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Eastminster Presbyterian Church, Columbia, South Carolina

Volume 37 Number 12 March 31, 2013

803-256-1654 / www.eastminsterpres.org

STAFF

Dr. Bradley D. SmithPastor

Dr. Mark E. DurrettAssociate Pastor

Rev. Lynn A. GrandsireAssociate Pastor

Rev. Jeffrey S. SmithAssociate Pastor

Dr. James I. St. JohnParish Associate

Rev. Jonathan S. WagnerAssociate Pastor

Mr. Croskeys RoyallDirector of Children’s Ministries

Mrs. Fredna LeeDirector 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

SuNdAy, MArch 31

9:00 & 11:15 a.m. - Sanctuary

11:15 a.m. Jubilee

dr. Bradley d. Smith

“I Am the Resurrection and the Life”

John 11:25

In the last days, God says,

I will pour out my Spirit

on all people.

Your sons and daughters will

prophesy, your young men will see

VISIonS

your old men will dream

dreamS

a C T S 2 : 1 7

Dear Eastminster Family,

It is easy, amid the festivities of holidays, to become so preoccupied with celebrating that we overlook that which we celebrate. There was a time, how-ever, when proclaiming Jesus as Messiah or declaring ultimate loyalty to Him would get a person killed. Even today, there are places in the world where people are persecuted for daring to proclaim that Jesus has defeated death and

sin.

This Sunday will be filled with celebration. Special dresses, tasty meals, time set apart for family, and even Easter baskets will brighten the day. All that is good. Enjoy the celebration. At the same time, let us not forget that which we celebrate. Almighty God has come into the world, lived for us and even died for our sin. In Jesus’ death and resurrection, he has con-quered sin and death so that we, too, may know true life.

Even in the face of the darkness of the daily news, even in the face of the darkness of death, we dare to believe Jesus when he says, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die.”

Life in Jesus is revolutionary, life-changing, even world-changing. That is the good news that draws us from near and far, to celebrate.

See you Sunday,

Brad

EASTER WoRShip SchEdulEEastEr sunrisE sErvicE

7:00 a.m. Eastminster’s Sunrise Service - Courtyard

EastEr Worship sErvicEs8:45 and 10:30 a.m. (Traditional & Jubilee)

*Children’s Church for 3K—5K on Easter Sunday will be held during the 8:45 and 10:30 a.m. services.

EastEr cElEbration9:45 - 10:30 a.m. - Breakfast - Drop-In Fellowship in the Courtyard

LoavES anD FIShES CovErED DISh LunChFollowing the 10:30 a.m. Service in the Game room

Daily CalENDaR

EASTEr SuNdAy, MArch 31

7:00 Sunrise Service8:00 Celebration Choir Rehearsal8:45 Worship & Children’s Church9:00 Jubilee Band Practice9:45 Courtyard Celebration10:05 Chancel Choir Rehearsal10:130 Worship & Children’s Church Jubilee Worship11:30 Loaves & Fishes

MoNdAy, April 1

All church Facilities closed

TuESdAy, April 2

9:00 Count Team9:30 Staff Meeting10:00 Senior Fitness EPW Coordinating Team Savvy Senior Planning11:45 Tuesday Lunch12:30 Visitation4:00 CHAMPS Tutoring5:00 Tai Chi5:30 Girls on Run Zumba6:00 Handbell Rehearsal7:00 Zumba Fitness Scottish Country Dance WEdNESdAy, April 3

9:00 Fifty Plus Exercise Class9:30 Prayer Shawl Ministry

ThurSdAy, April 4

5:00 Yoga5:30 Girls on the Run Zumba7:00 Zumba Fitness7:30 Jubilee Band Practice

FridAy, April 5

9:00 Fifty Plus Exercise Class11:00 Support Staff Mtg.5:00 Tapp/Mikell Wedding Rehearsal

SATurdAy, April 6

10:30 Tapp/Mikell Wedding

Easter Church Holiday ClosingThe Christian Life Center will be closed on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, March 30, 31,

and April 1. The church administrative offices will be closed on Monday, April 1. Regular office hours will resume on Tuesday, April 2.

WE@EPC takes Wednesday, April 3 Off!WE@EPC will not hold classes nor offer dinner on Wednesday, April 3. Classes resume

on Wednesday, April 10 with dinner at 5:15 p.m. and a program to follow.

Drop-in Nursery Closed April 2, 3, & 4The Drop-In Nursery will be closed the week of April 2, 3, and 4 for spring break. They

will return to their normal operating schedule on Tuesday, April 9 at 9:00 a.m. See you then!

Have you lost something that we have found?Eastminster’s “Lost & Found” has a variety of articles that folks

have left at the church. Are you missing any of these items? pre-scription eyeglasses, sunglasses, dishes (from Joy Gift Tea), child’s pink coat (size 4), woman’s navy blazer (size 10), woman’s beige coat (size 12), woman’s black scarf, assorted umbrellas, boy’s blue wallet with sports balls on it…and more! Please drop by Mary Baldauf’s office in the Administration Building to claim your long-lost belongings! Unclaimed items will be donated to charity.

Worship EtiquetteOut of respect for fellow worshipers, please do not enter the sanctuary if a pastor is speak-

ing to the congregation. Please remain in the narthex and enter during the opening hymn, or if the hymn has concluded, please wait and enter during the Gloria Patri. You will be able to hear the worship service in the narthex as you wait. Thank you.

Summer Basketball Skills Camp, June 24 - 27The 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.

Sportsman’s BanquetHold the date for the 2013 Annual Sportsman’s Banquet. It will be held on Thursday, May

16, beginning at 5:00 p.m. in Thompson Hall. This year’s guest speaker is baseball great, and Sumter native, Bobby Richardson. Keep watching for the details!

God’s Creation the MusicalStudents, K-5 through 5th grade will pres-

ent the musical, the Story of God’s Creation. It will be presented on April 24, the last evening of WE@EPC at 6:30 p.m. Come for dinner in Thompson Hall at 5:15 p.m., and remain for the program in Thompson Hall.

For our loved ones . . .In memory of Cheryl Glazebrook, given

by Kelly & Gary Davis, Dr. & Mrs. March Seabrook.

As 30 + kids gather to eat break-fast, pray and walk to school at 7:15 a.m., parents and youth leaders hud-dle around the coffee pot and enjoy!

CARE & CONCERN

EPC Prayer ListPart 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 ConcernsWalker Pearce, Boots Fuller, Remer Waguestack, those serving in our military, Stephen Ministers & their care receivers and all those in need of God’s special care.

In Extended CareMargaret Zeigler

Hospitalized this week

Birthscongratulations and love to:

Kyle & Katie Johnson, on the birth of their daughter, Ella Harris Johnson, March 19, 2013.

Erin & Brad Dampier, on the birth of their daughter, Kenley Ryan Dampier,

March 22, 2013.

Deathscongregational love and sympathy

are extended to:

Pete & Donna Strom, on the death of his mother, Grace Neal Strom, March 22, 2013. Grandchildren, Margaret &

Caroline Strom.

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.

Deadline for UPDATEDon’t miss out! Send your informa-tion to share with the congregation to updates@eastminsterpres.org.Please have your information in by Wednesday, March 27, to be shared in our next newsletter on April 7, 2013.

Consult not your fears, but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself, not

with what you tried and failed in, but with what is still possible for you .to do.

Bibles for Worship DiscoveryThe following children completed the Worship Discovery class and received a

Bible for their accomplishment: Grey Abramson, Thomas Anders, Gracie An-drews, Tilden Atkins, Michael Balthazor, McLaurin Bankhead, Gardiner Bank-head, Mary Elizabeth Barber, Zachary Beitz, Rucker Brannon, Marian Chapman, Lindsey Davis, Aiden Dempsey, Landon Denemark, William Dennis, Thomas Dennis, William Felder, Olivia Freeman, Katie Harrison, Mims Horger, Jack Hud-son, William Hudson, Adam Hunt, Mae Ketchum, Jonas Lindsay, Mary Margaret Mann, Charlie McCabe, Ellen McCutchen, Kate McInnis, Sydney Mims, Sarah Harper Murdock, Jackson Osborne, Nettie Phillips, Merrick Richardson, Davis Rivers, Jones Searcy, Libby Tompkins, Campbell Wall, Conner Wolfe, and Luke Williams.

Presbyterian Women’s LuncheonThe 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.

EPC Offers Girl’s VolleyballThe Magnum Volley Spring Youth League will begin on April 8. The spring

league is specifically for girls grades 1 through 6, and is a training league designed to help younger girls learn and practice the fundamentals of the sport. The spring league session runs for 8 weeks with practice each week and 3 scheduled game dates. Cost is $80. For more information and to register contact Eric Schick 803-730-6100 or magnumyouthvolleyball@gmail.com. Registration deadline is April

5th.

Jesus Rocks - “Almost Lock-In” - April 26The 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.

Senior High Urban Mission Trip - June 9 - 15, 2013The 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 mis-placed your form, additional forms are available on Tricia’s desk.)

Volunteer in the Christian Life CenterIf you have time to spare and would like to help out in the Christian Life Center,

give Bill Ketchin a call at 256-1654 or e-mail him at bketchin@eastminsterpres.org. We need helpful smiling faces to greet and direct our many visitors.

Eastminster Presbyterian Church3200 Trenholm RoadColumbia, South Carolina 29204

Update for March 31, 2013

Nonprofit Org.US POSTAGE

PAIDColumbia, SC

PERMIT No. 27

SErVinG On SundAy

March 31oFFicEr’S prAyEr:

Elder Matthew BurnsdEAcoNS: Jane Shuler & Becky Smythe Deacon Tiffany Beitz (Jubilee) Deacon Sharon Besley (Jubilee)GrEETErS:

(8:45) Buz & Amy Teas Mark & Laurie & Childress Amy Bolin & Martha Mason Michael & Aimee Schraibman(10:30) Pat Fuller Suzie Wattenbarger Robert & Sally McWilliams Jan & Andy LowreyiNFANT rooM - clc 119

(8:45) Kim & Bill Osborne(10:30) Mandy & Danny D’AlbertoToddlEr rooM - clc 117

(8:45) Brian & Jennifer St. John(10:30) Bett & Jac Carrington2-K rooM - clc 115

(8:45) Albert & Harper James(10:30) Alec & Rachel Chaplin childrEN’S church 103 - 3K

(8:45) O’Hara & Ashby Howard(10:30) Jerry & Mary Frances JowerschildrEN’S church 105 - 4K

(8:45) Jason & Tricia Reeves(10:30) David & Kelley RosschildrEN’S church 107 - 5K

(8:45) Drew & Sharon Williams(10:30) John & Melanie Alphin

One Great Hour of Sharing - March 31Presbyterians have joined with millions of other Christians through One

Great Hour of Sharing to share God’s love with people experiencing need. Our gifts support ministries of disaster response, refugee assistance and resettlement, and community development that help people find safe refuge, start new lives and work together to strengthen their families and communities. The Presbyteri-an Hunger Program receives 36 percent of undesignated gifts, while Self-Devel-opment of People and Presbyterian Disaster Assistance each receives 32 percent.Expressing our gratitude for the abundance and safety for our own lives and lifestyle, let’s all bring a little extra to share with others in desperate situations on Easter Sunday. Please use the Special Offering envelope in your stewardship packet and mark One Great Hour of Sharing or write the offering name on your check memo line. Special offering envelopes are also available in the pews.

Pastor’s Class PartyIf you have been attending the Pastor’s Class, join us for a party at the home

of Mike and Robin Gorman, 3 Governor’s Hill, 29201. We will begin gathering between 6:00 - 6:30 p.m. We are asking you to bring either an entrée, 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 803-542-7071, or email zornowpd@juno.com. This will help in our planning.

Shred 360 at EastminsterOn Wednesday, May 8 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. the Shred 360 truck will

be in the CLC parking lot accepting up to 5 boxes or bags of paper to be shre-ded. 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.

Vacation Bible School 2013 is coming!!!Put June 17th-June 20th from 9:00 a.m. - noon on your calendar. VBS is for

4K-rising 6th grade. (Rising 5th and Rising 6th graders will have their own “track”

for the week that will include some off-site activities) Registration starts soon! Want to help? E-mail Harper James harperajames@yahoo.com.