Greetings All, I'm moving again just up the street into Catonsville. To avoid paying some very high fines, I need to find a new tenant for my current apartment in Ellicott City. If you know anyone moving into town, or a recent graduate who's ready to live on his/her own, this is a great place. Safe and within walking distance of shops and restaurants. Also St. John's is just around the corner.


800 sq. ft. one bedroom apartment with living room near Rt29/40. Newly renovated with new appliances, kitchen cabinets, lighting, and full-size washer and dryer. Within walking distance of several shopping centers and restaurants. Easy access to Rt 695 and right next to Historic District. Fitness center, Olympic-size pool available on apartment community grounds. Pets allowed for additional fee. Call Jacqueline at 410-203-0407. Rent = $1049/month + $350 security deposit.

Hi everyone! Is anyone planning to see "The Screwtape Letters"? Is there any interest in trying to get a block of tickets so we can go, or at least see it together? Or any interest in getting together over coffee/dessert sometime afterwards to discuss the play? If so, reply to me at eddieknits@gmail.com, or call me - I'm in the directory.
Eddie Humphrey

CARPOOLING TO MEET THE EPISCOPAL CANDIDATES:

Our car is full already. Tuesday we will leave for Frederick at 3:45 pm and have an early supper together in Frederick. If you're interested in being part of another carpool, as driver or rider, post a message here.

Every one is invited to come see St. Mark's own Sara Vanasse, Kathryn Knaus and Charlotte Morice perform in the River Hill High School musical "Thoroughly Modern Millie". Performances are Wednesday, March 5th through Saturday, March 8th at 7:30 p.m.; and Saturday, March 8th and Sunday, March 9th at 2:00 p.m. Sara is the understudy for the role of Miss Dorothy and will perform at the Saturday and Sunday matinees.

Greetings All,
I wish to thank the community of St. Marks for circulating the message of my need for moving assistance, and for bringing forward two wonderful people whose assistance with packing and moving made the whole process much less overwhelming. Thank you and God Bless.

Greetings All,
I would like to request the assistance of some strong able-bodied parishoners to help me move from one apartment to another within my complex the weekend of November 30th. Please contact me directly if you are interested and can make the commitment. I can be reached by e-mail at jacqueline.l.dubois@gmail.com or by phone at 410-203-0407.

Edited by author 10-14-2007 09:25 PM
Hello all,

As a former member of St Marks, not all of you may know me. To those that do, a heartfelt hello. As I am currently attending a church in Damascus, MD, a single mom at our church is to be evicted today. She and her 9th grade son. She is looking for a short and long term living situation for her and her son. Long term, she can afford about 500/month. As she lives in Laurel, St Marks is closer to her home. We are currently tapping into networks of people for assistance and I thought of you all. If anyone has any leads, please call me at 240 506 0776. Thanks in advance and God Bless! Clark

I am now working for 2 lovely Christian women who have a company called Lets Organize Lets Move. Their goal is to help folks organize their homes and/or manage a move. Many of their clients are "55 and better" and are downsizing and many other clients just want to get control over the clutter in their homes. If you have a need or know of someone who has a need feel free to contact me. Their website is www.LetsOrganizeLLC.com.

EVERYONE IS INVITED! SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6 (1:00-6:00PM)
INSIDE-OUT CHRISTIAN MUSIC FESTIVAL - A CELEBRATION OF MUSIC AND MINISTRY

I am part of a team of individuals from four churches in Howard County (Rockland UMC, Gary Memorial UMC, Crossroads - Church of the Nazarene, and yours truly from St. Marks Episcopal).

We are calling the team and series of events INSIDE OUT. This group was formed to provide monthly Christian music events for the Howard County community. Our goal is to get church outside of the physical buildings and into the community. There are many ways to do this. We have chosen music.

Mostly the events will be held at Rockland's outside amphitheater during good weather and at Nazarene when outside events don't make sense. We may have other hosts for events as well as needed.

This is a cross congregational and cross denominational group of people that are committed to community outreach. The performers are excellent and most of them are part of the indieheaven.com musical community.

We are committed to providing these events free of charge. No doubt that we will have concession stands and take up love offerings along the way but any funds that are derived from those sources will be used to defer the costs of putting on the event or sponsoring future events.

We would love to see you, your families, your church and anyone else you know on October 6th for this event. It is 5 hours long so there is enough opportunity for folks to work part of it into their schedules.

Also, as always, let us know if you or anyone you know would like to either participate in the INSIDE OUT series or play at the Rockland amphitheater for an event outside of the INSIDE OUT series. Both are open to all.

Below are links to each of the performers. All but ASAPH have samples of music on these sites so you know what you are in for.

1:00pm - STRAIGHT ON RED (http://www.notlaw.com/pages/straightonred.htm)
2:30pm - BEYOND THE VEIL (http://www.beyondaveil.com/)
3:45pm - ASAPH (http://www.realmwarriors.com/)
5:00pm - RIGHTEOUS SOUL (http://www.myspace.com/righteoussoul)
EVENT WEB SITE - http://cityonahillevents.com/COH/

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Roxie's Progress (9/3/07):

The doctors say that she is progressing really well in her recovery. She is still tired and sleeps quite a bit, but she was sitting up for an hour and a half and is losing many of the tubes that they had in her.
 
She is a few days "out of the woods" when it comes to one of the post op complications (something known as basal spasms), but is expected to be out of the critical care unit in a couple of days and couple be out of the hospital at the end of the week.
 
We all appreciate you prayers and I will keep you informed as she progresses

Free to Good Home: Exercise machine...can do a variety of exercises and adjustable weights. Like new condition. Purchased for our teenaged son who quickly lost interest. You pick up.

Also looking to recycle old issues of The New Yorker and The Economist. Could bring them to church for you.

Call Hope or Dave at 410-381-8754 or email hopechase@verizon.net

Our Columbia/Hickory Ridge townhome is available for rent. If you or someone you know is looking for a rental property please call. It is a 3 bedrm/2.5 bath townhome backing to beautiful woods. It's in a lovely neighborhood. We just installed new berber carpeting throughout. It has 3 finished levels, a large storage area, fireplace,washer/dryer, deck and patio. Call Sally at 301-395-9728.

Here is another set of lectures: VA Theoligical Seminary's Alumni Convocation's Sprigg Lectures this year will be given on Oct 2 and 3 and are titled: "Religious Discourse in Our National Life as Perceived and Reported by the Media"
  
 Juan Williams will give the 1st - "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize: Faith" and Judy Woodruff the 2nd "An Update on the Role of Faith in the 2008 Election." Williams will speak at 3pm on the 2nd and Woodruff at 9:30 am on the 3rd. The lectures are free. Register at https://www.vts.edu/podium/default.aspx?t=36644&rid=559. A notice is posted on the Adult ED board in the Parish Hall.

I just want to say that this is great! I knew we had this, but the link right from the announcement page is awesome!
Also, a reminder that "Naricyn Strings" is available for hire. They play classical, standards and holiday music. Kathryn Knaus(our daughter)plays viola and violin for them.
See you in church!

If you are interested in car pooling to St Thomas this Thursday, leave a message here with your email address, and whether you prefer to drive or ride or both.