About Us: Living God's Love – A Christian Community with the Heart of a Lion
Communications table at Fall
Ministries Fair seeking new
volunteers
The traditional symbol of St. Mark is the Lion, and living up to the spirit of the Lion is a challenge that our community takes seriously..
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. St. Mark's is a part of the Berkeley community, and deeply involved in service to the homeless and to each other.
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 a wide variety of topics. Recent ones include “The Gospels in the Epiphany Season” and “The Kingship of Christ.”
- 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.
- Opportunities to participate in all aspects of congregational life.