Anyone out there need a supply organist or looking for a full or part-time music director? Kelle Wragg has over 25 years' experience in preparing and playing for worship services and she is available to serve your church if you have a vacancy or if you just need someone to fill in when your permanent musician needs a break.

Call Barbara at the presbytery office if you would like to know more or would like to contact Kelle.

Belle Isle will celebrate 31 years as an organized Church on April 29.  If possible, please join us for worship at 10:00 AM and a meal in the Fellowship Hall.  We would love to have you and your family share this day with us.

FREE Church Communications Workshop

at Charleston Atlantic Presbytery Office

SEE THE UPDATED DATES

Saturday, June 23, 2012 from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Offering 2 Separate Classes - Come to 1 or Come to Both!

 

Email Communications 101 - 9:00 am - 10:25 am

How to Create and Send Beautiful Mass Emails

to Your Congregation in Constant Contact

In this hour and a half workshop, Cheryl Glenn will show you how you can use Constant Contact to easily create beautiful and interactive emails that you can then send to your congregation and track readership.

 

Facebook 101 - 10:35 am - 12:00 pm

Create a Complete Facebook Page

Full of Information and Pictures for Your Congregation

Would your church like to set up a Facebook page, but you either haven't been sure how to do it or haven't had time?  Bring the information you'd like included on the page and pictures to share and we'll create a Facebook page together.

 

Interested in one or both of these workshops?

Email Cheryl Glenn and let her know which one you plan to attend so she can put you on the list!  Registration deadline is June 20th.

Celebration #35
April 27-29, 2012 - Camp St. Christopher
Calling all Senior High School students (grades 9-12)! Celebration #35, a Cursillo/Pilgrimage/ Walk to Emmaus-type spiritual retreat experience, and the coolest teen event EVER, is coming in 2 weeks to Camp St. Christopher. Lots of great LIVE music, fellowship, inspirational talks by teen leaders, some quiet time on the beach, a bonfire, mud pit, a party, awesome FOOD, new Christian friends, all combine to make an AMAZING, life-changing weekend. How life-changing? Quotable quotes about Celebration:

"I had been wondering if God was real, and if I could have a
relationship with Him, and I found at Celebration that He IS REAL,
and He WANTS a relationship with me."

"I can't believe how much difference 48 hours can make in my life."

If you would like more information, please contact one of the individuals below or visit our website at: http://www.scpresbyterianpilgrimage.org/. Participant applications are available online or from the individuals below.

Contact SC Presbyterian Celebration Coordinator Mike Allen at (843) 200-1899 (mikeallen56@aol.com) or Presbyterian Pilgrimage Registrar J.C. Simmons at (843) 871-3944 (jsimmons14@sc.rr.com).

You have probably never thought about owning a goat.
Now you have the opportunity!
The plan is to raise enough money for 100 goats.  Each goat is $50 US. Yet, this goat will be fed and cared for by needy Haitians in the Valley of Hope and on Cha Cha Mountain. During a recent trip with HUG (Haiti Under God), we met with Pastor Maxeau Antoine, a compassionate and dynamic man of God who cares deeply for his people. A vision he

shared with us was to enable rural people to have a sustainable living by owning a "fully loaded" (Haitian expression for pregnant) goat. Once the female gives birth, payment for the goat with be two of the female offspring - which Pastor Maxeau will share with another villager to raise.
Within a year, these Haitian people will began to raise a goat herd that will sustain them with meat, milk, and an income. These are a hard-working, appreciative people. For the price of what it costs to buy a full tank of gas (or maybe a half of tank right now) in a car, a family in the Valley of Hope, where HUG has already built a church, or Cha Cha Mountain, where HUG is working to raise funds to build a church, can drastically improve their lifestyle.

Consider buying a "fully loaded" goat - or two or more. Encourage your friends and family members to do the same. Please either check out the HUG website: www.haitiundergod.org; or mail a check made out to Haiti Under God to me. Bon Dye Beni-ou (God Bless You! - Creole)

New Presbyterian Church at Cane Bay???

The Congregational development unit met at Cane Bay in March to see the property we own out there and to tour the community, meet with the developer and discuss ways we can begin work on this ministry in 2012.

 

This is a HUGE development with over 1,000 house already built and plans for at least 200 new homes each year for the next several years in the 4500 acre community. There is an active adult ( Del Webb) community with 500 homes already built and 500 more planned. We are the first  faith community to own property there and it is important to come in "early". We are having a sign placed on the property and looking at ways to begin some form of ministry even with limited financial resources. 

 

Please keep the CDU in your prayers and consider including NCD in your church budget in 2013.  For information, contact Mike Fitze at drfitze@palmettopreschurch.org.

• As a free, printable Adobe Acrobat PDF file (online at www.poamn.org).
• As a hardcopy booklet (price $2 + shipping) from Presbyterian Distribution Service at 800-524-2612, PDS# 23304-12-001.
• As a hardcopy booklet (price $2) by contacting Ginny Nyhuis, POAMN Administrator at: gnyhuis@frontier.com or by calling: 615-426-1545.

The Adult Ministry Committee of the Nurture Unit wants to help you incorporate the gifts, talents, and abilities of older adults into our churches. Let us know what you are doing and let us know how we can support you!

The Edisto Presbyterian Church, USA 

Announces the Retirement of its Pastor of 50 Years

Rev. Dr. McKinley Washington, Jr.

Three days of events are planned: 

• Friday, May 25, Banquet at Baptist Hill High School Gymnasium at 7:30pm Speaker The Honorable Congressman James E. Clyburn
• Saturday, May 26, Family and Fun Day at the Community Center on Edisto Island from 11:00 am-5:00 pm
• Sunday, May 27, Retirement Program at the Presbyterian Church on Edisto Island ,"The Omni", at 3:00 pm, Rev. Dr. James Herbert Nelson, Director at Presbyterian Church USA in Washington, DC.

Peace Church in Goose Creek is celebrating our 50th year this year - which includes our time on Redbank Rd as Goose Creek PC.  We will be celebrating this wonderful event and God's blessing on Saturday, June 2nd and Sunday, June 3rd. We will have a dinner and program on Saturday night followed by worship on Sunday morning at 10:00 am.

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm 

April 19th 

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm 

April 24th 

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm 

April 26th 

May 2nd 

May 3rd-6th 

May 3rd 

10:00 am - 5:00 pm 

CPM Meeting 

May 5th 

10:00 am - 2:00 pm 

May 8th 

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm