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The St. Mark’s community celebrates God’s inclusive love and welcomes you wherever you are on your spiritual journey. Founded in 1877, St. Mark’s is built on a tradition of meaningful worship, service to others, and lively intellectual discussion about the purpose of our lives.

At St. Mark’s you’ll find:

• A warm and welcoming group of people who enjoy fellowship  and are engaged in spiritual discovery and liturgical worship. The Rev. Robbin Clark, our full-time rector, provides spiritual and liturgical leadership to the community. (You can check her sermons and those of visiting clergy by clicking here.)
  
  
• An intellectually engaged and inquiring congregation. Following the Sunday liturgy, St. Mark’s generally hosts 45-minute forum discussions on such topics as “The Gospels in the Epiphany Season” and “The Kingship of Christ.” We even have a rabbi-in-residence, Ferenc Raj, retired from Congregation Beth El, who has provided Jewish perspectives on the Hebrew scriptures and religious practices.
  
  
• An outstanding music program with a renowned choir that offers a broad range of anthems and motets from the classical and contemporary repertoire and leads robust congregational singing. Looking to sing? This is the place for you. In the summer of 2007, the choir toured England.
  
  
• A congregation committed to social service, including services at a local convalescent home, the preparation of meals for youths at a Berkeley shelter and the provision of a monthly dinner to homeless adults. We also offer our facilities for use by a youth clinic and emergency shelter and maintain a regular program of outreach giving. 
  
  
• A rich children’s Sunday School program that uses the Godly Play curriculum, a Montessori-based, hands-on approach that allows our children to have fun learning Bible stories.

Clergy and Staff

	Rev. Robbin Clark, Rector At St. Mark's since 1993. Favorite aspects of the parish? "The diversity of the congregation, its lively intellectual atmosphere, and inspiring worship."
	Rev. Ellen Ekström, Deacon At St. Mark's since 1995. What Ellen loves best about St. Mark's: "the community, the liturgy, and the many outreach opportunities for living out the Gospel." Ellen has a blog of "theological musings" that you may reach by clicking on this link.
	Mr. George Emblom, Music Director At St. Mark's since 1992. "St. Mark's appreciates good music. It's a wonderful parish to serve, and the people are fabulous!"
Assisting Clergy	The Rev. Arthur Holder The Rev. Micah Jackson The Rev. James B. Jones The Rev. Scott Sinclair The Rev. Owen Thomas The Rev. Patricia Walker-Sprague The Rev. Louis Weil
Property Manager	Courtney Storm
Office Coordinator	Vanessa Capino
Childcare Director	Ed Silberman
Sextons	Raymond Arnold, Karen “KJ” Jones
Feline	Julian
Webmaster	Timothy Sullivan
Web content editor	Jane Adams
Mission Statement Our mission statement offers a glimpse of who we are: "Saint Mark's is a Christian Community seeking to celebrate God's inclusive love and to embody it in the world. As a member of the world-wide Anglican Communion, the Episcopal Church has its roots in the English Reformation but maintains as well continuity with the richness of the catholic Christian tradition. The Good News of the Gospel is intended for all people. Saint Mark's strives to celebrate the Gospel of Jesus Christ: we worship God in liturgies of word, sacrament, and music; we serve God in ministries in the parish and the world; we grow in the Christian life through fellowship, study, discussion, prayer, and reflection. Saint Mark's embraces many gifts and voices and persons of a variety of backgrounds and life styles, and welcomes all persons in their spiritual journey."