700 East Mill Street, P.O. Box 126
  Beaver Dam, WI 53916
the Rev. Mary J. Mail, Rector
The Rev. Chuck Parthum, Sabbatical Interim Priest
(920) 885-3536 FAX (920) 885-9131
stmark@powerweb.net

Sunday Eucharist Rite II at 9:00 am

Directions from your location to Saint Mark's.
        The Rector is available for visits and conversation at all times.    Please contact the church office if there is any way we might be of service to you.

The Collect for the Day of Pentecost

O God, who on this day taught the hearts of your faithful people by sending to them the light of your Holy Spirit: Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Saint Mark's Parish Prayer

Almighty and ever-living God, ruler of all things in heaven and earth, hear our prayers for this parish family.  Fill us with your Holy Spirit, strengthen the faithful, arouse the passive, restore the penitent.  Grant that each of us will open our eyes and heart to be free to offer our gifts as necessary for our common life.  Bring us in harmony with Christ so we may become your light in this world.   Amen.

The Day of Pentecost

John 14:8-17

Philip said to Jesus, "Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied." Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, `Show us the Father'? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own; but the Father who dwells in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; but if you do not, then believe me because of the works themselves. Very truly, I tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do and, in fact, will do greater works than these, because I am going to the Father. I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If in my name you ask me for anything, I will do it.

"If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, because he abides with you, and he will be in you."

["I have said these things to you while I am still with you. But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and remind you of all that I have said to you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid."]

O God, you will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are fixed on you; for in returning and rest we shall be saved; in quietness and trust shall be our strength.     Isaiah 26:3; 30:15

Webcasts of Sunday, May 19 Eucharists:
Trinity Episcopal Church, New York City or
Washington National Cathedral

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