About Us

SYV Community Service at St. Mark's     St. Mark's is a no-fee community center for non-profit groups and community meetings, an arts venue for musical and cultural events, including the Santa Ynez Valley Concert Series, and a welcome center for residents and area visitors. The County-permitted SYV Community Kitchen at St. Mark's serves as a regional food hub. St. Mark’s top-flight, non-sectarian professional preschool serves Santa Ynez Valley families with quality early childhood education. St. Mark’s is also grateful to be home to the area’s Jewish community and a local Zen sangha (part of Santa Barbara Zen Center). Open doors, restrooms, free Wi-Fi, a shady courtyard, gardens, a labyrinth, and water for pets are available for visitors and area residents all day, every day.

About St. Mark's-in-the-Valley     Formed in 1926 and serving the Santa Ynez Valley at its present location in downtown Los Olivos since 1979, St. Mark's practices a spacious Christianity and welcomes people of all faiths and none.