Who We Are

The Rev. Mark Nabors, Vicar

870-673-2848 (office)
stalbansstuttgart@gmail.com

Father Mark came to St. Alban’s in July 2019. A priest in The Episcopal Church, he received his Master of Divinity from the School of Theology at Sewanee: The University of the South in 2019. He also holds a Master of Public Administration and Nonprofit Studies (2016) and a Bachelor of Arts (2014) from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.

Father Mark is passionate about worship and church music. In fact, he says the thing that God used to draw him to The Episcopal Church was the beauty of its worship. He is also passionate about preaching and teaching, especially adult Christian education.

Father Mark and his wife Molly were married in the summer of 2017. They have two dogs, Pete and Fancy, and a cat, Gunther. Fr. Mark and Molly love music, especially sacred music. They met in 2012 while serving as counselors at a choir camp in Subiaco, Arkansas. They also love to hike and camp at any of Arkansas’s beautiful state parks. One of their goals is to visit and hike as many state and national parks as they can.

Elisabeth Carter, Organist

The Vestry

Linda McCarty, Senior Warden
Drew Carter, Junior Warden
Rick Hampton
Terry Harris
Alex Maynard
Puffy Ragland, Clerk
Candace Prine, Treasurer

Our Church

St. Alban’s Episcopal Church was established in October of 1904. It is the longest serving church at the same location in the Stuttgart area. This building was built as a memorial to Bishop Philander Chase of Ohio. His family donated his communion cup and paten that he carried in his saddlebags to distribute communion, as well as our baptismal font and bishop’s chair. These treasures remain in the church today.

St. Alban’s is patterned after a English country church and was named for the first English martyr and saint. The church building doubled from its original size when renovations were completed in 1995. In 1952 the Parish Hall was added, and in 1959, the former Russian Orthodox Church from Slovak, Ark., was moved to the grounds and converted into children’s classrooms and a nursery. In 1999, a memorial garth, or prayer garden, was built and dedicated to Mark Townsend, a faithful member of St. Alban’s and respected community leader and businessman. A columbarium was added to the garth in 2018 in memory of Asher Brooklyn “Bit” Ray.

St. Alban’s has always invited the public at large to use our worship space. If you or your group are interested in using our facilities, please contact Father Mark at stalbansstuttgart@gmail.com or (870) 673-2848.