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To Be and Make Disciples of
Jesus Christ
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Saint Mark UMC
616 Quincy Road
Seneca, SC 29678
Call us:
9 am - 5 pm (M-Th)
(864) 882-2603
Pastoral Care
Emergencies or after regular office hours
call or text
(864) 888-7072
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Saint Mark 2018 Ministry Guidebook
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to view the entire Saint Mark 2018 Ministry Guidebook with information about church structure, leadership, ministries and our 2018 budget.
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Check Out Our Entire Church Calendar of Events
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to see what is going on at Saint Mark this week and the weeks to come.
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March 25, 2018
Palm Sunday
Sunday
Schedule
9:00 am
Come to the Table Worship
with Holy Communion
9:00 am
Celebration Worship
9:15 am
Children's Church
Room A101
Sunday School
11:15 am
Traditional Worship
Sanctuary
12:30 pm
Church and Society Team
4:00 pm
Egg Hunt
5:30 pm
In His Eyes
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HERE
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Join us every day at 3:20 pm to pray for Saint Mark - our people and ministries.
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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.
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Got Information to Share in Next Week's Heart Beat?
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to send your Heart Beat post to us by no later than 12:00 noon next
Thursday. On the subject line, please type in "Heart Beat" so that we can easily find your article among the other emails.
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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?
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
Or use our hashtag
#stmarkumc and post your photos on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
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Interested in LGBTQ+ Inclusion?
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Prayer Focus for This Week
Pray for a moldable heart as you approach Holy Week, beginning this Sunday. Pray for a meaningful observance of the final week of Jesus' earthly life. Pray for all Christ-followers around the world - the worldwide Body of Christ - as together we journey with Jesus to Jerusalem and to the cross of Calvary.
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Submit Your Prayer R
equests
Saint Mark is pleased to receive your prayer requests . . . for yourself or for friends or loved ones.
Click here
to submit your request to Pastor Todd Davis.
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Palm Sunday
THIS Sunday, March 25
"Marks of a Disciple: Witness"
PLEASE NOTE: ALL SERVICES
If you are able and if the weather permits, gather outside in front of the sanctuary
to begin our services of worship
and to process into worship together.
9 am "Come to the Table" Worship
11:15 am Traditional Worship
bringing the message
Rev. Shawna Darnall
1 Thessalonians 1:1-9
9 am Celebration Worship
bringing the message
Rev. Todd Davis
Mark 28:18-20 and Romans 10:13-15
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It isn't too late to reserve your ticket(s). Our seats are in a block equivalent to the 30 - 50 yard line on a football field. In other words, they are great seats!!! You don't have to be 50 or older to attend. Please invite your friends and neighbors. The van will be available for those who want a ride to the event.
Click here to reserve your ticket
TODAY!!
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The United Methodist Holy Week Quiz
What is the United Methodist understanding of the events of Holy Week?
Click here to take a short quiz before we enter this holiest of weeks.
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Below is the entire Holy Week Schedule:
Palm Sunday Worship
Sunday, March 25
Egg Hunt
Sunday, March 25
4 pm
Meet in the Saint Mark Center
Community Lenten Service and Lunch
Wednesday, March 28
12 noon
at Saint Mark UMC
Ryan Perry from Seneca Baptist
Spring Fling
Wednesday, March 28
5:30 pm
Maundy Thursday Worship
Thursday, March 29
7 pm
Easter Sunday Celebration
Sunday, April 1
All three services
Church Office Will Be Closed
April 2 - 3
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Participate in our
Annual Easter Tradition
Living Cross
Easter Sunday, April 1
You are invited to bring flowers and greenery to cover the crosses on the front lawn of the church and/or in the Saint Mark Center as you come to worship Easter Sunday morning. Easter is early this year, and there aren't as many flowers blooming in our yards as usual. Consider stopping by the grocery store on Saturday before Easter, and pick up a bouquet of spring flowers to contribute to the effort.
Members of the Saint Mark Worship Team will assist you as you place flowers on the cross, in joyful celebration of our Risen Christ.
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Are You 50+?
Hagood Mill
Music in the Mountains Series
This special event is part of the Music in the Mountains Series that occurs on the third Saturday of each month all year long at the Hagood Mill in Pickens County.
We will travel to Hagood Mill on April 21 for the Greater Clemson Music Festival and Pickens County Sesquicentennial. Admission is free. There is a $5 charge for parking. There is food on the grounds, as well as a gift shop. Bus transportation is available or you may drive there on your own.
Reservations aren't necessary to attend, but if you would like to ride the bus, please click here to contact Marla Fuller. The estimated cost to ride will be $5 per person.
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In partnership with Clemson UMC, join us at Asbury Hills April 28-29 for a weekend retreat focused on living spiritually alongside the challenges of daily life. The retreat will be led by Rev. Shawna Darnall and Rev. Jim Morgan. The cost is $125 per person including lodging and all meals. Adults of all ages are welcome! For more information, click here to contact Pastor Shawna.
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This will be the last time that Rev. Susan Leonard-Ray will bring the message to us as our Anderson District Superintendent. Let's give her a good send-off and an enthusiastic expression of our appreciation for her leadership over these eight years. We hope you will plan to attend, if you will be in town.
PLEASE NOTE: There will be no Sunday School that morning so that we can all enjoy a time of food and fellowship at the Festival Luncheon after worship. Adult classes are welcome to find another time to meet, if you want to.
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UMW Luncheon Fundraiser
Since its formation in 1869, UMW members have supported countless missions that help women, children, and youth at home and abroad. In the last three years alone, the UMW of Saint Mark has contributed almost $10,000 of fundraiser proceeds to local missions that help our neighbors in need in Oconee County. We could not have done this without YOUR support!
Once again, we are offering a luncheon following the Saint Mark Festival service as our spring fundraiser. We are pulling our favorite recipes from past Saint Mark and other church cookbooks to provide you with delicious choices of an entrée, sides, salad, bread, and dessert. So, please join us in the Saint Mark Center immediately following the service on April 22 to enjoy the meal, decorations that will bring back memories from the past, great fellowship, and support three local missions: Wilderness Way Girl's Camp, Oconee Presbyterian Service Fund, and Rosa Clark Clinic.
Ticket prices are $12/adult, $8/children 6-12. Children under 6 eat free! You may purchase tickets online (click here) or in person on Sunday mornings in the atrium (9:45-10:15 am) or in the
Narthex before and after the 11:15 am service - beginning THIS Sunday, March 25 and continuing through April 15.
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Are You Befuddled By Your
Electronic Devices?
We'd Like to Help!!
Elderberries is sponsoring a 4-hour class to help you use your electronic devices more effectively. The class will be on Saturday, May 19 from 10 am - 2 pm. A light lunch will be included. Watch for instructions on how to register for this class.
To find out which devices you want us to cover during the seminar, we invite you to fill out a simple questionnaire. There are only 5 questions. Click here to answer the questions. If you have further questions, click here to contact Marla Fuller, or call her at the church office (864) 882-2603.
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Church Office Closed for Easter
April 2 and 3 (Monday and Tuesday)
Contact: Todd Davis
April 1 - 7
NO TREK or Journey activities on April 4
Confirmation Retreat
Lake Junaluska
April 13 - 15
Spring Anderson District
Lay Servant Ministries School
April 14 - 15
Grace United Methodist Church
Williamston, SC
Wednesday, April 18
5:30 - Supper
6:15 - Worship
Thursday Morning Women's Bible Study Resumes
Thursday, April 19
10 am
Lions Club Pancake Breakfast
Elderberries Electronic Devices Class
Pentecost and Confirmation Sunday
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ELDERBERRIES EVENTS (FOR 50+)
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ARE YOU 50+?
Here are some Elderberries Events
that might interest you. Save the date(s) on your calendar.
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Greenville Swamp Rabbits Hockey Game
Day Trip to Hagood Mill
Greater Clemson Music Festival
and Pickens County Sesquicentennial
Saturday, April 21
Click here for more information
Need Help With Your Electronic Devices?
Saturday, May 19
10 - 2 pm (lunch included)
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A Simple Act of Kindness
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to see this short video about compassion.
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Today, March 22, we observe the United Nation's World Water Day. Water is an integral part of our physical and spiritual life together.
Click here
learn more about the commitment of the United Methodist Church to clean water around the world.
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Epworth Children's Home
Cookout for Kids
BBQ Fundraiser
Saturday, April 14
11 am - 3 pm
Epworth Children's Home
2900 Millwood Avenue
Columbia, SC
Click here to see the event flyer
for more detailed information.
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From
Wings for the Lord Youth Choir
"Thank you" from our youth in Wings for the Lord for the great response to our garage sale this past weekend. We want to thank all of you who donated items, priced items and worked at the sale. A big thank you to Cara Davis who organized and led the sale.
In gratitude for God's good gifts, Wings is tithing 10% ($500) to the Saint Mark operating budget from the $5000 that was made from the sale. The remaining $4500 will go toward Wings' summer tour to Texas in June.
Wings, thank you for your generous gift! You are a good example to all of us!
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Beginning on Sunday, April 1, Marla Fuller will decrease the number of hours she is working per week from 40 to 30 hours. Her plan is to take off Sundays (she will be coming to attend worship). She will be in her office Mondays through Thursdays beginning at 10 am every day except Tuesday, when she will be in at 9 am for staff meetings.
Got questions? Click here to contact Marla.
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Travel Ministry Opportunities
Rev. Ken and Becky Minton invite the members and friends of Saint Mark United Methodist Church to join us on our next two scheduled travel adventures. Our first trip is called
"Journey Through the Bible."
Our second trip is called the
"Oberammergau Passion Play and European Capitals Tour."
Both of these trips are provided by
Educational Opportunities Tours, one of the world's leading providers of faith-based tours. We have been traveling with them for over 24 years and are currently serving as their Directors of Travel Ministries for the State of South Carolina. You may find trip brochures with details and prices in the Atrium Information Rack, or
click here to email Ken and Becky for electronic brochures or questions.
Come and join us on these two amazing journeys of a lifetime.
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SAINTS IN SERVICE
HELPING YOU PLUG IN . . .
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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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