St. Marks’ Green Team

by Tiffany Wilson, St. Marks, Harvey, as originally published in the June 2019 issue of Churchwork   We built an organic community garden in the front yard of our church using mostly repurposed materials.  It is surrounded by a brightly colored picket fence and...

Giving Mothers a Break at St. Mark’s

St. Mark’s, Harvey, is a Community Mission Appeal (CMA) grant recipient. Your donation to the CMA fund is helping churches, like St. Mark’s, provide important and life-changing community ministry. Click here learn more about CMA. Make a donation to the...

Community Mission Appeal Grant Recipients Announced

The 2017 Grant recipients of the Community Mission Appeal have been announced. Thank you to everyone who gave to the Community Mission Appeal. The Community Mission Appeal exists in order to support the development and continuing strength of mission work at parishes...

Facebook Post Round-up: Pumpkin Patch Fun!

October is  pumpkin patch time in the diocese. A list of Episcopal church pumpkin patches can be found here.  We found these Facebook post highlighting the fun times this month! Grace Memorial, Hammond   The pumpkins are here! The pumpkin patch is open Sunday,...

Clergy Transitions (July 2016)

Deacon Quin Bates retired from active ministry at St. Andrew’s Church, Bayou Dularge, on July 7, 2016. Deacon Quin was ordained in 2005 and previously served as deacon at St. Mark’s, Harvey. The Rev. Jane-Allison Wiggin-Nettles is a new clergy person in...

2016 CMA Renewal Grant Recipients Announced

As announced last November (see full announcement here), the Community Mission Appeal Committee and Bishop Thompson changed the grant cycle to align with the Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana. In January, congregations that received a CMA grant...

Deacons in Transition

On May 17, Deacon Charmaine Kathmann will begin serving as deacon at St. Mark’s, Harvey. She has served as deacon at St. John’s, Kenner, since 2010. On the same day, Deacon Mark Hudson will begin serving as deacon at St. John’s, Kenner. He has served...