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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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Contact Us?
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 2017 Ministry Guidebook
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to view the entire Saint Mark 2017 Ministry Guidebook with information about church structure, leadership, ministries and our 2017 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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August 27, 2017
Sunday
Schedule
9:00 am
Traditional Worship in the Sanctuary
9:00 am
Celebration Worship in the Saint Mark Center
9:15 am
Children's Church
Room A101
10:15 am
Sunday School
for all ages
11:15 am
Traditional Worship in the Sanctuary
3:00 pm
Youth Lake Kickoff at the home of
Mike and Debbie Wallace
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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 LGBT Inclusion?
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Prayer Focus for This Week
Pray for emergency personnel (law enforcement, fire and EMS) who put themselves in harm's way to come to the aid of persons who need immediate assistance. Pray for safety in all situations. Express your gratitude for the many, many lives they have saved and the persons they have comforted in the line of duty. Maybe you are one of those persons who has received life-saving assistance from emergency personnel.
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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.
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to submit your request.
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Worship With Us This Week
Sunday, August 27
Three Services
Sanctuary
Bringing the Message
Rev. Shawna Darnall
Celebration Service 9:00 am
Saint Mark Center
Bringing the Message
Rev. Todd Davis
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Click here to contact Donna Poston, Minister of Youth and College Discipleship.
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Click here for more information and to make your reservation.
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Click here to register for this seminar.
The response to this seminar has been fantastic! Just a reminder that there will be refreshments. Also care will be available for loved ones with dementia. Click here to contact Bonnie Holmes if you are interested in this service.
This event is co-sponsored by the Elderberries and the Dementia Concerns Group.
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Watch for program details.
Won't you join us this fall?
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Wednesday RENEW Suppers
Will Begin SOON!
Wednesday, September 13, 5:15 pm
Supper that night is FREE!!!!!!
Menu for September 13
Hamburgers and Hot Dogs with fixin's
Wednesday evenings at Saint Mark are special! Between September and April, we gather for a meal, and to participate in programming for children, youth and adults. In preparation for the beginning of a new program year (2017-18), we need your help with
two things. if you plan to participate this year we need: 1) your
reservations for supper and 2)
Kitchen Krew volunteers.
We will begin taking
reservations for
RENEW Suppers the next two Sundays
(August 27 and September 3) - in the atrium, Saint Mark Center and in the Narthex. You have three options:
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Fill out the orange cards to make your reservation(s) You may add your name to our master list, which means you will not have to contact us again to make reservations, unless you need to cancel your reservation. Drop the cards in the baskets provided or put them in the offering plate. You may also use the orange cards on a weekly basis rather than adding your name to the master list. You will need to contact us each week if you plan to attend.
We also need Kitchen Krew volunteers to help with set up, serving and clean up on Wednesday evenings. You can join a team of volunteers on a rotating schedule, or just sign up for one evening.
You may also click here to contact Donna Jaynes, or call her at the church office (864) 882-2603.
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Join us in the Saint Mark Center
for an evening of fun, food and fellowship!
REMEMBER, SUPPER IS FREE!!!
THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR THE
WINNING TABLE!
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Women's Day Apart
with Rev. Susan Leonard-Ray
Saturday, September 16
10 am - 2 pm
Commons Room
Cost: $10
Brunch will be catered by
Friends Farm and Catering
We are not finished. We are people in the making. We have the capacity to learn, mature, think, change and grow. We also have the power to stagnate, regress, constrict, and lose our way. Without intentional attention to the ways of Jesus, we could find that our faith has landed us in a parking lot instead of on the road to the abundant life God holds out for us. What road will we take?
As followers of the Way, what practices will help us continue to grow in holiness of heart and life? What might we need to be attentive to so that the Spirit of Jesus more fully fills our hearts and governs our lives?
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The study for this fall is
All Things New by Kelly Minter. It is a study on 2 Corinthians. For more information,
click here to contact Sandy James.
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For more information,
click here to contact Donna Poston, Minister of Youth and College Discipleship
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We are currently taking reservations for
a Sunset Charity Cruise aboard
"Life's ll Good."
Look for us in the atrium. We are limited to 75 people, so make your reservation early! Click here to contact Kathy Graves for more information.
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Fall Anderson District
Lay Servant Ministries School
October 7-8
Pendleton United Methodist Church
It's fall, a time full of new possibilities and new opportunities for serving the Lord. Have you heard a call to be a Lay Servant and want an overview of what it means to be a Lay Servant? Would you like to learn how to pray effectively in public? Can you deliver a message or plan a worship service in a meaningful way? Would you like to know more about the United Methodist Social Principles? Now is the time for you to explore these options.
Courses offered:
Basic Lay Servant Ministry
Basic Preaching
Prayer and Justice in Everyday Life
Cost: $45 if registered before August 25, $50 if registered between August 25 and September 1st.
Classes are open to everyone, regardless of whether or not they are interested in becoming a certified lay servant. For those who are or wish to be a certified lay servant, remember that you must take a course beyond the Basic course at least once every 3 years. For more information click here to contact Gwendolyn Brown, Chair of the Anderson District Lay Servant Ministry Board. Or call her at 678-480-5176.
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Mark your calendars! The annual Mission Auction is coming, and it's got a whole new look. We're going to a one-day auction-- that's right, just one day to bid on football tickets, homemade dinners, antiques and artwork, themed baskets and more. We plan to hand out lists of the items up for auction and work out some way for people to submit early bids if they are not going to be present on the big day, but for now, please mark your calendars for
Sunday, October 29th! We have already started accepting items for the auction (at least on paper!), so please start thinking about what you might be able to donate.
Thanks for supporting the auction that supports the mission work of Saint Mark UMC every year. Questions? Want to help?
Click here to contact Jane Harlin, or call her at (864) 638-2462. Do not use the home number listed in the directory--we've moved!
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Tentative Plans for an
Elderberries-sponsored Event
A Christmas Trip to Winston-Salem
ARE YOU INTERESTED?
Monday, December 4 through
Wednesday, December 6
Are you 50+? Would you be interested in a trip to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, during the month of December? Our trip would include a Christmas Candlelight tour, an opportunity to experience Old Salem, and some of the Moravian holiday traditions.
A proposed tour package includes two nights at the Historic Brookstown Inn, voted as one of the 25 best hotels in the south by Southern Living in 2016.
Click here to learn more about Brookstown Inn.
Click here to email Marla Fuller to express your interest in this trip.
You are not making a commitment if you reply. Let us know your interest by
Sunday, September 3.
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Wings 'n Things
Resumes
Sunday, September 10
4:00 pm
Reconciling Worship Service
4:00 pm
Clemson United Methodist Church
Marvin's Kids Training
Tuesday, September 12
10 am - 12 noon
Wednesday, September 13
6:30 - 8 pm
Sunday, September 17
3 - 5 pm
World Communion Sunday
Sunday, October 1
All three services
Pet Blessing
Sunday, October 1
2:30 pm
Low Country Boil
Fundraiser for Eleuthera Mission
Sunday, October 8
6:00 pm
Saint Mark Center
United Methodist Men
Saturday, October 21
10 am
Full Breakfast Meeting
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FREE SALE
At Our Daily Rest
525 E Main St.
Seneca, SC 29678
Saturday, August 26
8 - 11 am
"We (at Our Daily Rest) have been so very blessed that we feel the need to share with others in need in our community." Pass the word along! Click here to contact Lauren Richardson for more information.
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Reviving Hope
Benefit for Our Daily Rest
Saturday, September 16
5:30 - 8:30 pm
Lighthouse Event Center
Live Music by Darby Wilcox and the Peep Show
Tickets $25 (available at Our Daily Rest)
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The Oconee Salvation Army is in need of advisory board members. Meetings are at 9 am on the third Thursday of each month. If you are interested, please contact Ray Lockhart at (864) 944-0247 or (864) 710-5302.
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Want to Be a Volunteer at the
Eight Upcoming Football Games?
Wow! What an opportunity! You will receive a minimum of $8.50 per hour. If you are interested, please contact Ray Lockhart at (864) 944-0247 or (864) 710-5302.
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Order Time . . . Do You Need
Offering Envelopes?
It is getting to be that time of the year again. We need to order our offering envelopes for 2018. Many people are sending their funds electronically and may no longer need a box of envelopes. By Sunday September 3, click here to notify Karen Holcombe, our Operations Manager, if you:
- Do not currently use the box envelope system, but would like to in 2018.
- Currently have a box of offering envelopes, but no longer need them.
- Currently use the box envelope system and wish to continue.
Thanks for your help!
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Disciples In Action:
Catch Someone In the Act
of Being a Disciple
In addition to the Heart Beat, Prayers of the People and People 'Neath Our Steeple, very soon you will begin to receive posts highlighting the many and diverse ways our Saint Mark folks live as disciples in the church, the community and the world. We are calling this new feature, Disciples in Action. We will count on you to help us catch people in the act. When you see an individual or a group of Saint Mark folks living as disciples, capture those moments or events in photos, and (with their permission) send them to us to post, along with a paragraph describing what you have captured in the photo. Click here to send your photo and paragraph to Marla Fuller.
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District and Conference
Volunteers Needed
Want to know more about our United Methodist Church? One great way to learn more about our great church is to serve on the District or Annual Conference level. If you would like to be nominated to serve on a District or Annual Conference Committee (2018-2020 term), or even better, as a leader of a ministry team here at Saint Mark UMC, please click here to contact Rev. Todd Davis or call him at (
864) 882-2603.
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Join other Saint Mark disciples in prayer for the people and ministries of our faith community!
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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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