May 2025

Our Voice
Kay Fichter

“O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder!” 

That is how I feel when I am out in nature. I find this earth and the entire universe mind-blowing in its diversity and beauty. From mountain peaks to ocean depths, to plants, animals, insects, fish and birds, the work of creation is so profound that only God could have been behind it.

It’s also amazing how interdependent they are. Say a bug comes and starts eating a plant. The plant then sends a signal to warn the others that it is being attacked and eaten. That same signal is sensed by predator bugs, too, which come to eat the first bug. In another sense, as birds fly around for food, they also end up spreading seeds of the flowers and plants they were near. As those seeds sprout and the plants blossom, it provides nectar to pollinators, and the cycle repeats. 

It’s an important lesson for humanity that we can’t just keep taking; we need to protect and care for our earth. May we take time this beautiful time of spring to get outside and enjoy God’s gift to us. Oh, and don’t forget to look up at the stars.

Greetings, Rev.

We are now (already) in our second issue! Can you believe it’s already April? 

In the past few weeks, we’ve had two main events, the first of which was an infant baptism (3/30). All baptisms are special, but baptisms of baby girls feel extra special—perhaps I’m biased because of my own two girls! I wish you all could know how precious it was holding Gwendolyn Christine Roney, then a 2-month old. 

And then we were hard at work renovating our Memorial Garden. From power washing the benches and arbor to coating the garden with mulch, our hands (and backs and knees!) were surely busy restoring and polishing. This isn’t all we plan on doing, but it was a time to glimpse the beauty of our St. Mark’s members coming together for a mission.

Have a blessed spring season. Happy Easter.