Dr. Mark Porizky's Ordination & Installation

Rev. Dr. Mark Porizky will be ordained and installed on Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 3:00pm ET. Following the ordination, you are invited to Pastor Mark’s home to continue the celebration (100 Shewville Rd., Mystic, CT  06355). Mark was previously ordained as a Presbyterian minister and will now be locally ordained by The Road Church.

Rev. Dr. Mark Porizky began serving The Road Church of Stonington as Pastor in January 2025. Originally from California, Mark headed east for graduate school, fully expecting to return to the West Coast after seminary—but God had other plans. He was called to serve as Youth Minister at Miami Shores Presbyterian Church in Florida, where he remained for seven years.

In 1996, Mark made his way to Southeastern Connecticut to pastor St. Andrew Presbyterian Church. Nearly two decades later, in 2015, he transitioned into chaplaincy, serving as the multi-site chaplain for Yale’s hospitals in New London (Lawrence + Memorial Hospital) and Westerly (The Westerly Hospital), a role he continues today.

Throughout these years, Mark has remained close to the pulpit through guest preaching and an interim role at Preston City Congregational Church, a fellow NACCC and Northeast Fellowship congregation.

Mark and his wife, Lucretia, live in Mystic and are the proud parents of three children—Joshua, Cassandra, and William. Outside of ministry, he’s an enthusiastic (if self-proclaimed “bad”) birdwatcher, a hopeless swing dancer, and a reasonably competent mountain biker.

A storyteller at heart, Mark’s sermons draw from a lifetime of experiences, offering reflections on God’s abundant grace.