St. Mark's Lutheran Church Youth and Family Ministry
Email Youth Director Alice Real at youth@stmarks-elca.org with questions or to be added to the mailing list.
* * * In order to participate in activities, all youth/parents must register to provide up-to-date information for youth leaders, as well as complete the 2025-2026 medical release/consent form. English or Spanish * * *
Welcome back to a new year at St. Mark's!
Please read below for important information
about upcoming youth events.
This Week at St. Mark's:
Sunday, September 20, 2026
* Parent Meeting at 11:15 in Youth Room *
We will discuss upcoming events, volunteer opportunities, review St. Mark's updated child protection policy, and complete registration forms. All parents of youth in grades 7-12 are requested to attend.
Upcoming Events:
Sunday, September 20
First Day of Confirmation and Sunday School
Confirmation: Grades 7 and 8
Teachers: Peggy Harris and Peter Weekly
Sundays, 11:00 am-12:00 pm, Room 217
High School: Grades 9-12
Adult Leaders: Alice Real and Jim Kyger
Sundays, 11:00 am-12:00 pm, Room 215 Youth Room
In order to participate in activities, all youth/parents must register to provide up-to-date information for youth leaders, as well as complete the 2026-2027 medical release/consent form. English Spanish
Synod Middle/High School Retreat
St. Mark's had a great time attending the Middle/High School Youth Retreat, "Called in Our Wandering," Nov 21-23 at Skycroft Conference Center in Middletown, MD. Organized and led by youth in the Lutheran Youth Organization (LYO) from the Metro-DC and Delaware-MD synods, we enjoyed large group worship, small group discussions, service projects, games, great food, and of course, a bonfire. Click here for a short video of the event compiled by St Mark's youth, Landon Snyder: https://youtu.be/irB5EpVTQu4?si=YxFHaaQz2gmKP_ja.
Photos below from recent Youth Group projects …
See you Sunday!
Youth Ministry Calendar 2026-2027
Looking Ahead
September
9/20 First Day of Confirmation and Sunday School
9/20 Youth Room Open House and Parent Meeting (11:15 AM)
October
10/18 Oktoberfest Dinner
10/30 Family Movie Night: Coco
➡️ FULL YOUTH MINISTRY CALENDAR ⬅️
In order to participate in activities, all youth/parents must register to provide up-to-date information for youth leaders, as well as complete the 2025-2026 medical release/consent form. English Spanish
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For more information, contact Alice Real, Director of Youth and Family Ministries, at youth@stmarks-elca.org.
The St. Marks Youth had a great time raking leaves at church member homes on a November Sunday afternoon!
Watch worship on St. Mark's Youtube channel!
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Youth Group Parent Handbook
Parents! Click HERE to download and view your Youth Group 2021-2022 Information Meeting Handout.
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See photos of our 2018-2020 gatherings and 2021 Youth Sunday below:
St. Mark’s Mission Trip to Red Bird Work Camp
July 2024
In July 2024, St. Mark’s sent a team to participate in Red Bird Mission Work Camp. Jim Kyger, Harriet Latta, Maureen Murphy, Alice Real, and Mary Crumrine (Alice’s sister) spent July 21 through July 26 in Beverly, Kentucky, working on home improvement projects in the surrounding community. Guided by Red Bird Crew Leaders, Brett and Kevin, they repaired and replaced a bedroom floor and water heater in an elderly couple's trailer home, and they mudded drywall and installed underpinning around an addition to the couple’s nephew's home across the street. The addition will be a new bedroom for several of the nephew's children.
