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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
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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February 12, 2017
Sunday Schedule
9:00 am
Traditional Service
Sanctuary
with Rev. Shawna Darnall
9:00 am
Celebration Service
Saint Mark Center
with Rev. Todd Davis
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. Shawna Darnall
12:30 pm
Communications Team Meeting
3:00 pm
Children's Valentine's Party and Dance
4:00 pm
Wings 'N Things
4:00 pm
Interfaith/
Intercultural Team Meeting
4:00 pm
Stewardship Team Meeting
5:30 pm
In His Eyes
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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 sister congregation, Advent UMC in Simpsonville, SC, whose sanctuary caught fire during renovations and sustained major damage.
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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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THIS WEEK'S THOUGHTS TO PONDER
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What Does the Lord Require of You?
"To Love Mercy"
As a follow-up to our recent sermons based on the passage from Micah 6:1-8, let's take a closer look at what it means for followers of Jesus to "love mercy." Mercy can be defined as loving kindness in action, unexpected kindness and compassion, or being spared what one deserves. Surely a love for mercy comes naturally to those who have received mercy, so why would God need to tell us to love it? Loving mercy isn't just about thinking it's great when we're receiving it. We are to extend the same mercy and loving kindness to others - even those who don't want it or appreciate it - or who, in our opinion, don't deserve it.
Reflection:
How are you/or might you extend mercy to others, - especially to those you have judged to deserve it the least.
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THIS WEEK AT SAINT MARK . . .
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Traditional Services
THIS Sunday, February 12
9:00 and 11:15 am
Sanctuary
"Holy Ground"
with Rev. Shawna Darnall
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Celebration Service
THIS Sunday, February 12
9:00 am
Saint Mark Center
"The Ethics of God's World"
with Todd Davis
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Gallery of Crosses
Planned for Saint Mark
During the holy season of Lent, we invite you to consider contributing one or more crosses that will be displayed in our Gallery of Crosses in the hallway between the sanctuary and atrium. Beginning on Sunday, February 12, there will be someone in the atrium to receive your cross(es).
Click here to read the guidelines for donating your cross(es).
The
Gallery of Crosses will be unveiled on
Sunday, May 14.
For more information,
click here to contact Joyce Carney.
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Click here to contact Lydia Dever for more information.
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RENEW Dinner Menu
Wednesday, February 15
5:30 pm
Saint Mark Center
Menu
Roast Beef
Baked Ham
Mac-n-Cheese
Creamed Potatoes
Lima Beans
Side Salad
Rolls
Dessert
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NEXT Wednesday, February 15
6:15 pm
Room A202
We continue looking at how Saint Mark is exploring ways to avoid the
Toxic Charity trap that results in hurting the very ones we are trying to help.
Over our years of involvement with the Bahamian Island of Eleuthera, Saint Mark has shifted the way we partner with the people of that island, offering a "hand up" instead of a "hand out." We have done this by partnering with the One Eleuthera Foundation. Their goals include: cultural and heritage development, economic development, educational development, environmental sustainability and wellness. Our goal is to support their goals.
If you have participated in any of our Eleuthera Pilgrimages since 2010, come and share your perspective. If you haven't participated, but want to learn how you might plug in, please join us for this enlightening discussion. For more information, click here to contact Bob or Lynn Dobson.
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Knowing Me, Knowing You
The Enneagram
a Tool for Relationship Transformation
Sunday, February 19
1 - 4 pm
Commons Room
Facilitator: Marla Fuller
Click here to contact Marla Fuller if you have questions or if you would like to attend.
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Lenten Workshop
(for ALL ages)
Wednesday, February 22
6:15 pm
Saint Mark Center
Sunday, February 26
11:15 am OR
1:00 pm
Saint Mark Center
You won't want to miss out on the ways we will journey through Lent, toward Easter! Make plans now to attend one of our three scheduled workshops (see above for dates and times).
All ages are invited to come create a personalized Lenten calendar to guide our journey through this season of preparation and anticipation. Click here to contact Pastor Shawna Darnall for further information.
Reminder: There will be a covered dish luncheon at 12:30 pm between the two Sunday workshops on February 26. Bring food to share.
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This Year's Book for Lenten Study
We invite you to purchase a copy of
Creed and follow along as we use it to journey through Lent together. We have copies of the book available for you to purchase at a cost of
$16/book.
Click here if you are interested in purchasing it through the church. You may also call Marla Fuller at the church office - (864) 882-2603, or simply stop by to pick up your copy.
Creed is also available on Kindle.
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Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper
Tuesday, February 28
5 - 6:15 pm
Saint Mark Center
Shrove Tuesday occurs the first Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. It officially ends the season of Epiphany and is the vigil for the starting of Lent. It is often observed by eating pancakes. Come and learn the significance behind this tradition.
There will be NO RENEW Dinner or regular Wednesday evening activities on Ash Wednesday, March 1. Instead, we invite you to attend the Community Lenten Service at noon on March 1, and the Ash Wednesday Service later that evening at 6:30 at New Harmony UMC. Be intentional about entering the holy season of Lent by participating in these events.
Click here to make your reservation for our
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper. The Wednesday RENEW Master List applies.
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Community Lenten Services
Schedule
Wednesday, March 1, 12 noon
at Trinity Baptist Church
Rev. Jim Morgan (from Ann Hope UMC)
Wednesday, March 8, 12 noon
at Seneca Presbyterian Church
Rev. Todd Davis (from Saint Mark UMC)
Wednesday, March 15, 12 noon
at Ebenezer Baptist Church
Rev. Ryan Wilson (from Trinity Baptist)
Wednesday, March 22, 12 noon
at Ann Hope UMC Church
Rev. W.C. Honeycutt (from Ebenezer Baptist)
Wednesday, March 29, 12 noon
at Episcopal Church of the Ascension
Father William Hearne (from St. Paul the Apostle)
Wednesday, April 5, 12 noon
at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church
Rev. Nancy Morris (from Seneca Presbyterian)
Wednesday, April 12, 12 noon
at Saint Mark United Methodist Church
Rev. Deedie Marshall (from Ascension Episcopal)
Lunch will follow each service throughout Lent.
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Stop Hunger Now
Meal Packaging Event
Saturday, March 4
8:00 am - 10:00 am
and 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Saint Mark Center
Click here to learn about the work of Stop Hunger Now and to sign up for one or both of our two packaging sessions. You will also be able to sign up in the atrium and Narthex (12:15 pm only) beginning THIS Sunday, February 12.
Here is where things stand financially. First, thank you for your generosity toward the 50,000 meals that we hope to package this year. We need about
$1000 more to fund
45,000 meals or
$2,500 additional to reach our goal of
50,000 meals. We just learned that it isn't too late to give. We can accept donations until
Sunday, February 19. Please make checks out to Saint Mark, noting that it is for
Stop Hunger Now.
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Help
Wings for the Lord Youth Choir
Take Flight!
Church Wide Annual Yard Sale
Friday, March 10 and
Saturday, March 11
7 am - 12 noon
Saint Mark Center (Gym)
Sunday, March 5
Donated items will be received
in the Commons Room
9 am - 1 pm
Monday, March 6, Tuesday, March 7
and Wednesday, March 8
9 am - 2 pm
Donated items will be received
Commons Room
Use Driveway off Ploma Drive
LOOK FOR SIGNAGE
Church members and friends
are welcome to come and help price
Wednesday, March 8
5 pm - 7 pm
SNEAK PREVIEW SALE
for Saint Mark members and friends
(Purchases are welcome!)
Friday, March 10
7 am - 12 noon
Yard Sale
Saturday, March 11
7 am - 12 noon
Yard Sale
Click here to contact Donna Poston for more information.
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Sherry Thrift Bradshaw
former Miss South Carolina
Sunday, February 12
3:00 pm
Trinity Baptist Church
504 S. Oak St.
Seneca, SC
Free tickets are available in the church office.
Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Lecture:
"Did the Early Christians
Forget Jesus?"
Dr. Bart D. Ehrman
Thursday, February 16th
6:00 PM
100 Brackett Hall
Clemson University
Contact: Jens Holley
Kairos Cookies Are Due
Monday, March 13
Contact: Mona Fleming
Spring Youth Retreat
Look Up Lodge
March 25-26
Contact:
Donna Poston
(combined Men and Women)
Friday, March 31
6:30 pm
Saint Mark Center
Contact: Marla Fuller
Easter Egg Hunt
Sunday, April 9
12:30 pm
Contact: Lydia Dever
Easter Sunday
Sunday, April 16
3 services
Contact: Todd Davis
Saint Mark Festival
Leadership Training
with Mark Tidsworth
Saturday, April 22
9 am
Commons Room
Saint Mark Festival
with Mark Tidsworth
Sunday, April 23
One combined service
10:30 am
Saint Mark Center
Contact: Todd Davis
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Thank You for Your Generosity,
Saint Mark!
Our Saint Mark youth express their appreciation for for your kindness! Because of your generosity on
Souper Bowl Sunday, the
Aldersgate Sunday School Class will receive
$1107.89 that will go a long way to purchase non-perishable food that class members will, in turn, box up to feed the hungry in our community who come by our church office at least once each week - or more. Your gifts make a real difference!!
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Children of the World
International Children's Choir
Left Their Mark on Our Church Family!
If you were present to enjoy the delightful concert put on by the
Children of the World Choir last Wednesday evening, you experienced the joy of their contagious energy, and the depth of their message and appeal for help. Some of you chose to sponsor a child living in desperate conditions in another part of the world. Thank you!! Others of you contributed to a love offering to further the efforts of this life-saving ministry. Your generous giving resulted in an offering of
$2239.95!!!
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I want to say thank you to my wonderful Saint Mark family for all the prayers and wishes that went out for my son, David, during his ordeal with esophageal cancer. He is now cancer free. This is truly a blessing.
In Christ's love,
Freida Phipps
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Share Your Business/Service
With Your Saint Mark Family
Saint Mark UMC is compiling a
new directory of Businesses/Service Providers in our community who are actively involved at Saint Mark. If you would like the opportunity to share your business/service with our congregation and visitors, please
click here to send the following to Marla Fuller:
- Name of Business/Service
- Short description of the business or service provided
- Contact Information (phone, email, website) of the Business/Service Provider
To participate in the Directory, you must be a member or active participant of Saint Mark UMC, and the owner of the business/service.
PLEASE NOTE: Publication in our directory does not reflect the church's endorsement.
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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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