8:45 am

Traditional Worship

9:00 am
Children's Chapel

9:15 am
Celebration Worship

9:30 am
Children's Chapel

9:45 am
Coffee & Conversation

10:15 am
Confirmation Class

10:15 am
Sunday School

10:15 am
Table Talk

11:15 am
Traditional Worship

11:30 am
Children's Chapel

12:30 pm
Adult Council

5:30 pm
Wings to Clemson UMC

Click here to view the information in our Saint Mark 2015 Ministry Guidebook. Information will include our mission statement, helpful flow charts, 2015 planning calendar. Administrative Committees and Ministry Teams with contact information, a summary sheet describing all teams and committees, and the 2015 Annual Budget.

Quick, easy and available HERE

Listen to Last Week's Sermon Today

If you were not able to attend worship on any given Sunday, you can still listen to the sermon. Click here to select and listen to sermons that you may have missed.

Got News for Next Week's Heart Beat?

Click here to send your Heart Beat post to us by no later than 12:00 noon next Wednesday. On the subject line, please type in "Heart Beat" so that we can easily find your article among the other emails.

Got News for the new monthly

Heart Line newsletter?

Click here to send your Heart Line

article to Sande no later than 12:00 noon Thursday, February 18 for the March edition.

Got Good News To Share With Your Saint Mark Family?

Good news lifts our spirits. Share your good news with us. We will publish your good news in our "People 'Neath Our Steeple" feature. Your news will be sent out as an email. Click here to share your good news (births, achievements, awards, etc.). Include pictures if you have them.

Got Pictures?

We are creating an archive of pictures taken at Saint Mark events and activities. If you have taken pictures and want to share them, please click here and send them to us.

Interested in LGBT Inclusion?

Click here for more information.

Prayer Focus for This Week

Please pray for all victims of human trafficking all over the world. Pray for the families whose loved ones have been lured into what amounts to modern day slavery.

Submit Your Prayer Requests

Saint Mark is pleased to receive your prayer requests . . . for yourself or for friends or loved ones. Click here to submit your request.

THIS WEEK AT SAINT MARK . . .

January Seenagers Event

Covered Dish Luncheon and Bunco

Is Cancelled!

Click here to contact Marla Fuller.

Winter Sermon Series - Week #1

Growing Up Like Jesus

Rev. David Surrett

This week's sermon title:
Honor Many Gifts, One Spirit

Sunday, January 24

all three services

Table Talk

10:15 am

Bess' Table Room
(B212 in the music suite wing)

Topic:

A series on comparative religions, denominations, philosophies, etc.

January 24

Christian Science Church with Don Griffin

January 31

"Nones" with Lynn Dobson

"Nones" is a term used to refer to those who are unaffiliated with any organized religion. How is this affecting religion as we know it?

For more information, click here to contact Diane Caster.

Animate Faith Series
Tuesdays through March 1, 12 - 2 pm
Commons Room
Cost: $15 for the cost of the journal

Tuesday, January 26
12 - 2 pm

Religion: Spirituality Is Not Enough

with Lillian Daniel

It's not too late to sign up! Click here to contact Mona Fleming

Wednesday Recharge Program for Adults

Who Is My Neighbor?

The Drug Problem in
Oconee County
Wednesday, January 27
6:30 pm
Commons Room

The Wednesday Recharge program on January 27 will focus on the drug problem in our corner of the Upstate. Captain Ken Washington and Lieutenant Jeremy Chapman from the Special Operations Division of the Oconee County Sheriffs Department will be our guest speakers for the evening. Their presentation begins at 6:30 in the Commons Room. Come and learn the facts about drug trends right here in our backyard and what is being done to address the problem.

LOOKING AHEAD . . .

For more information, click here to contact Sandy James.

O & O

(Orientation and Organization)

For ALL Saint Mark Church Chairpersons

Sunday, January 31

5:00 pm

Commons Room

A light supper will be provided.

Please click here to RSVP to David Surrett.

Declutter!
Then Bring Your Unwanted Stuff
for Wings for the Lord to Sell
at the

Wings Annual Yard Sale
Drop off your donations
beginning Sunday, January 31
Saint Mark Center

Wings for the Lord Yard Sale
Saturday, February 6

7 am - 12 noon

For more information, or to make arrangements to drop off your items earlier than January 31,

click here to contact Donna Poston.

Souper Bowl of Caring

Super Bowl Sunday

February 7
all three services

On Sunday, February 7, our Saint Mark youth will be stationed all of the major church entrances with soup pots for you to make a donation to "tackle hunger" in Oconee County. All funds raised will go toward the Wednesday evening feeding ministry at Ann Hope Church. For more information, click here to contact Donna Poston.

Children's Valentine's Day

Dance Party

Friday, February 12

5 - 6 pm

Saint Mark Center

Childcare Service
6 - 8 pm

Join us on Friday, February 12 for a Valentine's Day Dance Party to celebrate the little loves in your life. Then, parents, after you have made some memories with your little loves we are offering you a chance for a couple of hours alone with your (can we say "big"?) love! While you celebrate Valentine's Day away without the children, we will have pizza for the kids, crafts, and activities. To sign up for the free childcare please click here to email Lydia Dever. A love offering will be taken for our nursery staff and snacks for that evening.

Get your tickets for the

"Cool Beans" Coffeehouse

featuring

Darby Wilcox

Sunday, February 14

6 - 8 pm
Saint Mark Center

Tickets are now on sale for Saint Mark's Valentine's Day Coffeehouse featuring Greenville singer/songwriter, Darby Wilcox. In addition to live music, we are featuring specialty coffee, tea, and chocolate drinks and your choice of homemade gourmet desserts. The dessert menu features Classic New York Cheesecake, Brown Butter Pecan Pie, Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie in Oreo Crust, cool "Lemon Lush" in a Shortbread Crust, and a cheese and fruit plate offering which includes local and domestic cheeses.

Advance purchase tickets are $10; at the door entrance is $15. Tickets may be purchased at Wednesday Recharge on Wednesday evenings, as well as Sunday mornings in the Atrium or outside the Choir Suite after 8:45 and 11:15 services. Proceeds from this first concert of the 2016 "Friends of Music" series benefit Saint Mark's music ministry.

For more information, click here to contact Becky Hazelwood or call her at (770) 633-2434.

A brochure with a reservation form will come out in the February edition of the Heart Line newsletter. You will also be able to purchase tickets online. For more information, click here to contact Marla Fuller.

OUR 4th ANNUAL

STOP HUNGER NOW

MEAL PACKAGING EVENT

SATURDAY, MARCH 12

Mark Your Calendars Now

Have Fun. Make Friends. Save Lives.

Volunteer Registration Begins in February

We hope to again reach our goal of 50,000 meals, which could feed 100 children a nutritious meal once a day for almost 17 months.

The meals from our 2015 event went to the Dominican Republic, and were distributed by CitiHope International to schools, orphanages and sustainable educational and development programs that empower locals to create strong, self-sufficient communities. "We consider this not to be 'charity' but a real investment in humanity."

LENT 2016

The Holy Season of Lent Begins

Shrove Tuesday Churchwide

Pancake Supper

Tuesday, February 9

5:30 pm

Saint Mark Center

Click here to make your reservation(s)

(The Wednesday Recharge Master List applies)

Ash Wednesday Service

Wednesday, February 10

6:30 pm

New Harmony UMC

207 W South 2nd St, Seneca, SC 29678

(864) 882-7356

Lenten Study

Love is an Orientation

Sundays, February 14, 21, 28,
March 6, 13 and 20

10:15 am

Church Conference Room

Much of today's culture defines bridge building and reconciliation as a one-way street that leads to full theological, political and social agreement. Yet Christ demonstrated a different path of religious and cultural engagement to establish His kingdom here on earth. In light of such counter-cultural principles, the Christian community needs a new view on the issues that divide many Christ-followers, and the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities. Rather than avoiding the topic of homosexuality, Love Is an Orientation aims to equip the Christian community to bridge the gap between LGBT and religious communities. This is not a group study about "fixing" gay people. It's about getting to know them, engaging them, and loving them like Jesus does.

Are you in the process of discerning where you stand on this issue? Come and join the conversation. For more information, click here to contact Marla Fuller

FACING MORTALITY.

FULLY ALIVE! FULLY AWARE!

There is no cost to attend this series and it isn't necessary to purchase the book, however, if you would like a copy of the book, you can purchase it from Amazon. Click here to order. Watch for more details.

EVENTS CALENDARS

Wednesday Recharge 2016

Five Alive Communion

Weekly at 5:15 pm

Commons Room

Led by Rev. Tony Medlin and Rev. John Evatt

Wednesday Recharge Supper

Weekly, beginning at 5:30 pm

Saint Mark Center
(Click the image above to see the meal prices
and to make your reservation
or to place your name on our Master List
that reserves your meals for the entire year.)

"Charge"
for Children through 5th Grade

Weekly at 6:00 pm

R.A.K. (Random Acts of Kindness)
for Youth grades 7 - 12

Weekly at 6:15 pm

Below is the schedule of programs for adults:

January 27

Who Is My Neighbor?

The Problem of Drugs in Oconee County

February 3

Who Is My Neighbor:

Imagine No More Malaria
with Rev. Jeri Katherine Sipes

February 10
Ash Wednesday
No Wednesday Recharge

February 17 - March 16
Lenten Study - Being Mortal
with Rev. Bob Stillwell

ATTENTION "SEENAGERS"
(formerly M.E.T.S.)

(for 50 and older)

January Event

Covered Dish Luncheon

and Bunco

Friday, January 22
11:30 am
Commons Room
Contact: Marla Fuller

February Event

Dinner and Live Theater

Dinner:
Joe's New York Pizza at Patrick Square
5:00 pm

The Musical - "She Loves Me"

Thursday, February 18
7:30 pm
Brooks Center for the Performing Arts
Clemson University
Cost: $15 per person
Contact: Rena Walden

Revolution Youth Rally

Friday, January 29 - Sunday, January 31
Columbia, SC
Contact: Donna Poston

Council of Stewards Meeting

Sunday, January 31
6 pm
Commons Room
Contact: David Surrett

New to Saint Mark?
Coffee With Friends

Sunday, February 21

10:15 am
Rev. David Surrett's Study (B115)

Contact: David Surrett

Anderson School of Theology
presents
Diana Butler Bass
Friday and Saturday, March 4-5

Central Presbyterian Church

Anderson, SC

Watch for details

Contact: Marla Fuller

Confirmation Retreat

Grades 6 and 7

March 11 - 13

Lake Junaluska

Contact: Donna Poston

Rethinking Relationships

Sunday, March 13
4 - 6 pm

Commons Room

Contact: Jane Brosnan

FOR YOUR INFORMATION . . .

Jeremy Ray

Approved As Candidate for

Ordained Ministry

A called Charge Conference was held on Sunday, January 17 at 12:15 pm to approve Jeremy Ray as a candidate for Ordained Ministry in the South Carolina Conference. Rev. Susan Leonard-Ray presided. Approval was granted by those present. Our congratulations to Jeremy and his family and we offer our love and support as Jeremy continues on his journey toward fulfilling God's call on his life as an ordained minister in the United Methodist Church.

UMW Cancelled Postage Stamp Collection

Just a reminder to save those cancelled stamps. A new box has been placed in the atrium to collect them. Please do not steam the stamps off of the envelope, just cut around them, leaving about 1/4 inch around each stamp. Thanks for your contribution to this UMW fundraising project.

A Note of Thanks from Our Daily Rest

A special word of thanks to those of you who came to the aid of the family who was able to graduate from the Our Daily Rest program and move into housing this past weekend. Several Saint Mark families generously provided the items needed for them to move into their new (to them) home, and they were most appreciative. Lauren Richardson, a member of Saint Mark, is the executive director of Our Daily Rest.

SAINTS IN SERVICE
HELPING YOU PLUG IN . . .

Saint Mark Nursery

Our Saint Mark Nursery is looking for volunteers! Have you noticed the growth in young families here at Saint Mark? We have lots of little ones coming into our nursery on Sunday mornings and could use your help! Would you be willing to offer an hour a month to help out? We have a monthly rotation on Sunday mornings and are in need of a few extra arms to cuddle these sweet babies! Please contact Lydia if you are interested or willing or just have more questions!
Contact: Lydia Dever

LET US KNOW HOW YOU WANT TO PLUG IN!

Click here to discover they many ways to serve at Saint Mark. Fill out the form and return it to Marla Fuller in the church office. We will get you plugged in!

Saint Mark United Methodist Church

616 Quincy Road
Seneca, South Carolina 29678-3820
mfuller@saintmarkumcseneca.org
864-882-2603

Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors