Who we are
Mission Statement: St. Mark's is a welcoming, caring, affirming and inclusive community. We come together to worship Jesus Christ whose loving example and teachings call us to love God and our neighbors without exception and to serve our communities wherever there is need.
We are a diverse and active parish, located in the heart of downtown Mt. Kisco, drawing our congregation from across Northern Westchester. We invite you to learn more about us here and we hope that you will visit us in person as well.
We seek to serve all persons who may have unanswered spiritual needs; religious questions; major life events; a hunger for a fresh sense of community; or who want to learn more about God, Jesus, the Church, or a Life of Faith. We recognize that the spiritual life is a unique journey for each person. It would be a privilege to have you come and journey with us.
Our weekly Sunday service is a 9:30 am celebration of the Holy Eucharist in the form of Rite II, which uses contemporary language, for most Sundays, and the more Traditional, Rite I, service on a Sunday during each season. We also have a service on Thursday mornings at 9:00 am followed by our Bible/Book Study.
9:30 am Eucharistic Service
85 East Main Street
Mt. Kisco, NY 10549
This Week's E-Blast Message from the Rector
“Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” He said, “I will be with you; and this shall be the sign for you that it is I who sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall worship God on this mountain.” [Exodus 3-NRSV]
This Sunday we meet Moses on the worst day of his life to be handed a job. He's neither in a temple praying for what's next nor on a discernment retreat. He's just out keeping somebody else's sheep, a man with a killing in his past (we skipped over that part from last week to this one) and a stammer in his mouth, and a bush catches fire and God asks him to walk into Pharaoh's throne room and demand the freedom of a whole people. Moses says the only sensible thing there is to say: "Who am I?"
What God says back is the reason this story has held us for three thousand years. God doesn't particularly answer the question. God doesn't list out Moses' gifts, talk up his potential, or tell him he's somehow secretly ready despite zero preparation. God says four words that have nothing to do with Moses' gifts or power at all: "I will be with you."
Then we'll follow that same courage into Matthew's Gospel, where Jesus sets his face toward Jerusalem and Peter, who loves him and just declared him the Messiah last week, tries to talk him out of it.
We'll be back with the Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray, the poet, lawyer, and priest in the Episcopal Church, who knew as well as anyone what it costs to keep going when the sign has not come yet. Come hear what she has to say about weary throats and stubborn hope. Bring the question you have been afraid to ask, and bring the fear and Pharaoh you've been driving past.
May Peace live in your heart,
Rev. Kyle
Meet The Team
The Rev. Kyle Martindale
Rector
Chrissy Fontanilla
Parish Administrator
Anthony Rispo
Organist & Music Director
Misael Enamorado
Sexton
Alex Antes
Senior Warden
Jody Sherman
Junior Warden
Jennifer Barlow
Bookkeeper
Amanda Allen
Treasurer