PRAYER LIST
- Alice Peck
- Colette Phillips
- Dave Mays' sister
- Jana Gunter's mother
- Leslie Clark
- Leslie Clark's father
- Linda Pierallini's mother
- Pam Cope's mother
- Pete Mondeel
- Robby Cope
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)
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:
balsamic glazed chicken, wild rice, green beans, rolls, apple crisp, tea and lemonade
October 26:
chicken a la fletcher, slaw, baked beans, yeast rolls, dessert, tea and lemonade
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Dear Fellow Servants,
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, our Business Administrator, Dan Cunningham, will be retiring effective October 31st. Dan has served our congregation faithfully for 9 years. You will have an opportunity to thank Dan for all of his work this Sunday! We will recognize Dan at the 11
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a.m. traditional service. A reception will follow in the Fellowship Hall.
Wild Game Night is next week!
On Thursday evening, October 2
7th at
6:00 p.m. we will be gathering at Harmon's Tree Farm. The guest speaker for this event, is Bass Master Chaplin
, Chris Wells. Chris grew up in Summerton, S.C. near the Santee Cooper Reservoir. His dad and brother, who loved fishing, and all of his other boyhood heroes were bass pros, not pro baseball or football players. Young Chris fine-tuned his fishing skills reading Bass Master magazine and watching the
Saturday fishing shows on TV.
Chris gave his life to Christ one night under a pecan tree while a student at Francis Marion College. Today, he is a popular speaker, evangelist and chaplain on the Bass Master Elite Series tournament trail for the Fellowship of Christian Anglers Society. You will enjoy hearing Chris and eating some great food.
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!
In Christ's love,
Pastor Jim
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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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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. |
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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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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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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We invite new members and active guests to join us at our upcoming Discovery class on Sunday, October 23rd at 9:45 a.m. (during Sunday school class) in the Lighthouse Café.
Discover your spiritual gifts, find out what it means to be a Presbyterian, how to "Give God Joy" as a fully engaged covenant partner (member) and learn about the many ministries Saxe Gotha has to offer.
To register for Discovery classes, please contact Melissa Peel
(803.359.7770 ext. 63) or
mpeel@saxegotha.org.
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