St. Mark and St. Luke Parish

Join us for a soup, salad and bread dinner this Friday, March 28, 2025, from 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM in the St. Mark Social Hall!

At Friday’s dinner there will be a 50/50 raffle, and basket raffle tickets will also be sold. See you there!

We will have six Lenten dinners this year in the St. Mark social hall! The dates are:

Save the dates, and if you would like to volunteer to help, please use the volunteer page on the website or write your name on the Lenten Dinner Helpers sign-up sheet in the church after Mass!

The Marianna’s Pizza and Sub order forms are due Sunday February 16. You can drop the forms and money (in the provided envelope) into the collection basket this weekend. Any orders received without payment cannot be submitted to Marianna’s.

Pick up your subs and pizzas on Saturday, March 8, 2025 in the St. Mark Social Hall.

Thank you for your support!

Please treat yourself and your family to a meal (take-out or dine-in) at Compadres Mexican Restaurant in Mercersburg on Tuesday January 28 2025 — be sure to mention when you place your order that you are part of St. Mark / St. Luke Church!

If you mention our church, a percent of the proceeds will be donated by Compadres to the St. Mark/St. Luke capital campaign!

Compadres Mexican Restaurant is at:
66 Church St
Mercersburg, PA 17236
Phone: (717) 498-0561

This Called by Name Campaign is not only an opportunity for us as individuals to be open to God’s calling in our lives. It is also a chance for us to allow God to call others through our invitation.
Is there someone you know who may be called to the priesthood or religious life? Help us to encourage them by sharing their name and contact information.
To share their information online, go to our website:
www.harrisburgvocations.org or fill out the form in the envelope we have provided and drop it in the collection basket. The candidate needs to be 15-40 years old and single. Those whose names are provided will receive a communication from Bishop Senior and the Vocations Office with encouragement and resources to hear and respond to God’s call for their life – no matter what it is.
Thank you for your generous participation in Called by Name Campaign. With your help, this initiative will bear fruit for our diocese for generations to come.

Help support our family of families – take orders from friends and family members!
Order forms are available now, inside the January 11-12 (2025) weekly bulletin! Extra order forms are also available from the church office.

Return the order forms, with money, to the church by Sunday, February 16, 2025. You can drop the forms and money (in the provided envelope) into the collection basket or stop by the office.

Pick up your subs and pizzas on Saturday, March 8, 2025 in the St. Mark Social Hall.

Many of us are already familiar with Marianna’s fundraisers, because they are a local favorite! The subs are 14 inches long and well worth the money! Many of the subs will come with peppers, onions, and sauces – but all of these items are separately vacuum-bagged to avoid flavor mingling and allow the hoagie to be stored for a few days before enjoying it.

You’ve heard of “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday,” but have you heard of “Lottery Calendar Sunday?”

(“No, tell me more!” someone whispered, looking up from their pumpkin whatever…)

You can buy a St. Mark/St. Luke Lottery Calendar for your loved ones (or anyone, really, no judgement here), and for the low price of only $20 they have 90 chances to win $25-$50! Most days win $25, but some special days win more, so keep an eye on your Calendar! The game doesn’t start until January 1 2025, and it ends on March 31 2025 – making it the perfect Christmas present!

The lottery calendars are on sale before and after Masses through the month of December, but we will run out, so that’s why “Lottery Calendar Sunday” is so important.

Remember that for us to send the money to the winners you’ll put their Name and Address on the form when you buy the Lottery Calendar. If you are buying for yourself and you want to look like a pro, bring some return address labels.

Still reading? I guess I can tell you what a Lottery Calendar is: We monitor the PA lottery daily “Pick 3” (first EVENING drawing), and use that to determine the winner. We’ve printed 333 tickets, each with 3 numbers on it, so every day there WILL be a winner, and we will write a check and mail it to the name and address on the form filled out when the Lottery Calendar was bought. Each Calendar has one chance to win each day, but that chance is 3x higher because each lottery calendar has 3 numbers on it!

You want a special deal, you say? Savvy shopper, you. Get 3 for $60 !!!
(It’s a fundraiser, handicap-accessible entrances don’t grow on trees.)

See you on Sunday!

Solemn Vespers – Sundays of Advent, 2024 at 7PM, at St. Mark.

Please join us for an explanation of the “Theology of the Body” and what it means for human intimacy, gender, marriage and love.
Sundays during Advent (December 1st, 8th, 15th, and 22nd), 2024, from 6:15pm – 6:45pm in the double classroom at St. Mark. Presented by Paul and Lucy Schemel.

Show off your chili cooking prowess and enjoy an evening of fellowship at St. Mark’s following the Saturday evening Mass!

The Knights of Columbus will host a chili cook-off after the 5PM Mass on November 2, 2024. All are invited to bring their tastiest crock pot of chili and join in the festivities. Prizes will be awarded for the top recipe! Tasting cups and condiments will be provided.

All parishioners are invited to enter their best, hottest, or most famous chili dishes! See you there!

For further information contact:

• Mark Horn at hornmd14@hotmail.com
• Brian Luger at brian.luger@comcast.net