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.
This Week at St. Mark's:
Sunday, September 14, 2025
First Day of Confirmation Class and High School Youth Group
Confirmation: Grades 7 and 8
Teachers: Peggy Harris and Peter Weekly
Sundays, 11am-12pm, Room 217
High School: Grades 9-12
Adult Leaders: Alice Real and Jim Kyger
Sundays, 11am-12pm, Room 215 Youth Room
This Week: Youth Room Open House
September 14th Parent Meeting:
Parents of all youth, grades 7-12, are requested to attend a brief meeting at 11:15am in the Youth Room. We will discuss events for the year, volunteer needs, and complete registration forms.
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
See you Sunday!
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See photos of our 2018-2020 gatherings and 2021 Youth Sunday below:
Youth Ministry Calendar 2025-2026
Looking Ahead
Save the date for these upcoming events. More details to come! A full youth ministry calendar is attached. Additional activities will be planned based on youth input.
October:
10/4 (Saturday) Blessing of the Animals- 4pm in Courtyard
10/5 Acolyte and Worship Assistant Training (11am-12pm)
10/19 Oktoberfest Dinner Youth Fundraiser
November:
11/2 Burke Crop Walk
1/21-23 Synod Middle School/High School Retreat, Skycroft Retreat Center, Middletown MD
December:
12/21 Christmas Pageant Dress Rehearsal (11am-12pm)
12/24 Christmas Eve Bilingual Family Service and Christmas Pageant, 5pm
February:
2/15 Shrove Sunday Pancake Brunch Youth Fundraiser (11am-12pm)
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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 recent November Sunday afternoon!
St. Mark’s Mission Trip to Red Bird Work Camp
July 2024
Last month, 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.
See photo gallery on the HOME page!
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.