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Eastminster Presbyterian Church, Columbia, South Carolina

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

Volume 39 Number 7

February 15, 2015

Dear Eastminster Family,

While keeping track of the liturgical calendar, complete with references to days like Transfiguration Sunday, Ash Wednesday, Maundy
Thursday and the like can be confusing or even distracting, the calendar can also serve as an external prompt to help us get back in rhythm
with our Creator and Lord.

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

Sermon
Sunday, february 15
9:00 & 11:15 a.m. - Sanctuary
11:15 a.m. - Jubilee
Rev. Lynn A. Grandsire
The Look of Love
Mark 12:28-31

After all, dont you and I often get out of step with God, heading off in our own
direction? Ash Wednesday, February 18, begins a 40 day season called Lent, a time
of reflecting on Jesus love, suffering, and sacrifice for each of us. These 4o days
offer an on-ramp for those of us that have wandered in body, mind or spirit to be
welcomed back by our Good Shepherd who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
Where the temptation can be to reduce Lent to gestures like giving up chocolate, I
commend the 400 of you that have signed up to participate in the new small groups.
What a wonderful way to grow in Christ and to grow in community with one another. Lets all pray for each of these groups.
If you have not signed up for a small group, other opportunities for intentional
commitment include participating in the February 18, Ash Wednesday service at
7:00 p.m. in the sanctuary, receiving the daily devotionals written by Eastminster
members, making time to serve through an Eastminster mission endeavor, giving
a special financial gift or, planning now to attend the March 14-15 Celebration of
Faith. You dont need to do it all, but I do hope you will stop and reflect on how it is
God is calling you to follow him this Lent.
In Christ,
Brad
Please let us know! Again this past week we learned of a pastoral concern several days
after the fact. If you are aware of a circumstance warranting pastoral care, whether
your own or that of someone else in the church family, please let us know by contacting Mary Baldauf or the Rev. Lynn Grandsire. The church phone is 256-1654.
Marys email is mbaldauf@eastminsterpres.org and Lynns is lgrandsire@eastminsterpres.org.

Daily CALENDAR
SUNDAY, February 15
8:00
9:00
10:00


10:05
11:15

1:00
3:00


4:00
5:00


5:30

Celebration Choir Rehearsal

Worship & Childrens Church
Jubilee Band Practice
Sunday School
Worship Discovery
Chancel Choir Rehearsal
Jubilee Worship
Worship & Childrens Church
Basketball Practices
Cub Scout Mtg.
Confirmation Makeup Session
Ginger Jones-Robinson Recital
Small Group Meeting
SUNDAYS @5
Small Group Mtgs.
Cub Scouts
Small Group

Monday, February 16

7:00 Mens Prayer Breakfast

9:00 Count Team

Fifty Plus Exercise Class
3:00 Basketball Practice
5:30 Yoga

Personnel Committee
6:00 EPC Mens League Games
7:00 Caldwell/Orlandini Small Group

Balthazor/Moss Small Group

TUESDAY, February 17

7:15
9:00
10:00

11:45
12:00
12:30
1:00
3:00

5:00
5:30
6:00

7:00

Jr. High Prayer Breakfast

Drop-In Nursery
Senior Fitness
Stiles Small Group
Tuesday Lunch
Finance Committee
Visitation Committee
Footcare Ministry
Exercising for Arthritis
Basketball Practice
Tai Chi
CLC Committee
Handbell Rehearsal
Lee Small Group
Scottish Country Dancing
Girls Senior High Small Group
Guys Senior High Small Group

WEDNESDAY, February 18

7:00 Lowrey/Fuller Small Group

9:00 Drop-In Nursery

Fifty Plus Exercise Class
9:25 EDS Chapel
9:30 Prayer Shawl Ministry
10:00 Fairey/McCants Small Group

Curtis/Seabrook Small Group
12:00 EDS Ministry Team
3:00 Basketball Practice
4:00 Helfer/Cox Small Group
5:15 Angel Choir, Junior Choir
6:00 Dinner

Richardson Small Group

Fleming Small Group
6:15 Burns/Burden Small Group
6:30 Reynolds Small Group
7:00 Ash Wednesday Service

THURSDAY, February 19

7:45
9:00
9:15
10:00


12:15
3:00

4:30
5:30
7:00
7:30

Johnson Small Group

Drop-In Nursery
Bennett/Fant Small Group
Senior Fitness
Harvests Training
Buyck/Daye Small Group
Communications Committee
Exercising for Arthritis
Basketball Practice
Transitions Meal
Robinson Small Group
Eagle Board of Review
Jubilee Band Practice

FRIDAY, February 20

9:00 Fifty Plus Exercise Class

11:00 Support Staff Mtg.
3:00 Basketball Practice

SATURDAY, February 21

6:30 BSF Leader Mtg.

9:00 Youth Basketball League Games

Eastminster Day School

Eastminster Day School, a ministry of Eastminster Presbyterian Church, 3200 Trenholm

Rd., Columbia, is accepting applications for a full-time director. The school has approximately 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 email Bill Collins at bcollins@eastminsterpres.org

We Need Your Devotional . . .

Would you like to write a brief devotional or reflection for Lent? We want to provide a
brief (roughly 100 words) devotion for the 40 days of Lent via e-mail. Write when the spirit
moves you, write from the heart or just write! Each and every one will be greatly appreciated by our congregation. Please send to devotional@eastminsterpres.org.

Souper Bowl Collection

Thank you, Eastminster, for your donation of $5,303 to the

Souper Bowl of Caring, through your donations placed in soup
pots and contributions placed in your offering envelopes. The
youth of Eastminster have chosen to give these funds to Jubilee
Academy. Photo - Middle and high school Sunday school listen to
Coach Tiny tell his testimony and story about Jubilee Academy.

Music Recital February 15, 3:00 PM

Eastminster choir member, Ginger Jones-Robinson, mezzosoprano, and Matthew Ganong, organist/pianist of the Church of the Epiphany, will be in
concert Sunday, February 15, in the Eastminster Sanctuary at 3:00 p.m. This concert is free
and open to the public! Invite friends!

Be a Lunch Buddy!

Would you like to help a child learn to read? Thirty-five Eastminster members share lunch
with their 4th grade lunch buddies at Bradley Elementary, two Tuesdays per month from
12:30 to 1:30 p.m., followed by work on reading skills. The kids read to their Lunch Buddies
and then take Accelerated Reader tests on school computers. The Lunch Buddies will tell you
it is a rewarding experience. Our challenge: there are 55 kids, so most Lunch Buddies have
two kids to assist in their reading exercises. Our goal: get to a one-to-one ratio so that each
child gets the full attention of a Lunch Buddy. Come give Lunch Buddies a try for the remainder of this semester. You will find it a worthwhile and fun ministry. If interested, please contact Julie McDaniel at the church office, jmcdaniel@eastminsterpres.org, or John McArthur at
jmcarthur@hsblawfirm.com.

Eastminster Day School Spring Arts Auction

March 19, 7-10 p.m., Leaside

The Eastminster Day School Parents Organization invites all adults to attend the EDS
Spring Arts Auction for a fun evening to benefit the Day School. This event features a silent
auction with fantastic prizes, entertainment, drinks and hors doeuvres. Tickets are $35 until
March 4, and $40 after March 4. To purchase a ticket, contact Melissa Gentry at mfgentry@
hotmail.com or 803-546-1803. If you or your business would like to sponsor the event or
donate an item for the silent auction, please contact Rebecca Arrington at bec72182@hotmail.
com or Jenny Brown at jennymbrown82@gmail.com by Feb. 17. Thank you for your support!

For our loved ones . . .

In memory of Jo Cartwright, given by Erin & Robert Pruitt, Anthony & Patsy Stakiss.

New Members Join February 8, 2015

brearley

GETZ

moore

nichols

Will & Kennah Brearley join, Will by transfer of letter

EPC Prayer List
from Saxe Gothe Presbyterian in Lexington, SC, and Kennah by
Part of what it means to be a Family of Faith
profession of faith. They live on Mahalo Lane with their son,
is to be in prayer for one another. Contact
William. Will is a physician, and Kennah is a homemaker.
the church office at 256-1654 to be included
April Getz joins by reaffirmation of faith. She lives on
on this Prayer List.
Whittaker with her husband Alex and children, Anna Grace
EPC Special Concerns
and Adam. April is a physician and joins her husband and his
Remer Waguespack, Bill McInnis, Dave
parents, Peter and Libby Getz, in membership here.
Steven, and those serving in our military,
Amber Hege joins by reStephen Ministers and their care receivers,
affirmation of faith. She lives
and all those in need of Gods special care.
on Devereaux Road with her
mother, Cindy Nichols, and
her children, Ethan, Larsen,
Liam, and Ian. Amber is a
homemaker.

Hospitals
Helen Miller, Liz Draffin
hege

Chris & mary Wallace Moore join, Chris by reaffirmation of faith and Mary Wallace by transfer of letter from
St. Johns Episcopal in Florence, SC. They live on Eastminster
Drive. Chris is an attorney, and Mary Wallace is a registered
nurse with Palmetto Health.
Cindy Nichols joins by transfer of letter from Walhalla
Presbyterian Church in Walhalla, SC. She lives on Devereaux
Road with her daughter, Amber Hege, and grandchildren.
Cindy is a maxillofacial prosthodontist with Palmetto Health
Richland.

Carter & Sandra Weston, on the death

of his brother, Steve Weston, February
1, 2015.
Patti & John Lauver, on the death of hermother, Marie Patrick, February 2, 2015.
Grandchildren: Reed & Amy Lauver.
Lillian & George Lippard, on the death of
their granddaughter, Madelyn Elizabeth
Lee, February 4, 2015.

March 1 - May 3
10:00 AM during the Sunday School Hour - Room 258
Contact Julie McDaniel, jmcdaniel@eastminsterpres.org if you
would like to learn more.

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.

Need Help, Moms?

To moms looking for help: Dont forget that the Drop-In Nursery is open
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to help with your
childcare! Tell your friends about the EPC Drop-In! . If you have any questions,
contact Francine Barry at 256-1654 ext. 161.

The Body at Work

Deaths
Congregational love and sympathy
are extended to:

grace waller joins by reaffirmation of faith. Grace lives

on Satchelford Road with her daughter, the Rev. Lynn Grandsire.

Next New Member Class

waller

CARE & CONCERN

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

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

Eastminster donated $5,000 this year to Columbia

International Universitys theological training for
inmates program.

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,
February 18, to be shared in our next newsletter on March 1, 2015.

Eastminster Presbyterian Church

3200 Trenholm Road
Columbia, South Carolina 29204

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Update for February 15, 2015

Ash Wednesday Service - February 18

The Eastminster Ash Wednesday Service, with imposition of ashes, will be held at 7:00 p.m. in the sanctuary on
February 18. All classes will be cancelled for this evening,
giving everyone an opportunity to attend this service. But,
there will be a meal in Thompson Hall at 6:00 p.m. (note time
change). Child care will be provided for infants through 1st
grade.

Celebration of Faith March 14 - 15

Please hold the dates of March 14 & 15 on your calendar for this years Celebration of Faith. The adult education speaker will be Rev. Dr. Richard Boyce,
Dean of Union Presbyterian Seminary at Charlotte, NC. The Faith formation for youth speaker is 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 Montreat, many times.

Contribution Statements

You should have received your Eastminster contribution statement for 2014.
The church asks that you carefully review your statement and contact Christy
Rippy with any questions or concerns as soon as possible. Phone 256-1654 or
e-mail crippy@eastminsterpres.org.

PEP@EPC

Dr. Harris Pastides, USC President will be speaking to PEP@EPC on Tuesday,

February 24, at 11:45 a.m. in Thompson Hall. He will speak about the latest
news at USC. Please call Mary (256-1654) or mbaldauf@eastminsterpres.org to
make your reservation for lunch. Lunch is $6.00.

We Are On the Move . . .

If you are looking for Doretha Evans, CHAMPS Director, she has moved to
E-252 on the Education Hall. Jasmine Lipscomb, Family Specialist with Thornwells Homes Building Families, has moved into Dorethas former office (this is
Croskeys former office area. )

Its Time to Play Softball

All men interested in playing softball, contact Bill Ketchin at bketchin@eastminsterpres.org or 256-1654. League games will start in March.

Serving on Sunday
February 15
OFFICERS PRAYER:
Elder Alison McGowan
DEACONS: John Leighton & Sharon Besley
Deacon Alex Dillard (Jubilee)
Deacon Connie Derrick (Jubilee)
peace service:
Ushers: Don Helms & Milton Moore
GREETERS:
(9:00) Janet Katz
Ford & Martha Mason
John & Mary McCants
Wilson & Betsy McDonald
(11:15) Randy & Kelly Liggitt
Andy & Jan Lowrey
Bosie & Liz Martin
John & Mandy McCabe
INFANT ROOM - CLC 115
(9:00) Staff
(11:15) Katie & Aaron Barthel
TODDLER ROOM - CLC 117
(9:00) Kristy & Braden Stoneburner
(11:15) Kelty & Matt Riddle
2-K ROOM - CLC 119
(9:00) Jennifer & Jim Bowie
(11:15) Will & Beth Brownlee
CHILDRENS CHURCH 102 - 3K
(9:00) David & Susanne Hicklin
(11:15) Eliza & Tyler Hudson
CHILDRENS CHURCH 104 - 4K
(9:00) Alec & Rachel Chaplin
(11:15) Warren & Shannon Darby
CHILDRENS CHURCH 106 - 5K
(9:00) Shannon Foley
(11:15) Mary Frances & Jerry Jowers