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EastminstEr UpdatEEastminster Presbyterian Church, Columbia,
South Carolina
Volume 39 Number 9 March 1, 2015
803-256-1654 / www.eastminsterpres.org
STAFFDr. Bradley D. Smith
Pastor
Dr. Mark E. DurrettAssociate Pastor
Rev. Lynn A. GrandsireAssociate Pastor
Dr. James I. St. JohnParish Associate
Mr. Croskeys RoyallDirector of Childrens Ministries
Mrs. Fredna LeeDirector of Music Ministries
Mrs. Lucy Corley andMrs. Anita Poole
EDS Co-Directors
Mr. William L. Collins, Jr.Business Manager
Ms. Julie McDanielMember Involvement Coordinator
SERMonSuNday, March 1
9:00 & 11:15 a.m. - Sanctuary11:15 a.m. - Jubilee
Dr. Bradley D. SmithChosen to Fellowship Together
1 Corinthians 1:10-19
We are the Body
SHARING HIS LIGHT1 COR. 12
Dear Eastminster Family,
Saturday afternoon, March 14, and Sunday, March 15, Eastminsters
Cel-ebration of Faith will provide unique opportunities for
intentional growth. To best meet your interests and schedules, the
planning team has arranged three tracks with three sessions offered
for each track.
Dr. Richard Boyce, Dean of Union Presbyterian Seminarys
Charlotte cam-pus, will prompt us to think further about Being the
Body of Christ, particu-
larly connecting it to our current small group study. Dr. David
olshine, Professor of Youth, Family and Culture at Columbia
International
University, will speak to parents of young people as well as to
our youths. Mr. Brian Maness, a stained glass artist from Memphis,
Tn, will teach his craft to
interested novices.
To register, please visit the website www.eastminsterpres.org.
Under Quicklinks on the right side at the bottom of the page you
will see Celebration of Faith 2015. Click on this link and register
for the sessions and the meal. or call Tricia at 256-1654. There
are three sessions for each offering. See below.
THE ART AND WITNESS OF STAINED GLASS: Mr. Brian Maness (Space is
limited and classes build on one another; please sign up for all
sessions.)Saturday @ 3:00 - 5:30 PM ______Sunday @ 4:15 - 5:15 PM
______Sunday @ 5:30 - 6:30 PM ______
FAITH FORMATION OF YOuTH: Dr. David OlshineSaturday @ 4:00 PM -
5:30 PM ______ (For parents of middle school students)Sunday @ 4:15
- 5:15 PM ______ (Session 1) (For parents of high school
students)Sunday @ 5:30 - 6:30 PM ______ (Session 2) (MS & HS
youth AND parents)
BEING THE BODY OF CHRIST: Rev. Dr. Brad SmithSaturday @ 4:00 PM
- 5:30 PM ______ Being the Body of Christ
BEING THE BODY OF CHRIST: Rev. Dr. Richard BoyceSunday @ 4:15 -
5:15 PM ______ Being the Body of ChristSunday @ 5:30 - 6:30 PM
______ Being the Body of Christ
CELEBRATIon DInnER In ThoMPSon hALL.Sunday @ 6:30 - 7:30 PM
______ (chicken alfredo, spaghetti with meat sauce, broccoli,
garlic bread, salad, dessert and drinks.)
ChILDCARE - SATURDAY (InFAnT - 5Th GRADE) - 3:45 - 5:30
PMChILDCARE - SUnDAY (InFAnT) - 4:15 - 6:30 PMJESUS RoCkS - SUnDAY
- 4:00 - 6:30 PM
ALSo: our Small Groups have been talking about the importance of
reaching out. I want to invite you, especially those of you that
have been at Eastminster a while, to reach out to some of the
ministers who have reached out to this church family. Two of
Eastminsters longest serving pastors, Ernest Thompson and John
Frye, have each recently experienced the deaths of their respective
wives. And while it is good to reach out during times of
difficulty, I also encourage you to reach out to Eastminsters
longest serving pastor, Joe Donaho and his wife kay. Addresses can
be found on page 2 at the bottom.Gratefully,
Brad
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Daily CalENDaRSuNday, March 18:00 Celebration Choir
Rehearsal9:00 Worship & Childrens Church10:00 Jubilee Band
Practice Sunday School Worship Discovery Eastminster First
Step10:05 Chancel Choir Rehearsal11:15 Jubilee Worship Worship
& Childrens Church1:00 Basketball Practices3:00 Cub Scouts
Mtg.4:00 Small Group Meeting4:30 Small Group Meeting5:00 SUnDAYS @5
Small Group Mtgs. Cub Scouts Senior high Youth MS Youth Circle
#66:00 Youth Meal6:30 BSFMoNday, 27:00 Mens Prayer Breakfast9:00
Count Team Fifty Plus Exercise Class11:00 Small Group12:00 Small
Groups1:30 Pastors Mtg.2:30 Program Staff3:00 Basketball
Practice3:10 Full Staff Mtg.5:00 Small Group5:30 Yoga
Fellowship6:00 EPC Mens League Games6:30 Small Group7:30
Balthazor/Moss Small GroupTuESday, March 37:15 Jr. high Prayer
Breakfast8:00 Public Safety Training Seminar9:00 Drop-In nursery
EDS Registration Small Group10:00 Senior Fitness Small Groups EPW
Coordinating Team P.E.P. Planning Teams EPW Bible Moderators11:45
Tuesday Lunch12:00 Small Groups12:30 Visitation1:00 Footcare
Ministry3:00 Exercising for Arthritis Basketball Practice5:00 Tai
Chi6:00 handbell Rehearsal Lee Small Group MSB Teams6:30 Troop
Comm. Mtg.7:00 Scottish Country Dancing Girls Senior high Small
Group Guys Senior high Small Group WEdNESday, March 47:00
Lowrey/Fuller Small Group8:00 EDS Staff Mtg.9:00 Drop-In nursery
Fifty Plus Exercise Class EDS Registration9:25 EDS Chapel9:30
Prayer Shawl Ministry10:00 Fairey/McCants Small Group
Curtis/Seabrook Small Group11:45 Staff Bday Lunch3:00 Basketball
Practice3:30 ketchum Brownies4:00 helfer/Cox Small Group5:15 Angel
Choir, Junior Choir WE@EPC Dinner5:30 henderson Small Group5:45
Childcare6:00 Small Groups6:15 Burns/Burden Small Group6:30
Reynolds Small Group7:15 Chancel Choir ThurSday, March 57:45
Johnson Small Group9:00 Drop-In nursery EDS Registration10:00
Senior Fitness Buyck/Daye Small Group Bennett Small Group3:00
Exercising for Arthritis Basketball Practice5:30 Robinson Small
Group Yoga7:30 Jubilee Band PracticeFrIday, March 69:00 Fifty Plus
Exercise Class11:00 Support Staff Mtg.3:00 Basketball
PracticeSaTurday, March 76:30 BSF Leader Mtg.9:00 Youth Basketball
League Games
Haiti Steering CommitteeTo build on the enthusiasm following our
recent successful trip to haiti, and to continue
our much needed efforts there, the Mission, Service and
Benevolence ministry team is form-ing a haiti Steering Committee.
This group will be a subcommittee of MSB, and will be tasked with
managing the mission relationship with Medical Benevolence
Foundation, our missions partner in haiti. Work to be done includes
reviewing funding and mission propos-als related to haiti. They
will then make their recommendations to MSB. In addition to oth-ers
who may have an interest in haiti, it is our hope to engage many of
you who have been to haiti already, so we can leverage your
knowledge and insight. If you are interested, please contact Julie
McDaniel at [email protected] or at 256-1654 x143.
Public Safety Training to be held at Eastminster, March 3The
Department of Public Safety will be holding an officers Training at
Eastminster on
March 3, in Thompson hall, with the Attorney General in
attendance. If you see many police cars parked around the church,
dont panic; we are in good hands!
Eastminster Day SchoolEastminster Day School, a ministry of
Eastminster Presbyterian Church, 3200 Trenholm
Rd., Columbia, is accepting applications for a full-time
director. The school has approxi-mately 200 students during the
school year and approximately 160 during the summer months. The
director will have a bachelors degree in child development, early
childhood education or elementary education from an accredited
college or university. Educational equivalent of six (6) years
minimum of child development experience recognized.
Interested applicants please call Bill Collins at 803-724-5360,
or e-mail Bill Collins at [email protected]
For our loved ones . . .In memory of Dr. Phillips Bates, given
by Ashton & Mary Ruth Cribbs.In memory of Sidney Ferguson,
given by J. B. horst, C. Whitaker & Michel Moore, M/M
R.A. Powell, Jr., howard T. Rowell, Lucy Thorne, M/M John C.
Thorne II.In memory of Denise Frye, given by Betty & Alex
Jenkins.In memory of Elyssa Grace Hill, given by John & Sharmin
hill.
EPC Babies - Kindergarten AgeSt. Patricks Day Party
Eastminster invites you to join us for a wee bit o the Irish on
Friday, March 15, from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. in Thompson hall. Babies
through kindergarten age and their parents are invited (older
siblings are welcome.) Well learn about St. Patricks life and
Christian faith, have dinner from Zos; themed crafts, games and
maybe an Irish jig or two. Cost is $3.00 per person 2k and older
(family cap of $15.00), paid at the door. Please RSVP to Croskeys
([email protected]).
Eastminster Former PastorsErnest Thompson, Jr.21 Wheaton
CircleGreensboro, nC 27406(304) 523-6476
Joe & kay Donaho8621 Ravencliff CoveGermantown, Tn
38138-7321(901) 754-6580
John Frye1308 Dunbarton Road Gastonia, nC 28054(704) 864-2651
ext. 19
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CARE & CONCERN
EPC Prayer ListPart of what it means to be a Family of Faith is
to be in prayer for one another. Contact the church office at
256-1654 to be included on this Prayer List.
EPC Special ConcernsRemer Waguespack, Bill McInnis, Dave Steven,
and those serving in our military, Stephen Ministers and their care
receivers, and all those in need of Gods special care.
Deathscongregational love and sympathy are extended to:
Ben Miller, on the death of his wife, Helen Miller, February 19,
2015.
Dot Tringali, on the death of her husband, Dom Tringali ,
February 21, 2015.
on weekends a minister is on call. If you have a crisis which
one of the ministers needs to know about, phone 256-1654 and leave
a message. A minister will return your call.
Deadline for UPDATEDont miss out! Send your information to share
with the congregation to [email protected] have
your information in by Wednesday, February 18, to be shared in our
next newslet-ter on March 1, 2015.
The Body at Work Your time, talent, and treasure at work in Gods
Kingdom
Eastminsters Stephen Ministers have spent more than 700 hours
providing confidential, one-to-one Christian Care to individuals in
our congregation and community who are experiencing difficulties in
their lives.
Our MissiOnariesrev. & Mrs. Donald
Marsden-Virginia/russia
steven & natalie Hall - alaskasarah snapp - Bolivia
rev. John McCall - Taiwansteve & Kathy amar -
Virginia/Muslims in the us
George & anne Harper - PhilippinesCindy Correll - Port au
Prince, Haiti
Dr. John and Gwenda Fletcher - Congo
Coker College Chamber Singers at EPC March 8The Coker Chamber
Singers, one of four choral ensembles at Coker College,
will sing at Eastminster on March 8, during the 9:00 and 11:15
a.m. worship ser-vices in the sanctuary. This auditioned ensemble
of fourteen to sixteen singers per-forms choral chamber works from
all musical periods, conducted by Dr. William Carswell and staff
accompanist Ronda Wilkes McElveen. The choir most recently toured
in Washington, DC, and new York City.
Adult Sunday School - March 8All Adult Sunday school classes are
invited to hear Sarah Snapp, missionary to
Bolivia, on Sunday, March 8, during the Sunday School hour in
the Adult Re-ception hall. Sarah is the daughter of Eastminster
members, Anne and Wendle Snapp. She serves as a teacher, and her
sending agency is SIM, (Serving him in Mission).
Hometown Nazareth: Where Jesus Was a KidVacation Bible School
for 2015, focusing on Jesus as a child, is
the week of June 22 - 25. Registration begins on Easter Sunday,
April 5, and runs through June 5. Volunteers are needed! To
volun-teer to help with VBS this summer, e-mail Ashley,
[email protected].
Call for Library VolunteersThis spring and summer, we will be
cleaning up our Library shelves! This will
include book checks, shelf-straightening, taking inventory, and
ordering some new resources. If you have any time on Tuesdays,
Wednesdays or Thursdays, from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., please e-mail
Librarian, Caroline Bennett, at [email protected] to
schedule a time to help. Many thanks!
Kelly Minter is coming to town! Author of various Small Group
Bible Studies, kelly Minter is
coming to town! on March 27-28, women of Eastminster are invited
to attend EnCourage Weekend, hosted by the Womens Ministry of
Lexington Presbyterian Church. kellys topic for the weekend will be
one of her newest releases, The Fitting Room Putting on the
Character of Christ. only $22.10 per person, this mini-weekend
conference will nourish your soul with song, teaching and laughter.
Minter is also the author of No Other Gods; Ruth: Loss, Love and
Legacy; Nehemiah: A Heart That Can Break, and several other
well-known books. To order your
tickets, go to www.lexpreschurch.com/kelly-Minter-EnCourage. To
see more on the speaker, go to www.kellyminter.com, or call Small
Groups Coordinator Caro-line Bennett at 256-1654.
March 7 BEFOREGoing to Bed!
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SERViNg ON SUNDAy
MARCH 1oFFIcErS PrayEr: Elder Steve SearcydEacoNS: Phyllis
Trippe, Abbot Carnes deacon Tom Griffin (Jubilee) deacon Jennifer
Rayfield (Jubilee)uShErS: Bill Coggins & Randy
LiggittGrEETErS:(9:00) Parks & Judy Small Buzz Smythe Chuck
& hannah Stiles harvey & Martha Studstill(11:15) Connie
Parramore Patrick & Jennifer Rayfield John & Jill
Skeppstrom Tyler & Lesley Stone INFaNT rooM - cLc 115(9:00)
Staff(11:15) kade & Duncan CogginsToddLEr rooM - cLc 117(9:00)
Elizabeth & Christian Rasor(11:15) Emily & Tim Thornton2-K
rooM - cLc 119(9:00) Staff(11:15) StaffchILdrENS church 102 -
3K(9:00) Stuart & Jennie Lee(11:15) Eliza & Tyler hudson
chILdrENS church 104 - 4K(9:00) Jordan & Ryan horton(11:15)
Albert & harper JameschILdrENS church 106 - 5K(9:00) Craig
& Tricia howard(11:15) ohara & Ashby howard
Celebration of Faith March 14 - 15Eastminsters Celebration of
Faith is March 14 & 15. The adult education
speaker will be the Rev. Dr. Richard Boyce, Dean of Union
Presbyterian Semi-nary at Charlotte, nC. Faith formation for youth
will be lead by Dr. David olshine, Professor of Youth and Family at
Columbia International University. There will be creative arts
classes offered by Mr. Brian Maness of Memphis, Tn. Brian has
taught stained glass classes at the annual recreation retreat in
Mon-treat, many times. There are three sessions, with the first one
held on Saturday afternoon. Sessions 2 and 3 will be on Sunday
afternoon. We will end the event with a Family Celebration Meal on
Sunday evening at 6:30 p.m. Please check out the class times and
locations at www.eastminsterpres.org and sign up.
Lenten Devotional ReadingsThe Lenten scripture reading this year
will come from Rick Warrens book,
40 Days of Community. Small Groups are using his book during
Lent, and mem-bers are writing devotionals. If you are not in a
small group, do not have a copy of the Rick Warren book, or are not
receiving the daily EPC devotionals, there are pamphlets available
with the scripture reading for each day in the narthex, in Jubilee
on Sunday, and in the CLC. In addition, if you would like a copy of
the book to read along, contact Julie (256-1654).
Lily MemorialsThe Flower Guild is accepting memorials and
honoraria for Easter lilies to
decorate the sanctuary for Easter. Please write the wording you
wish to have printed in the bulletin, and enclose a check for
$20.00 made out to the Eastmin-ster Flower Guild for each lily.
Checks may be mailed to the church or placed in the Flower Guild
box in the workroom. Forms are available in the reception area. The
deadline for your order is Friday, March 27. Lilies may be removed
by the donor from the sanctuary after the 10:30 a.m. service on
Easter.
Hello Readers!our next book club meeting will be at the home of
Mary Bett Thorne, 4833
Clemson Avenue, on Monday, March 2 at 7:00 p.m. The book for
this month is Molokai by Alan Brennert. Email [email protected]
if you have any questions. hope to see you there!