04.22.13
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The Rt. Rev. James E. “Jim” Waggoner Jr., bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Spokane, will visit St. Mark’s Episcopal Church on Sunday, April 28.
Bishop Waggoner will preside over the Holy Eucharist, the Reaffirmation and Renewal of baptismal vows, and will preach. The service will begin at 9:30 a.m. He will also speak at 11:30 a.m. to an Enquirer’s class for those interested in learning more about the Episcopal Church.
Waggoner was consecrated eighth Bishop of the Diocese of Spokane in October of 2000. A native of Ohio, he holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Marshall University and Master of Divinity, Doctor of Ministry, and Doctor of Divinity degrees from the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Va. Before entering seminary, he served in the U. S. Navy for six years.
Prior to his election as bishop, Bishop Waggoner served 21 years in the Episcopal Diocese of West Virginia, 12 in parish ministry and nine on the Bishop’s staff as Canon to the Ordinary, Congregational and Community Consultant, and Deployment Officer.
In his ministry, Bishop Waggoner emphasizes effective leadership grounded in ongoing Christian formation as being essential to empowering all members for the mission to which God has called us: proclamation of the Gospel by word and example. In his teachings, he emphasizes the baptismal imperative to respect the dignity of every human being and the call to live this out in our words and our work.
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04.07.13
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Diana Aidos
Benjamin Thacher
The Moscow Pro Art Trio – consisting of violin, cello and piano – will perform works by Franz Schubert and Johannes Brahms at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 14, at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Moscow. This will be the final concert in the 2012-2013 Music at St. Mark’s series.
The trio consists of Ben Thacher, violin; Diana Aidos, piano, and William Wharton, cello. They will play the Trio in B-flat Major, Opus 99, by Schubert and Trio in B Major, Opus 8, by Brahms.
An avid chamber and orchestral musician, Thacher has performed at Carnegie Hall and studied privately with violinist Itzhak Perlman. He is the associate concertmaster of the Boise Philharmonic and is first violinist with the Boise philharmonic string quartet. Thacher received a bachelor’s degree in violin performance from the New England Conservatory of Music and continued his studies at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
Aidos has performed extensively as a soloist, chamber musician, and recitalist. She earned her master’s degree in piano performance at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Aidos has been a staff pianist for the San Francisco Ballet, the Boise Philharmonic Orchestra and Master Chorale, Classical Revolution in San Francisco, and the Rendezvous Festival Orchestra in McCall.
Wharton, professor emeritus of music at the University of Idaho, is the co-artistic director of the eight-concert Music at St. Mark’s series. He studied at Tulane University, Louisiana State University and the Ohio State University. Wharton holds advanced degrees from the University of Oklahoma and the University of Arizona. Before coming to the UI, he was on the faculties of the University of Oklahoma, Eastern Washington State College, the University of Wisconsin and Youngstown State University.
Tickets are available at the door; general admission is $12 with discounts for students, seniors and families. No one will be turned away; free tickets will be provided by the Elsie Mann Fellowship Fund. For more information about the concert, please contact the church office at 208-882-2022.
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03.24.13
Posted in Uncategorized at 8:18 pm by kentonbird
March 24: The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday, 9:30 AM
The Parade of the palms, and a dramatic reading of the Passion Narrative according to Luke, directed by Ron Hufham
March 25 & 26: Monday and Tuesday in Holy Week
Evening Prayer, 5:30 PM
March 27: Wednesday in Holy Week
Liturgy of Preparation, 7 PM – Communal service of penitence, healing, and reconciliation
March 28: Maundy Thursday
The Proper Liturgy: Holy Eucharist with (optional) Foot-washing, 12:10 PM
The Proper Liturgy: Holy Eucharist with (optional) Foot-washing, followed by the stripping of the altar, 7 PM
The Gethsemane Watch, 8:30 PM – 7 AM
If you are interested in participating this year’s “Gethsemane Watch” (also called “The Vigil of Repose”) sometime between 8 pm Maundy Thursday and 7 am on Good Friday, there is a sign-up sheet in the parish hall. This is a wonderful, holy gift of time with our Lord. Members come to the church building, and in its quiet sit in companionship and prayer with Jesus throughout the night.
March 29: Good Friday
The Proper Liturgy: The Holy Communion, 7 AM
Liturgy of Preparation (repeated from Wednesday), 12:10 PM
The Proper Liturgy: The Holy Communion, 7 PM
March 30: Holy Saturday
The Proper Liturgy, Noon
March 31: Easter Sunday
The Great Vigil of Easter “sunrise service”, 6 AM
Brunch (all are welcome), 8 AM
Easter Egg toss, 9 AM
Festal Holy Eucharist, 9:30 AM
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03.18.13
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Linda and William Wharton (pictured) will perform music by for solo and duo cellos Sunday, March 24, at 2 p.m. at St. Mark’s. The Whartons, well-known cellists in the Inland Northwest, are the artistic directors for the Music at St. Mark’s series, now in its fourth season.
William Wharton, professor emeritus of music at the University of Idaho, studied at Tulane University, Louisiana State University and the Ohio State University. He holds advanced degrees from the University of Oklahoma and the University of Arizona. Before coming to the UI, he was on the faculties of the University of Oklahoma, Eastern Washington State College, the University of Wisconsin and Youngstown State University.
Linda Wharton has been active as a teacher and performer. She is a graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy and the University of Wisconsin. She has played in symphony orchestras in Tucson, Arizona; Youngstown, Ohio, and Spokane. She is currently the principal cellist of the Washington Idaho Symphony.
The program includes the cello sonata in G major by G.B. Sammartini; five duets for two cellos by Reinhold Gliere; sonata for unaccompanied cello by Zoltan Kodaly; Ciaconna by Tomaso Vitali, and cello concerto in A minor by Robert Schumann.
Tickets are available at the door; general admission is $12 with discounts for students, seniors and families. No one will be turned away; free tickets will be provided by the Elsie Mann Fellowship Fund. For more information about the concert, please contact the church office at 208-882-2022.
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02.12.13
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St. Mark’s Episcopal Church plans to bring ashes to the foreheads of passersby on the streets of downtown Moscow on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 13. Marking the beginning of the penitential season of Lent, traditional rites of Holy Eucharist and Imposition of Ashes will be offered at the church at 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.
In addition, St. Mark’s will offer “Ashes to Go”—the Imposition of Ashes, on the street corner at 6th and Main during the morning, noon, and evening rush hours—at 8:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
“Jesus meets us where we are,” said the Rev. Robin Biffle, rector of St. Mark’s. “And—contrary to the experiences some of us have known—the church can meet us where we are, too. One of the places where we are—and where the Holy is—is downtown Moscow, Idaho, on Ash Wednesday 2013.”
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St. Mark’s will sponsor a traditional Shrove Tuesday pancake supper on Feb. 12 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The public is invited. The suggested donation is $5 for adults, $3 for children 6-12, and $15 for a family of four. Children under 6 are free. No one will be turned away for inability to pay.
The day before Ash Wednesday is known as Shrove Tuesday, from “shrive,” an Old English verb that means to seek pardon and absolution, a reference to the traditional practice of private confession during Lent. And on this last day before Lent, families use up their eggs, butter and other fats in anticipation of a 40-day Lenten fast. In France, the occasion became known as Mardi Gras, or “Fat Tuesday.”
At St. Mark’s, parish leaders will cook and serve pancakes and all of the fixings: sausage, scrambled eggs, applesauce, juice and coffee. During the evening, fronds from last year’s Palm Sunday procession will be burned to make ash for the ancient services of Ash Wednesday. Children are invited to bury the Alleluias for Lent.
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01.29.13
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The Lionel Hampton School of Music’s World Beat Ensemble (pictured) will present “A Glimpse of Ghanaian Music and Dance” Sunday, Feb. 3, at 2 p.m. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 111 S. Jefferson in Moscow.
The ensemble is directed by Navin Chettri, a graduate teaching assistant, and co-directed by Barry Bilderback, assistant professor of music history and ethnomusicology at the University of Idaho.
Bilderback, who has led a study-abroad course in Ghana, will provide a brief cultural introduction. Chettri will lead the students and community members in “Drum Gahu” (complete with dance, percussion, and instrumental section). There will be an opportunity for audience participation.
“This will not be your typical St. Mark’s concert,” Bilderback said, a reference to the chamber music series now in its fourth season.
Tickets are available at the door; general admission is $12 with discounts for students, seniors and families. No one will be turned away; free tickets will be provided by the Elsie Mann Fellowship Fund.
Linda and William Wharton are the artistic directors for Music at St. Mark’s. The next concert in the series will be March 24 featuring the Whartons in a duo cello recital.
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01.02.13
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Music at St. Mark’s presents “Bach’s Lunch,” with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach on Sunday, Jan 6. The 2 p.m. concert will be followed by a box lunch at which the audience can visit with the musicians.
The program will include Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto #1, performed by a string quartet; a Gamba sonata, with Linda Wharton on cello, accompanied by Jeremy Briggs-Roberts on piano, and a choral prelude for organ, performed by Mary Fellman, St. Mark’s organist. “Please join us for a concert featuring great works that are not often heard on the Palouse,” said William Wharton, co-artistic director for the series.
St. Mark’s is located at 111 S. Jefferson, across from the Moscow Public Library. Tickets are available at the door; general admission is $12 with discounts for students, seniors and families. No one will be turned away; free tickets will be provided by the Elsie Mann Fellowship Fund. Future concerts in the series will be:
- Feb. 3 – Barry Bilderback’s African Rhythm Ensemble
- March 24 – William and Linda Wharton, duo cello recital
- April 14 – Moscow Pro Art piano trio
For more information about the concert and to reserve a boxed lunch, please contact the church office at 208-882-2022.
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12.20.12
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St. Mark’s Episcopal Church of Moscow plans special services for the fourth Sunday of Advent and Christmas.
Sunday, Dec. 23, will include readings for the last Sunday of Advent, the season of preparation for Christmas. The 9:30 a.m. service will be followed by a parish potluck lunch and the “greening” of the church – decorating the worship space for Christmas Eve.
Monday, Dec. 24, there will be a carols and Christmas music at 4:30. A family Christmas Eve service will start at 5 p.m., and children are welcome. That evening, there will be carol singing at 10:30 p.m., followed by a festal Holy Eucharist service at 11 a.m. – the traditional “midnight” mass.
Tuesday, Dec. 25, at 11 a.m., the service will take the form of a Celtic Eucharist, followed by a community Christmas dinner starting at noon. All are welcome to both the service and the meal, and no reservations are required.
“Celtic Christianity includes a somewhat broader understanding of God’s revelation and presence among us than does traditional Western Christianity,” said the Rev. Robin Biffle, rector of St. Mark’s. “The current Celtic resurgence is often broadly ecumenical—an expression of catholic (universal) Christianity which introduces traditions new to most Christians in the United States,” she said.
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St. Mark’s invites the community to a non-denominational “Blue Christmas” service on Sunday, Dec. 23, at 5 p.m. The service will include readings, music, candle-lighting, and silence.
“We offer a quiet service in the hope that it will be a way those who feel troubled at this time of year can name and claim those feelings while letting God—and others—surround them with compassionate love,” said the Rev. Robin Biffle, rector of St. Mark’s. For many people, Christmas can be difficult—a painful reminder of the losses in our lives, Biffle said. For those dealing with financial stress, depression, grief, or illness, the holidays can be a season of hurt.
St. Mark’s regular “Supper at Six” follows the service for anyone who would like like the warmth of a family meal.
“St. Mark’s congregation strives to minister unconditionally in the community in the name of Christ through shared worship, teaching, and service,” Biffle said. The “Blue Christmas” service is a way to acknowledge our sadness and loneliness and remind ourselves that we are not alone, she said.
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