This is the first service held under a tent on St. Mark’s front lawn. It’s also the first Eucharistic service since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down inside services in March 2020.

There were major problems with the celebrant’s portable, wireless mic cutting out.I tried various editing and mixing tactics but was unable to completely eliminate the dropouts.  

Audio Tracks:

1. Welcoming (Rev. Brian Blayer
   
2. Reading  1: Ezekiel 37:1-14 (Sue Gagnon)                                                         
   
3. Reading  2: Acts 2:1-21 (Art Engler, Harry Evageliou, David Sykes and Angela Garcia-Clark in various languages)
   
4. Holy Gospel: John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 (Rev. Brian Blayer)
   
5. Sermon (Rev. Brian Blayer)
   

• Audio extracts from the Lutheran Morning Prayer Service:
St. Mark’s is fortunate to have as parishioner Retired Lutheran Pastor Bruce Steinway. He makes it poossible for us to have a once monthly Lutheran service for parishioners and viewers who may be Lutheran. He officiated at his first  outdoor Drive-In Lutheran Morning Prayer Service for the 7th Sunday of Easter. (Until today, his outdoor services were cancelled by rain.) Parishioner Harry Evangeliou was the reader and Madison Day was the videographer. Parishioner David Doiron setup the wireless microphones and recorded the audio of the service. He also downloaded the Facebook Live video and prepared it for viewing by people not having access to Facebook. Links to the recorded extracts:

Welcoming (Pr. Bruce Steinway)

Lesson  1: I John 5:9-13 (Harry Evangeliou)                                                         

Lesson  2: John 17:11b-19 (Harry Evangeliou)

Homily (Pr. Bruce Steinway)

05-02-2021 5th Sunday of Easter S - 9 AM Outdoor Drive-In Morning Prayer Service

Rev. Brian Blayer officiated at this continuation of our outdoor Drive-In Morning Prayer Service for the 5th Sunday of Easter. Parishioner Peter Kosciusko was the reader, and David Sykes was the videographer. Music was provided by Charles Houmard, playing the electronic piano, and St. Mark’s UConn scholar soloist Angela Garcia-Clark.

In an experiment, parishioner David Doiron recorded the service's audio with the church’s sound system and recording equipment and edited the recorded tracks. Overall the recording was successful; however, one more mic is needed to pick up the electronic piano. The audio tracks extracted:

• Welcoming (Rev. Brian Blayer)
• Lesson  1: Acts 8:26-40 (Peter Kosciusko)                                                         
• Lesson  2: John 15:1-8 (Peter Kosciusko)
• Homily (Rev. Brian Blayer)
  

Link to the printer-ready service booklet for this Sunday.

Link to the video of the 9 AM morning prayer service on May 2, 2021, the 5th Sunday of Easter.

Rev. Brian Blayer officiated. Music Director Charles Houmard played the electronic piano, and UConn student Angela Garcia-Clark was the soloist. Videographer was parishioner David Sykes, and parishioner Peter Kosciusko was the lector. Parishioner David Doiron processed the Facebook Live video to produce this video.

Link to the Weekly Announcements for 04-30-21. This will open in your browser.

This was an indoor Facebook Live Church Service. Parishioner David Doiron recorded the service's audio with the church’s sound system and recording equipment and edited the recorded tracks. He also downloaded the Facebook Live video and prepared it for viewing by people not having access to Facebook.

Audio Tracks:

• Prelude:  For the Splendor of Creation (Music: Gustav Holst)
  
• Welcoming (Rev. Brian Blayer)
  
• 1st Hymn: By All Your Saints Still Striving
  
• Lesson  1: Isaiah 52:7-10 (David Sykes)                                                         
  
• Lesson  2: Mark 1:1-15 (David Sykes)
  
• Homily (Rev. Brian Blayer)
  
• Hymn After Homily: For the Splendor of Creation
  
• Hymn Before Great Thanksgiving: Jesus is Lord of all the earth (This taken from Facebook Live recording. Recording equipment experienced a hardware problem.)
  
• Last Hymn: We are Marching to Zion
  

The Weekly Announcements for April 23, 2021.

04-18-2021 3rd Sunday of Easter Lutheran Morning Prayer Service Excerpts
Rev. Bruce Steinway officiated at this Lutheran Morning Prayer Service. Parishioner Art Engler was the reader, and Warden Madison Day was the videographer. Music was provided by Charles Houmard, playing the organ and grand piano, and St. Mark’s scholar Angela Garcia-Clark was the soloist.

This was an indoor Facebook Live Church Service. Parishioner David Doiron recorded the service's audio with the church’s sound system and recording equipment and edited the recorded tracks. He also downloaded the Facebook Live video and prepared it for viewing by people not having access to Facebook. Please note the link to the service booklet is after the video link.

Audio Tracks:

1. Welcoming (Rev. Bruce Steinway)
   
2. 1st Hymn: Alleluia! Jesus Is Risen! (Author: Herbert F. Brokering, Composer: David N. Johnson)
   
3. Reading 1: I John 1:1-2:2 (Art Engler)                                                         
   
4. Reading 2: Luke 24:36-48 (Art Engler)
   
5. Homily (Rev. Bruce Steinway)
   
6. Hymn After Homily: Day of Arising (Author: Susan Palo Cherwien, Composer: Carl F. Schalk)
   
7. Hymn After Our Father: Joyful Is the Dark (Author: Brian A. Wren, Music: Robert Chrystal)\
   
8. Last Hymn: Thine the Amen (Author: Herbert F. Brokering, Composer: Carl F. Schalk)
   

The Weekly Announcements for April 16, 2021. It will open in a new browser window or tab.

04-11-2021: 2nd Sunday of Easter Drive-In Morning Prayer Service
Madison Day officiated, and parishioner Peter Kosciusko read the Lessons. Parishioner David Doiron extracted the audio from the Facebook Live feed and edited the resulting tracks.
Audio Tracks:
Welcoming (Madison Day)
Lesson 1: Acts 4:32-35 (Peter Kosciusko)                                                        
Lesson 2: John 20:19-31 (Peter Kosciusko)
Homily (Madison Day)

Below are the 2 pieces of the Easter Vigil Service.
I apologize for the delay. There was an interruption during the Facebook Live transmission of the service, resulting in Facebook creating separate files for the broadcast portions before and after the interruption. My family doesn't take videos, so I couldn't justify buying the software that seamlessly could combine the 2 pieces. I spent the past 4 days researching and experimenting with native Mac applications to join the pieces with some success. However, Weebly, the company that hosts our site, uses a proprietary method for uploading files to websites. It frozes  during every attempt to upload the file. It also froze during several attempts at uploading these 2 pieces. But it's Thursday morning, I was finally successful at loading the 2 chunks. I hope it was worth the effort to make these available.   😅

04-04-2021 Easter Sunday Morning Prayer Service Extracts
Rev. Brian Blayer officiated and read the Lessons. Parishioner David Doiron extracted the audio from the Facebook Live feed and edited the resulting tracks.

Audio Tracks:

Welcoming (Rev. Brian Blayer)

Lesson 1: Isaiah 25:6-9 (Brian Blayer)                                                         

Lesson 2: Mark 16:1-8 (Brian Blayer)

Homily (Rev. Brian Blayer)

The entire video for the 2021 Drive-In Easter Sunday service. 
Providing a copy of the Easter Vigil service is being delayed because the Facebook Live video is in 2 files due to the transmission being interrupted. I'm working on a solution to combining the 2 pieces in a format capable of being played by the most common Windows and Mac applications.