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A message from the Rector

Grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. We hope you will find this web site helpful and will lead you to deepen your interest in this place of worship.Our Church attracts around 800 families from East Belfast and beyond. St. Mark’s is unique in many ways. It is particularly famous as the Church where the great writer and Christian apologist C S Lewis was baptised and worshipped as a child. He and his soldier / historian brother Warnie kept up their connections with the church where, indeed, their father continued to work for the rest of his life. The memorial window that the brothers had erected, in memory of their parents, can be seen on the south aisle of the church.

Despite this and other distinctions St. Mark’s is principally a worshipping community of believers in Jesus Christ. We offer a warm welcome for all who visit with us. Our historical connections mean that we often receive interested groups and individuals. We are more than happy to share what we can, in person, or by the Internet.

The style of worship in St. Mark’s is traditional. The psalms and canticles are still chanted and the atmosphere is undoubtedly restrained but, we hope, never dull, but always friendly. The 1662 service is used for Morning Prayer and the Parish Communion is a modern language version.

On the first Sunday morning of each month we have an all age service where the music is led in part by a Music Group and which is considerably less formal than other services. On other Sundays children and young people come to Church for the first ten minutes or so and then leave for Sunday School. In our service pattern and in the way we conduct worship we are trying our best to blend the old and the new and to keep a distinctively Church of Ireland “feel”. Above all we want to create a Church where God can be worshipped and encountered through Scripture and sacrament and where people can feel at home with Our Father. It is a community of very mixed ages and tastes and, like all such communities, it depends on a good deal of give and take to succeed.

I hope that this web site whets your appetite for further investigations and that you continue to visit us in whatever you can! Please note that the web site is still under construction.

Wherever you are we pray for God’s blessing on you, your family and friends.

John McDowell