What's on at St Mark's

A lot happens at St Mark's.  This section of the site will help you stay informed;  Find out here about our supported charities and regular groups meeting in the church and elsewhere, such as our twice weekly toddler group 'Toddles'.  You can also find out about SEEK, our parish magazine, read the minutes from the most recent meeting of our Parochial Church Council (PCC) and read this month's letter from the vicar.

Of particular interest at this time of year is the following:

Lent Course of Speaker Meetings on Aspects of the Apostles’ Creed

This year, instead of Lent Groups, we shall share in hosting a series of speaker meetings on Wednesday evenings, along with the German Lutheran Congregation, and Trumpington and Grantchester parishes. Our speakers will each choose an aspect of the Apostles’ Creed which particularly interests them to speak about. After a break for refreshments, we will have a question and answer session with the evening’s speaker, during which discussion may develop. We hope that this format will help us all ‘go deeper’ in our understanding of our faith. The speaker-evenings will last from 7.30 pm to 9.00 pm. The course begins with a sermon on the Nature of Believing by one of our visitors at a joint (choral) Ash Wednesday service on the 22nd February at 7.30 pm in Trumpington Parish Church. We hope that as many as possible will be able to join us for that, as well as for subsequent meetings.

Wednesday 22nd February, 7.30 pm, Trumpington Parish Church
Ash Wednesday Service with Address by The Revd Alasdair Coles, Senior Lecturer in Neuro-Science and Self-Supporting Minister

Wednesday 29th February, 7.30 pm, St Mark’s, Newnham
Professor Richard Bauckham FBA FRSE, formerly Professor of New Testament Studies at the University of St Andrew’s

Wednesday 7th March, 7.30 pm, Grantchester Village Hall
The Revd Dr Jeremy Morris, Dean of King’s College, Church Historian and Theologian

Wednesday 14th March, 7.30 pm, Lutheran Church House in Shaftesbury Road
The Right Revd Dr David Thomson, Bishop of Huntingdon

Wednesday 21st March, 7.30 pm, Trumpington Parish Church
The Revd. Dr John Polkinghorne KBE FRS, Physicist and former President of Queens’ College

Wednesday 28th March, 7.30 pm, St Mark’s, Newnham
The Revd Dr Maggie Guite, formerly Tutor in Doctrine at Westcott House and Wesley House, Vicar of St Mark’s

Hunger Lunches during Lent Wednesdays from 12.30 pm to 2.00 pm

St Mark’s is arranging a series of ‘Hunger Lunches’ on six Wednesdays during Lent, starting on Ash Wednesday, 22nd February. We are grateful to those who have volunteered or agreed to host a simple meal consisting of soup, bread, cheese, fruit, etc. in their own homes; in return they ask if you would give a donation to Umoja UK, a charity with special links to St Mark's, that supports education and training for young deprived people from the area of Arusha in Tanzania (for further details see page 11 of January’s issue of Seek). The need is great and funds are limited, so please do give them your support.
Do come whenever you feel you can (it's a flexible timescale!) to meet neighbours and friends – and make new ones. It would be helpful for the caterers if you could let the hostess know if you plan to come!
Last year at St Mark's we raised the staggering sum of over £1,000 pounds for Camfed International, I wonder how much we shall manage this time for Umoja UK?
Tina Wilson

All lunches are from 12.30 pm to 2.00 pm, except for the Ploughman’s Lunch on the 14th March.
22nd February, Ash Wednesday Tina Wilson, 4 Penarth Place off Gough Way (366988)
29th February Susan Wagner, 58 Gough Way (563435)
7th March Stuart Warren, 11 Eltisley Avenue (366976)
14th March 12.30 - 1.30 pm Ploughman’s Lunch in St Mark’s Community Centre
21st March June Dathan, 53 Eltisley Avenue (560466)
28th March Margaret Balfour, 15 Croft Lodge, Barton Road (363608) jointly with
Annie Wilson, 16 Croft Lodge, Barton Road (305947)

Our entire church calendar is now online and visible as a Google Calendar.