St. Mark's, Capitol Hill
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We are open to all – as we say before every Eucharist: “Wherever you are on your faith journey, whatever you believe or don’t believe, baptized or not, we welcome you to join us.”
We are some 600 adults, children and youth building a welcoming, inclusive community that strives every day to live into our Mission Statement:
“St. Mark’s is an open community, welcoming people wherever they are on their faith journey. We celebrate the gifts of God that empower us to engage boldly in the struggles of life and to care for others with love, justice, and compassion.”
We are a place for families to worship, play and grow together through active planned participation of children and youth in worship, a full Sunday School program and a broad range of non-class activities for middle and high schoolers.
We are a “destination church” – about half of us come from our historic Capitol Hill and surrounding city neighborhoods; the balance from throughout the metropolitan area – from as close as Arlington and Takoma Park, as far away as Fairfax, Rockville and Annapolis.
We are an historic building that is home to a 50-year tradition of worshiping in the round, and a Nave flexible enough to host a concert, a dinner dance for 200 and Sunday worship – all on the same weekend!
You are St. Mark’s. Join us.
Worship times
Ministries
Environmental Stewardship
The Green Lions: This group’s goals and activities encourage the St. Mark’s community to become better environmental stewards by acting in ways that sustain God’s creation and model wise use of the Earth’s resources to support a world in which all can thrive.
Refugee Assistance
St. Marks has joined with several other Capitol Hill churches to organize welcoming and practical services for a refugee family that will soon arrive from Syria, Iraq, or Afghanistan.
Sacred Ground Race Dialogue Circles
Sacred Ground is dialogue series on race, grounded in faith. Small groups are invited to walk through chapters of America’s history of race, racism, and whiteness while weaving in threads of family story, economic class, and political and regional identity. The 10-part series is built around a powerful online curriculum of documentary films and readings that focus on Indigenous, Black, Latino, and Asian/Pacific American histories as they intersect with European American histories.
Sacred Ground is a resource coming out of Becoming Beloved Community, The Episcopal Church’s long-term commitment to racial healing, reconciliation, and justice in our personal lives, our ministries, and our society. This series is especially designed to help white people talk with other white people, while being open to all racial/ethnic groups. Participants are invited to peel away the layers that have contributed to the challenges and divides of the present day – all while grounded in our call to faith, hope and love.
301 A St SE
Washington, DC 20003-3812
United States
