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To Be and Make Disciples of
Jesus Christ
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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 or after regular office hours
call or text
(864) 888-7072
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Saint Mark 2018 Ministry Guidebook
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to view the entire Saint Mark 2018 Ministry Guidebook with information about church structure, leadership, ministries and our 2018 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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Schedule
9:00 am
"Come to the Table Worship"
with Holy Communion
9:00 am
Celebration Worship
9:15 am
Children's Church
Room A101
Sunday School
11:15 am
Traditional Worship
Sanctuary
4:00 pm
Wings 'n Things
5:30 pm
In His Eyes
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Quick, easy and available
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Join us every day at 3:20 pm to pray for Saint Mark - our people and ministries.
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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
Thursday. 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
Or use our hashtag
#stmarkumc and post your photos on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
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Interested in LGBTQ+ Inclusion?
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Prayer Focus for This Week
Pray for your family . . .
Pray for the youngest and most vulnerable in your family, that they may be spared from harm, serious illness and temptation.
Pray for the oldest and most feeble in your family, that they may be spared from pain, and that they will find comfort in God's abiding presence.
Pray for the those in your family who are finding their way in the world - who are seeking education, careers and families, that they will seek God's guidance.
Pray for your family members who find themselves between caring for children and aging parents - who find themselves worn and depleted, that they will receive the help and support they need.
Pray for those whose lives have been sidetracked because of mental illness, addictions, incarceration, delayed development - life circumstances that have made it difficult for them to live meaningful and purposeful lives, that, with God's help, they will live fully into their potential, whatever that may be.
Pray for family members who have experienced loss - loss of a spouse, parents, siblings, children, friends, jobs, financial security and loss of hope, that they will find hope in Christ and support in the prayers and presence of a community of faith.
Pray for a healing of relationships - for reconciliation between and among the members of your family. Pray for strength to deal with difficult family members. Pray for wisdom to know how best to navigate difficult relationships.
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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 to Pastor Todd Davis.
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THIS Sunday, April 8
9 am "Come to the Table Worship"
11:15 am Traditional Worship
bringing the message
Rev. Shawna Darnall
"Does Everything Really Happen
for a Reason?"
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THIS Sunday, April 8
9 am Celebration Worship
bringing the message
Rev. Todd Davis
"Repaint! Repaint!"
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Ladies, a new series by Jessica LaGrone begins in just two weeks. Come and invite your friends. For more information, click here to contact Sandy James.
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Are You 50+?
Hagood Mill
Music in the Mountains Series
We will travel to Hagood Mill on April 21 for the Greater Clemson Music Festival and Pickens County Sesquicentennial. Admission is free. There is a $5 charge for parking. There is food on the grounds, as well as a gift shop. Bus transportation is available or you may drive there on your own. We will plan to meet at 10 am at the water-powered gristmill.
You may stay as long as you want to, or join us for lunch at Aunt Sue's Restaurant at 1:30 pm. We will leave the Hagood Mill venue at 1 pm to drive to the restaurant. Click here to learn more about the location and menu.
Reservations aren't necessary to attend the Hagood Mill event, but if you would like to ride the bus, and/or join us for lunch at Aunt Sue's, please click here to contact Marla Fuller. (Those riding the bus will be going to Aunt Sue's.)
The estimated cost to ride the bus will be $5 per person. The bus will leave Seneca at 9:30 am.
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For more information, click here to contact Dean Garland.
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Join us for a time of fellowship, rest, and spiritual re-centering. This weekend retreat will be in partnership with Clemson UMC, and will focus on living spiritually alongside the challenges of daily life.
Worship throughout the weekend will be led by
Rev. Shawna Darnall, Rev. Bob Stillwell and Rev. Jim Morgan.
Adults of all ages are welcome!
The cost is $125 per person including lodging and all meals. The deadline to register is April 13th.
A Glance at the Weekend's Schedule:
Saturday
10 am Depart from Saint Mark
12 pm Introductions and Lunch
1 pm Opening Worship
3 pm Optional Hike to Mountain Chapel
5:30 pm Dinner
7 pm Evening Worship
8 pm Bonfire and Fellowship
Sunday
7 am Optional Morning Prayer
8 am Breakfast
10 am Closing Worship
12 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Depart for Home
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This will be the last time that Rev. Susan Leonard-Ray will bring the message to us as our Anderson District Superintendent. Let's give her a good send-off and an enthusiastic expression of our appreciation for her leadership over these eight years. We hope you will plan to attend, if you will be in town.
PLEASE NOTE: There will be no Sunday School that morning so that we can all enjoy a time of food and fellowship at the Festival Luncheon after worship. Adult classes are welcome to find another time to meet, if you want to.
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UMW Luncheon Fundraiser
Since its formation in 1869, UMW members have supported countless missions that help women, children, and youth at home and abroad. In the last three years alone, the UMW of Saint Mark has contributed almost $10,000 of fundraiser proceeds to local missions that help our neighbors in need in Oconee County. We could not have done this without YOUR support!
Once again, we are offering a luncheon following the Saint Mark Festival service as our spring fundraiser. We are pulling our favorite recipes from past Saint Mark and other church cookbooks to provide you with delicious choices of an entrée, sides, salad, bread, and dessert. So, please join us in the Saint Mark Center immediately following the service on April 22 to enjoy the meal, decorations that will bring back memories from the past, great fellowship, and support three local missions: Wilderness Way Girls Camp, Oconee Presbyterian Service Fund, and Rosa Clark Clinic.
Ticket prices are $12/adult, $8/children 6-12. Children under 6 eat free! You may purchase tickets online (click here) or in person on Sunday mornings in the atrium (9:45-10:15 am) or in the
Narthex before and after the 11:15 am service through April 15.
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Are You Befuddled By Your
Electronic Devices?
We'd Like to Help!!
Elderberries is sponsoring a 4-hour class to help you use your electronic devices more effectively. The class will be on Saturday, May 19 from 10 am - 2 pm. A light lunch will be included. Watch for instructions on how to register for this class.
To find out which devices you want us to cover during the seminar, we invite you to fill out a simple questionnaire. There are only 5 questions. Click here to answer the questions. If you have further questions, click here to contact Marla Fuller, or call her at the church office (864) 882-2603.
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Estate Planning Event
Sunday, May 20
12:30 pm
Commons Room
Are you managing your estate as well as planning for "end of life" issues???
Guess what? 70% of adults over the age of 55, living in South Carolina, have not completed their estate planning! SHOCKING??? Not really, since the problem is usually simply a combination of lack of knowledge and procrastination. Most folks just think that they have plenty of time to "Get 'er done!". That may work for "Larry the cable guy," but it certainly doesn't work for the average disciple at Saint Mark UMC.
Raymond Lanham, SMUMC member, who is retired from the American Cancer Society as the Estate and Asset Services Manager, will speak at an educational seminar luncheon in the Commons Room on
Sunday, May 20, 2018 immediately following the 11:15 am Traditional Service. If you've "got it all together," come and share your expertise with our group! However, if you still have more questions than answers, then please join us for a bit of lunch and an informative discussion of the "perils of procrastination" when it comes to end of life issues.
No reservation is required to attend the event, however if you would like a bag lunch
(turkey and cheese sandwich, chips, cookie, fruit, and drink is $8 per person - cash or check made out to Donna Jaynes on day of event), please
click here to place your order with Donna Jaynes.
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An exciting announcement about
"Summer at Saint Mark" will be made during the Saint Mark Festival Worship Service on
Sunday, April 22. You certainly won't want to miss it! However if you can't be with us that morning, be on the look out for the announcement in your inbox later that week.
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Confirmation Retreat
Lake Junaluska
April 13 - 15
Spring Anderson District
Lay Servant Ministries School
April 14 - 15
Grace United Methodist Church
Williamston, SC
Wednesday, April 18
5:30 - Supper
6:15 - Worship
Elderberries Electronic Devices Class
Pentecost and Confirmation Sunday
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ELDERBERRIES EVENTS (FOR 50+)
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ARE YOU 50+?
Here are some Elderberries Events
that might interest you. Save the date(s) on your calendar.
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Day Trip to Hagood Mill
Greater Clemson Music Festival
and Pickens County Sesquicentennial
138 Hagood Mill Road
Pickens, SC 29671
Saturday, April 21
Click here for more information
Need Help With Your Electronic Devices?
Saturday, May 19
10 - 2 pm (lunch included)
"A Walk in My Shoes"
Virtual Alzheimer's Tour
Thursday, June 7
5:30 pm
(Includes a light supper)
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United Methodists Pledge
to Fight Racism
Racism is still "rearing its ugly head" in the 50 years since the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., but nothing is a match for the God we love, Bishop LaTrelle Easterling said.
Easterling, episcopal leader of the Baltimore-Washington Conference, was one of several United Methodist leaders who spoke April 3 outside the United Methodist Building, on the eve of a rally expected to draw thousands to the nation's capital in an event sponsored by the National Council of Churches.
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UMC Abundant Health Initiative
As United Methodists, we are committed to creating abundant health for all - a global connection striving for mental, physical and spiritual well-being. Lifesaving health ministries are enriching the lives of people around the world, from South America to Africa, from India to the Philippines and the U.S.
UMCOR Health Kits cost $12 each, so the South Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church needs your help to raise at total of $122,400 by Tuesday, May 15. Click here to watch a short video about the initiative.
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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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