PRAYER LIST
- Alice Peck
- Colette Phillips
- Dave Mays' sister
- Jana Gunter's mother
- Kyle Anderson's mother
- Leslie Clark
- Leslie Clark's father
- Linda Pierallini's mother
- Pam Cope's mother
- Pete Mondeel
- Robby Cope
- Ted Lightle's brother
ONGOING PRAYER CONCERNS
- Bea Amsler
- Betty Fleenor
- Bill McCarter
- Bill Schwartz
- Brad Kneece's father
- Connie Woodham
- Dawn Barber's mother
- Donnelle Glatz's mother
- Esther Bennett
- Houston Jones' brother
- Jackie Mims
- Jamie Porth's sister
- Jean Cochran's mother
- Jeanne Coble
- Jeff Fuller's daughter
- Jimmie Rook's sister
- Jon Myers
- Jule Bland
- Katie Atkinson
- Kay Luthren's mother
- Mark Lang's father & great nephew
- Marshall Edens
- Merritt Wham
- Mike Merck
- Robby Kerr's mother
- Robin Wilkes' sister
- Stephanie McGee's aunt
- Sunny Jewell's mother
- Sunny Jewell's father
- Tim Kehoe's sister
- Tina Stallard
- Wanda McCarthy
IN NON-COMBAT ZONES
- Adam Gilmore - Air Force (CO)
- B. J. Manis (HI)
- Brian Bishop
- Connor Lundkovsky
- Jamie Glatz (MO)
- Jessica Glatz (HI)
- John"Tripp" Bartlett - Army (AK)
- Justin Smith - Air Force (Hawaii)
- Ken Culbertson - National Guard (SC)
- Ray Hammond - Air Force (SC)
- Robert Holder (MO)
- Ron Culbertson
- Sean Spence - Coast Guard (AK)
- Steven Shealy (SC)
- Sumner Thomas (RI)
- Wyatt Hughes - Army (Japan)
We express our Christian love and sympathy to Jerra Kirchner on the death of her father. Please keep Jerra and her family in your prayers.
Please call the church office to make updates to our prayer list! To see a complete list of prayer request policies, please refer to our Prayer webpage.
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The monthly prayer focus for October is the
upcoming elections on
November 8th. Please click
here
for a prayer guide and please pray for our country during this important time.
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Cost: Adults $5, Kids 3-11 years $3, Family Max $20 (immediate family only)
This Week's Menu:
chicken a la fletcher, slaw, baked beans, yeast rolls, dessert, tea and lemonade
November 2: homemade vegetable soup, grilled cheese sandwiches, chips, pickle wedges, apple cobbler with ice cream, tea and lemonade
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Dear Fellow Servants,
Saxe Gotha has enjoyed a great October and as it comes to an end there are several key events to remember:
Men's Wild Game Night featuring guest speaker Bass Master Chaplin, Chris Wells, is this Thursday, October 27th at 6:00 p.m. at Harmon's Tree Farm. Menu will include: venison sausage, venison cube steak, catfish stew, baked beans, slaw, home fries, wild boar sliders, fried pepper rings, and grilled quail! You will not want to miss this great evening! Please be sure to invite a friend!
Our annual Fall Festival featuring "Trunk or Treat", food and games will be Sunday, October 30th from 5:00-7:00 p.m. There will also be a train and inflatable rides. This is another great opportunity to invite a friend and introduce them to our church family.
Also, registrations are now being received for Upward Basketball (grades 1-5). Upward is a great way to introduce a child to a team sport while fostering spiritual growth and cultivating friendships with other children in our church family and community.
As you can see, a lot of great things are happening as October comes to a close! Please be sure to use these opportunities to connect others to what the Lord is doing here at Saxe Gotha!
In Christ's love,
Pastor Jim
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VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED:
Make plans to join us for the annual Fall Fest on
Sunday, October 30, 2016 from 5-7 pm in the front parking lot of the church. We will have a Trunk or Treat area, Cakewalk, Carnival Games & Food, Choo-Chee the Train, Pelicans Snoballs and Inflatables! Wear your Favorite Costume! Join us for the Fun! This is a free event (note that there is a charge for Pelicans) for the entire family!
Also, if you are interested in volunteering, please sign up using this
link.
If you are interested in bringing your car for the Trunk or Treat, please contact Melissa Peel at 359-7770 ex. 63 or mpeel@saxegotha.org. If you are interested in donating items for the cake walk (store bought or homemade) or donating 20 oz. bottles of soda and water, candy, or small prizes, please contact Lori Lowman at 359-7770 ex. 28 or llowman@saxegotha.org.
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Special Notice:
Because of a printing problem, Dedication Sunday has been moved to Sunday November 13th. We will still have a one-service Sunday on November 6th at 11 am in the Sanctuary. November 6th will also be our Music Sunday so a beautiful day of praise with choirs of all ages. On November 13th we will dedicate our pledges at all three of our regularly scheduled services.
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Congregational Meeting:
November 6th immediately after  the 11:00 a.m. services in the sanctuary for the purpose of presenting a motion to the congregation to nominate and elect new Church Officers.
We encourage all members to attend.
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Poinsettias Sale: SGPC Presbyterian Women will be selling  poinsettias Oct. 23, 30 and Nov. 6th at tables located throughout the church. They will be $13 each: These poinsettias will
decorate SGPC during Christmas, afterwards you may take them home. Make checks payable to SGPC Women with "poinsettia" in memo line. Thank you for your support. |
Operation Christmas Child Packing Party:
Wednesday, November 16 from 6:30-7:30 in the Light House
We need the following items to prepare 500 boxes!
- Was
 hcloths-354
- Ivory Soap-411
- Youth Socks-321
- Small, Filler Toys-500
- Hard Candy-Lots
- Crayons (24 count) - 418 packs
- Pencils-475
- Pens-793
- Color pencils (10 ct or more) - 481
- Hair Ties-500
- Soap Dish Holder-125
We have been blessed to participate in the Operation Christmas Child ministry through Samaritans Purse ( Franklin Graham Ministry ) for the last 14 years! Samaritans Purse has delivered over 135 million shoe boxes (Gospel Opportunities) since 1993 and will deliver over 11 million shoe boxes in 2016! Please join us in this ministry by going to the display tables to pick up a form to show you how to pack a shoe box . It
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s easy and fun and I would like to ask that all Saxe Gotha families try to pack one shoe box. We will dedicate and pray over each shoe box on Sunday, November 20, during the 8:30 and 11:00 children
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s moment.
You can also drop boxes off at our Display Tables around the Church campus . Lastly , I hope to encourage our entire Saxe Gotha church family to help us pack 500 boxes at our annual Packing Party on Wednesday, November 16, from 6:30-7:30 in the Light House.
Please pray for this ministry and all the young children that will hear the Gospel as they receive these shoe boxes.
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Service of Remembrance & Hope - Facing the holidays after the loss of a loved one can be difficult. Receive encouragement and  support in this special worship service in which we remember our lost loved ones. People of all ages and in different phases of grief are able to commune in fellowship and even light a candle in memory of a loved one. Please join us on Sunday, November 6, 2016 at 3:00 pm in the Sanctuary for a special service of hope and healing. Registration is not required. Contact Melissa Peel (mpeel@saxegotha.org) if you have any questions. |
Men Save the Date! Wild Game Night is October 2
7th at
6 pm Harmon's Tree Farm. Guest speaker is Bass Master Chaplin Chris Wells. Menu will include: Venison sausage, Venison cube Steak, Catfish stew, Baked Beans, Slaw, Home Fries, Wild Boar Sliders, Fried Pepper Rings, grilled quail, plus whatever road kill is available! Suggested donation of $15 per person. Men of all ages are invited. You may sign up
here.
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Saxe Gotha is planning a one week long Mission trip to Belize sometime during the summer of 2017. Dates to be determined. The estimated cost will be $1500-$2000. Interested? Please contact Eve Barker (missions@saxegotha.org or evebarker@netscape.net.
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All adults and youth are invited to the Light House on Wednesday Nov 2nd for a Human Trafficking Awareness Event from the Lighthouse for Life. Learn how to keep your family and community safe as well as what we can do to fight back. This special presentation will start at 6:30 pm.
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OPERATION TURKEY
Interested in helping out? Here's how you can you help with this ministry:
o Make a monetary donation to cover the costs. Please make checks payable to SGPC with Operation Turkey in memo line.
o Help cook and slice turkeys and bring to the church by
6 p.m. on Weds., November 23rd.
Please email missions@saxegotha.net to let us know how many turkeys you can prepare and donate.
o Help in the kitchen on Weds., Nov. 23rd from
3 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. (not required to be there the entire time).
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On Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, Nov. 24th we need volunteers to help during the following times:
8:30 a.m. through 12:00 p.m. - help prepare plates and other kitchen duties.
Beginning around 10 a.m. -help deliver meals around Lexington County.
Please contact Eve Barker ( missions@saxegotha.org) if you are able to help out.
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Kenya 2017 Mission Trip
June 29 - July 9, 2017 - Cost is $3500; Safari add-on is $1500. $500 deposit due by Nov. 1st.
Please visit
NeemaChildren.com for more information. Please contact Lonnie Wehunt at
803-917-3059 if you have any questions. Thank you for helping us save lives and give futures.
*Please note: This trip is not a Saxe Gotha event, but one organized by Neema Children's Home.
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If you like to knit, or would like to learn to knit, we invite you to join the Prayer Shawl Ministry group. Meets on the 1st & 3rd  Thursdays of the month (will meet on Thursdays, October 6th & 20th) in the Main Building, Room 154 from 10-11:30 am. This ministry is for beginners and advanced knitters (instruction is provided for those who are new to knitting). Newcomers only need to bring needles. Questions? Please call Polly Askew (803.359.7263).
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