Upcoming Events
Grief Share
Starts Sunday, January 11 | 1:30 pm | Guilford Room
A GriefShare support group is a safe, welcoming place where people understand the difficult emotions of grief. It’s a place to be around people who understand what you are feeling. At GriefShare, you’ll learn valuable information about recovering from your grief and renewing your hope for the future. The $20 cost includes a workbook.
Questions, or in need of scholarship assistance? Contact Gordon
Check out this video for a brief overview about GriefShare.
House of David Watch Party
Wednesdays 5:30-7:30pm | Starting January 14
Join us Wednesday nights as we watch the House of David video series together! We’ll begin at 5:30 with an optional dinner, watch the show beginning at 6pm, and have a Q and A with our staff panel!
We will have special programs for children 4 years old to 5th Grade, and childcare will be provided for children from 0-3 years old. Kids in middle school and up are encouaged to serve in kids’ ministry, or watch with their parents (per parents’ discretion).
Note to Parents: House of David is rated TV-14 due to violence inherent in the story of David. Parental discrection is advised.
Cost for dinner is $15 per family or $5 per person. Please register for food below!
Weekly Schedule:
Optional Dinner 5:30-6pm
House of David Viewing 6-7pm
Q & A Panel 7-7:30pm
(Kids’ Program 6-7:30pm)
Financial Peace University
Starts Tuesday, January 20 | 6:30-8pm | Atrium
When debt isn’t holding you back, nothing can stop you from living the life of your dreams. And here’s the good news: You can get there. You just need a plan that works. That’s what you’ll learn in Financial Peace University. FPU is the 9-week class that teaches you step by step how to pay off debt fast and build wealth for your future.
Stuffy financial class? Not here. FPU is full of energy, easy-to-understand lessons, and real-life examples of people just like you who have taken control of their money.
And the best part? You’ll experience the class with a group of people, led by some of our St. Mark's FPU alum, who will encourage you and hold you accountable every step of the way. That’s what makes FPU so life-changing! In fact, the average FPU graduate is debt-free in two years or less! This will only be $75 PER HOUSEHOLD (half price), which includes this class, the material and a year-long membership to FPU.
Learn how money doesn't have to be a stress, how you can plan for your future, and how to build a legacy.
How We Love (A Study for Married Couples)
Starts January 27 | 6pm-8pm | Alamance Room
Unlock the secrets to a thriving marriage with this practical and insightful 9-week study for couples seeking to understand how they can heal and strengthen their relationship.
What Determines How You Love?
Each of us relates to our spouse based on how we experienced love as a child. How We Love offers assessments and conversation starters to help you and your spouse identify your relational patterns and realize how they are affecting you now. Their solution-focused tools help you:
• understand why your spouse relates to you the way he or she does
• learn how to break free from the barriers that make you feel stuck
• see the connection between your personal love style and your childhood
• follow specific, clear goals to create a thriving marriage
• ask and answer questions strategically with your spouse
Learn more here!
Cost is $20 per couple for the participant guide.
Apprentice: The Good and Beautiful God
Wednesdays | 6:30-8:00pm |Green Room | Starts January 28
Our thoughts about God determine who we are and how we live. In the Good and Beautiful God study, we'll turn to the Gospels and put our narratives to the test to see if they match up with what Jesus himself reveals about God.
Over the course of 10 weeks, explore The Good and Beautiful God - the first book by James Bryan Smith in the Apprentice series.
You'll grow in your understanding of who God is, and what it means to follow Jesus while living in community with other followers as part of God's kingdom.
Childcare available (please register).
Women’s Coffee + Co-Op
Coffee Fellowship | 9:15am-10:00am | Mission Café
Bible Study Groups | 10:00-11:30am
Ladies—there’s a new opportunity to dive into community on Thursday mornings at St. Mark’s! Our Women’s Coffee and Co-Op is an elective-based experience providing multiple ways to engage in fellowship over a cup of coffee and studies. We hope you don’t miss this chance to connect with other ladies in our community!
Coffee fellowship from 9:15-10:00am at the Mission Café will be the central hub of the morning. Come get to know and hang out with other ladies over coffee.
After coffee, choose from various Bible study groups from 10:00-11:30am that will help deepen your faith as you engage with other women. Childcare is available.
Men’s Coffee + Co-Op
Tuesday Mornings | Coffee 6:15am-6:45am | Study 6:45-7:45am
Men—dive into community on Tuesday mornings at St. Mark’s! Our Men’s Coffee and Co-Op is an elective-based experience providing multiple ways to engage in fellowship over a cup of coffee, studies, and even an early morning workout. You can come to any or all of these, but we hope you don’t miss this chance to connect with other guys in our community!
Coffee fellowship from 6:15-6:45am at the Mission Café will be the central hub of the morning. Come get to know and hang out with other men over coffee.
Before this, there will be an F3 (Fitness, Fellowship, Faith) workout from 5:30-6:15am, in the ballfield parking lot. Come out and build relationships—and your fitness level—at the same time!
After coffee fellowship, choose from book and Bible studies from 6:45-7:45am, will help deepen your faith with a variety of options to engage in together.
For Your Neighbor Series Study
September 10-October 29 | 6:30-8:00pm | Atrium
St. Mark’s Community Church has a vision to make a Kingdom impact from the Triad to the Triangle. The Book of Acts gives us a picture of what it looks like to be a church on mission. The early church was unapologetically committed to inviting all people into the community of God. They were willing to make tremendous sacrifices for their neighbor.
Jesus had a plan for how a small group of people would impact Jerusalem (small), Judea (bigger), Samaria (even bigger...and messier) and the ends of the earth (huge)!
Now it’s our turn to be the Church! It’s our turn to step outside of our comfort zone and to faithfully respond to the mission field all around us. As a church, we are given a task to be witnesses to the Love of God: here in west Burlington, in east Burlington, from the Triad to the Triangle, and to the ends of the earth.
Sign up for the Wednesday night study by clicking the button below!
To register for our online study, click the button below! This study will meet online at the same time as our in-person study.
In addition to our Wednesday night study (above), men and women can choose to engage in this study as part of the Men’s Coffee and Co-Op on Tuesday mornings or the Women’s Coffee and Co-Op on Thursday mornings.
Learn more about our Coffee Co-Ops at smc.church/upcoming!
Storytellers Series
Storytellers Series
Join us June 1 through June 29 as we hear messages from the following speakers:
June 1 - Jason Raitz (Speaker, Pastor, and President of Speak with People)
June 8 - Heather Thompson Day (Speaker, Author, and Professor)
June 15 - Fil Anderson (Author and Spiritual Formation Pastor, St. Mark’s)
June 22 - Megan Baxendell (First Impressions Director, St. Mark’s)
June 29 - Rev. Dr. James Wilkes (Pastor of Elon First Baptist Church)
Winning the War in Your Mind (Sermon Series)
Sermon Series: April 27-May 25
After Easter, join us for a new sermon series based on the book Winning the War in Your Mind, by Craig Groeschel.
To accompany this series, we will be hosting studies of Groeschel’s book during our Men’s and Women’s Co-ops, with the men’s study beginning Tuesday, April 29 and the women’s study beginning Thursday, May 1. Learn more about the Men’s Co-op and Women’s Co-op by clicking the links.