ministries at st. mark's
gods work. our hands.

Feel called to get involved with one of these ministries? Check the St. Mark's Messenger newsletter for more information and a point of contact, or contact the church office! 

Food Truck Ministry
We are partnering with Manna House to prepare and serve a hot supper to an area in our community on the first Thursday of each month.  We need your help! You can serve by preparing food at the church (or possibly at home), donating food or supplies, and serving food from the truck.  

Homeless Ministry
Each month, a group from St. Mark's visits several homeless camps in the downtown Huntsville area to offer friendship and encouragement, and to deliver light supplies including food, water, and dog food for pet owners who are in need. Another group visits the Downtown Rescue Mission in Huntsville each month to clean their kitchen.   

St. Mark's Food Pantry
This long-standing community service ministry seeks to serve hungry families and individuals in the Huntsville and Madison County areas.  These are coordinated through Huntsville Assistance Program (HAP) and Food Line (256-534-2424).

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Blessings in a Backpack
This nationwide program mobilizes communities, individuals and groups to provide food on weekends for elementary school children across America who might otherwise go hungry.  St. Mark's has committed to helping 75 students on a weekly basis who attend Huntsville's Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School.

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Women of the ELCA
There are 5 circles of the St. Mark’s Unit of the Women of the ELCA (WELCA).  These groups come together on a monthly basis for study, support and action.  We also participate in ministry beyond the unit, and support the synod and church-wide organization.  Great discussion is a part of every meeting!  Please consider joining us and look for more information in the newsletter!

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​Mission Support
Through the ELCA, St. Mark's is supporting Cassidy Drew who was serving the Lord as a missionary in Mexico. Once pandemic conditions change, we hope she will be able to return.

Click below to expand and explore the many ministry opportunities at St. Mark's:

wITNESS & OUTREACH

• Downtown Rescue Mission Monthly Kitchen Cleaning
• St. Mark's Food Pantry
• Community Free Lunch
• Meals on Wheels
• ​Blessings in a Backpack
• Monthly Homeless Camp Visits
• Cancer Care
• Care Teams
• Huntsville Assistance Program (HAP)
• ​Thanksgiving Food Drive
• ​Community Fall Festival

christian education

• Sunday School for Children, Youth, and Adults
• Weekday Groups and Bible Studies
• Confirmation Program (generally 7th & 8th grade)
• Nursery
• Vacation Bible School
• ​Summer Camps
• First Communion Instruction (generally 5th grade)

music ministries

• Traditional and Contemporary Praise Teams
• Vocal and Instrumental Groups​
• St. Mark's Ringers Handbell Choir
• St. Mark's Choir
• Sunday School Children's Choir
• Ukulele Choir
• Music Ministries include St. Mark's members and guests

Children & youth

• Senior Youth Group  
• Confirmation Youth Group (generally 7th & 8th grade)
• Parents of Young Children
• Quarters (3rd & 4th grade)
• Tweeners (5th & 6th grade)
• Children's Sunday School Classes
• Junior & Senior Youth Sunday School Classes
• Nursery
• Alabama/Mississippi Youth Gathering (Alassippi)
• AFFIRM ELCA Southeastern Synod Youth Gathering
• ELCA National Youth Gathering (next gathering is 2022)

groups & fellowship

• Shepherd Groups
• Quilt Guild
• Men's Ministry
• Free Spirits Senior's Ministry
• Faith & Fiction Book Group
• New Member Classes
• Parents of Young Children
• Women of the ELCA (WELCA)
  • Deborah, Hannah, Martha, Rachel, and Ruth Circles
• ​Balance/Tai Chi Class
• Embroidery Guild of America (EGA)
• Knit & Crochet​​
• ​Loaves and Fishes (for twenty+ somethings)
• Fall Family Retreat

serving @ st. mark's

• Church Council & Boards of Ministry
• Office Volunteers
• Sounds & Video Projection
• ​Altar Guild
• Habitat for God Property Care
• Acolytes
• Assisting Ministers
• Cantors
• Greeters
• Lectors
• Ushers​