Fox Valley Festival Chorus performs at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Conductor Mary Beth McCarty leads the Fox Valley Festival Chorus and audience in a song during “America at 250: A Celebration in Song!” at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, Aurora, June 7.
Aurora breakfast, chili, bingo fundraisers
Pancakes, chili, and bingo will be featured in fundraisers by St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 27 S. Edgelawn Drive, Aurora Pancakes will be served Sunday, March 15, at 8:30 a.m., in Sanctuary Hall at the church. The menu includes pancakes, sausage, applesauce, coffee, juice, and milk. A freewill offering is requested.
Dixieland band performs at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora
For a 16th year, a Dixieland band performs last weekend at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora.
Dixieland-band church services
Celebrating Mardi Gras, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 27 S. Edgelawn Drive, Aurora, will host annual dixieland-band worship services Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 14-15. The events will take place at 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday. The public is invited. The celebration will continue after worship Sunday with a Mardi
‘Souper Bowl’ nets $1,679 for Aurora Area Interfaith F. P.
The Seattle Seahawks weren’t the only winners in Super Bowl 60 Sunday, Feb. 8. Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry won a $1,679 donation from St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora. The church was among congregations nationwide who celebrated the national Souper Bowl of Caring, a movement tackling hunger in local
‘Souper Bowl of Caring’ benefits for Aurora food pantry
Celebrating Super Bowl 60, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora is collecting donations next weekend to benefit Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry in Aurora. St. Mark’s pastor, the Rev. Krista Zimmerman, said her church is joining the national Souper Bowl of Caring, a movement to tackle hunger in local communities.
St. Mark’s craft show Nov. 15
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 27 S. Edgelawn Drive in Aurora, will host a fall craft show Saturday, Nov. 15, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.. Admission and parking are free. There will be many raffles and Grandslam Enterprises will offer bbq meals to go. Bake sale and raffle proceeds will
Quilts and Kits celebration at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
One-hundred and four handmade quilts drape pews Sunday at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora. In an annual Quilts and Kits celebration, clergy blessed quilts, 166 personal-care kits and 37 baby-care kits bound for Luther World Relief distribution worldwide.
Blessing canines at St. Mark’s in Aurora
Dogs received special blessings, and treats, at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora Sunday, Sept. 27. The church held an annual pet blessing of a dozen canines outdoors on the church playground after morning worship. Pastor Krista Zimmerman and Deacon David Webb teamed up to bestow blessings. Pastor Zimmerman said,
Geneva animals blessing October 5
Pets aren’t just animals that live in your home. They’re sources of comfort. Devoted friends. Family. Sunday, Oct. 5, from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m., on the Kane County Courthouse, 100 S 3rd Street, Geneva, lawn in downtown Geneva will be filled with wagging tails, curious eyes, and the cheerful
Blessing of the backpacks at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora
Pastor Krista Zimmerman, center, gives out “You Got This” backpack tags August 9 during a blessing of the backpacks at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora.
Aurora missionaries serve in Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky, isn’t your typical missionary destination. But seven members of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora headed to the home of the Kentucky Derby on Sunday for a week-long mission trip. Volunteers were Gena Gerdin and Rob Creaney, chaperones; and high school students Clodagh Creaney, Andrew Friend, Daniel Miller,
Dixieland band opens Lent at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora
A Dixieland band opens Lent Sunday at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora.
Adult Fellowship members from St. Mark’s Lutheran Church tour Bardwell Residences
Thirty-five Adult Fellowship members from St. Mark’s Lutheran Church pose for a photo in the recently renovated Bardwell Residences in Aurora, which was formerly Copley Hospital.
Lent: Dixieland worship, drive-thru Ash Wednesday
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 27 S. Edgelawn Drive in Aurora, will open Lent with an annual Dixieland worship service, a Mardi Gras-style luncheon and Ash Wednesday services including a drive-thru imposition of ashes. The public is invited. Admission and parking are free. Sunday, March 2, a Dixieland band featuring Kristin
Quilt Weekend at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora celebrated annual Quilt Weekend Saturday and Sunday. More than 100 quilts handmade by congregants, girls’ dresses and more than 50 baby-care kits assembled by members were blessed at Saturday and Sunday worship services. Reverend Will Fisher, interim senior pastor, officiated assisted by Rev. Paul
Summer Pops music July 10 in Aurora
“Summer Pops” is the theme of a free concert showcasing church musicians, 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 10, at at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 27 S. Edgelawn Drive in Aurora. The public is invited. Admission and parking are free. Featured will be Kristin Young, artist director and pianist; Glory Ringers handbell
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora post thoughts, hopes and dreams
Congregants at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora post thoughts, hopes and dreams for their church using approximately 80 sticky notes on glass walls at Saturday and Sunday worship services in a What’s Possible campaign.
Signing Santa at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora
A family poses for a photo with sign-language Santa Keith Strnad of Oswego Tuesday, Dec. 5.
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora blesses 85 homemade quilts
Amid 85 handmade quilts draping sanctuary pews, congregants at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora celebrate Quilt Weekend at Saturday, Oct. 14 evening worship.