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Eastminster Presbyterian Church, Columbia, South Carolina

Eastminster Update
803-256-1654 / www.eastminsterpres.org

Volume 39 Number 17

May 3, 2015

Dear Eastminster Family,

Resources and opportunities?

Live Streaming of Worship Services Now Available Online
SHARING HIS LIGHT
1 COR. 12

STAFF

Dr. Bradley D. Smith

Pastor
Dr. Mark E. Durrett
Associate Pastor
Rev. Lynn A. Grandsire
Associate Pastor
Dr. James I. St. John
Parish Associate
Mr. Croskeys Royall
Director of Childrens Ministries
Mrs. Fredna Lee
Director of Music Ministries
Mrs. Lucy Corley and
Mrs. Anita Poole
EDS Co-Directors
Mr. William L. Collins, Jr.
Business Manager
Ms. Julie McDaniel
Member Involvement Coordinator

Out of town? Home sick? Want grandparents in another state to see

your child sing? Eastminster worship services can now be viewed live via the
church website. During worship hours, simply go to eastminsterpres.org and click on Sermons in the lower right and the live feed should appear. Also, following those same instructions and scrolling down the page will enable you to view recent sermons.

Interested in After School Care for K-5th Graders?

Eastminster is planning to begin after-school care for children either this fall or in January,
2016, depending on interest. Bus transportation would be provided to bring the children to
Eastminster. Lucy Corley is leading this effort. Please contact her at lcorley@eastminsterpres.
org if you think you would be interested.

Get Involved with Eastminsters Childrens Ministry

Sundays sermon encouraged people without children and empty-nesters to join in Gods
work of shaping children. Three ways you can help are: volunteering with VBS (June 22-25),
keeping infants-2-year-olds during worship, and helping teach Sunday School for 3-5-yearolds. Talk with Croskeys Royall at 256-1654 or croyall@eastminsterpres.org to find the opportunity and frequency that work best.

In Temporary Need of Medical Equipment?

File this away for future reference: Eastminster has canes, crutches, walkers, wheelchairs,
bedside commodes, and shower chairs that are available for use. This equipment, donated by
members, can be accessed by contacting the Rev. Lynn Grandsire or Shelli Knapp at 256-1654
or sknapp@eastministerpres.org.

What Are You Doing This Fall?

Sermon
Sunday, may 3
9:00 & 11:15 a.m. - Sanctuary
11:15 a.m. - Jubilee
Dr. Bradley D. Smith
Long Term Investing
Unison:
Deuteronomy 6:10-13
Scripture Focus:
Proverbs 3:5-10

So as to give serving proper emphasis, Eastminster is now conducting Time & Talent each
spring with service beginning this fall. Please read the mail piece you received last week, pray
about how you would like to serve Christ beginning this coming fall, and submit your completed T&T sheet May 17.
As I write these words, I am again grateful to God for all of you that contributed to our
Vision 2020 process. Those dreams and visions continue to guide us as we move forward in
Christs ministry and mission. Each of the above listed ministry ideas have roots in Vision
2020.
Blessings,

Brad

Daily CALENDAR
SUNDAY, MAY 3

8:00 Celebration Rehearsal

9:00 Worship & Childrens Church
10:00 Jubilee Band Practice

Eastminster First Step

Sunday School
10:05 Chancel choir Rehearsal
10:30 Called Session Mtg.
11:15 Jubilee Worship

Worship & Childrens Church
3:00 Troop 10 Court of Honor
5:00 Kerygma

Senior High Youth

MS Youth

Small Group
5:30 Small Group
6:00 Youth Meal

Monday, MAY 4

7:00 Mens Prayer Breakfast

9:00 Count Team

Fifty Plus Exercise Class
1:30 Pastors Mtg.
2:30 Program Staff
3:10 Full Staff Mtg.
5:30 Yoga

CABL B/B

Fellowship Mtg.
6:30 BSF
7:00 Small Group

TUESDAY, MAY 5

9:00 Drop-In Nursery

AED Training
10:00 Senior Fitness

EPW Coordinating Team

Small Group

P.E.P.@EPC Planning Team
11:45 Tuesday Lunch
12:30 Visitation
1:00 Footcare Ministry
3:00 Exercising for Arthritis
5:00 Tai Chi
5:30 AED Training
6:00 Handbells

Small Groups

MSB Team
6:30 Troop Committee Mtg.
7:00 Scottish Country Dancing

WEDNESDAY, MAY 6

7:00
8:00
9:00

9:25
9:30
10:00
1:00
4:00
5:15
5:30
6:00
6:15
7:00
7:15

Lowrey/Fuller Small Group

EDS Staff
Fifty Plus Exercise Class
Drop-In Nursery
edS Chapel
Prayer Shawl Ministry
Small Group
AED Training
Helfer/Cox Small Group
Angel, Junior Choirs
Henderson Small Group
Small Group
Burns/Burden Small Group
Sr. High Guys End of Year Party
Chancel Choir

THURSDAY, MAY 7

7:45 Small Group

8:00 Organ Tuning
9:00 Drop-In Nursery
9:15 Small Group
10:00 Senior Fitness
12:00 Small Group
3:00 Exercising for Arthritis
5:30 Yoga
6:00 Magnum Volleyball
7:30 Jubilee Band Practice

FRIDAY, may 8
9:00

11:00
3:00
7:30

Fifty Plus Exercise Class

EDS Mothers Day Tea
Support Staff Mtg.
Interment for Dominick Tringali
Jesus Rocks Almost Lock In

Hometown Nazareth: Where Jesus Was a Kid

Join us the week of June 22 - 25 to experience a day at

Hometown Nazareth, as we focus on Jesus as a child. Each
day is filled with stations where kids and adults are transported to Jesus hometown! Kids meet Mary and see firsthand
Gods Word at work in a persons life. Gods Word comes
alive through engaging interaction with Bible history! We
will have VBS T-shirts for the children! A closing ceremony
will take place on Thursday evening, June 25. Registration is now open and runs through
June 5. Register on the church website, www.eastminsterpres.org.
Volunteers are needed! To volunteer to help with VBS this summer, e-mail Ashley, ashleylidikay@gmail.com. Worried about child care? The drop-in will be available at no cost to
VBS volunteers.

Eastminster Offers Live Streaming of Services

Many of you have taken advantage of Eastminsters sermon link

on the website to re-watch/hear a sermon, if you were not able
to attend the service and want to catch up. Eastminster is pleased
to announce that you can now watch the sermons via the website
through live streaming. You can use this link (http://eastminsterpres.org) or go to the home page and click on sermons. The live
streaming will be at the top of the page.

On-Line Giving

Some of you have benefited from your ability to give through the on-line giving link on
the EPC website. Using the link you can sign up for drafting, give to the general fund, make a
memorial or honoraria donation, and/or make a donation the Capital Campaign. Not only is
this easy and handy, but with the summer months rapidly approaching, even while away you
can continue to fulfill your pledge in a timely manner.

Jesus Rocks - Almost Lock-In - May 8

The last Jesus Rocks of the year will be May 8, from 7:30-10:00 p.m. Pizza! Games! Bible
Study Blast! Movies! Popcorn! Midnight Basketball! Bring $3.00 for pizza and wear sneakers. Parents, we need your help for this night. If you can help, please e-mail Croskeys at
croyall@eastminsterpres.org.

Needed: Letter Ladies

Do you enjoy writing notes and letters? And mailing them the old-fashioned way? Then
the Prison Ministry needs you to join a group of Eastminster members already involved. This
correspondence project within the Evangelism and Membership ministry seeks to match
Christian letter writers with incarcerated women in US prisons who are screened first for
eligibility and interest. Requirements are penning a note every other week, and desiring to
share in writing about the love and hope of Christ with these women in jail. Questions? Email
Annie Scott (anniescott@synovus.com). Hebrews 13:3 says, Remember those in prison as if you
were together with them . . .

Presbyterian Womens Honorary Membership

Presbyterian Women honored two of their own with Honorary Membership during the
Sisters In Christ luncheon on Tuesday, April 21: Betty Snyder, who joined Eastminster in
1966, and Nancy Scott who joined Eastminster in 1965. Both ladies have been explanatory
servants. Betty has served with the Kitchen Ministry, Prayer Shawl, Prayer Matters, Care
Teams, as a Deacon, CE Committee, and Count Team, just to mention a few of her services.
Nancy has worked tirelessly with Worship Discovery for many years, Circle of Giving, an
Elder, Clerk of Session, EPW Council, and Family Promise, to mention some of hers. Both
ladies continue to serve faithfully and quietly in the background. Congratulations to each of
these special ladies!

CARE & CONCERN

EPC Prayer List
Part 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.

MAY 24 - August 9

10:00 AM - Jubilee Service

10:15 AM - Sanctuary
9:00 a.m. - Sunday School (8:45 Coffee & Fellowship Gathering)

A combined Adult Sunday School class will meet in the Adult Reception
Hall. This class begins May 24, and will be held in the adult reception hall
from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. Dr. Durrett will take us on a journey through The Life
and Letters of Paul: Gospel People and Places. Some of the places well visit are
Damascus, Tarsus, Cyprus, Galatia, Athens, Corinth, Ephesus and Rome. Well
meet Stephen, Ananias, Barnabas, Mark, Priscilla & Aquila and others. Mark will
be using information from two books, In the Steps of St. Paul by Peter Walker
and The Apostle by John Pollock. At this time there is no reading schedule, but
if you would like a book, please e-mail Julie McDaniel (jmcdaniel@eastminsterpres.org) or call her (256-1654 ext. 143).

Mothers Day Offering

On Sunday, May 10, Presbyterian congregations in the five presbyteries in South

Carolina will participate in a special offering benefiting Presbyterian Communities
of South Carolina (PCSC). The special offering is placed each year into a resident
escrow fund at each of the resident campuses (Clinton, Lexington, Summerville, Florence, and Easley) and is used to help with monthly costs for those who have lived
beyond their financial resources. In 2014 alone this important offering, combined
with other gifts received, assisted Presbyterian Communities in providing over
$1.5 million in charitable care for seniors. That is well over $4,000 each and every
day to support elder members of our churches and communities who have outlived the funds set aside for this purpose. Please use your separate pledge envelope
marked Presbyterian Communities or write this offering name on the memo line
of your check. Currently two EPC members, Bick Halligan and Robin Gorman,
serve on the Board of Directors of the SC Presbyterian Retirement Communities
Foundation.

Family Promise Returns May 31- June 6

Please save the date for your opportunity to serve this ministry. Family
Promise is a ministry that serves homeless families. Eastminster has joined 13 area
churches to host these families four times a year, one week at a time. There are
many volunteer opportunities, and all are family-friendly! Please contact Elizabeth
Barber (ebarber77@gmail.com) or Lucy Corley (lcorley2@sc.rr.com) for any questions, and watch for additional information coming soon!

The Body at Work

Your time, talent, and treasure at work in Gods Kingdom

Eastminster provides support to Don and Laurie Marsden

for their missionary work with native people in the Siberian
outback of Russia and with tribal peoples of Ethiopia.

EPC Special Concerns

Remer Waguespack, Dave Steven, and
those serving in our military, Stephen
Ministers and their care receivers, and all
those in need of Gods special care.
Hospitals
Sue McCutcheon, Edith Strasburger
Deaths
Congregational Care and Concern:
Mary Frances Wendt, on the death of her
brother, James Macfie Anderson, April
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.

Our Missionaries
Rev. & Mrs. Donald Marsden-Virginia/Russia
Steven & Natalie Hall - Alaska
Sarah Snapp - Bolivia
Rev. John McCall - Taiwan
Steve & Kathy Amar - Virginia/Muslims in the US
George & Anne Harper - Philippines
Cindy Correll - Port au Prince, Haiti
Dr. John and Gwenda Fletcher - Congo

Deadline for UPDATE

Dont miss out! Send your information to

share with the congregation to tcarter@eastminsterpres.org.
Please have your information in by Wednesday,
May 6, to be shared in our next newsletter on
May 10, 2015.

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Columbia, South Carolina 29204

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Update for May 3, 2015

peace service - May 10

The PEACE Service offers you a place to come away and be quiet before the
Lord. It is a service where we pray for all kinds of needs and celebrate the Lords
Supper together. If you desire a quiet place of worship, join us at 5:00 p.m. in the
Adult Reception Hall. A nursery is available in the Drop-In Nursery rooms in the
CLC.

Expressions of Thanks Through Service

Mark your calendar for May 17, Service Commitment Sunday! In faithful
response to Gods blessings, complete either the Service Commitment form mailed
recently to you or the on-line version at eastminsterpres.org under Quicklinks.
On May 17, you may submit your familys completed form(s) at one of our three
worship services: 9:00 and 11:15 Traditional, or 11:15 Jubilee. Questions: Call or
email Julie McDaniel at 256-1654 or jmcdaniel@eastminsterpres.org.

Early Church Closing May 15

Church offices and CLC will close at noon on Friday, May 15, for a Staff Appreciation Luncheon. Please make note on your calendars of the closing time.

Newsletter Published Monthly During the Summer

The UPDATE will become monthly for the summer after the May 24 issue.
Weekly issues will resume on August 16. Deadline dates are as always, ten days
before the publication date. We will remain in touch weekly over the summer
with E-news. Please send us your information!

Books for 4s

We have a magnificent small group, and our mission/

project is reading and distributing books to the four year old
child development classes in Richland One. In order to be
admitted to these classes, the majority of the children are
considered at risk. We intend to read to the class and then
give a book to each child. Many of these children have no
books at home. With so many children in need, we hoped to
make it a project for the congregation to share.
We will have boxes placed in the church for collecting gently used books appropriate for a four-year-old and would love for each of you to look through the
books in your home and share one or two with these children. Thank you! Liz Agee
and Becky Smythe

Serving on Sunday
may 3
OFFICERS PRAYER:
Deacon: Susan Laird
DEACONS: Jennifer Rayfield & Caroline Bennett
Deacon: Mary Counts (Jubilee)
Deacon: Simpson Fant (Jubilee)
Ushers: Bill Coggins & Randy Liggitt
GREETERS:
(9:00) Butch Jones
Ford & Martha Mason
John & Mary McCants
Wilson & Betsy McDonald
(11:15) Bill & Blair McDow
Connie Parramore
Julie Moss & Margo Orlandini
Bob & Liz Norris
INFANT ROOM - CLC 115
(9:00) Staff
(11:15) Meredith & Daniel Christenberry
TODDLER ROOM - CLC 117
(9:00) Stacy & Michael Strong
(11:15) Jenny & Kevin Smith
2-K ROOM - CLC 119
(9:00) Caroline & Thomas Rhodes
(11:15) David & Kelly Ross
CHILDRENS CHURCH 102 - 3K
(9:00) Alex & Sarah Dillard
(11:15) William & Angie Douglas
CHILDRENS CHURCH 104 - 4K
(9:00) Robb & Jenny Brown
(11:15) Jim & Jennifer Bowie
CHILDRENS CHURCH 106 - 5K
(9:00) Tracey & Brad Wright
(11:15) Scott & Elizabeth Barber