St. Mark United Methodist Church

Vol. 4 No. 44

Non-Profit Organization

U.S. Postage Paid

GREENWOOD, SC

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St. Mark United Methodist Church

550 Hwy. 72 By-Pass NW

Greenwood, SC 29649

http://www.stmarkgreenwood.com

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St. Mark Staff

Senior Pastor Barrett Alewine

Associate Pastor Ryan Spurrier

Minister of Children and Youth Julie McLaughlin

Assistant to Minister of Children and Youth Dena Campbell

Music Director Carol Jones

Director of Sunday Morning Blend and Youth Bands Josh Campbell

Organist/Accompanist Harriette Brewington

Administrative Assistant Paige Holley

Financial Secretary Sandy Smith

Custodian Joe Harris

Congregational Nurse Wilma McCall

Director, KIDS’ World Margaret Martin

Church Phone: 864-229-5416 KIDS’ World Phone: 864-227-2776

November 8, 2012

The Witness

Inside this issue:

Record of Our Faith-

fulness

2

Sermon Information 2

Upcoming Meetings 2

Birthdays 3

Anniversaries 3

Women’s News 4

Memorials 4

Christmas Pageant 5

Assisting in Worship 5

Barrett’s Bits

For some years I was a mem-

ber of the Rotary Club. Membership

always carries some obligations. A

Rotarian is expected to attend every

weekly meeting and, if unable to at-

tend his or her own club, to attend

another Rotary Club to make up the

absence. We were also expected to

participate in the charitable activities

of the Club by offering both or time

and our contributions. I really enjoyed

the fellowship of the weekly meetings

and giving my time and money to the

many worthy causes of the Rotary.

Not to mention that I learned a lot

from the various speakers who were

with us each week.

Membership in the church is

somewhat like that as well. When we

become members of a local United

Methodist Church we take on respon-

sibilities. We become partners in the

work of our church to make disciples

of Jesus Christ for the transformation

of the world. At a minimum that part-

nership requires our prayers, presence,

gifts, service, and witness.

We commit to support the

church through praying for its leaders

and work, by attending worship unless

prevented by unusual circumstances,

with our tithes and offerings, through

our service in the ministries of the

congregation, and through our witness

in the community both in words and

actions.

If you want to join St. Mark

in our disciple making ministry we

invite you to become a member. You

may join by transfer of membership

from any other United Methodist

Church or any other denomination. If

you have not been a member of an-

other church you may join us by pro-

fessing faith in Jesus Christ and re-

ceiving the Sacrament of Baptism. If

you would like to know more please

contact either me or Pastor Ryan. We

will be glad to address any question

you may have and welcome you into

our church fellowship.

Barrett

November 4, 2012 The Witness page 2 November 8, 2012 The Witness page 5

Sermon Information 8:45 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and 11:15 a.m.

Sermon: “Forgiven/Forgiving”

Scripture: Hebrews 9:24-28

Bottom Line: Forgiven people for-

give.

Assisting in Worship This Sunday

8:45 am Service at BPC 11:00 am Service at

BPC

11:15 am Service at

RSC

Trustee on Duty April Prince April Prince April Prince

Acolyte Amaris Scott Tyler Campbell Mackenzie Walden

Crucifer Harrison Marcengill Jake Campbell

Sound Tech Dubie Brown Dubie Brown Harley Moore

Children’s Church Vol-

unteers

Jennifer Creswell Jody Hirst Stacie Westmoreland

and Anna Grace

McLaughlin

Nursery Volunteers Sara Sutton and Kam-

ryn Turner

Bo Woods and Madison

Tripp

Liturgist Volunteers Ray Gillespie Corrie McCoy

Usher Volunteers Rick Henderson, Ray

and Jannie Papke, Nel-

son Swartzentruber

and Mike Williams

Chuck Kelley, Jim

Brown, Skip Heintzel-

man, Toby Moore and

Tod Wilson

JJ Hudson, Stacie

May, Brad and Mary

Jones

Communion Volunteers Pastor and Tracey

Burke; Twyla Camp and

Garrett Luquire; Brian

and Melissa Harwood;

Judie Braxton and

Paige Holley; Robby

Bentley and Chris

McCoy (if needed)

Record of Our Faithfulness

Year-to-Date

General Fund Balance $203,910.93

Contributions Year to Date $773,556.46

Expenses Year to Date $736,588.57

Net $36,967.89

Contributions - November $33,337.73

Expenses - November $11,314.72

Net - November $22,023.01

Capital Accounts

Master’s Plan Year-to-Date from contributions, interest and Budget

$150,466.32

Master’s Plan (Month-to-Date) from contributions and interest

$2,480.00

Master’s Plan Total $34,880.95

Sanctuary Fund Total $66,215,81

Sanctuary Fund Month-to-Date from Contributions

$35.00

Chancel Furnishings Fund $240,081.40

Total $341,178.16

Attendance November 4, 2012

8:45 Service 205

11:00 Service 146

11:15 Service 201

Total in Worship 552

SUNDAY SCHOOL 261

KREW 116

UMYF 129

The St. Mark Charge Conference will be on Wednesday, November 14th, at 7:00 PM in the Charles Poore Classroom. All church members are invited to attend, but only Church Council members are voting members of the Charge Confer-ence. Put this on your calendar and plan to attend.

Upcoming Meetings

Church Council will meet Sunday, Nov 11th

immediately following the 8:45 service in

Founders Hall.

Worship Committee will meet Sunday, Nov

11th at 4:00 pm in the Fellowship Class-

room of the BPC.

Charge Conference will be held on Wednes-

day, Nov 14th at 7:00 pm in Founders Hall.

The Pastors and congregation extend Christian Sympathy to Marie Shealy and her family at the death of her grandfather Houseal C Richardson of Newberry, SC on Wednesday, Oct 31st.

IT'S CHRISTMAS PAGEANT

TIME AGAIN!!!!

Christmas Pageant auditions will be

held Wednesday, November 14th - at

Rivers Street in the Worship Area! We will begin

promptly at 5:15! The pageant is open to K5-5th

graders. EVERY child will be allowed to participate.

Auditions simply allow us to assign parts.

November 8, 2012 The Witness page 4 November 8, 2012 The Witness page 3

Happy Birthday! Nov 11: Harriett McDonald, Derrell Gregory, Holly Skipper, Bob Roy, Todd Waldrep, Jo-

seph Long

Nov 12: JoAnne Babb, Paul Camp, Camp-bell Babb, Fabricio Flores

Nov 13: Mary Ann Riley, Linda Hagen

Nov 14: Andrew Tripp

Nov 15: Al West, Jennifer Sexton, Maxine Brown, Reid Miller

Nov 16: Barbara Teeter, Fran Day, Charles Henderson, Jack Ward

Nov 17: Ada Stillwell

Happy Anniversary! Nov 11: Chris and Sudie Clem

Nov 12: Todd and Connie Dalton, Scott and Denise Bailey; Craig and Kelly Glanton; Jim and Mary Miskelly; Chris and Laura Boyd

Nov 13: Chuck and Janey Kelly; Wayne and Paula Burton

Nov 14: Todd and Cindy Markward

Nov 15: Cam and Uzma Monda

Nov 16: Edward and Jeannie McCallum III; Harold and Patsy Price Jr. WOMEN’S NEWS

World Thanks Offering is due to Millie Parnell by Monday, Nov 12th.

Davis Circle will meet on Monday, Nov 12th, at 7:00 PM in Founders Hall. Program – Jean Burch and Hostess – Ann Staley. Come and visit with us.

The JOY! Circle will meet on Wednesday, Nov 14th at noon in Founders Hall. Gloria Bearden, Carol Jones and Dawn Sease will serve as hostesses. This will be a salad luncheon with each member bringing a salad ingredient the hostesses will pro-vide the salad greens, beverage and des-sert. Please RSVP to Gloria by November 11th call 543-4398 or email gloria_bearden@embarqmail.com.

Friends of Susanna (FOS) Group will meet on Thursday, Nov 15th at 6:30 pm in the 1st/2nd grade classroom at the BPC.

Christian Youth In

Action Coordinator

Lakeland Child Evangelism Fellowship

seeks mature, born-again individual who

is relational, passionate and deeply con-

cerned over the spiritual poverty of ele-

mentary-age children and their families.

Proven communication, organizational

and computer skills desired. Responsi-

bilities include securing summer loca-

tions, recruitment and discipleship of

summer missionaries, and teaching train-

ing workshops. Salary is commensurate

with experience and has upward poten-

tial as ministry grows. Please mail re-

sume’ to PO Box 50652 Greenwood, SC

29649. St. Mark gratefully acknowledges the following gifts:

To The Masters Plan in loving memory of Jim Wade by Frances Corley.

By now, you should have received your 3rd quarter giving statement. Your year-end statement for 2012 will be mailed out by January 15, 2013. Several members have stated that they would like a statement sent to them in November or early December to be sure they are on track with their giving. Please feel free to call the office and request a statement to be mailed to you anytime.

If you were unable to return your Estimate of

Giving card last Sunday please place it in the

offering plate this Sunday or send it to the

church office as soon as possible. We are en-

couraging every member of our church to be a

contributing partner in our ministries to-

gether. Remember, we are never more like

God than when we are giving.

Offering Envelopes If you would like offer-ing envelopes for 2013, please sign up on sheet

outside church office. You may also email Sandy (sandy@stmarkgreenwood.com) to let her know.

You can receive copies of Council Minutes

via e-mail or US Postal Service. Simply send

an e-mail to tjstrawn@embarqmail.com with

"e-minutes" in the subject line to be added to

the automatic distribution list. If you prefer

US Mail, call TJ at 864-229-8069 and leave a

message for her to send approved minutes to

your mail box.

The church office will be

closed Wednesday, No-

vember 21st through Fri-

day, November 23rd. The

church will not mail out a newsletter

the week of Thanksgiving.

Would you like to put an

Angel on the Angel Tree?

The United Methodist Women

will be selling angels Dec 2nd,

9th and 16th.

RADA – If you are interested in ordering any

RADA items before the first of the year,

please sign on one of the order forms posted

on the UMW bulletin board across from

Julie’s office. There is a catalog also posted

on the board. You may also call Ann Staley,

for more information.