Celebrating the rich history of Black achievement, Black resilience, Black faith, Black culture, Black joy, and Black identity.
Listen Up
Explore a curated collection of songs designed to celebrate and highlight the incredible black artists from across the decades. Whether you want to learn, reflect, or just enjoy, our audio selections offer something for every listener.
Black History Month
Devotional Series
Monday through Friday during Black History Month, we will provide a brief reading and devotional written by our members and clergy drawn from the voices of Black preachers, theologians, writers, and witnesses whose faith shaped both church and world. These reflections invite us to encounter a gospel lived with courage, love, and trust in God—guiding us to deeper unity, resilient faith, and a renewed commitment to justice in our own time.
Week 1: UNITY & LOVE ACROSS DIFFERENCES
Week 2: FAITH & TRUST IN GOD
Week 3: COMPASSION & REDEMPTION
February 18
Tough Minds, Tender Hearts
February 19
Seeing God’s Image in All
February 20
Courage to Break the Silence
Week 4: JUSTICE, ACTION & TRUTH
February 23
Seeing God’s Image in All: Part 2
February 24
Tested Faith, Courageous Truth
February 25
Seeing God’s Image in All: Part 3
February 26
Seeing God’s Image, Shaping Just Community
February 27
Seeing God’s Image, Shaping Just Community: Part 2
We celebrate and cherish Black hopes, Black dreams, Black history, and Black lives this month and all year long. We pray for racial justice and work together to make it a reality. We condemn racism in all its forms, and seek to actively love our Black siblings as God loves us all; radically and unconditionally.
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG & OLD
At Saint Mark we believe that all of us benefit from learning more about Black history, racial justice, anti-racism, and improving our world for future generations. That’s why we’ve compiled a list of some great books for young people and adults alike.
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My Neighbors Are GIANTS
by Sheila Chandler-Stephens
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America I AM Legends
by Tavis Smiley
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Black Boy Joy
by Kwame Mbalia
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Entertaining Race: Performing Blackness in America
by Michael Eric Dyson
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Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
by Ibram X. Kendi & Keisha N. Blain
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I Am Oprah Winfrey
by Brad Meltzer
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In Peace and Freedom: My Journey in Selma
by Bernard LaFayette Jr. and Kathryn Lee
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Live Your Best Life: A Treasury of Wisdom, Wit, Advice, Interviews, and Inspiration from O, the Oprah Magazine
by Oprah Winfrey
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Martin Luther King Jr.
by Robert Jakoubek
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Punching the Air
by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam
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Social Justice Parenting: How to Raise Compassionate, Anti-Racist, Justice-Minded Kids in an Unjust World
by Dr. Traci Baxley
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Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You
by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds
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Stamped from the Beginning
by Ibram X. Kendi
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Strength to Love
by Martin Luther King Jr.
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The 1619 Project: Brief History
by University Press
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The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.
by Martin Luther King Jr.
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The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois
by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
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The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography
by Sidney Poitier
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The Quiet Trailblazer: My Journey as the First Black Graduate of the University of Georgia
by Mary Frances Early
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This Is Your Time
by Ruby Bridges
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Unseen: Unpublished Black History from the New York Times Photo Archives
by Darcy Eveleigh
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Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn: A Saga of Race and Family
by Gary M. Pomerantz
Historic Speeches
On the Pulse of Morning
by Maya Angelou
Bill Clinton’s Inauguration (1993)
I Have a Dream
Martin Luther King Jr.
Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. (1963)
