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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
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(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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May 14, 2017
DREAM!
Sunday Schedule
9:00 am
Celebration Service
Saint Mark Center
9:00 am
Traditional Service
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
Traditional Service
Sanctuary
4:00 pm
Wings 'n Things
5:30 pm
Senior Class Drama Rehearsal
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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 abandoned and orphaned children around the world. Pray for children living in foster care waiting to be adopted. Pray especially for the almost 100 million children who are homeless and living on the streets. Pray for swift intervention and secure placements for these children who live without help or hope.
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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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Join Us For Worship
THIS Sunday, May 14, 2017
3 services - regular times and locations
Traditional Services
9:00 and 11:15 am
Sanctuary
Bringing the message:
Rev. Shawna Darnall
"DREAM!"
Celebration Service
9:00 am
Saint Mark Center
Bringing the message:
Rev. Todd Davis
"DREAM!"
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Epworth Mother's Day Offering
THIS Sunday, May 14
This Sunday is Mother's Day.
Most of the more than 75 children at Epworth Children's Home will not be celebrating Mother's Day with their mothers. Instead, they will be surrounded by loving staff and volunteers who walk with them daily to provide spiritual, educational, emotional and physical support.
Please prayerfully consider what God is calling you to give to this life changing ministry. For more information about Epworth Children's Home,
click here.
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Gallery of Crosses Dedication
THIS Sunday, May 14
10:00 am
Hallway Behind the Sanctuary
JOIN US!
The Saint Mark Aesthetics Committee has been working the last several months on a variety of enhancements of our Saint Mark facilities, including a Gallery of Crosses located in the hallway immediately behind the sanctuary. (Members of the Aesthetics Committee are Joyce Carney, Lilly Blue, Sheryl Cherry, Cathy Graves and Marla Fuller - with the help of Basil Carney and David Powell) The Gallery of Crosses, a wall of crosses donated by disciples of Saint Mark, will be dedicated by Pastor Todd at 10 am this coming Sunday morning, May 14. Join us in the hallway behind the sanctuary for the dedication service. If you can't attend the dedication service, make it a point to stop by to take in the stunning beauty of this wall filled with crosses donated by YOU, our Saint Mark family.
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You have one more week to gather up your Yard Sale donations for the CDC Yard Sale Fundraiser. 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.
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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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 they will be singing in homeless shelters in Atlanta, Baton Rouge and New Orleans. They will also sing in Montgomery and Mobile, Alabama, as well as Sunday services in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Thank you for your continued love and support!
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We will celebrate our high school and college graduates at two of our three services of worship NEXT Sunday, May 21.
9:00 Celebration (Saint Mark Center)
11:15 Traditional (Sanctuary)
If you have a college graduate in your family 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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Training Postponed
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Darkness to Light: Stewards of Children Training, originally scheduled for Sunday, May 21 from 3 - 5 pm, has been postponed until the fall.
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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
3 services (9 am and 11:15 am)
Followed by a Church-Wide
Covered Dish Lunch
Wings for the Lord
Summer Tour
June 15-21
Annual Staff Retreat
June 25-27
Contact: Todd Davis
Vacation Bible School
July 23-27
5 - 8 pm
Special Friends Day Camp
July 26-28
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Celebrate with
Seneca Presbyterian Church
100th Anniversary of Their Sanctuary
115 W. S. First Street
Seneca, SC 29678
You are invited to join the congregation of our sister church, Seneca Presbyterian as they begin celebrating 100 years of their beautiful sanctuary. On Sunday, May 21,
Kevin Edens, a recent graduate of Furman University, with a degree in Organ Performance and the current organist at St. Giles Church in Greenville, will fill the sanctuary with glorious music. Kevin will play works by Bach, Franck, Reger, and Vierne. Come and enjoy this special occasion with our friends at Seneca Presbyterian.
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Trevis Young
Farewell Solo Organ Recital
Thursday, June 1
7 - 8:15 pm
Forth Hill Presbyterian Church
101 Edgewood Ave.
Clemson, SC 29631
Trevis Young, the Director of Music Ministries at Clemson United Methodist Church, is offering a farewell s
olo organ recital featuring a few if his "favorites". Trevis writes, (This is) "my musical thank you gift to the community as our family prepares to depart." Trevis has collaborated with David Wilcox and our Saint Mark Music Ministry on several occasions.
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The Story Behind Our Enthusiasm for
Shift: Three Big Movements for the 21st Century Church
A Letter from Rev. Todd Davis
If you have been around Saint Mark anytime over the last couple of months, doubtless, you have heard us use the word "shift" a lot - in reference to a way of more faithfully being the church in the 21st century. Many of you have read the book by Rev. Mark Tidsworth. Others of you have been involved in discussion about the shifts we are being intentional about as we move into the future. Maybe you haven't had the opportunity to learn about what the shift is all about. Pastor Todd wants to share his excitement about "Shift" and what it means for our family of faith - Saint Mark. Click here to read his letter.
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Dear Saint Mark family,
Words cannot adequately express our gratitude for all the love and support shown to us since Charlie was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. Your prayers, cards, phone calls, visits and meals were all greatly appreciated. We humbly thank you for being there for us during a difficult time. This experience validates again, the best decision we made after moving to South Carolina was to join Saint Mark.
Charlie and Ginny Argue
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Looking for Extra Copies of the Book
Shift: Three Big Moves for the 21st Century Church
The Table Talk Sunday School Class has decided to study the book Shift: Three Big Moves for the 21st Century Church over the next several weeks. Do you have a copy of the book that you would be willing to lend to class participants? If so, click here to contact Diane Caster, or drop it off at the church office over the next week. Thank you.
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Caitlyn will be joining us in a couple of weeks. Please include Caitlyn in your prayers as she prepares to minister to our children and their families over the summer.
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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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