We all need the encouragement and help of others to live our lives. St. Mark’s staff and members of the congregation will lift you up in prayer and offer care if you notify us of the need.
Please reach out
Alzheimer’s / Dementia support group Meetings monthly on the fourth Thursday at 1:30 p.m. in room 1203.
All who are caring for loved ones with Alzheimer’s or dementia can receive encouragement and information in the company of other care givers. The group meetings feature discussion, support and occasional guest speakers.
St. Mark’s ministers to members who may be confined to their homes or long-term care facilities. A team of servants make visits on a regular basis to talk, listen and share the love of Christ.
We also take worship to the people when the people can’t come to worship. Lay persons share the sacrament of Holy Communion during their visits. Video recordings of worship services are also made available. Request care.
For families of deceased members, servants in the St. Mark’s manna ministry provide meals before or after memorial services. Contact (615) 893-3455.
There may be no more fitting place for the remains of a Christian than near his or her church. For this purpose, St. Mark’s offers a columbarium, a consecrated structure for the inurnment of a deceased person’s ashes after cremation. It is located in garden area on the North side of the sanctuary. Inurnment on church property is recognition of the communion of saints, both living and dead, and it is a witness to faith in the resurrection to eternal life.
The purchase of a niche in the St. Mark’s columbarium is open to: Any minister or past minister of St. Mark’s UMC, member or past member of St. Mark’s UMC, and members of the minister’s or church member’s immediate families. Each niche has room for two urns. For additional information, please contact St. Mark’s.