Update for the week of June 1 - 7, 2017
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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

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Saint Mark 2017 Ministry Guidebook 
Click here to view the entire Saint Mark 2017 Ministry Guidebook with information about church structure, leadership, ministries and our 2017 budget. 
Check Out Our Entire Church Calendar of Events 
Click here  to see what is going on at Saint Mark this week and the weeks to come.
 
PENTECOST SUNDAY
June 4, 2017 
 
Sunday 
Schedule 
 
9:00 am
Traditional Service 
Sanctuary 
This service will include the dedication of the remodeled sacristy and the new Heritage Center

9:00 am
Celebration  Service
Saint Mark Center 
   
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

12:30 pm 
Churchwide
 Pentecost Potluck
Saint Mark Center

4:00 pm
Wings Choir Tour Rehearsal

6:00 pm 
Wings Tour Parents' Meeting  

Quick, easy and available HERE 
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 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. 
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. 
Interested in LGBT Inclusion?

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Prayer Focus for This Week  

Pray for the worldwide United Methodist Church. Pray for the annual conferences that are meeting around the country and the world. Pray for our South Carolina Annual Conference that will convene on June 4. Pray for the business that will be conducted during conference. Pray for the clergy and lay delegates who will be attending and making decisions on our behalf. Pray for clergy who will be appointed to new churches. Pray for churches who will receive new clergy. Pray that all participants will align themselves with God's purposes for the Church.  
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.
WORSHIP THIS SUNDAY 

Traditional Service  
THIS Sunday, June 4
9:00 am and 11:15 am
Sanctuary

Bringing the Message
Rev. Shawna Darnall 
"Wind Blown"

Celebration Service 
THIS Sunday, June 4
9:00 am
Saint Mark Center (gym)

Bringing the Message
Rev. Todd Davis
"Body Parts"
THIS WEEK AT SAINT MARK 


Summer Tour Sponsorships
Sunday, June 4, is the last day to sponsor! 

Sacristy and Heritage Center Dedication 
THIS Sunday, June 4 
During the 9 am Traditional Service

This Sunday, during only one of our three worship services, we will dedicate our remodeled sacristy (a gift offered in memory of David and Thelma Lee by their family) and our new Saint Mark Heritage Center (created by the Aesthetics Team, chaired by Joyce Carney).  We invite you to take a moment on Sunday to make your way to the entry area on the lectern (right) side of the sanctuary, that leads to the Child Development Center.  The Heritage Center is immediately outside the double doors, and the sacristy is down the CDC hallway and to the left.  

Pentecost Potluck Lunch 
Pentecost Sunday, June 4 
12:30 pm 
Saint Mark Center

Our Pentecost Celebration continues THIS Sunday as we gather for a potluck lunch in our Saint Mark Center.  EVERYONE is invited. Will you join us? Bring a dish to share! Beverages will be provided. We hope to see you there! 

 
Pick Up Your Pictorial Directory
 Between June 4 - 11

If you haven't already done so, don't forget to pick up your Saint Mark Pictorial Directory in the church office.

On Sundays, June 4 and 11, you may pick up your directory in the church office between 10 and 11:15 am. 

During the week, stop by the church office on Monday - Thursday, June 5 - 8 between 10 am and 3 pm.  (Please call ahead before you come because this is also the week that new carpet is being installed in the office area.)

In the event that you won't be able to pick up your copy of the directory during the times listed above, please call (864) 882-2603 and tell us you want your copy set aside to pick up later.

We ask that all those who have photos in the directory pick up their directories first.  After June 11, EVERYONE (photo or not) is welcome to pick up a directory until we run out.  We should have plenty to go around.  Thanks!

Got questions? Click here to contact Marla Fuller. 

Please keep our South Carolina United Methodist Annual Conference in your prayers, especially our clergy and delegates who will be attending.  

Church Office Carpet Installation  
June 5 - 9

New carpet will be installed in the church office wing next week, June 5 - 9.  Our church office will be open Monday, June 5 through Thursday, June 8, as usual, but some staff may not be accessible, or will be working from home while the installation is taking place. Please call the office, (864) 882-2603, before stopping by to see who is available to help you.  A reminder that Pastors Todd and Shawna will be away at Annual Conference the first part of next week.   

We will be in the gym/Saint Mark Center!
LOOKING AHEAD . . .   

Children and Families 
Summer Kickoff Event 
Join us!!  

All children and their parents are invited to join us for a Summer Kickoff Luau on Sunday, June 11, following the 11:15 service. Meet on the lawn behind the Commons Room for pizza and a luau celebration to help kickoff the summer! For more information, click here to contact Caitlyn Smoldt, Children's Ministry Intern.  

Beyond Forwarded Yesterdays....
 
During this session you will engage in a combination of interactive activities, engaging short videos and robust group discussions, all designed to help you better understand and explore the why's of behavior rather than just the what's. Through the development of introspective empowerment, you will learn to become deliberate shapers of your environment rather than passive, reactionary respondents.

Join us June 11 at 4:00 pm in the Commons Room for a discussion on racial reconciliation, followed by a snack supper.  Winston Holston, of the Call Me Mister Progam at Clemson, will facilitate the discussion, and will be bringing several of his students from the program. 

For more information, click here to contact Mary Holley. 

Wings for the Lord
2017 Summer Tour
June 15 - 21
 
Our youth choir will "hit the road" on Thursday, June 15, headed south and west for a week of discipleship across Alabama, Louisiana and Georgia.   

"Waiters" takes place in "Masterson's Restaurant" as we watch the waiters figure out that waiting on God's perfect timing will help make better choices. The waiters do their best to serve their "high maintenance" customers. Don't miss the chance to welcome home our Wings for the Lord youth choir AND get a chance to listen to their musical - WAITERS . . . 

"Fabulous Friday Fun  
for Folks 50 - 105"
Friday, June 30 
6:30 pm 
Commons Room 

This fun-filled kickoff will include a covered dish supper, live entertainment and plenty of opportunities to mix and mingle. Come get to know some other great people who are part of our faith community. Mark your calendar and join us!  Got questions? Click here to contact Marla Fuller 

Pickup Choir  
for our Special Combined Service
Sunday, July 2  
10:30 am 

Additional singers are welcome to sing for our one combined service on July 2. We will sing The Battle Hymn of the Republic, and a setting of words by Thomas Jefferson. Rehearsal that morning will be at 9:15 am. Click here to contact David Wilcox, or call him at the church office (864) 882-2603.  

Click here to contact Donna Poston for more information.

Want to register some kiddos? Click here to make your reservation(s).   Click here to contact Caitlyn Smoldt for more information.

Get involved with these very special "special needs" children! Click here to contact Lee Ann Parker
EVENTS CALENDARS  

Annual Staff Retreat
June 25-27 
Contact: Todd Davis 


July 4th Worship/Celebration

Sunday, July 2 
One combined Service 
10:30 am 
Sanctuary 
NO Sunday School
followed by a Picnic-style Covered Dish Lunch 
DRESS CASUAL
Contact: Todd Davis

"Summer at Saint Mark" 
Sundays, July 2 - August 6
Contact: Todd Davis
   
  

M.A.D. Camp for Children
(Music, Art and Drama)
Grades 1 - 6
August 2 - 4
Contact: David Wilcox 

Faith Formation Sunday 
Sunday, August 13
Two Services in the Sanctuary
9 and 11:15 am 
Contact: Marla Fuller

Summer Anderson District  
Lay Servant Ministries School
Saturday, August 19 and Sunday, August 20
South Main Chapel and Mercy Center
Anderson, SC
Contact: Gwendolyn Brown 
 
FOR YOUR INFORMATION 
DREAM Campaign Update 

As of today we have received pledges totaling almost $600,000 toward retiring our debt - and for that, WE THANK YOU! Although the campaign officially ended this past Sunday, it is not too late to turn in a pledge and we hope that, if you have not already done so, you will prayerfully consider what you can do to help us get rid of the burden of a $1.1 million mortgage and facilities that need some maintenance funds in reserve. THANK YOU!
Contact Information for
Caitlyn Smoldt 

Caitlyn Smoldt has officially moved into her office and her position as Children's Ministry Summer Intern.  She will be the contact person for anything related to Children's Ministries at Saint Mark.  She will be in the office Mondays - Wednesdays 9 am - 3 pm, and of course, on Sunday mornings. Below is the contact information for Caitlyn while she is with us:

Office Phone: (864) 882-2603

Summer Reading 
Visit Our Church Library!  
 
The lazy days of summer are here!  School is out, vacations are scheduled, some activities are taking a break until fall.  Consider checking out the "fiction" section of our church library.  We have several shelves of novels that are clean and that reflect our faith and values.  Simply take the library card out of the book, fill it out and place it in the wooden box on the library desk.   

Microwave Needed! 

Our Saint Mark Child Development Center has a new class starting this summer.  They are in need of a microwave.  Do you have one you can donate?  Click here to contact Becca Williams, Director of our CDC.  Thanks! 

Sunday Transportation Service  

We are exploring the possibility of providing transportation service to and from worship on Sunday mornings beginning sometime this summer.  Maybe you no longer drive, but want to come to worship.  Maybe you are temporarily unable to drive due to injury or surgery.  Maybe you don't have a vehicle.  We want to make sure that you can get to church on Sunday morning!  We hope to offer transportation that will give you the opportunity to attend Sunday School at 10:15 am and our 11:15 worship service

We need to find out if there is a need for this service, so it is important that you let us know that you are interested - or that someone you know is interested.  For more information or to express your interest, click here to contact Marla Fuller, or call her at the church office (864) 882-2603 by Sunday, June 11.    
SAINTS IN SERVICE
HELPING YOU PLUG IN . . . 

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!    
 


Saint Mark United Methodist Church

616 Quincy Road
Seneca, South Carolina 29678-3820
mfuller@saintmarkumcseneca.org
864-882-2603
    

Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors