St. Mark’s Alliances

You are invited to join one or more of our St. Mark's Alliances

St. Mark’s alliances bring people together to further their common interests and to create bonds between them, as we seek to serve our world in Christ. We have formed ourselves into the following seven alliances. These alliances also foster several partnership ministries.

• Anti-Racism Alliance

  The Anti-Racism Alliance brings together people who are committed to study, prayer and action as we become an anti-racist community of faith. We strive to grow in faith, both by learning to recognize our systemic and structural privilege and by committing to personal engagement.

  Ministry Opportunities

  • Organizes educational events throughout the year

  • Organizes educational events, worship materials, and media for Black History Month

  • Organizes educational events, worship materials, and media for Juneteenth

• Creation Care Alliance

  The Creation Care Alliance brings together people who affirm the sacredness of all that God has made and the calling we have to be faithful stewards who live in harmony with creation. In a time of climate crisis, we also seek to grow in attending to climate justice and resilience for all people.

  Ministry Opportunities

  • Organizes educational opportunities, hikes and outdoor activities throughout the year

  Ministry Teams

  • The Shalom Project

  • Greening Congregation

• Gender Sexuality Alliance

  The Gender Sexuality Alliance brings together people who are committed to the full welcome, inclusion, and celebration of LGBTQIA+ people in all aspects of congregational life and in the community. We seek to live out our calling as a Reconciling in Christ congregation.

  Ministry Opportunities

  • Organizes educational events throughout the year

  • Participates in the Tacoma Pride Festival

  Ministry Teams

  • Essentials for Homeless Youth

  • Oasis Youth Center

• Interfaith Alliance

  The Inter-Faith Alliance brings together people who are committed to building relationships of trust, mutual respect, and collaboration with people of diverse faith communities. Our partners in this alliance include Associated Ministries, Temple Beth El, Bethany Presbyterian Church, and the Islamic Center of Tacoma.

  Ministry Opportunities

  • Cooperatively organizes a monthly Women’s Interfaith Tea with other faith communities in the Tacoma area

• Housing Alliance

  The Housing Alliance brings together people who seek to address homelessness both in our own community and abroad.

  Ministry Opportunities

  • Organizes and facilitates Tiny House builds in support of the Low-Income Housing Institue

  • Organizes and facilitates an annual trip to Mexico as a part of a long-term ministry partnership with Lutheran Border Concerns

• Hunger Alliance

  The Hunger Alliance brings together people who seek adequate food and nutrition for all, both in our own community and abroad.

  Ministry Teams

  • Peace Community Center

  • Nativity House

  • DeLong Backpack Program

  • Holiday Giving Tree

  • Chase the Chill

  • Hunger Walk & Run

• Global Refugee Alliance

  The Global Refugee Alliance brings together people who are committed to a ministry of global embrace, and to the resettlement of refugees in our own community.

  Ministry Teams and Opportunities

  • Cooperatively organizes the sponsorship of refugees in our area in partnership with Global Refuge

  • Organizes and produces quilts and care kits in support of Lutheran World Relief

  • Organizes advocacy and education efforts for justice in Palestine and Israel through Sumud St. Mark’s, a branch of ELCA Sumud

Interested in joining one of our St. Mark’s Alliances?

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