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Eastminster Presbyterian Church, Columbia, South Carolina

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Volume 37 Number 14

April 14, 2013

Dear Eastminster Family, Scholar N.T. Wright observes that the hope and joy of the resurrection should be claimed and lived out after Easter as intentionally as our Lenten activities prepare us for Christs suffering and sacrifice on the cross leading up to Easter. Reflecting on Wrights observation, how fitting it was yesterday, on the first Sunday after Easter, to celebrate as thirty-three young people responded to Gods grace by standing and proclaiming Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Looking ahead, the resurrection power of Easter will be manifest among us in several ways during the coming weeks. This Sunday, a brief Congregational Meeting after 11:15 a.m. worship in the sanctuary will include electing our Officer Nominating Committee and receiving the 2012 Annual Review, which provides snapshots of Gods work in our midst this past year. In the coming weeks, two significant undertakings will come to the fore in the life of our church. First, we will begin receiving the Vision 2020 Report. It was nine months ago that Vision 2020 was kicked off and fifty-five small groups began meeting. The Coordinating Team has worked diligently to listen for Gods leading in discerning both who God is calling us to be as a church family and what we believe our Lord is calling us to do. Pending Session approval, the plan is to begin sharing descriptive scenarios that convey pictures of Eastminster in the year 2020. These word pictures will be shared in worship and elsewhere even as finishing touches are applied to the report. In addition to the Vision 2020 report, our Toward 2020 Capital Campaign is being rolled out. Just before Lent, we talked briefly about the need to update and upgrade our worship spaces, especially the sanctuary. By the time you receive this Update, your mailbox should have produced a Toward 2020 brochure summarizing the specifics of this campaign. As surely as the men and women who gathered here in the 1950s were given the privilege of investing in a worship space that would impact future generations for the Gospel, so you and I have the opportunity to join in Gods work through this effort to enhance this church campus for those who will follow us. Below are several important dates. Please put them on your calendar. The living God is at work in our midst. Lets join in the joy! Sunday, April 14- Congregational Meeting in Sanctuary immediately after 11:15 a.m. worship. Wednesday, April 17- Vision 2020 Sneak-a-Peak. Join us for supper in Thompson Hall. Supper at 5:30 p.m. with program beginning at 6:15 p.m. Sunday, April 28- Toward 2020 Capital Campaign Lunch in the Christian Life Center immediately after worship. Wednesday, May 1- Toward 2020 make-up session. Supper at 5:30 p.m. Program begins at 6:15 p.m. in Thompson Hall. In Christs joy, Brad

VisiONs
your old men will dream

DREAMs
ACTS 2:17

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

9:00 & 11:15 a.m. - Sanctuary 11:15 a.m. Jubilee Dr. Bradley D. Smith

SUnDaY, aPRIL 14

DAILY CALENDAR
SUNDAY, aPRIL 14
8:00 Celebration Choir Rehearsal 9:00 Worship & Childrens Church 10:00 Sunday School Pastors Class Jubilee Band Practice Eastminster First Step 10:05 Chancel Choir Rehearsal 11:15 Worship & Childrens Church Jubilee Worship Thomas Martin Arthur, Bapt. 12:15 Congregational Meeting 3:00 Cub Scouts Wolf Den 4:00 Webelos 1 & 2 Cub Scout Bears, Tigers Youth Band Practice 5:00 P.E.A.C.E. Service 5:30 Youth Group 5:45 Childcare 6:00 Kerygma

A special Womens Self Defense class will meet in the Christian Life Center on Saturday, April 20, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in room 271/273. The class is sponsored by STS of the Midlands and will be conducted by the community education team of the Richland County Sheriffs Department. This class will be especially beneficial to young women going away to school next fall. There is no fee for this class. For more information or to register, contact Bill Ketchin (256-1654 or bketchin@eastminsterpres.org.)

Womens Self Defense

Summer Basketball Skills Camp, June 24 - 27

MOnDaY, APRIL 15

7:00 Mens Prayer Breakfast 9:00 Count Team Fifty Plus Exercise Class 10:00 Senior Fitness 2:00 Pastors Mtg. 2:30 Program Staff Mtg. 5:30 Mens Basketball League Yoga Webelos 1 Adult Sunday School Leaders 6:00 Rehearsals for Scotland 7:00 Sr. High Guys Bible Study Boy Scouts Troop 10

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.

Pastors Class Party - April 14

If you have attended the Pastors Class, join us for a party at the home of Mike and Robin Gorman, 3 Governors Hill, 29201. We will begin gathering between 6:00 - 6:30 p.m. We are asking you to bring either an entre, side dish, drinks, a salad, rolls, or a dessert. Please RSVP to the Gormans at 803-765-9817 or email rgorman@sc.rr.com or Peter Zornow 803-5427071, or email zornowpd@juno.com. This will help in our planning. Join us June 17-June 20 from 9:00 a.m. - noon for all rising 4K-6 grade! You can register with a paper registration or on our website www.eastminsterpres.org but please note, that we need your registration payment by the morning of June 6 to secure your spot. RemembeR, if you want to volunteer, but have children younger than the ages for VBS, we have our Drop-In open for you that week to take care of volunteers children. (As we approach the VBS dates, well be sending out additional information about: our VBS volunteer caf that is open Mon.-Wed. of that week; the VBS closing event on Thursday; and the off-site actvities the rising 5th and rising 6th graders will be partricipating in.) After registration date, you are not guaranteed a T-Shirt or a slot in VBS. Savvy Seniors have a special treat in store for their April 23 meeting. Merry Hearts, a small ensemble from the Heart of Columbia Chorus, will present the program. The Chorus, a group that sings in four-part barbershop style harmony, is a chapter of Sweet Adelines International. One member of that diverse group of women from all walks of life whose ages span seven decades, is Eastminsters own Angie Durrett. Lunch will be served at noon prior to the program in Thompson Hall. Call Mary Baldauf at 256-1654 for reservations. Parker Sparrow, Parish Nurse, will be in the Byrd Room following Savvy Seniors should you like a blood pressure check or to speak with her.

TUESDAY, aPRIL 16

7:15 MS Prayer Breakfast 9:00 Drop-In Nursery 9:30 Staff Meeting 10:00 Senior Fitness 11:00 Visitation 11:30 EPW Luncheon 11:45 Tuesday Lunch 12:00 Finance Committee Mtg. 4:00 CHAMPS Tutoring 5:00 Tai Chi Girls Volleyball 5:30 Girls on Run Zumba Adult Sunday School Leaders CLC Ministry 6:00 Handbell Rehearsal MSB Rehearsal 6:30 Congregational Care 7:00 Zumba Fitness Scottish Country Dance Life to Eagle Seminar 9:00 Fifty Plus Exercise Class Drop In Nursery 9:30 Prayer Shawl Ministry 9:30 EDS Chapel 5:00 Angel, Junior Choir Rehearsals 5:15 WE@EPC Dinner 5:30 Officer Nominating Committee 5:45 Childcare 6:15 DivorceCare Crossroads Career WE@EPC MS Youth 7:15 Chancel Choir Rehearsal

Vacation Bible School June 17 - 20, 2013!!

WEDNESDAY, aPRIL 17

Savvy Seniors to Have Special Musical Treat

THURSDAY, aPRIL 18

9:00 Drop-In Nursery 10:00 Senior Fitness 4:00 CHAMPS Tutoring 5:00 Yoga Girls Volleyball 5:30 Girls on the Run Zumba 6:00 Rehearsals for Scotland 7:00 Zumba Fitness HS Girls Bible Study Eagle Board of Review 7:30 Jubilee Band Practice

FRIDAY, aPRIL 19

9:00 Fifty Plus Exercise Class 11:00 Support Staff Mtg.

SATURDAY, aPRIL 13

The P.E.A.C.E. 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.

P.E.a.c.E. Service, April 14, in the Adult Reception Hall

9:00 Womens Self Defense Class 10:00 Childrens Choir Rehearsal 3:00 Childrens Choir Rehearsal

Senility prayer: Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference.

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, Dr. Mary Tobin, those serving in our military, Stephen Ministers & their care receivers and all those in need of Gods special care. Hospitalized this week Gertie Crowley Births Congratulations and love to:

WE@EPC . . . Special Offerings

Each Wednesday the dinner and the program will be in Thompson Hall. Dinner beginning at 5:15 p.m. and the presentation at 6:30 p.m. APRIL 17 - An evening of sharing, as we receive the final report from the Vision 20/20 small groups, and hear the vision for our Capital Campaign. APRIL 24 - The childrens choirs, K-5 through 5th grade, will present the musical, The Story of Gods Creation, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Come for dinner in Thompson Hall at 5:15 p.m., and remain for the program in Thompson Hall.

A brief congregational meeting will be held in the sanctuary immediately after the 11:15 a.m. worship service on Sunday, April 14. The purpose of the congregational meeting will be to approve the Terms of Call for 2013 for our pastors, receive the Annual Report, and elect the Officer Nominating Committee for 2013. This committee is tasked with nominating persons to serve as Deacons and Elders for the class of 2016 and to fill any vacancies on the Diaconate or Session. The Nominating Committee slate includes: Elder Bill McDow, Chair; Elder Pam Halligan, Vice-Chair; John Hart, Laura Long, Julia Markley, Barry Mattox, Johnnie Pearce, Kit Pound, March Seabrook and Laura Self. The EPW Sisters in Christ Luncheon will be Tuesday, April 16, at 11:30 a.m. in Thompson Hall. The speaker is Todd McClinton, Assistant Headmaster at Jubilee Academy, a school for disadvantaged youth. Please come hear how this school is changing young lives right here in Columbia. Soup, salad and dessert will be served for $5.00. Please call Mary at the church for reservations, 256-1654 or mbaldauf@eastminsterpres.org.

Congregation Meeting to Elect Nominating Committee - April 14

Presbyterian Womens Luncheon

Don & Darla Helms, on the birth of their grandson, Nicholas James Rescigno, April 2, 2013. Parents, Liesel Helms & Risch Rescigno. Anne-Courtney & Alex Miller, on the birth of their grandson, Alexander Johnston Miller, March 4, 2013. Parents, Angier & Robert Miller. Anne Josey, on the birth of her great grandson, Alexander Johnston Miller, March 4, 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.

The last Jesus Rocks of the year will be from 6:00-10:00 p.m., April 26. Pizza! Games! Bible Study Blast! Movies! Popcorn! Midnight Basketball! Bring $3.00 for pizza and wear sneakers. Parents, we need help in shifts for this night. If you can help for the 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. shift or the 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. shift, please email Susie Horger at shorger@richlandone.org.

Jesus Rocks -

Almost Lock-In - April 26

Shred 360 at Eastminster

On Wednesday, May 8, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. the Shred 360 truck will be in the CLC parking lot accepting up to 5 boxes or bags of paper to be shredded. This event is open to the community and is a food drive for Harvest Hope Food Bank. When you come to shred, bring canned food to donate!

Crossroads Career Network offers programs and opportunities for job seekers, career explorers, employers and regular church attendees to get involved. We meet most Wednesdays at 6:15 p.m. in the Christian Life Center, room C- 265. Contact Jim Hatchell for more information: jimnsc123@gmail.com.

Not Employed or Under-Employed

Dont miss out! Send your information to share with the congregation to updates@eastminsterpres.org. Please have your information in by Wednesday, April 17, to be shared in our next newsletter on April 28, 2013.

Deadline for UPDATE

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Update for April 14, 2013

You are invited to a complimentary lunch on Sunday, April 28, following the 11:15 a.m. worship service to hear about the proposed and exciting upgrades for the Eastminster Sanctuary area. There will be a conceptual presentation of some of the plans for creating a new mens restroom, making the womens restroom ADA compliant and the building itself a friendly and accessible space for people with mobility issues, a new heating and cooling system and more! If you are unable to attend on the 28th, Wednesday, May 1, will be a make up date, with a complimentary meal from 5:30 - 6:15 p.m. and the presentation following. Check your calendar and Save The daTe!!! One of our greatest privileges and responsibilities at Eastminster is the election of church officers. Your input is an essential and critical part of the process by which the Nominating Team puts forth its recommendations to the congregation. It is time to prayerfully consider people you feel can be entrusted with the leadership decisions of Eastminster Presbyterian Church. Consider people who love the Lord, have encouraging spirits, mature faith, Bible knowledge, and hearts for service and gifts for ministry. Our rich heritage as Presbyterians has given us a representative form of government. The Book of Order states that church officers should be persons of strong faith, dedicated discipleship, and love of Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. Their manner of life should be a demonstration of the Christian gospel in the church and in the world. Please submit names by using an Officer Nomination Form. If you have not received one of these in the mail, email Carol (csutton@eastminsterpres.org) and she will send you one, or pick one up when you are at the church. Please return your forms to Carol Sutton by April 16. You may submit as many names as you would like. Hold the date for the 2013 Annual Sportsmans Banquet! It will be held on Thursday, May 16, beginning at 5:00 p.m. in Thompson Hall. This years guest speaker is baseball great, and Sumter native, Bobby Richardson. Keep watching for the details!

Congregational Meal, April 28

SErvInG on SundaY
OFFICERS PRAYER: Deacon Ken Carey DEACONS: Patrick Turner, Scott Verzyl Elder Steve Bryant (Jubilee) Elder Emma Bryson (Jubilee) P.E.A.C.E. SeRvIce Deacon March Seabrook, Matt Reynolds Elder Michael Schraibman, Tara Barr UsheRs: Steve Searcy, John McCabe GREETERS: (9:00) Jane Shuler, Shelley Ray Gregory & Claudia Rhames William & Kappy Hubbard (11:15) John & Jill Skeppstrom Steve & Sharon Bryant Tyler & Lesley Stone Roy & Laura Taylor INFANT ROOM - CLC 119 (9:00) Meredeth & Kyle Hewett (11:15) Will & Beth Brownlee TODDLER ROOM - CLC 117 (9:00) Andy & Courtney Delaney (11:15) Laura & Chad Voyles 2-K ROOM - CLC 115 (9:00) John & Jeanette Florence (11:15) Wade & Lori Douroux CHILDRENS CHURCH 103 - 3K (9:00) Reece & Lauren McWilliams (11:15) Forrest & Ginny Harriston CHILDRENS CHURCH 105 - 4K (9:00) Stephen & Holley Van Horn (11:15) David & Mary Wells CHILDRENS CHURCH 107 - 5K (9:00) John & Courtney Curnias (11:15) Drew & Sharon Williams

April 14

Officer Nominations for 2016

Sportsmans Banquet