the youth room between services this Sunday to help plan our June 14th Youth Sunday service! (See below for more details.)
Youth Sunday- June 14th
Youth Sunday is scheduled for Sunday, June 14th as a bilingual worship service at 11:00 AM followed by a church picnic We will rehearse between services from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM on May 31 and June 7 and are in need of readers, worship assistants, and musicians. RSVP to participate here!
Are You Graduating?
St. Mark's will recognize our graduates on Youth Sunday. If you (or your child) have recently completed a college degree, professional certification, or other form of higher education, please complete this survey by Friday, June 5 in order to be included in the bulletin.
In order to participate in activities, all youth/parents must register to provide up-to-date information for youth leaders, as well as complete the 2025-2026 medical release/consent form. English Spanish
Synod Middle/High School Retreat
St. Mark's had a great time attending the Middle/High School Youth Retreat, "Called in Our Wandering," Nov 21-23 at Skycroft Conference Center in Middletown, MD. Organized and led by youth in the Lutheran Youth Organization (LYO) from the Metro-DC and Delaware-MD synods, we enjoyed large group worship, small group discussions, service projects, games, great food, and of course, a bonfire. Click here for a short video of the event compiled by St Mark's youth, Landon Snyder: https://youtu.be/irB5EpVTQu4?si=YxFHaaQz2gmKP_ja.
Photos below from recent Youth Group projects …
See you Sunday!
Youth Ministry Calendar 2025-2026
Looking Ahead
May:
5/31- Youth Sunday Rehearsal (11:00 AM- 12:00 PM)
June:
6/7- Youth Sunday Rehearsal (11:00 AM- 12:00 PM)
6/14- Bilingual Youth Sunday Service and Graduate Recognition
In order to participate in activities, all youth/parents must register to provide up-to-date information for youth leaders, as well as complete the 2025-2026 medical release/consent form. English Spanish
➡️ Full youth ministry calendar ⬅️
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For more information, contact Alice Real, Director of Youth and Family Ministries, at youth@stmarks-elca.org.
The St. Marks Youth had a great time raking leaves at church member homes on a November Sunday afternoon!
Watch worship on St. Mark's Youtube channel!
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Youth Group Parent Handbook
Parents! Click HERE to download and view your Youth Group 2021-2022 Information Meeting Handout.
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See photos of our 2018-2020 gatherings and 2021 Youth Sunday below:
St. Mark’s Mission Trip to Red Bird Work Camp
July 2024
In July 2024, St. Mark’s sent a team to participate in Red Bird Mission Work Camp. Jim Kyger, Harriet Latta, Maureen Murphy, Alice Real, and Mary Crumrine (Alice’s sister) spent July 21 through July 26 in Beverly, Kentucky, working on home improvement projects in the surrounding community. Guided by Red Bird Crew Leaders, Brett and Kevin, they repaired and replaced a bedroom floor and water heater in an elderly couple's trailer home, and they mudded drywall and installed underpinning around an addition to the couple’s nephew's home across the street. The addition will be a new bedroom for several of the nephew's children.
