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Eastminster Presbyterian Church, Columbia, South Carolina

803-256-1654 / www.eastminsterpres.org

Volume 37 Number 10

March 17, 2013

HOLY WEEK SChEDULE

March 24 - Palm Sunday Worship Services
9:00 and 11:15 a.m. (Traditional & Jubilee)

VisiONs
your old men will dream

DREAMs
ACTS 2:17

March 27 - Stations of the Cross

5:15 p.m. - Simple Dinner in Thompson Hall 5:00 - 7:30 p.m. Meditative Walk 7:00 p.m. Sanctuary 12:00 noon

STAFF
Dr. Bradley D. Smith Pastor Dr. Mark E. Durrett Associate Pastor Rev. Lynn A. Grandsire Associate Pastor Rev. Jeffrey S. Smith Associate Pastor Dr. James I. St. John Parish Associate Rev. Jonathan S. Wagner Associate Pastor Mr. Croskeys Royall Director of Childrens Ministries Mrs. Fredna Lee Director of Music Ministries
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

March 28 - Maundy Thursday Communion Service March 29 - Good Friday Worship Service
Eastminster Church Sanctuary-Community Service

March 31 - Easter Sunrise Service

7:00 a.m.
Eastminsters Courtyard - Community Service

March 31 - Easter Worship Services 8:45* and 10:30* a.m. (Traditional & Jubilee) Easter Celebration
9:45 - 10:30 a.m.
Sunday School classes, for both adults and children, will not be held. A nursery will be provided for infants through age 2. Well have food to eat and time to catch up with each other. Be sure to bring spring flowers from your yard to decorate the cross that will be used at the 11:15 a.m. service. *Childrens Church for 3K5K on Easter Sunday will be held during the 8:45 and 10:30 a.m. services.

Courtyard (Gym if rain) - Breakfast - Drop-In Fellowship

Following the 10:30 a.m. Service in the Adult Reception Hall

Loaves and Fishes Covered Dish Lunch

9:00 & 11:15 a.m. - Sanctuary 11:15 a.m. Jubilee Dr.Bradley D. Smith I Am the Bread of Life John 6:35

SUnDaY, maRCH 17

Did I mention . . .

Do you know someone who could use a little good news? If so, invite them to join you here at Eastminster. There is no better time than now. The life and witness of Jesus Christ means hope in the face of despair, belonging in an age of wandering, and love in the face of apathy. (Continues on next page)

DAILY CALENDAR
SUNDAY, maRCH 17
8:00 Celebration Choir Rehearsal 9:00 Worship & Childrens Church 10:00 Sunday School Pastors Class Jubilee Band Practice Eastminster First Step Confirmation Examination First Step Class 10:05 Chancel Choir Rehearsal 11:15 Worship & Childrens Church Jubilee Worship 12:15 Home Communion 3:00 Cub Scouts Wolf Den 4:00 Webelos 1 & 2 Cub Scout Bears, Tigers Youth Band Practice Confirmation Parent Mtg. 5:30 Youth Group Dinner & Mtg. 5:45 Childcare 6:00 Kerygma

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Hospitals. Please let us know if you or someone you love is in the hospital. Our pastors make caring for hospitalized members a priority. New privacy laws strictly limit hospitals in sharing this information, so please notify the church directly and/or be sure to list Eastminster while also granting permission for the hospital to acknowledge your admission. Please call Mary Baldauf at 256-1654 or mbaldauf@eastminsterpres.org with this information. New Babies. If you are expecting a baby, please call Mary Baldauf at 256-1654 and let her know your due date and the hospital you will be going to, so that we can connect with you at the time of the birth of your new gift from God. Prayer Cards. If you have updates for the prayer cards or concern board at the church, please call or e-mail Lynn Grandsire (lgrandsire@eastminsterpres.org) or Mary Baldauf (mbaldauf@eastminsterpres.org) so that we can continue praying for folks and keep everything updated.

MOnDaY, maRCH 18

7:00 Prayer Breakfast 9:00 Count Team Fifty Plus Exercise Class 11:45 Staff Lunch 2:00 Pastors Mtg. 2:30 Program Staff Mtg. 5:30 Mens Basketball League Yoga Webelos 1 Stephen Ministry Leaders Mtg. 7:00 Sr. High Guys Bible Study Boy Scouts Troop 10 Lee/Orlandini Small Group

The Christian Life Center will host a summer basketball skills camp for rising 1st - 6th grade boys and girls, June 24 - 27. This camp is conducted by The Greatest Champion. For more information, contact Bill Ketchin (bketchin@eastminsterpres.org or call 256-1654) or check out their website at www.thegreatestchampion.org.

Summer Basketball Skills Camp, June 24 - 27

TUESDAY, maRCH 19

7:15 MS Prayer Breakfast 9:00 Drop-In Nursery 9:30 Staff Meeting 11:45 Tuesday Lunch 12:00 Finance Mtg. 12:30 Visitation Mtg. 4:00 CHAMPS Tutoring 4:30 Stewardship Committee 5:00 Tai Chi 5:15 Vision 2020 Branding Group 5:30 Girls on Run Zumba Diaconate Mtg. 6:00 Joint Mtg. 6:45 Session Mtg. 7:00 Zumba Fitness Scottish Country Dance Eagle Board of Review 9:00 Drop-In Nursery Fifty Plus Exercise Class 9:30 Prayer Shawl Ministry EDS Chapel 11:00 Lenten Study - Gospel of John 12:00 Communications Committee EDS Council 5:00 Angel, Junior Choir Rehearsals 5:15 WE@EPC Dinner 5:45 Childcare 6:15 DivorceCare Crossroads Career Gospel of John MS Youth 6:45 Bible Study Groups 7:15 Chancel Choir Rehearsal

WEDNESDAY, maRCH 20

The Pre-School Committee invites children toddlers5K (older siblings are welcome), to an Easter egg hunt on Sunday, March 24 at 4:00 p.m. This will be held at the home of the Crueas, 2121 Shady Lane, 29206. Please email Courtney at cpcurnias@yahoo.com for information and if you would like to help. There will be 2,000 eggs to find, a visit from the Easter bunny and the Easter story! Remember to bring your own basket. rsvp in the E-News or http://epcegghunt.notlong. com. This event should last about an hour. Join us at Transitions on the third Thursday, March 21. We will serve fried chicken and rolls, pasta salad, fruit and pound cake. Louis McElveen is leading the team this month. Contact Louis at louismcelveen@gmail.com to serve or to donate money. The April date is Thursday the 18th. Save the date of Saturday, March 23! Eastminster will be hosting an Easter egg hunt and spring carnival for the children at St. Lawrence Place on 2400 Waites Road, 29204, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. We invite you to come help with a game, a craft or with lunch. Contact Julie at jmcdaniel@eastminsterpres.org to be part of this fun project! Suitable for the whole family! Eastminsters own Amos Disasa will speak at the Tuesday, March 26, meeting of Savvy Seniors at noon in Thompson Hall. Born in Ethiopia, he attended Eastminster as a child with his parents and returned years later as associate minister. He is now founding pastor of Downtown Church and will talk about his work there, as well as projects his congregation has launched at Bethel Evangelical Secondary School (B.E.S.S.) in Africa.

Easter Egg Hunt

Third Thursday Dinner at Transitions

Easter Family Service Project

THURSDAY, maRCH 21

9:00 Drop-In Nursery 4:00 champs Tutoring 5:00 Yoga 5:30 Girls on the Run Zumba 7:00 Zumba Fitness Sr. High Girls Bible Study 7:30 Jubilee Band Practice

Amos Disasa to be Savvy Seniors Speaker

FRIDAY, maRCH 22

9:00 Fifty Plus Exercise Class 11:00 Support Staff Mtg. 4:00 Cub Scout Pinewood Derby

SATURDAY, maRCH 16
8:00

Cub Scout Pinewood Derby

The value of compassion cannot be overemphazsized. Anyone can criticize. It takes a true believer to be compassionate. No greater burden can be borne by an individual than to know that no one cares or understands.

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. EPC Special Concerns Walker Pearce, Boots Fuller, Remer Waguestack, those serving in our military, Stephen Ministers & their care receivers and all those in need of Gods special care. In Extended Care Margaret Zeigler Hospitalized this week Don Shirley Deaths Congregational love and sympathy are extended to:

An Eastminster Blood Drive will be held on Sunday, March 17, from 8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. in the CLC parking lot. Look for the Blood Mobile! To schedule an appointment please visit Redcrossblood.org and enter the sponsor code: Eastminster or contact John Sim at 803-606-7230 or Johnsimsc@yahoo.com. Remember, the need is constant. The gratification is instant. Give Blood! The 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 $15.00 made out to the Eastminster 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 Monday, March 18 . Lilies may be removed by the donor from the sanctuary after the 10:30 a.m. service on Easter. Over the past year, Eastminster has given 25 lbs. of soda can (and other aluminum) tabs to Ronald McDonald House. It takes quite a number of tabs to make a pound. All are appreciated. There is a vase in Mary Baldaufs office for the tabs. Please save and contribute. Ronald McDonald House uses money from the tabs to provide lodging and meals for families of children in Palmetto Health (Richland) Childrens Hospital.

Blood Drive, March 17

Lily Memorials

Ronald McDonald House Tabs

Pat Mueller, on the death of his mother, Peggy Mueller Gregg, March 7, 2013.
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.

For our loved ones . . .

In memory of Virginia Anne Singletary, given by Dennis Daye, Lucy Davis Coleman, Susan & Daniel McLeod. In memory of Anness Stafford given by Dennis Daye, Bobby & Frankie Cowsert, Bartow & Betty Gilbert, Jim Timmons. In memory of Elyssia Grace Hill, given by Edward & Mildred Hill. In memory of Cheryl Glazebrook, given by Bartow & Betty Gilbert, Virginia & Billy Mote, Judy Hegler, Richard Timms, the John Harvin family, M/M James B. Murphy, Jr., Robert H. Blease, Helen W. Miller.

The 2013 Eastminster Senior High Urban Mission Trip will be in Nashville, TN. The total cost of this trip is $320.00 which includes transportation, lodging, programming, and the majority of meals. Scholarships are available. Please return your registration and the full payment by Friday, April 5, 2013. (If you have misplaced your form, additional forms are available on Tricias desk.) Check out the BOGO sales and bring your peanut butter jar(s) to church with you on Sunday, March 24. Amazing how one jar collected with others becomes tons of peanut butter for Harvest Hope. We collected 856 (all inclusive) pounds of food in February!

Senior High Urban Mission Trip - June 9 - 15, 2013

Peanut Butter Sunday

Dont miss out! Send your information to share with the congregation to updates@eastminsterpres.org. Please have your information in by Wednesday, March 13, to be shared in our next newsletter on March 24, 2013.

Deadline for UPDATE

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Update for March 17, 2013

Please join the Fellowship Committee for a Covered Dish Lunch on Easter Sunday, March 31, in the Adult Reception Hall following the 10:30 a.m. worship services. This is an intergenerational event for members who are not traveling or eating elsewhere to share in an Easter meal together. We hope to have a hymn-sing afterwards and some other activities for fellowship. Last Names: A-G, bring either a salad or vegetable; H-R, bring either rice, pasta, or potato dish; and S-Z, bring a dessert. Please bring enough to feed 10 people. The meat (ham and fried chicken) is being provided by several members, and the church is furnishing the drinks. Please register (name; phone number; E-mail; food item; number and names in party) by Sunday, March 23, 2013. Registration forms will be located in the Narthex on Sunday mornings, and in the church receptionists area each day. Fill out a form and leave it in the adjacent basket; or sign up electronically in the E-News.

Loaves and Fishes Easter Covered Dish Lunch

SerVinG on SundaY March 17

OFFICERS PRAYER: Deacon Jeff Burden DEACONS: Kay Lydon, Betsy McDonald Elder Charlie Weston (Jubilee) Deacon Liz Agee (Jubilee) UsHeRs: Don Helms, Milton Moore GREETERS: (9:00) Chuck Plowden, Albert & Harper James John & Shay Lansche Judy & Parks Small (11:15) Winnie Dew, Connie Parramore Madison & Lisa Dye Bobby & Liz Norris INFANT ROOM - CLC 119 (9:00) Elizabeth & Ed Black (11:15) Alec & Rachel Chaplin TODDLER ROOM - CLC 117 (9:00) Tim & Brooke Stone (11:15) Ben & Kara Glenn 2-K ROOM - CLC 115 (9:00) Darren & Evelyn Knight (11:15) Justin & Chollet Helfer CHILDRENS CHURCH 103 - 3K (9:00) Natalie Quinn-Hall & Daniel Hall (11:15) Niles & Elizabeth Helmboltd CHILDRENS CHURCH 105 - 4K (9:00) James & Mary Dameron Milliken (11:15) Marshall & Mary Kirk Morton CHILDRENS CHURCH 107 - 5K (9:00) Tim & Emily Thornton (11:15) Hagood & Elizabeth Tighe

Ben Boyd, Josh Evanovich, and Lorenza Kennedy above at a reception in their honor on Sunday, March 3. Children who recited their John scripture verses during the morning worship on March 10.