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To be a church aglow, ignited by the fire of God's Holy Spirit, lighting the way in our community and warming the hearts of those we meet.
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Saint Mark UMC
616 Quincy Road
Seneca, SC 29678
(864) 882-2603
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Saint Mark 2016 Leadership Team
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June 5, 2016
Laity Sunday
Saint Mark and the Old Soft Shoe
Text:
Jens Holley
Saint Mark
Lay Leader Sunday Schedule
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 and Conversation
10:15 am
Sunday School
11:15 am
Traditional Worship
4:30 pm
Wings 'n Things
6:00 pm
Youth Parents Choir Tour Meeting
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Quick, easy and available HERE
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Listen to Last Week's Sermon Today
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Got News for Next Week's Heart Beat?
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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 (achievements, births, awards, etc.). Include pictures if you have them.
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Got Pictures?
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Interested in LGBT Inclusion?
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Prayer Focus for This Week
 Pray for the South Carolina UMC Annual Conference, June 5 - 8. Pray for our clergy and delegates along with everyone else attending from across the entire state.
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Saint Mark is pleased to receive your prayer requests . . . for yourself or for friends or loved ones. Click here to submit your request.
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THIS WEEK AT SAINT MARK . . .
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The Next SMURF Work Day
Tomorrow, Friday, June 3
8:30 am
Meet at Lowes
Our SMURF work team will finish up a house they have been working on for a month - put down stick tile floor and trim shoe mold. If you are interested in getting involved, click here to contact Eddie Perry.
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Join us This Week for Laity Sunday
We celebrate the ministry of all lay Christians whose lives are empowered for ministry by the Holy Spirit. Laity Sunday offers an opportunity for laypersons of all ages to recognize their own unique ministry gifts, and to celebrate the use of these gifts in service to the God.
Bringing the message: Jens Holley
"Saint Mark and the Old Soft Shoe"
Texts: Psalm 146 and Matthew 25:31-40
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June 5 is the final Sunday before summer tour to become a Wings for the Lord sponsor. Stop by the atrium this Sunday to select one of our youth. Each one of our youth has at least two sponsors. What a help this will be! Thank you so much for your support!
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Table Talk
THIS Sunday, June 5
10:15 am
Bess' Table Room
Adam Hamilton Series
Half Truths: God Helps Those
Who Help Themselves
and Other Things the Bible Doesn't Say
This Sunday's Discussion:
Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin
For more information, click here to contact Diane Caster.
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Click here to contact Mary Principe for more information.
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Welcome Home, College Students!!
Join us beginning this Sunday, June 5 for great discussions on faith and life. Meet in the Youth Center at 10:15 am. Hope to see you there!!
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The SC Annual Conference will convene this coming Sunday. Lay members from Saint Mark include Charles and Mary Ann Fox, Jane Harlin, Jim Matthews and Jan McFall. Rev. Jeff Childress and Rev. David Surrett will attend. Bishop L. Jonathan Holston will preside for the fourth time. Ministry reports will be heard, plans for upcoming work will be reviewed, clergy will be commissioned, worship services and Bible studies will be offered, and the 2017 Ministry Budget will be considered and approved. The SC Conference includes all churches, ministries and clergy who reside within the boundaries of the state. Please be in prayer next week as the delegates gather and conduct the business of the church. Pray that they will be guided by God's Spirit.
Click here to watch the live stream of conference proceedings.
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CDC Night at Zaxby's in Seneca
Tuesday, June 14
5 - 8 pm
Eat supper at Zaxby's and support the ministry of our Saint Mark Child Development Center. You don't have to tell them you are from Saint Mark. Your purchase automatically applies!
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For more information, click here to contact Donna Poston
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Adult Fellowship Activity
Flat Rock Playhouse
"The Music Man"
Saturday, June 25
The deadline to make your reservation(s) is
Next Monday, June 6
There are only 3 tickets left!
Make your check out to "METS" and bring it or send it to Marla Fuller at the church office
For more information, to make your reservations, or to request transportation, click here to contact Jim Morrison.
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It's finally summertime, and it's a great time for a church wide social as well as throwing out the welcome mat to our new pastors! Will you join us Sunday, July 3rd at 6:30 to celebrate our church family, the future of Saint Mark and our nation's independence? You can plan on an old timey picnic, games, music, bounce houses for the kids, fireworks and an outdoor movie!
Here are few ways you can help:
- You or your class/group can help provide food. We plan to serve hot dogs, beans, coleslaw and watermelon (for about 150 people).
- You can provide decorations, paper products, plastic flatware, etc.
- You can provide a game/activity for children, youth or adults.
This event is being organized by our Misfits Sunday School Class. "We can't wait to fellowship and celebrate together with you all! And feel free to invite a friend! If you can't stay for the whole time please join us for whatever part of this event you are able to stay."
For more information, or to volunteer to offer your services, click here to contact Lydia Dever.
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Sunday, June 12
Holy Communion
Rev. Steve Simoneaux
Clemson Wesley Foundation
Send Me?
Text: Isaiah 6:1-8
Sunday, June 19
Rev. Jeff Childress
Don't Call It Christian
Text: Galatians 3:23-29 This will be Rev. Childress'
final Sunday with us.
Sunday, June 26 Rev. Todd Davis
Our Newly Appointed Senior Pastor The New Guy Text: John 10:1-10
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Adult Fellowship Activities
2016
June Event
Flat Rock Playhouse Musical
preceded by Lunch
MUSIC MAN Saturday, June 25
2 pm Matinee
$36.30/ticket
Contact: Jim Morrison
September Event
Annual Adult Fellowship Picnic Biggerstaff Conference
and Retreat Center Thursday, September 15
11:30 am
Contact: Rena Walden
December Event
3-day and 2-night trip
Callaway Gardens
(60 miles southwest of Hartsfield
Jackson International Airport)
"Fantasy in Lights" December 4 - 6
Contact: Becky Hazelwood
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LGBTQ Ally Training
1:30 - 5:30 pm
Commons Room
Wings for the Lord Homecoming Concert
Wednesday, June 22
7:00 pm
Contact: Donna Poston
Saint Mark CDC Shoe Drive
July, August and September
Special Patriotic Service of Worship
Sunday, July 3
ONE service at 9:15 am
Sanctuary
Sunday School will be at 10:15 am, as usual Contact: David Wilcox
Saint Mark Youth Will Attend
Abbeville Salkehatchie Summer Service
July 9 - 16
Special Friends Day Camp
July 19 - 21
Contact: Lee Ann Parker
Pictorial Directory Photo Sessions (Part 1)
August 16 - 20
Rooms A207 and A208
Faith Formation Sunday Sunday, August 21
All three services
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FOR YOUR INFORMATION . . .
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Click here to contact Lydia Dever to discuss areas where you might plug in!
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Back Pack Drive
Beginning NOW
This project is sponsored by our Saint Mark Children's Ministries. Please drop your empty backpacks off at Lydia Dever's office.
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SAINTS IN SERVICE
HELPING YOU PLUG IN . . .
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VBS Volunteers
We still need a few volunteers to help.
Contact: Lydia Dever
Volunteers to Assist Pictorial Directory Photographers We need volunteers to greet and instruct individuals and families who will come for photo sessions (August 16 - 20 and/or September 6 - 10).
Contact: Alicia Spivey
LET US KNOW HOW YOU WANT TO PLUG IN!
Click here to discover the 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!
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