CHORAL EVENSONG, SUNDAY 4TH JUNE 5PM
Come along to hear our wonderful choir sing a service of choral evensong on Sunday 4th June at 5pm, featuring music by Brahms, Stanford and Ayleward, amongst others.
📣 🎶 We are currently looking for a new Director of Music/Organist to begin anytime from July 2023 🎶 📣
Would you like to come and work and live in Florence, the heart of art and culture? We are currently in the process of appointing a new Director of Music/Organist to lead the music at St Mark’s English Church, Florence, working with our friendly choir and wonderful staff team and congregation to lead our rich musical programme, and to continue our long-standing English choral tradition here at St Mark’s. The role involves playing for weekly Sunday morning services, leading a weekly mid-week choir rehearsal, organising all musical events in the church (including with visiting musicians), and working in the office in an administrative capacity for a few hours during the week. Accommodation can be provided. Unfortunately, due to Brexit, we can only appoint a musician who holds an EU passport.
If you are interested in this exciting role, please send an expression of interest to revchris007@gmail.com – applications will be considered as they are received ✉️
Sunday Rotas – If you would like to volunteer to help out with coffee/readings/welcoming at our Sunday services, either regularly or as a one-off, please add your name to this spreadsheet. Thank you so much! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10RgRxiTQG_tEAKsBjqaN3vlba6fAWULh4gBUV9LcjTo/edit
Sunday’s Hymns – Each week Bethy provides a link on our website to the hymns we’re singing next Sunday so you can familiarise yourself with any new tunes. You can see them here: https://stmarksitaly.com/hymns-for-the-week/
WhatsApp Group – We are going to experiment with a church WhatsApp group so we can get urgent (and not-so-urgent) messages to people who attend church regularly. Want to join? send your name and phone number to Pascale: administrator@stmarksitaly.com
Otto per mille – If you are a tax payer in Italy, you can now allocate part of your contribution to the Church of England in Italy – including St Mark’s. Just look out for Association “Chiesa D’ Inghilterra” in Italy.
Church Opening – When we open our doors, people come in! That has been our experience over the last 5 months. We would love to have the church open for at least two hours every weekday. If you can offer two hours a week (preferably 10-12, but other hours are possible), please speak to Bernie or Chris.
Newsletter – We have now restarted our regular St Mark’s newsletter. If you are not receiving this and would like to, please give your name and email to Chris or Linda.
‘THE SEASONS’ – CONCERT BY AMERICAN PIANIST NICHOLAS BAVANI
American Pianist Nicholas Bavani performs a series of concerts entitled ‘The Seasons’, featuring music by Erik Satie, Tchaikovsky, Chopin and more. Donations upon entry welcome. Concerts on Wednesday 21st June at 13:00, Friday 23rd June at 20:00, and Wednesday 5th July at 20:00.
