Mission Statement
Saint Mark’s is a community

that gathers in faith,

serves in love

and proclaims hope,

through Jesus Christ.

Vision Statement
Saint Mark’s is a welcoming church that seeks to grow

through spiritual nourishment, evangelism and outreach,

bearing witness in the Anglo-Catholic tradition

to God’s grace in Philadelphia and the wider church.

Values Statement
Saint Mark’s is a loving community that values:
•    reverent sacramental worship
•    gracious hospitality
•    generous outreach
•    comprehensive Christian formation

 

The Vestry met in September 2007 to discuss draft versions of all these statements, and to pray about the mission of the parish.  Those drafts were circulated by mail to the entire Parish with notice of three opportunities to provide feedback in open forums throughout the Fall. In due course, a fourth session for parish feedback was scheduled to accommadate as many voices and ideas as we could.  At a second retreat in January 2008 the Vestry reviewed the feedback collected from the parish and  spent time in prayer again to make changes as seemed approriate to reflect the mind of the parish at large as well as the guidance of the Holy Spirit as we were able to discern it.  Together, the Vestry and clergy agreed to the final versions of these statements and pledged to continue to engage in a process of strategic planning to enable the growth and impact of the ministries of Saint Mark's.