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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 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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April 9, 2017
Palm/Passion Sunday
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
Easter Egg Hunt
2:00 pm
SPRC Meeting
4:00 pm
Stewardship Committee
4:00 pm
Wings 'N Things
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 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 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 the innocent victims and family members of the "targeted chemical attack" of poisonous gas in Syria on Tuesday, April 4. Pray for families who have lost children in this attack. Pray for a peaceful solution to the ongoing Syrian crisis.
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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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THIS WEEK AT SAINT MARK . . .
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Gallery of Crosses Donations
ONLY TWO MORE SUNDAYS!!
We will continue to collect your cross(es) the next two Sundays. We will be located in the atrium this Sunday, April 9 and after both traditional services in the Narthex. We will have crosses that you can purchase, if you prefer.
Click here to read the guidelines for donating your cross(es).
The
Gallery of Crosses will be unveiled and dedicated on
Sunday, May 14.
For more information,
click here to contact Joyce Carney.
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Lenten sermon series
on the Apostle's Creed
Sanctuary
"Creed: Forgiveness of Sin"
with Rev. Shawna Darnall
Celebration Service
9:00 am
Saint Mark Center
"Creed: Forgiveness of Sin"
PLEASE NOTE: Weather permitting those in the congregation
(all three services) who are able, will gather on the front lawn for the opening acts of worship. Palm branches will be distributed to all. At the processional the congregation and leaders will process into the Sanctuary (9:00 and 11:15 am) and Saint Mark Center (9:00 am).
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Weather permitting, join us on the lawn in front of the sanctuary for our annual Easter Egg Hunt. This event is open to all children! Invite your neighbors and relatives!
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NO WEDNESDAY EVENING RENEW NEXT WEEK
Because of Holy Week Services, there will be NO RENEW studies or activities on Wednesday, April 12. We encourage you to attend our Holy Week events/services
Our last Wednesday evening of RENEW will be on Wednesday, April 19. We will resume again in the fall.
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If you are unable to attend the Maundy Thursday Communion and Tenebrae Service, plan to observe Good Friday as the Saint Mark and Clemson UMC choirs lead worship performing the same music, but this time at Clemson UMC.
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Saint Mark Celebrates Easter!
Sunday, April 16
Easter Sunrise Service
6:45 am
Saint Mark Memorial Garden
(to the left as you face the sanctuary)
Sunrise Covered Dish Breakfast
7:15 am
Commons Room
(Grits and Beverages will be provided.
We are looking for fruit, sweets, breads,
breakfast casseroles and meat)
Easter Sunday Celebration
9:00 am Traditional Service
9:00 am Celebration Service
11:15 am Traditional Service
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Workers Needed
Will You Help?
Workers are needed to help install an irrigation system for the front of the church. We will be starting this project on
Monday, April 17 and hope to be finished by Thursday, April 20. Work hours will be
9 am - 4 pm. Bring rounded gravel shovels and garden rakes.
We are very flexible for any time you could give for the 4-day project. Good news!! We will have a trencher to do most of the heavy digging. If you are interested and willing to help,
click here to contact Paul Herren to schedule your times. Or you may call Paul at (864) 414-1551.
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NEW 6-week Study
Surprised By Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection and the Mission of the Church
with Rev. Bob Stillwell
Tuesdays beginning on April 25
7:00 pm
Room To Be Determined
EVERYONE IS INVITED!
Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection and the Mission of the Church,
Bishop N.T. Wright's provocative book, will be the basic resource for a six-week study and discussion group facilitated by Rev. Bob Stillwell. Enhanced by video resources and careful Bible study, discussions will center around our ultimate Christian hope of eternal life, our call to live in light of the resurrection, and our role in equipping the Church to foster authentic hope in the world.
Purchase of book and/or participant's guide is not mandatory. However, if you wish to read the book,
click here to purchase a copy of the book from Amazon.
If you are interested in attending or need more information,
click here to contact Marla Fuller.
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Saint Mark Child Development Center
presents
Parents' Night Out
Once a month, our CDC staff will keep children (infants through 12 years old) at the church from 5:30 pm until 9:30 pm so that parents can enjoy an evening out.
The cost is $10/hour for one child. Each additional child is $5 more per hour. Children over 2 years old will be fed supper. All CDC staff are trained in CPR and First Aid
The next Parents' Night Out will be on Friday, April 21. Please click here to contact
Becca Williams or call her at (864) 882-0333 for details or to reserve your child's spot.
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Saint Mark Festival Leadership Training
EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO ATTEND!
There are still a few free copies of the book,
Shift: Three Movements
in the 21st Century Church
available in the church office.
First come . . . first serve.
Contact: Rev. Todd Davis
Saint Mark Festival Worship
ONE SERVICE ONLY
10:30 AM
Saint Mark Center
Contact: Rev. Todd Davis
Saint Mark Festival Luncheon
Missions Fundraiser
sponsored by our Saint Mark UMW
Sunday, April 22
12:00 noon
Saint Mark Center and Commons Room
Adults:
$10
Children 6 - 12:
$5
Children under 6: eat for free!
Purchase your tickets in the atrium
THIS Sunday, April 9
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Menu
All-you-can-eat Pancakes
Breakfast Casserole
Bacon and Sausage,
Juice, Milk and Coffee
There will be a large group of door prizes from the businesses in the area. We invite adults and families to come and you will not leave hungry.
Tickets
Adults - $7
Children 12 and under - $3
Under 3 - Free
Get your tickets from any Lions Club member. Click here to contact Dean Garland.
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UMVIM South Carolina Training
Saturday, April 29
9:30 am - 1:00 pm
Trinity UMC in Fountain Inn, SC
Cost: $35.00
Click here to register with Rev. Cynthia Taylor or you may call her at (864) 637-8525.
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Do You Have "Stuff" You Could Give?
Give Your "Stuff" to our Saint Mark Child Development Center
Have you started your spring house cleaning?
Saint Mark Child Development Center would love to help you get rid of "stuff" you no longer want or need. Between now and Friday, May 19, they will be happy to take your donations for their CDC Yard Sale on Saturday, May 20.
Click here
to contact Becca Williams, Director of our Child Development Center for more information, or to have someone pick up your item(s).
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We See You Out There -
Taking Photos at Our Events!
Please . . . continue to take photos at all of our Saint Mark events and activities, then share them on social media with your Saint Mark family by using our
Saint Mark hashtag -
#stmarkumc.
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South Carolina Annual Conference
June 4 - 7, 2017
Looking for Volunteers!
The Greenville District of the United Methodist Church is hosting the 2017 South Carolina Annual Conference at the TD Convention Center in Greenville. Volunteers are needed to help with a wide variety of jobs that will make the conference more enjoyable for all.
Click here to learn how you can help and how to offer your services.
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The South Carolina
United Methodist Advocate
Wants to Hear from You
In an effort to be as fair and balanced as possible, and to create a safe space for Christian dialogue about the issue of human sexuality (LGBTQ) and the church, the
Advocate is seeking South Carolina voices on the
"Way Forward" and the United Methodist Church. We invite you
(whether clergy or lay, any age/race/gender/etc.) to share your thoughts with us as we continue in this important denomination-wide discussion.
As you likely know, there is much division and disagreement about human sexuality and the United Methodist Church. At General Conference 2016, the body voted to defer all petitions on human sexuality (a total of 56) and refer the entire subject to a special
Way Forward Commission, named by the UMC Council of Bishops, to develop a complete examination and possible revision of every paragraph in the UMC
Book of Discipline regarding human sexuality. That group is currently meeting, and the UMC will hold a special called General Conference session in 2019 to vote on its recommendation for the church. (See full article
here.)
Now and over the next months, as we approach the special session, the
Advocate is seeking South Carolina United Methodists willing to talk about their views in various articles we will be writing to cover the events as they unfold.
If you are possibly interested in sharing your thoughts as those needs arise, please contact
Advocate Editor, Jessica Brodie at (803) 735-8772, or
click here to send her an email.
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Children's Church Needs YOU!
Will You Help?
Ever wonder where the kids go after Ms. Lydia leads the children from the 9 am services? Well we want you to discover the great opportunity to lead worship for these precious hearts! Lydia is in need of once-a-month teachers for this group! For more information or to plug into this ministry, please click here to contact Lydia!
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Time to Register for Summer Camp!
Summer is just around the corner and that means summer camps are starting to schedule campers! Would you like your child to attend a camp filled with values of our faith and based in the beautiful mountains? Asbury Hills is what you are looking for! Please
click here for more information or contact Lydia with questions about scholarships.
Also if you are willing to sponsor a child that would like to attend a week of camp at Asbury hills please make your check out to
"Saint Mark UMC," marked
"Asbury Hills" or contact Lydia with questions.
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Pinwheels for Prevention
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. In observance of this important national campaign to protect our precious children, our Saint Mark Child Development Center will display 220 pinwheels in front of the church for the entire month of April to remind each of us that we must work together to prevent child abuse and neglect. As you drive past the pinwheels, lift up a prayer for the many innocent children and youth who are victims of abuse and neglect.
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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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