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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
Call us:
9 am - 5 pm (M-Th)
(864) 882-2603
Pastoral Care
Emergencies
call or text
(864) 888-7072
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Saint Mark 2016 Leadership Team
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to view the entire list of Saint Mark Leaders for 2016 - with contact information.
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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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January 8, 2017
Sunday Schedule
9:00 am
Traditional Service
Sanctuary
with Rev. Todd Davis
9:00 am
Celebration Service
Saint Mark Center
with Rev. Shawna Darnall
9:15 am
Children's Chapel
10:00 am
Atrium Fellowship
with beverages and refreshments
10:15 am
Sunday School
for all ages
Classrooms
11:15 am
Traditional Service Sanctuary
with Rev. Todd Davis
12:30 pm
Adult Council Leaders
Conference Room
4:00 pm
In His Eyes
5:30 pm
Wing 'n Things
5:30 pm
Leadership Training
Commons Room
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Quick, easy and available
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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 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.
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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
click here and send them to us.
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Interested in LGBT Inclusion?
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Prayer Focus for This Week
Pray for our church leadership (team leaders and committee chairpersons) as they prepare for 2017. Pray for new leaders as well as returning leaders. Pray for a clear vision for the direction of Saint Mark.
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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.
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IN CASE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER
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In Case of Inclement Weather . . .
With bad weather being forecast for this weekend, here are several options to find out whether services will be cancelled this Sunday, January 8.
If the weather is too treacherous for travel, a notice of cancellation of services will be posted on the church website:
Also, a notice will be sent out through our Grapevine bulk email service as soon as decision has been made. If you have received this email, you will receive a notice.
You may also
click here
(the WSPA Channel 7 website) to see if services have been cancelled.
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THIS WEEK'S THOUGHTS TO PONDER
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Faith is journey, not a destination . . .
Journey is not a word that we fully understand in our western world. For us to journey is to travel on a bus, car or plane, we travel to get somewhere - the destination is what matters and how fast we can get there.
Our faith journey is altogether different. We are invited, as individuals and as a community of faith, to seek and listen for God's guidance . . . and then to follow wherever God leads.
Reflection:
How is God guiding us, the faith community of Saint Mark, as we continue on this journey together at the turn of a new calendar year?
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THIS WEEK AT SAINT MARK . . .
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Traditional Services
THIS Sunday, January 8, 2017
9:00 and 11:15 am
Sanctuary
"God's Secret Plan"
with Rev. Todd Davis
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Celebration Service
9:00 am
Saint Mark Center
"Overwhelmed with Joy"
with Rev. Shawna Darnall
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Saint Mark UMC
Leadership Training
THIS Sunday, January 8
5:30 pm
Commons Room
Just a reminder to our administrative committee leaders, and all ministry team leaders, our
Leadership Training Event is this coming Sunday. It will begin with a light supper at 5:30 pm, followed by our training session from 6 - 7 pm.
Click here to contact Rev. Todd Davis if you have questions.
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Beyond a Broken Heart
A Journey Through Grief
Faith-based Grief Group
Begins on Tuesday, January 10
10:00 am
Room A202
Cost: $13.00
(includes the cost of the book)
"We grieve because we love." How does the heart understand grief when it is broken by the death of a loved one? To survive and live forward, those who grieve must find answers. As we grieve, slowly we understand that grief is not a crisis of faith - it is a crisis of the heart.
Here you will find comfort, guidance, and spiritual support on your journey through grief. The hope is that our time together will lead you toward renewed hope and fullness of life as you emerge at last from the darkness of grief into the light of new life, your soul restored through the steadfast love and faithfulness of God.
For more information or to sign up for this group,
click here to contact Margaret Axson.
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Join us for our
RENEW 2017 Kick-off Event
Wednesday, January 11
5:30 pm
Saint Mark Center
Come and enjoy a meal together, children's games and inflatables, hear about upcoming RENEW plans, AND see if you can outsmart our pastors!!
Menu
Roasted Pork Loin
Baked Chicken Breast
Creamed Potatoes
Green Beans
Mac-n-Cheese
Side Salad
Rolls
Dessert
For more information,
click here to contact Rev. Shawna Darnall.
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Next Sunday, January 15
Worship and Special Events
On Sunday, January 15, the weekend of the commemoration of Martin Luther King Day, The United Methodist Church, and specifically Saint Mark UMC, will celebrate Human Relations Day.
There will be several ways to celebrate:
- Worship with us. Rev. Todd Davis and Rev. Shawna Darnall will bring messages highlighting the teachings of Jesus who calls each of us to participate in acts of social justice.
- Join us at 10:15 am in the Commons Room when Rev. Tom Summers, retired pastor from our South Carolina Conference, will lead an open forum entitled "The United Methodist Church and Social Justice."
- Again, from 2 - 4 pm in the Commons Room, Rev. Tom Summers will return for a continuation of the discussion in a program entitled "The United Methodist Church's Ministry to the Socially Oppressed."
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Click here to contact Tom Lund for more information.
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Purchase your tickets in the atrium and Narthex the next 2 Sundays, January 8 and 15. You may also order your ticket(s) online.To place your order,
click here to contact Donna Poston. We need your reservation(s) by no later than Sunday, January 15.
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This will be our RENEW program for February 1. There is no cost to attend.
Click here to contact David Wilcox for more information.
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We'll dance and play our favorite Disney trivia game again! See you there!!
We need a few cookies for those of you who would love to share your love to our children on this special day!
Click here to contact Lydia Dever for more information.
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Click here to contact Marla Fuller for more information.
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Sponsored by our South Carolina Conference
Friday and Saturday, January 27 and 28
Columbia, SC
Anderson District
United Methodist Men's Gathering
Saturday, January 28
10 am
Porter's Chapel UMC
Pickens, South Carolina
Souper Bowl Sunday
Sunday, February 5
all 3 services
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We Still Need Host Homes!
"Children of the World"
International Children's Choir
Saint Mark will present the
"Children of the World" choir in concert on Wednesday, February 1 for our
RENEW program. The choir is made up of incredible children from Uganda, Nepal, the Philippians, and Honduras. We are in need of a total of
six families who would be willing to host two or three children, or two children and a female chaperone in their home for
two nights (January 31 and February 1).
Host families will provide meals for children and chaperones while in their homes. On Wednesday, activities will be planned for the children during the day, and they will be fed lunch and supper at the church.
Please note:
All host families are required to have a background check that Saint Mark will provide.
To learn more about
World Help or
Children of the World, please
click here. If you would be interested in hosting children, please contact David Wilcox (864) 882-2603 or
click here to respond by email.
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Baby Fever?
Our nursery has just the cure! Will you volunteer to help once a month in our nursery? You will be blessed! For more information,
click here to contact Lydia Dever.
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Marvin's Kids Shoppers
If you chose to be a Marvin's Kids shopper and you shopped with your family at Walmart, please be sure to return your Walmart receipt, along with Walmart cards that still have an unused balance. Drop both of these items off at the church office at your earliest convenience. Thanks so much! Got questions?
Click here to contact Carolyn Keese.
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Attention Church Leaders!
Thank you for your leadership at Saint Mark UMC! When you are scheduling team meetings, please be sure to contact Operations Manager, Karen Holcombe in the church office to place your meeting date, time and location on the church calendar. Reservations are first come, first confirmed. This will help teams to have no conflicts of meetings times and locations and will also enable the church office to publish meetings times and dates as reminder for team members. Karen Holcombe can be reached at (864) 882-2603 or click here to send her an email.
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Generous Hearts!
Thanks to everyone who gave to our special alms offering on Christmas Eve to support the Pastor's Discretionary Fund. The Pastor's Discretionary fund is used by the Pastors to give aid to persons who find themselves in unfortunate circumstances and in need of immediate financial assistance. Total given at all three services was
$1,276.75. The 9:00 pm service gave $998.75, half of which was sent to the Pastor's Discretionary Fund at New Harmony UMC.
May God bless you for your generosity!
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January Birthdays
Click here to find our Saint Mark January Birthdays. If somehow we didn't include you on our list, please
click here to let us know. We apologize!
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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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