How you can help
Carrying the Elements forward during Mass
Each Sunday we carry forward the elements (bread and wine) used in preparing the altar for Holy Communion at 10am mass. This is a meaningful way to participate in worship. Young, not-so-young, single, couples, families—anyone can volunteer. Would you like to help? Sign-up is located on the Welcome Table—located in the colonnade on Sunday mornings prior to and after 10am mass, and then in the parish hall at other times. For more information, or if you have questions, please contact Chey Widdop, Associate for Community Life, at 818-240-3860, option 2, or via email at chey@saintmarks.la.
Greeter Opportunities
Saint Mark’s is in need of a few more greeters for our masses on Sundays. No experience necessary...we will happily train you and pair you with an experienced greeter. The bonus: Being the first to say hello to your fellow parish members! Would you like to volunteer? Please email Julia Peacock at julia@saintmarks.la.
Control Room
Interested in how our live-stream equipment works? We need volunteers during 10am mass to help with the cameras and sound equipment. Let us know if you would like to help. Please email or call Chey Widdop at chey@saintmarks.la, 818-240-3860, option 2.
Ascencia—Lifting People Out of Homelessness
#BEATCOVID19
With the spread of COVID-19, no doubt we are all feeling anxious. But it is times like these that highlight our strength, resilience, and ability to come together as a community. As Ascencia strives to care for the 45 men, women, and children in its emergency shelter, the 226 at-risk families in housing, and our very own staff who come to work every day because our services are essential, we are grateful that our community showed up with donations of meals, cleaning supplies and funds.
But we are in strange times and the shelter in place order means we will continue to face a direct hit at our facilities and the way we can effectively care for our families in housing and those in need of housing. This means we continue to need the support of our community to get through.
MEAL DONATIONS
With the shelter-in-place order, our residents will need to be fed 3 meals a day. Sign up to drop off a meal for 45 shelter residents. Click here to sign up.
Breakfast – Order for delivery or drop off breakfast items. While our RAs are not equipped to cook up anything fancy, they can handle cooking bacon, sausages, eggs, oven-friendly pancakes and waffles, fruits, instant oatmeal, ground coffee, cereal
Lunch and Dinner – Cook and deliver or support your local restaurants and place a delivery order. Click on EZ Cater to see a list of restaurants that deliver.
Groceries – nonperishable canned goods, packaged foods, toilet paper, paper towels, household hygiene items.
Email Genesis Pineda at gpineda@ascenciaca.org for any questions or to coordinate drop off.
HYGIENE DONATIONS
Liquid soap
Dishwashing soap
Bleach
Hand wipes
Hand sanitizer
Plates
Utensils
Paper Towels
Napkins
Tissues
Surgical masks
Latex gloves
Cleaning supplies
Laundry detergent
Toilet Paper
Email Habon Nur at hnur@ascenciaca.org for any questions or to coordinate drop off
MONETARY DONATIONS
Our general funding is being diverted to accommodate this crisis. Our staff is working on the front lines of homeless protection. Many of our wonderful guest chefs can’t donate meals during this time out of their own precautions. Our need to keep the shelter extra clean means putting in place a weekly deep cleaning. During this crisis, every day brings on a new challenge and we need to keep up with the changing needs.
STAY SAFE. STAY HEALTHY.
AND LET’S #BeatCOVID19 TOGETHER
Ascencia
1850 Tyburn St., Glendale, CA 91204
(818)246-7900