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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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May 7, 2017
All Choirs Sunday
Sunday Schedule
THERE WILL BE TWO SERVICES
OF WORSHIP, BOTH IN THE SANCTUARY
9:00 am
Worship with
Holy Communion
in the Sanctuary
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
Worship with
Holy Communion
in the Sanctuary
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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.
Or use our Saint Mark 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 persons who have fallen victim to scams - who have lost their life savings because they have placed their trust in predators who prey on those who are most vulnerable to these kinds of schemes. Pray for those who perpetrate these scams, that they might see the tragic harm they have caused, turn their lives around, and offer restitution to those upon whom they have preyed.
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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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You Will Not Want To Miss This
Special Service of Worship
featuring the Saint Mark Music Ministry
The groups participating are:
Children's Choir
Wings for the Lord (youth choir)
In His Eyes ( youth movement group)
Saint Mark Ringers (bell choir)
Celebration Worship Team
Gospel Choir
Chancel Choir
We will also celebrate Holy Communion together. Please join on this very special Sunday filled with music of our faith.
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This Sunday's Alms Offering
The alms offering this Sunday, May 7, will support the work of Our Daily Rest, which offers housing to temporarily homeless citizens of Oconee County. It is more than just a shelter; Our Daily Rest provides a network of support services to help keep families together and become self-sustaining. For more information, go to OurDailyRest.org.
Thanks for supporting this important local ministry.
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Gallery of Crosses Dedication
Sunday, May 14
10:00 am
Hallway Behind the Sanctuary
JOIN US!
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Epworth Mother's Day Offering
NEXT Sunday, May 14
All three services
EPWORTH IS OUR MINISTRY! Did you know that in the last year
Epworth Children's Home gave 150 children a safe and loving place to call home? Each of these children had this opportunity because people and churches like us embrace and provide for this wonderful ministry for the children and families in South Carolina. Saint Mark will participate in the annual Mother's Day Offering next Sunday, May 14, to benefit the children who call Epworth home.
Please be in prayerful consideration of what God
is calling you to give to this valuable and life changing ministry. For more information
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We will celebrate our high school and college graduates at two of our three services of worship on Sunday, May 21.
9:00 Celebration (Saint Mark Center)
11:15 Traditional (Sanctuary)
If you have a graduate in your family (high school through graduate level studies) and would like them to be recognized, please click here to email Donna Poston, or call her at the church office at (864) 882-2603.
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Yard Sale donations can be dropped off in the Common's Room on May 17, anytime between 7 am until 5:30 pm, or on May 18th anytime between 7 am until 7 pm.
There are tax receipts hanging on the door to Becca Williams' office (Director of our CDC). Leftover donations will be donated after the sale to the Collins Children's Home
If anyone would like to help with the set up on Thursday afternoon at 3 pm or help during the sale times please let Becca know.
For more information about this fundraiser, or to make arrangements to drop off your donations, click here to contact Becca Williams, Director of the Saint Mark Child Development Center.
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Darkness to Light training raises awareness of the prevalence and consequences of child sexual abuse by educating adults about the steps they can take to prevent, recognize and react responsibly to the reality of child sexual abuse.
For more information,
click here to contact Becky Hazelwood.
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Saint Mark Child Development Center
Parents' Night Out
(infants through 12 years old)
Friday, May 26
5:30 - 9:30 pm
$10/hour for one child
$5 per hour for each additional child
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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South Carolina Annual Conference
June 4 - 7
TD Center in Greenville, SC
Pentecost Sunday
Sunday, June 4
Wings for the Lord
Summer Tour
June 15-21
Annual Staff Retreat
June 25-27
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The American Guild of Organists
Greater Anderson Chapter
Free Members' Recital
Sunday, May 7
3:00 pm
Grace Episcopal Church
711 S. McDuffie Street
Anderson, SC
David Wilcox (Saint Mark UMC) and
Trevis Young (Clemson UMC) are two of the featured performers. For more information,
click here to contact David Wilcox.
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Dear Church Family,
Cara and I would like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the kind and loving care you have given to us during my surgery and recovery. The food, cards, flowers, and love have been so appreciated. I am doing better every day and look forward to being with you again in worship on Sunday, May 14. Thank you for being the hands and feet of Christ our Lord to us during this time. We are so grateful to be able to serve God with you through our family of faith at Saint Mark UMC!
Much love,
Pastor Todd and Cara Davis
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Children's Ministry Summer Intern
With Children's Ministry being a vital aspect of the life of Saint Mark, the SPRC (Staff/Parish Relations Committee) wants to take great care with filling the position of Children's Minister while at the same time continuing the ministries already in place and moving the program forward. Therefore, we are excited to announce that
Caitlyn Smoldt will serve with us at Saint Mark as our summer intern in Children's Ministry.
Caitlyn just completed her junior year at Clemson University where she is majoring in Elementary Education. She is originally from North Augusta, South Carolina where she grew up attending First Baptist Church. Currently she is an associate member at Clemson United Methodist Church, is very active in the Clemson Wesley Foundation, and is looking forward to spending her summer with us at Saint Mark.
Caitlyn comes to us with glowing recommendations and enthusiasm for loving and guiding our children. She is especially excited to merge her faith and experience in education.
Caitlyn will join us in worship on Sunday, May 28 and will be will us until the end of the summer, so let's give Caitlyn a warm welcome and provide her with all she needs to further the goals of our Children's Ministry.
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Our annual opportunity to sponsor our "Wing's youth" on tour will begin Sunday, May 21, in the atrium. With your $25.00 sponsorship, you will receive a photo of your youth, a ribbon to wear and a specific itinerary to guide your prayers each day.
This year we will be singing in homeless shelters in Atlanta, Baton Rouge and New Orleans. We will also sing in Montgomery and Mobile, AL, as well as Sunday services in Baton Rouge, LA. Thank you for your continued love and support!
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Wings for the Lord Choir Tour
Can You Help With a Venue?
Wings for the Lord youth choir will be traveling from Baton Rouge toward Seneca on Tuesday, June 20. If you know of a church in the Tuscaloosa/Birmingham/west Atlanta area that we can contact to host us, please click here to contact Donna Poston. Thanks for your help!
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Share Your Art with Saint Mark
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Calling all artists!! The Saint Mark Aesthetics Committee is looking for folks in our church family who are willing to display their works of art at Saint Mark for 3 to 6 months. To learn more, please click here to contact Joyce Carney or click here to contact Marla Fuller. Click here to find the guildelines and waiver.
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Saint Mark CDC Program Is Looking for Outreach Projects
Our
Saint Mark Child Development Center Summer Program will be starting on Friday, June 2. They are hoping to do some outreach projects with their school-aged children throughout the summer. Do you have projects or ideas to suggest to the teachers/leaders of this ministry?
Click here to contact Becca Williams, Director of our CDC.
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South Carolina Conference-Wide Mission
Saint Mark UMC has committed
$1000 toward our South Carolina conference-wide mission to support
Homes for Hope to reduce homelessness in the Greenville area. We haven't quite met our goal of $1000 before Annual Conference begins on June 4. Will you help to put us over our goal?
If you would like to support Saint Mark's efforts to help reduce homelessness in this way, please make your check payable to
Saint Mark UMC and mark the "for" line "Homes of Hope". If we have more than $1000 donated for this effort, we will use any remaining funds to support
"Bikes for the World," another Conference mission to provide bicycles to children who cannot afford bikes, and to adults who need transportation.
Thank you, as always, for your generosity.
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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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