Part I

My name is Anina and as of the start of the summer, I have been working with St Mark’s Church as your Curate. I am often being asked these starter questions, so here it all is in one go:

How are you finding it so far? “Wow! / Amazing / varied / a privilege…. it st...

Dear all,

When I first arrived at St Mark’s 6 years ago, one of the first things I did in my new role as the Youth Minister was hold a ‘Parents Evening’. An opportunity for parents to feed into the vision for the youth work for the next season and share their thoughts...

 ‘I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full’ (John 10:10)

As I sit at my desk and look out of the window with the rain pouring down, I wonder what has happened to our seasons! I am then reminded of a prayer earlier this morning when we gathered to pra...

Hello all!

At the end of March a group of 19 youth, students and leaders from St Mark’s went away for the weekend to Min-y-Don Christian Adventure Centre. This is something we’ve done annually for the last 6 or so years and it is by far one of the best things we do. The...

In February I got the opportunity to visit the Holy Land on a pilgrimage with my college, St Mellitus. It was such an insightful learning experience for me and I would like to share one of the reflections I had whilst I was there.

Whilst walking around the ancient dusty...

How many of us today are worrying about what will happen to us after the end of the month? As March 29th approaches media reports constantly focus our attention inwards on ourselves and our own lives. However God calls us to look outwards whatever our own life may be l...

‘Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not see it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert……… to give drink to my chosen people, the people whom I formed for mys...

‘Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others. Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus’. (Philippians 2: v. 4-5)

I wish you all a very blessed New Year and hope, in the midst of a busy Christmas season, you have been able t...

Advent is about waiting and getting ready. It a time of hoping and expectation of what is to come. It’s a time to be joyous and it’s a time to love. And finally it’s a time to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Our King, our Saviour and our Friend.

This month’s blog I have w...

The annual Youth Lock-In. Unless you are a parent or carer of a teenager, or one of our heroic volunteer youth leaders, you are likely to be unaware that this event occurs at St Mark’s around this time of year.

The Lock-In, as the title suggests, is an event where young...