The CHATLine
for October 10, 2012
Presbytery Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 am-5:00 pm
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Greetings!
Mark your calendars now for the 2013 Presbytery Meetings:
- Winter Stated Meeting - February 16th - Sea Island PC, Beaufort
- Spring Stated Meeting - May 18th - St. Luke PC in Orangeburg
- Fall Stated Meeting - October 5th - Sunrise PC in Sullivans Island
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 Congratulations Kari Morgan,
Featured Youth Worker!
Kari Morgan, Director of Youth & Children's Ministries at Summerville Presbyterian Church, has been selected as the Presbyterian Youth Workers' Association Featured Youth Worker. Congratulations, Kari!
See the write-up at: http://pywa.org/youthworker/kari-morgan
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Convoy of Hope on Johns Island
on Saturday, October 27, 2012 at 10:00 am
 Spread the word for the Convoy of Hope at St. John's High School, Johns Island, SC, on Saturday, October 27, 2012. Gates open at 10:00am - Rain or Shine. Groceries, Kids Zone, Haircuts, Health Fair, Prayer, Job Fair, Family Portraits, Live Entertainment and Community Services. While Supplies Last. All are welcome. No I.D. required. Would you like more information? Call 843-442-6694. |
New Contact Information
for Stated Clerk, Deane Kemper
Deane has a new email address and land line phone number. His new email is: deanekemper@gmail.com and his new land line is 843.654.1539. His cell phone number is the same: 843.708.1848.
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CAP High School Presbytery Retreat
November 9-11, 2012 -- One Body, One Spirit
at the Ropes Courses at Bethelwood Camp and Conference Center
Get ready for a fun and challenging weekend as we explore our spiritual gifts and what it means to be the body of Christ through the high and low ropes courses at Bethelwoods! Email Rae Epps (raeepps@gmail.com) with any questions.
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Updated Nurture Ministry Unit Forms
Check out the CAP website for updated forms from the Nurture Ministry Unit. Forms include: REVISED "A Safe Place for Children" Covenant, Adult Registration, Adult Registration for Children's Retreat, Child and Youth Registration Form, Cancellation and Refund Policy, and the Camp Advocate Registration Form. Click here to access the forms. |
Matthew Smith and Indelible Grace in Concert
Reformed Hymns with New Arrangements
 Join us on October 25th at 7pm in the Johns Island sanctuary for an acoustic concert of Reformed hymns and songs with Matthew Smith and Indelible Grace. We are encouraging others in the community to attend the concert, so arrive early if you want to get a good seat. A love offering will be taken to cover the cost for the concert.
Matthew Smith is a Nashville-based singer-songwriter who writes brand new music to centuries-old hymn texts. He is a founding member of the Indelible Grace community, whose work has drawn acclaim across denominational lines and is used in churches around the world. Born out of a college ministry, the re-imagined hymns have found wide acceptance both among college students and the church at large, joining people who desire to honor tradition with those who want a modern musical approach. His latest album, Watch The Rising Day, explores the tension of living in a broken world while awaiting Christ's return and the restoration of all things.
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Minister and Educator Retreat
at Montreat Conference Center
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This is an early notice to all our church pastors and educators to mark your calendars for November 26-28, 2012 when Phyllis Tickle, author of The Great Emergence will be thespeaker for this great retreat. This is a fun event with rest, recreation and good food, plus thechance to catch up with pastors and educators from the five presbyteries in South Carolina.
Click here for more information and to register online.
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Seminar Offered at Thornwell Home
Restoring Hope: Appreciative Strategies
to Resolve Grief and Resentment
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Please share this wonderful opportunity with your church leadership. This program is geared toward anyone working with those struggling with grief and resentment - clergy, psychologists, coaches, spiritual directors and consultants.
Join Dr. Rob Voyle for a 1-day (6 hrs. CE) Appreciative Way based training seminar Restoring Hope: Appreciative Strategies to Resolve Grief and Resentment. Seminar will be held on Thursday, October 25, 2012, from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm (lunch is provided), at Thornwell Home for Children (Clinton, SC). Click here for more information.
Register by October 15th for a special rate.
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Fall Lay School Information
Don't miss out on the Fall Lay School at Presbyterian College on November 2-4, 2012. Click here to download the information packet. Registration deadline is October 19th. |
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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
PADVN Releases Annual Resource Packet
 The Presbyterians Against Domestic Violence Network (PADVN) has released its annual resource packet for Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) congregations to use as they observe October's Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
The 2012 packet theme is Entering the Brokenness. It focuses on domestic violence that results in death.
Click here for more information.
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 Presbytery Office Closed
on Thursday, November 8th
There is an all-state presbyteries' staff meeting on Thursday, November 8th, in Columbia and our presbytery office will be closed this entire day. |
Presbytery Resource Center:
New Resource Alert  Live the Story:
Short Simple Plays for Churches
From the Christmas pageant to the musical retelling of a Biblical story, drama makes stories lives. This practical book contains 24 easy to use dramas with staging notes, costumes suggestions, and prop needs.
Images of God For Young Children
 by Marie-Helene Delval
It is impossible to know what God looks like, but the Bible describes many other ways that God is reveled to us. God is joy and wisdom. God is light, and bread, and breath. We have seen God's face in Jesus Christ. This book uses simple language to help young children (ages 4-8) discover these images of God in their world. |
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Save the Date!
Presbytery Youth Triennium!
July 16-20, 2013
 Every three years the Presbyterian Church (USA), Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America gather thousands of young people together for worship, Bible Study and recreation at the Presbyterian Youth Triennium - otherwise known as PYT. The 2013 Triennium will be held July 16 - 20 on the campus of Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN.
PYT is for young people who will be ages 15-19 years old by July 20, 2010. Adult advisors must be 21 years of age by this date. A work crew track is available for college aged young people who would like to apply to attend and work "behind the scenes." More information about PYT is available on this Web site (http://presbyterianyouthtriennium.org/event-info/faq/) and from your presbytery registrar (Rae Epps, raeepps@gmail.com)
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St. Paul Presbyterian Church USA
Annual Tea
October 21, 2012 @ 4:00 pm
Speaker:
Rev. Retha Mungin Nelson
of New Covenant Presbyterian Church in Sumter, SC
Theme: "We've Come This Far By Faith"
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 Now Accepting Applications
for 2013-2014 Youth Council
Now accepting applications for the 2013-2014 Youth Council! Term will run February 2013-June 2014. Open to all High School Youth 10th-12th grade. Know a youth in your church with excellent leadership skills? Nominate them for the Presbytery Youth Council today! Click here to download the application.
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Employment Opportunity at
Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church: Parish Associate
 Parish Associate will provide a pastoral presence and care to the congregation, especially for our senior members. Parish Associate will work collegially with other professional staff and officers of the church to ensure the senior ministry fits within the overall vision and mission of Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church. The Parish Associate is an ordained position with five years or more experience of ministry with a significant focus on pastoral care preferred. This is a part-time position (15 hours a week). Please send resume to Rev. Gary Bullard, Head of Staff, at 302 Hibben Street, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 or email gbullard@mppc.net.
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Peace Presbyterian Church
to Host Russian Missionary Speaker
Peace Presbyterian Church, on behalf of Peacemakers International, is excited to host Andrey Beskorovainiy of Russia from October 5-9th. He will be traveling with Al Smith a PCUSA missionary. Mr. Beskorovainiy is available to speak about the fascinating ministry to the Roma people in Russia. The Roma people are gypsies who are outcasts in Russian society. As such they are largely unreached with the Gospel of Christ. Mr. Beskorovainiy is available Saturday (10/6), Sunday evening (10/7) and Monday (10/8). Please contact Laura Ellis (tworock57@yahoo.com) or Will Dietrich (will.peacechurch174@gmail.com) to schedule a speaking engagement. |
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A Call for High School Youth:
Celebration at Camp St. Christopher
October 19-21, 2012
 CELEBRATION is a program adapted from the Pilgrimage model specifically designed for senior high age youth. It is an opportunity for these young people to have a personal encounter with Jesus Christ during a two day retreat at Camp St. Christopher on beautiful Seabrook Island. Former attendees serve and guide the new ones during the weekend retreat. A select cadre of adults called Moms and Dads assure propriety. Churches have been transformed by the enthusiastic young people who had their eyes opened at CELEBRATION as they worked within their church families to act out their faith. God is working through CELEBRATION. The fruit is evident, and the future looks brilliant because of the pipeline of up and coming young leaders for Christ. If you have or know a 9th through 12th grader who is seeking encouragement, insight, and community in their faith journey, I invite you to promote our upcoming retreat October 19 - 21 to them and provide whatever help they need to decide to attend. If the soil of their heart is fertile and soft, or maybe even a little shallow and crusty, God can use this brief 2-day event to change them dramatically.
Participant and Staff Applications are available at http://sccelebration.weebly.com/. For more information, please contact Mike Allen, Celebration Coordinator (843-200-1899)
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2012 Presbyterian Women Fall Gathering
and Helpshops at Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church
on October 27, 2012 - 8:30 am - 1:00 pm
Theme: Dispatches to God's Household: The General Epistles  All women in Charleston Atlantic Presbytery are invited to this special event. Our keynote speaker will be t he Reverend Lisa C. Hermann is a member of New Hope Presbytery which covers the eastern part of North Carolina from Raleigh to the Outer Banks. She currently serves as a Staff Chaplain at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, NC. Registeration is $10.00 per person (checks payable to CAP PW). Register by October 12th to be included in the lunch count.
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 Save the Date:
Children's Retreat 2013
Children's Retreat for 5K through 5th grade will be held March 2-3, 2013 at Bethelwoods. The theme is Follow Jesus! based on the call of Matthew from Matthew 9:9-13. Mark your calendars! This would be a wonderful Christmas gift for a grandchild, nephew, daughter, or mentee. Registration information will be available on-line and in churches in early January.
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 Mark Your Calendars for the Next Acts 16:5 Meeting Stan Ott will return to our presbytery on Monday, October 29th at St. Andrews Church for a seminar on Generosity, and all churches in the presbytery are invited to attend. Information about the topic is listed below. In addition to our Acts16:5 churches, all teaching and ruling elders, stewardship chairs and others interested are invited to attend. |
 Topic: Human Trafficking
Speaker Available to Our Presbytery
Presbyterian Women's Global Exchange to India 2011 participant, Sherry Roberts, is available to speak to your congregation about her experiences in India, and more importantly, about human trafficking. If you would like members of your congregation to learn about this important topic, contact her at 843-442-6447. |
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Upcoming Events in Our Presbytery
- October 19, 2012 - Fall Lay School Registration Deadline
- October 27, 2012 - PW Fall Gathering at Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian
- November 2-4, 2012 - SC Lay School, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC
- Saturday, August 24, 2012 - STEPS 2013
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Stay Connected
Presbytery
Calendar
October 17th
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Western Area Ministers' Lunch
at Miller's Bread Basket
October 21st
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
PYC
October 27th
PW Fall Helpshops
Mt. Pleasant Church
October 29th
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Acts 16:5
at St. Andrew's Church, Charleston
Upcoming
Presbytery Meetings
All meetings
begin at 9:00 am
February 16, 2013
Sea Island PC
in Beaufort May 18, 2013 St. Luke PC in Orangeburg October 5, 2013 Sunrise PC in Sullivans Island
Church
of the Week
Williston,
South Carolina
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Keeping In Touch
Send Us Your Pictures:
If your church is participating in mission projects, taking trips, or hosting different events, let us know and send us a picture!
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Contact
Information
Please remember that
the phone will be
answered by our
voicemail system when
we cannot answer
the phone.
Main:
(843) 766-4219
Extensions:
Donnie Woods
Executive
Ext. 302
Deane Kemper
Stated Clerk
Ext. 304
843.708.1848
Pie Mikell
Cong. Nurture
Ext. 303
Barbara Burger
Administration
Ext. 301
Business Manager
Mike Fitze
Presbytery Consultant
(843) 884-1504
Cheryl Glenn
Communications
(843) 259-4900
Rachel Epps
Youth Ministry
(843) 367-9136
The Journey
Campus and Young Adult Ministry
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