Exodus For Followers Of Jesus

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 Mrs. Mele Baize Day School Director Mr. William L. Collins, Jr. Business Manager
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

From Wilderness To Wonder

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Volume 38 Number 15 April 6, 2014

Eastminster Presbyterian Church, Columbia, South Carolina

Dear Eastminster Family, Lent is a time of self-denial and renewed reflection on Jesus ultimate sacrifice. As Holy Week comes into focus on the near horizon, I encourage you to use the under construction signs seen around our Sanctuary as an encouragement in your own spiritual journey. Open your heart to Gods renovating and transforming work in your life, and permit the small inconveniences we will face in the construction process to prompt you to consider Christs great suffering on our behalf. On a related note, with the sanctuary renovation ramping up, will you please: 1. Pray about helping us meet the need. The project will cost $3,525,000, of which roughly $3,300,000 is currently pledged from 350 family units. That leaves a remaining need of about six percent, or $225,000. Lets all pull together and get this done by Easter. Toward that end, Nancy and I are increasing our pledge, and I ask you to pray about doing the same. Simply email treasurer Christy Rippy at crippy@eastminsterpres.org with any changes. 2. Pray for the men and women who are doing our renovation work. Pray for their safety and that they would see that they are not merely doing masonry, plumbing or electrical work, but that they are using their talents to the glory of God, and pray that they would draw closer to Christ through this process. 3. Be patient and work together. Whether parking challenges, disrupted pedestrian patterns or other logistical hurdles, we will face inconveniences in the coming months. Lets respond, however, with patience and even enthusiasm, knowing the short-term inconveniences will lead to long-term improvements. By way of reminder, our traditional worship services will continue in the sanctuary through April. Beginning May 4 and up until Rally Day, worship will take place in the Christian Life Center, and the sanctuary will be unavailable. The Jubilee Service will continue in Thompson Hall throughout. In Christs love,

SUNDAY, APRIL 6
9:00 & 11:15 a.m. - Sanctuary 11:15 a.m. Jubilee Dr. James I. St. John Looking at Lent Through the Psalms What Wondrous Love Psalm 130, John 12:1-8

Brad

DAILY CALENDAR
SUNDAY, aPRIL 6
8:00 Celebration Choir Rehearsal 9:00 Worship & Childrens Church Evelyn Elizabeth Gillespie Bapt. 10:00 Sunday School Classes Combined Sunday School Class Jubilee Band Practice Worship Discovery Eastminster First Step 10:05 Chancel Choir Rehearsal 11:15 Worship & Childrens Church Elizabeth Mercer Williamson Bapt. Jubilee Worship 3:00 Preschool Egg Hunt 3:30 Blue & Gold Banquet 5:00 Stop Hunger Now Packing Childcare

Its Back! Stop Hunger Now

It is not too late to sign up for Stop Hunger Now! On Sunday, April 6, we will again partner with Stop Hunger Now to pack 30,000 meals which will go to schools, orphanages, and medical clinics. The meals cost 25 cents per bagor $7,500 for the 30,000 meals. Cost to participate is $10 per person, or a family maximum of $25. Sign up on the website! Or contact Julie McDaniel at 256-1654 x 143.

MOnday, aPRIL 7

7:00 Lenten Prayer Breakfast 9:00 Count Team Fifty Plus Exercise Class 10:00 Senior Fitness 2:00 Pastors Mtg. CHAMPS Tutoring 2:30 Program Staff Mtg. 3:10 Staff Mtg. 5:30 Yoga Fellowship Committee Cub Scouts 6:30 BSF Stephen Ministry Training Class 7:00 Sr. High Girls D-Group

TUESDAY, APRIL 8
9:00 10:00 11:45 12:00 12:30 1:00 2:00 3:00 5:00 5:30 6:00 7:00

Have you ever wondered what kind of meal Christ shared with his disciples at the Last Supper? Join us on Maundy Thursday, April 17, at 6:00 p.m. for the Eastminster Seder Meal. It is the traditional Passover Week Dinner celebrated by the Hebrews since the Exodus. It is the Hebrew thanksgiving to God for deliverance and redemption. The Seder consists of a number of ceremonies and symbols that help us remember the trials of the Hebrews of the Exodus - their embittered life of bondage and the joy of their subsequent triumph of freedom. Seating begins at 5:45 p.m. for the 6:00 p.m. meal in Thompson Hall. We request that you be on time for the meal. This is a family meal, and childcare is available from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. for infants through age 5 in the nursery drop-off rooms. The dinner is $6.00, and reservations must be made by calling the receptionist at 256-1654 by Friday, April 11 or sign up at www.eastminsterpres.org. Seating is limited, so please reserve early! The dinner will be followed by a Maundy Thursday Communion Service at 7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary. You do not have to attend the Seder meal to attend the Maundy Thursday Service at 7:00 p.m. All Eastminster Ladies (non-members as well as members) are invited to attend at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Thompson Sisters Hall. We will have a speaker from Stop Hunger Now. You may have in Christ participated in packing thousands of Stop Hunger Now (SHN) meals in the CLC last year. Another packing will take place on April 6. This luncheon is an opportunity to contribute to the offering for SHN. The offering is voluntary with the hope of making an impact on this worthwhile mission. To register please call Mary Baldauf, or e-mail Mary (mbaldauf@eastminsterpres.org) to sign up. The cost of the meal is $6.

Seder Meal Reservations

Drop-In Nursery OCA Mtg. Youth Council Senior Fitness Tuesday Lunch NED Mtg. Bradley Lunch Buddies Footcare Ministry Directory Photos Exercising for Adults Tai Chi CHAMPS Steering Comm. Zumba Fitness Officer Nominating Committee Handbell Rehearsal Scottish Country Dancing Zumba Fitness

Sisters in Christ Luncheon

9:00 Drop-In Nursery Fifty Plus Exercise Class 9:30 Prayer Shawl Ministry EDS Chapel 11:00 Psalm Bible Study 11:35 Saunders Lunch Buddies 2:00 Directory Photos 3:15 Brownies 5:00 Angel & Junior Choir 5:45 Childcare 6:00 WE@EPC Dinner Circle #6 6:15 WE@EPC Classes Womens Divorce Care Group 7:00 Senior High Guys D-Group Chancel Choir Practice

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9

Pre-K Easter Egg Hunt

Join us on Sunday, April 6 from 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. for our annual Easter Egg Hunt at 2121 Shady Lane, 29206. Older siblings are welcome. There will be 2,000 eggs to find! Separate egg hunt areas for older and younger children. Refreshments, a visit from the Easter bunny and a reading of the Easter story! Remember to bring your own basket.

THURSDAY, APRIL 10

7:00 Middle School Prayer Breakfast 9:00 Drop-In Nursery Praying Moms Bible Study 10:00 Senior Fitness 11:30 Volunteer Recognition 2:00 Directory Photos 3:00 Exercising for Arthritis 5:00 Yoga 6:00 Evangelism Commitee 7:00 Zumba Fitness Jubilee Band Practice

On Monday and Tuesday, April 14 and 15, the sanctuary, administration building and a portion of the CE building will not have power. The power outage is due to the replacement of the transformer that is original to the building. Although staff will be at work, they will be limited in their ability to accomplish many tasks. We ask that if you are planning a meeting for that week, please choose Wednesday - Friday for your meeting. Are you a young adult in your 20s or 30s and wish to get involved in a Sunday school class? The Gift Sunday School Class invites you to join them in serving at Transitions Shelter on April 17. Serving with other young adults from EPC promises to be an enlightening night. Come out and meet other young adults and learn more about Columbias homeless. Contact Laura Long at laurapricelong@att.net to sign up for Transitions or contact Rebekah Gaston at helton.r.e@gmail.com to learn more about the Gift Sunday School Class.

Construction Related Power Outage

We Need You!!!

FRIDAY, APRIL 11
9:00 10:00 11:00 2:00 7:00 9:00

Fifty Plus Exercise Class EDS Finance Mtg. Support Staff Mtg. Directory Photos BSF Leadership Directory Photos

SATURDAY, APRIL 12

Psalms Daily Readings for Week of April 7 - April 12

Mon. - April 7: Tue. - April 8: Wed. - April 9: Thur. - April 10: Fri. - April 11: Sat. - April 12: Psalm 100 Psalm 103 Psalm 104 Psalm 105 Psalm 117 Psalm 121

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 Boots Fuller, Remer Waguespack, Dr. Mary Tobin, Bill McInnis, Dave Steven, and those serving in our military, Stephen Ministers & their care receivers and all those in need of Gods special care. Hospitals Trudy Bates, Jerry Spann Deaths Congregational love and sympathy are extended to: Jenna & Ryan Burke, on the death of her grandfather, Carl Ault, February 25, 2014. Births Congratulations and love to:

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 Wednesday, April 9 . Lilies may be removed by the donor from the sanctuary after the 10:30 a.m. service on Easter. A special Womens Self Defense class will be offered at Eastminster on Saturday, April 12, from 9:00 a. m. to 1:00 p. m. in CLC rooms 271-273. The class, open to Eastminster members and the community, is conducted by the Richland County Sheriffs Office, with sponsorship by STS of the Midlands. There is no cost to participants. For more information or to sign up, contact Bill Ketchin at bketchin@ eastminsterpres.org or call (803) 256-1654. Be sure to sign up early as class size is very limited! Please join us in the Adult Reception Hall during the Sunday school hour on April 6, to hear from two mission co-workers who are serving in India and other south Asian countries (with high security concerns). Their ministry addresses global issues of poverty, evangelism and reconciliation. Prior to their commissioning as mission workers, they taught at Montreat College. We are looking for volunteers who can commit to all four mornings with open hearts for where we can place you. This is with the exception of those who want to shepherd their own childs class. (Just chaperone and relationship-build with the kids...no lessons to teach!) Please let us know if you want to be with your child. If you are willing to volunteer all four mornings, we will register your children for a guaranteed spot. Also, if you volunteer and have younger siblings in your household (babies - rising 3K), our CLC Drop-In Nursery is open that week FREE of charge for VBS volunteers with younger children. If youd like to volunteer for all 4 mornings, please e-mail Croskeys at croyall@eastminsterpres.org. Photography has started, But It Is nOt tOO Late tO sIGn uP. We still have slots available and would like to have 50% of families in the church participate. If you have not yet taken the time to sign up, please do and help Us meet oUr goal! Our directory will not be complete without YOU! Dates: April 8 - 12 Tuesday - Friday - 2:00 - 9:00 PM Saturday -10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Tuesday, May 20, 2:00 - 9:00 PM (Make up day) Photos will be taken on the second floor of the CLC in rooms 261 - 263.

Lilies

Special Self Defense Class for Women

Combined Adult Sunday School Class- April 6

Ashley & Edward Rawl, on the birth of their daughter, Margaret Harris Rawl, March 11, 2014. Bonnie & Matt Stabler, on the birth of their son, Jackson Hydrick Stabler, March 29, 2014.
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.

Son Treasure Island VBS - June 16-19, 9 AM-12 PM

Photo Directory Sign Ups . . .

Dont miss out! Send your information to share with the congregation to tcarter@eastminsterpres.org. Please have your information in by Wednesday, April 9, to be shared in our next newsletter on April 20, 2014.

Deadline for UPDATE

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Update for April 6, 2014

HOLY WEEK Worship Services

April 13 - Palm Sunday Worship Services 9:00 and 11:15 a.m. (Traditional & Jubilee) April 17 - Maundy Thursday 5:45 p.m. Seder Meal - Thompson Hall 7:00 p.m. Communion Service - Sanctuary April 18 - Good Friday Community Worship 12:00 noon
Shandon Presbyterian Church

ServinG on Sunday April 6

OFFICERS PRAYER: Deacon Abbot Carnes DEACONS: Hagood Tighe, Scott Verzyl Elder Andy Lowrey (Jubilee) Deacon Patrick Turner (Jubilee) UsheRs: Bill Coggins & Randy Liggitt GREETERS: (9:00) Chuck Plowden, Martha Mason Kit & Leigh Pound Shelley Ray (11:15) Vernon & Eugenia DeHart Margo Orlandini Bob & Liz Norris Laura & Greg Moise INFANT ROOM - CLC 115 (9:00) Stacey & Michael Strong (11:15) Jenny & Kevin Smith TODDLER ROOM - CLC 117 (9:00) Doug & Tracy Stursberg (11:15) Will & Alice Whiteside 2-K ROOM - CLC 119 (9:00) Alex & Sarah Dillard (11:15) Scott & Emily Garrett CHILDRENS CHURCH 101 - 3K (9:00) Tommy & Missy Boggs (11:15) Jim & Jennifer Bowie CHILDRENS CHURCH 103 - 4K (9:00) Scott & Elizabeth Barber (11:15) Bryce & Elizabeth Bigger CHILDRENS CHURCH 106 - 5K (9:00) Joe & Ashley Sitton (11:15) Rodney & Marcy Swan

Eastminsters Courtyard - Community Service

April 20 - Easter Sunrise Service 6:30 a.m.

April 20 - Easter Worship Services

8:45 and 10:30 a.m.

Childrens Church will be held during these services

(Traditional & Jubilee)

Easter Celebration 9:30 - 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 10:30 a.m. service.

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