DAVENPORT, IOWA (May 3, 2022) St Mark Evangelical Lutheran Church, Davenport, Iowa, will celebrate 100 years of mission and ministry to the Quad Cities community at 9:30AM, Sunday, May 15, with a festival worship service with a celebratory bell choir, choir, organ, and flutes.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (December 3, 2019) — St Mark Lutheran Church (2363 W. 3rd Street, Davenport) is pleased to host the Lyric Flute Trio for a holiday concert at 11AM. The Lyric Trio (featuring Lisa Crews, Laura Paarmann, and Judy Steffen), joined by St Mark's organist Ross Jallo, will present a short concert of seasonal favorites. All music-lovers are welcome to join us for this festive occasion.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (July 23, 2019) — On Sunday, August 4th the River City 6, one of the Quad Cities' favorite jazz ensembles, will provide the music for the 9:30AM service at St.

At 3pm on Sunday, April 22nd, St. Mark Lutheran Church will host flutist Lisa Crews and organist/pianist Ross Jallo for a recital of spring-themed music.  April 22nd is both Earth Day and Good Shepherd Sunday, and by that time there should be pleasant spring weather: the program will weave together all three elements.  Selections will include works by Vivaldi, Chopin, Bach, and many others.  All music-lovers are welcome at this free recital.

A recital in honor of Ellen Bowlin, DMA, who has been director/minister of music at St. Mark Evangelical Lutheran Church, Davenport, for 30 years, will be at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, July 30, at St. Mark, 2363 W. 3rd St. The public is welcome. Admission is free.

Among the selections will be Michael Burkhardt’s “Lord, Keep Us Steadfast in Your Word: Chorale Improvisation and Free Harmonizations for Organ,” commissioned by the church to honor Bowlin’s retirement.

The Wesley United Methodist Church Youth Choirs will be going on Choir Tour 2016 June 12 – June 19, 2016. This year’s tour titled “Fix My Eyes” will feature an eclectic mix of traditional, gospel, contemporary, and praise music.

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Members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) congregations in the Iowa Quad-Cities will collect non-perishable food for local food pantries Saturday, Sept. 6, at local grocery stores.

Volunteers will be on hand from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. to distribute brochures with a "wish list" of non-perishable groceries, including pasta, canned goods such as soup, tuna, fruit and vegetables; peanut butter; gelatin; popcorn; and pasta sauce that customers can purchase at the store and donate on their way out. Anyone may donate.

The churches then will distribute the groceries to needy families through neighborhood Quad-City area food pantries.

"We hope that the community will see Lutherans being Christ in the world, responding to the needs of others - in this case, those who are hungry," said the Rev. Travis Fisher, pastor of St. Mark Evangelical Lutheran Church in Davenport. "It will also show that we as congregations are working together for the sake of the Gospel."

This is part of the "God's Work. Our Hands" initiative of the ELCA. Nearly 10,000 congregations of the ELCA will gather to serve communities in ways that share the love of God with all of God's people.

Participating grocery stores are Save-A-Lot, Davenport; Fareway at 53rd and Division, Davenport; Jeff's Supermarket, Blue Grass; and the Hy-Vee stores on Rockingham Road, West Kimberly, West Locust and East Kimberly Road. The 14 ELCA Iowa Quad City Area churches and their neighborhood pantries are

Bettendorf

Buffalo

  • Calvary Lutheran Church - Churches United, Buffalo Community Center

Davenport

Dixon

  • Hope Lutheran Church - Carrol Assistance Center - Wheatland, IA

Durant

  • Gloria Dei Lutheran Church - Durant-Wilton Food Pantry

Eldridge

  • Faith Lutheran Church - North Scott Food Pantry

Pleasant Valley

Princeton

  • Zion Lutheran Church - Churches United, Princeton Presbyterian Church

For more information about "God's Work. Our Hands," visit http://www.elca.org/dayofservice#sthash.OSMx8zNG.dpuf or call Pastor Travis Fisher, St. Mark Lutheran Church, 563-322-5318.

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Free Concert on Sunday, July 13, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. with "THE GOSPEL GUYS" persenting several gospel songs including He Touched Me, Low Down the Chariot, and Jesus Loves Me.

The Gospel Guys feature Randy Hicks, first tenor; Jon Palomaki, lead; Dr. Randy Mullin, baritone; and Paul VanDerSchaaf, baritone. Accompanist: Brad Toone.

Refreshments following the concert.

You are invited to bring a non-perishable food item for the St. Mark Food Pantry.

St. Mark Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELCA), 2363 W. 3rd. St., Davenport , celebrates Emily Martin, '08 Davenport West High Graduate, its 17th member going to Seminary to become a Pastor. Emily has been accepted into the Master of Divinity program and also has received a Trustee scholarship from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN.

"St. Mark has been a formative place for many people who have felt God's Call to ministry", said Senior Pastor Travis Fisher, of St. Mark. "We are an encouraging community of faith, who believes strongly that we are to raise up leaders in all vocations, St. Mark has been particularly strong in raising up those who feel passionately about sharing faith though Word and Sacrament Ministry. We are delighted that Emily is pursuing a vocation of ordained ministry. She holds the gifts of a passionate leader, and compassion needed to be a pastor".

Before moving to St. Paul and beginning her seminary education, Emily will be preaching at St. Mark Ev. Lutheran Church, Davenport, during the weekend worship services June 8th at 5PM and June 9th at 8 and 10AM - All Are Welcome!

For more information, Contact St. Mark 563.322.5318 from 8AM-4PM week days or visit www.stmarkcares.org

St. Mark Cares...Welcome, Worship, Witness.

St. Mark, established in 1922, is a member church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. It houses a Churches United Food Pantry, Participates in Share-a-Meal Program, and supports the St. Mark Preschool which was established in 1987.

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