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1st Sunday 11.00 a.m. Holy Communion
Coffee in Church Hall after Service
2nd Sunday 11.00 a.m. Morning Prayer
3rd Sunday 11.00 a.m. Holy Communion
Coffee in Church Hall after Service
4th Sunday 11.00 a.m. Morning Prayer
5th Sunday 11.00 a.m. Morning Prayer with
St Mewan - Services will alternate between
St Mewan and St Marks Churches
Rector: Revd Marion Barrett 72679
St Mark’s Secretary: Sybilla Davis 63394
WORKS DUE TO START ON ST MARKS CHURCH HALL
Improvements to St Marks Church Hall will commence on
1st September 2009 and will include demolishing and replacing the lobby and toilet, providing disabled access, replacing the existing windows with double glazed units and installing a central heating system.
We have been lucky enough to have secured a substantial grant from the SITA Cornwall Trust and are also pleased to acknowledge additional financial help from St Mewan Parish Council. May we also take this opportunity of thanking all those who have supported our fund raising in any way! We continue to fund raise for the project and your continued support will be much valued.
We apologise for any disturbance to neighbours during the course of the works, it is hoped this can be kept to a minimum. The improvements should be completed by the end of the year.
Mamma Mia Themed Evening and Meal on Saturday 18th April 2009
Another fantastically successful evening organised by the St Mark’s Action Group. The Church Hall was decorated with images of Abba, scenes from the Mamma Mia Movie and posters, photos and information about all aspects of Greek life, food, religion, the Olympics and ancient Greece.
The food was based on Greek recipes and absolutely delicious – St Mark’s has a reputation for producing superb food! Greek music played as people arrived and between the first courses, then our wonderful pianist, Steve Rowse had us singing along to Abba songs before and after the sweet course. We all had a terrific time and the Hall buzzed with conversation. Certain intrepid folk also took part in a Greek Zorba type dance up the aisle, which caused much hilarity!
The money raised is going towards providing disabled access and toilets to the Church Hall. Thanks to everyone who contributed to the success of this evening and to our guests for coming!
St Mark’s Western Evening – 19th April 2008
Wow, what an evening! St Mark’s Western Evening was another great success with a good time had by all! We had Red Indians, Cowboys, cowgirls, and a saloon girl all whooping it up at our 8th annual themed evening! It was great to have so many people dressing up for the event!
Every year the St Mark’s team transform the Church Hall and this time it became a Western Saloon complete with our own honky tonk piano player Steve Rowse – our very grateful thanks to him for providing the musical atmosphere for the evening and a good sing a long which we all enjoyed! Other entertainment was provided in the shape of tales of the Wild West, performed by members of the team with a quiz for people to complete in between courses!
The windows were bedecked with lasso’s, cacti, horse tack, Red Indian headdresses and blankets, Cowboy boots and hats, as well as Annuals of favourite wild west stories, while on the walls we had pictures of various well known western actors, Indians and other characters. From the rafters hung American flags, mobiles and a noose in case that pesky Billy the Kid showed his face!
The Chuck Wagon provided a superior spread of food with Sweetcorn Chowder, Pastrami and bread and Florida Cocktail to start with followed by Beef Chilli, Boston Baked beans with sausages and Pork Casserole served with baked potatoes, peas and sweetcorn for main course and then some luscious desserts – American Blueberry Cheesecake, Apple Pie and Pecan Pie all served with whipped cream.
ST MARK’S PIRATE EVENING – 28TH APRIL 2007
During the month before the event it was all hands on deck cleaning the Church Hall and then
decorating it - always a big job but great fun too! Somehow we got all the props together and
created a desert island with palm trees on the stage with a treasure chest brimming with booty!
There was a pirate ship on the horizon and the mast of another in the foreground with a ship’s bell
(which was useful to get attention when announcements were made).
We had displays in the windows about pirates and were very grateful to John Cornish and Peter
Oatey for making up blackout boards to cover the windows - a job we have been meaning to do for a
long time!
The accordian players were absolutely terrific once again and many thanks to them for providing the
music and for the sing-a-long! They played all evening and only stopped when we had some
readings of pirate tales and sea faring poems.
Everyone involved deserves huge thanks for all that they did to make this one of the most
successful evenings we have ever had – without such wonderful camaraderie and team effort we
would never be able to accomplish what we do!
Very grateful thanks also to all our guests for coming and supporting us - we appreciate your
enthusiasm and enjoyment of our evenings. We were full to capacity and even had to turn some folk
away – so do get in quick next year to book your places! We raised around £650 which is a good
step forward in our fund raising efforts towards improvements to the Church Hall, especially the
toilets.
