February 22, 2020St. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WIThe Rev. Ian Burch Good morning, and welcome to St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. Many of you are members here and are familiar with gathering in this sanctuary for joys and for...
The Rev. Ian BurchSt. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WIFebruary 16, 2020 Many of you have been decades-long friends of Mark Heffron, who died suddenly and unexpectedly Friday night. Others of you only know him a bit from the...
4th Sunday after Epiphany, YearFebruary 2, 2020The Rev. Ian BurchSt. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WI If I tell you that I grew up with lots of Stephanies, Jennifers, and Jessicas, you can probably guess my age give or...
The Rev. Ian BurchSt. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WIJanuary 26, 2020 And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fish for people.” Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good...
The Rev. Ian BurchSt. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WIJanuary 19, 2020 Perhaps you can relate to feeling a bit out of step with something going on around you. Maybe you’ve been in a meeting where everyone was nodding...
The Rev. Ian BurchSt. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WIDecember 1, 2019 This weekend marks the official start to four weeks of Christmas music, lighted reindeer, office parties, and terrible but oddly compelling Hallmark movies. There’s a sweetness in...
The Rev. Ian BurchSt. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee,November 27, 2019Thanksgiving Eve In college, I found myself without a place to go for Thanksgiving. I had planned to go see an aunt, but it fell through for some reason,...
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The Rev. Ian BurchSt. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WINovember 17, 2019 Anyone who knows me well knows that my dad passed away about eleven years ago from a particularly virulent form of cancer. He was pretty young, and...
The Rev. Ian BurchSt. Mark’s Episcopal Church | Milwaukee, WINovember 10, 2019 In 1976, before many of our newer members were born, the General Convention of the Episcopal Church — its national governing body made up of bishops, priests,...