Changing the World
One Tomato at a Time
St. Mark’s and St. John’s is a spiritual home where you can come exactly as you are to share in the joy of being in a community that believes all people are loved by God.
In response to the love of God, we have created several missions that include: providing spiritual healing and inspiration through our worship experiences, growing fresh vegetables in seven community gardens, offering job training opportunities through the city's "Summer Youth Opportunity Program", providing food for those in need every Wednesday morning, offering a safe, fun place for children during school vacations.
Sundays
8:30am - Casual Worship w/ Eucharist
10am - Holy Eucharist w/ Music
Tuesdays
7pm - AA (Grace & Truth) Meeting at Church
Wednesdays
10am - 3rd Wed. - Healing Eucharist Service
10:30am-12pm - Food Shelf
Thursdays (2nd & 4th of the Month)
5:30pm - Healing Service (Chapel)
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Our Latest News
July 31, 2018
SOOP Week 3 Blog
The summer has been flying by, and our SOOP interns are just past the halfway point in their internship experience. Over the past several weeks, they’ve been shoveling, planting, learning, networking, canvassing, and forming relationships, and it’s been...
July 20, 2018
We’re approaching the end of Week 2 of the SOOP program, and SMSJ’s been through some big changes. Our EDEN gardens are growing, and we’re not just talking about the vegetables! This week, I sat down with Julian, a 16-year old drama major at School of the Arts, and Ran...
July 12, 2018
It’s been an exciting week here at SMSJ! Our SOOP interns have been busy working, learning, and making new connections, and our newest garden is about to get a lot bigger. Today I’m working with Shawn, a 16-year-old student at UPrep, and Josh, an 18-year-old Edison stu...
July 10, 2018
On Monday, July 9th, 10 teenagers from across the city arrived at SMSJ to begin their summer internship experience in our EDEN gardens. Over the next 6 weeks, our interns will be working with us to maintain the gardens and share SMSJ’s vision of a happy, healthy, conne...
February 19, 2018
FREE School Break Program (February 19th - 23rd)
You are invited to join us for a week of Kids' Club for children Kindergarten through sixth grade. There are some exciting program additions that we'd like to share with you. We are now calling our program “Kids’ Club Gr...
September 28, 2017
Fifteen students from the University of Rochester gathered at SMSJ yesterday to explore environmental justice. They are enrolled in a class entitled:The politics of Nature: Race, Gender and the Environment. The University is partnering with St. Mark's and St. John'...
September 5, 2017
The images coming out of Houston in the wake of hurricane Harvey are frightening.
As we sat outside in the sun, looking over the lush vegetable garden at the church groaning with squash, beans, eggplant, and tomatoes, these pictures from Houston seemed surreal. We want...
July 20, 2017
Water is an important resource to our garden, especially in our soils. It is imperative that we water as efficiently and carefully as possible as not to waste this valuable resource.
Here are some extra tips to help conserve water and increase hydration productivity in...
July 19, 2017
Composting is essential to our gardens and soils because it returns the necessary nutrients for planting back to the soil. When we compost we naturally accelerate fertilization in soils that may be exhausted from previous planting.
By composting, we add organic materia...
July 19, 2017
Intercropping is the practice of growing multiple different types of plants together in one location.
This method offers many benefits to our garden including:
1) Creating stability for our soils
2) Reducing the need for added chemicals and fertilizer
3) Adding to the N...
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