Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral

Holy Eucharist (8)
2025-01-05 08:00 - 09:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Thomsen Chapel
A spoken service of Holy Eucharist in Thomsen Chapel, with sermon and hymns.

Holy Eucharist (9)
2025-01-05 09:00 - 10:00 | Cathedral Nave
Liturgy with sermon and hymns. Music is offered by Saint Mark’s Singers or children’s choirs.
Children’s Chapel is offered during the 9 a.m. service. After the Gospel is proclaimed, children pre-school through 2nd grade are invited to Thomsen Chapel for Bible stories, singing, and prayer. Parents are welcome to join their children. They return at the Peace.
Location: Cathedral Nave
This service is not livestreamed.

Godly Play
2025-01-05 10:00 - 11:00 | St. Nicholas Bldg., 2nd floor
FIRST AND THIRD SUNDAYS OF THE MONTH, 10–11 A.M., in the St Nicholas Building, 2nd floor
On May 4, there will be an open house of the classrooms instead of a usual lesson.
On May 18, Godly Play participants are encourages to go to Bloedel Hall, where Canon Griffin will be offering a Godly Play lesson for the whole congregation.
Godly Play meets as usual on the first and third Sundays June, June 1 and 15, and then takes a summer hiatus until September.
Developed over the course of the last 40 years, Godly Play is a Montessori-informed curriculum and method of exploring the sacred stories and practices of our religious tradition in a way that creates a space for “listening to God with children.”
Regular Godly Play gatherings for kids age 3 and up are offered on the first and third Sundays of the month in the 10 a.m. hour. Saint Mark’s offers two Godly Play groups: the Weavers’ Class (age 3 to grade 2) and the Fishers’ Class (grades 3 to 5). Meet in the classrooms on the second floor of the St. Nicholas Building.
Contact Canon Barrie with questions: wbarrie@saintmarks.org

Holy Eucharist (11)
2025-01-05 11:00 - 12:00
Liturgy and music reflecting the breadth and depth of the Episcopal tradition, with Scripture, sermon, hymns, and choral anthems.
Worship in person or online at saintmarks.org/livestream — also streams simultaneously at facebook.com/SaintMarksSeattle and at youtube.com/c/SaintMarksEpiscopalCathedralSeattle/

20s/30s Book Group: Braiding Sweetgrass
2025-01-05 12:30 - 13:30 | Leffler House 2nd Floor Retreat Rooms
SUNDAY, JANUARY 5 AND FIRST SUNDAYS IN JANUARY–APRIL, 12:30–1:30 P.M., all meetings are at Leffler House 2nd Floor meeting room, except for February 2, which is in St. Nicholas Building
Gather to read and learn from Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book, “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants.” We will meet once per month from January – April to discuss select chapters of this collection of essays. This book group is hosted by the 20s & 30s group, but all are welcome to join. “As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on ‘a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise.’” (Elizabeth Gilbert). Contact Julia at julia7cooper@gmail.com to RSVP. Even if you cannot make every meeting, you are welcome to join! Stay tuned for a schedule of chapters which we will focus on for each meeting.

Newcomers' Coffee Hour with Clergy
2025-01-05 12:30 - 14:00 | Leffler Living Room
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOING THE CONCLUSION OF THE 11 A.M. SERVICE
For many years, a Newcomers’ Coffee with Clergy has been offered on the first Sunday of each month, for guests, newcomers, and anyone with questions about this community and its liturgies. Gather in the back of the nave immediately following the 11 a.m. Sunday service on the first Sunday of the month.
Email newcomers@saintmarks.org if you cannot attend in person, or with any other questions.

Choral Evensong
2025-01-05 16:30 - 17:30
FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH, OCTOBER–JUNE, 4:30 P.M., in person in the cathedral nave, and livestreamed

The ancient practice of singing evening prayers is a longstanding practice in many Christian traditions. In English cathedrals, this practice developed, through the centuries, into a special sung service, and today Choral Evensong is a treasure among Christian liturgies and a jewel of the Anglican choral tradition.
The Saint Mark’s Evensong Choir, an intergenerational choir of children, teenagers, and adults, offers this beautiful service once a month. All are welcome.

Learn more at: saintmarks.org/evensong

Evensong Services, 2024–25
SEPTEMBER 1, 2024 – Service of Gratitude for the Ministry of Bishop Provisional Melissa Skelton
SEPTEMBER 15, 2024 – The Welcome & Seating of the Ninth Bishop of the Diocese of Olympia
OCTOBER 6, 2024 – Celebrating Francis and Clare of Assisi
NOVEMBER 3, 2024 – The Feast of All Saints (transferred)
[On December 1, 2024, Evensong is replaced by the annual “O” Antiphons Advent liturgy]
JANUARY 5, 2025 – The Eve of the Feast of the Epiphany
FEBRUARY 2, 2025 – The Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candelmas)
MARCH 2, 2025 – The Last Sunday after the Epiphany
APRIL 6, 2025 – The Fifth Sunday in Lent
MAY 4, 2025 – The Third Sunday of Easter
JUNE 1, 2025 – The Feast of the Visitation (transferred)

Twelfth Night Burning of the Greens and Chili Supper
2025-01-05 17:30 - 19:00 | Cathedral Nave
SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 5:30 P.M., in the cathedral nave and parking lot
Since January 5 falls on a Sunday in 2025, the traditional Twelfth Night outdoor bonfire of Christmas greenery will follow first-Sunday Choral Evensong this year. Bring greens from home to burn as well. A community potluck chili supper will follow. (Chili toppings, salad, s’mores fixings, and hot cider will be provided—chili and cornbread requested!) Register to participate in the dinner here.

Contemplative Eucharist
2025-01-05 19:00 - 20:00 | Thomsen Chapel
EVERY SUNDAY, 7 P.M. (SEPTEMBER–JUNE), Thomsen Chapel

This evening Eucharist offers periods of silence for reflection, simple meditative music, and lots of candlelight.
Anointing and healing blessings are offered after the service. Learn more here.
NOTE: in 2025 Contemplative Eucharist is cancelled on November 30 due to the O Antiphons liturgy in the nave at that time. On December 21, the Contemplative Eucharist will be a special service offered especially for those for whom the Holiday season is a difficult or painful time.

The Office of Compline
2025-01-05 21:30 - 22:00 | Cathedral Nave
EVERY SUNDAY, 9:30 P.M. in the cathedral nave, livestreamed, and broadcast on Classical KING
A beloved Seattle institution since 1956, the all-male Compline Choir sings the last monastic office of the day every Sunday at 9:30 p.m.
The service is broadcast live each week on KING 98.1 FM, or streaming at king.org.
The service is livestreamed on the cathedral’s livestream page, or on complinechoir.org, or on Facebook: facebook.com/SaintMarksSeattle or facebook.com/complinechoir or on YouTube: youtube.com/c/SaintMarksEpiscopalCathedralSeattle
Video of recent services may be seen on the Compline page.
The service is also available as a podcast. To hear each week’s service on-demand, search for “Saint Mark’s Compline” wherever you get you podcasts, or visit complinepodcast.org.
Learn more on the Compline page of this website, or at complinechoir.org.
