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 19 May 4, 2014

Eastminster Presbyterian Church, Columbia, South Carolina

Join us for Worship this SundayIn the Gym!

9:00 a.m. in the Gym 11:15 a.m. Traditional Worship in the Gym 11:15 a.m. Jubilee Worship in Thompson Hall We will celebrate Childrens Ministries and acknowledge High School Seniors Worship will take place in the Gym from now until late August Sunday parking in the CLC lot is reserved for people with mobility challenges, seniors, baptism families, and visitors. Easy access to the gym is available via entrances located on Longleaf Road and Daly Street, as well as the usual Trenholm Road and Childrens Home parking places. Watch for signs if you need help.

Easter is not just a day, but a way of life!

Dont let the joy of salvation and new life in Christ pass by without responding. Express thanks to God through your service. In response to your Vision 2020 input, service opportunities are being lifted up separately from financial stewardship. And now is the time to commit for service this fall. Eastminster provides over 120 different ways for you to move beyond yourself in service to Christ. Please inform us of one or two ways youd like to serve and well make sure you get connected. Here are a few samples of ways Eastminster members served this past year: --Prepared meals for people recovering from hospitalizations --Made & served lunch on first Tuesdays at Washington St. Soup Cellar --Extended hospitality by greeting at Sunday Services --Taught Sunday School and served as Youth Advisors --Washed the feet of people that are homeless --Delivered 144 dozen cookies to 18 fire and law enforcement stations --40 volunteers mentored 85 students in four schools --Love Bearers wrote 250 notes to congregation members Join in Gods work in the world. Pray about how you feel called to serve, then Help us help you match your talents with Gods will! You should have received a Service Commitment Form (formerly Time & Talent) in last weeks mail. Let us know your interests by either completing that Service Commitment from or by clicking on quicklinks at eastminsterpres.org and following the instructions. Christ is Risen!

9:00 & 11:15 a.m. - Sanctuary 11:15 a.m. Jubilee Childrens Emphasis & High School Graduation Recognition Dr. Bradley D. Smith Gods Promise For You Acts 2:14a, 36-41

SUNDAY, MAY 4

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DAILY CALENDAR
SUNDAY, may 4
8:00 9:00 10:00 10:05 11:15 12:30 3:00 5:00 Celebration Choir Rehearsal Worship & Childrens Church Baccalaureate Breakfast Eastminster First Step Jubilee Band Practice Sunday School Chancel Choir Rehearsal Worship & Childrens Church Charles Pearson Natvig Baptism Jubilee Worship Sr. High Mission Trip Mtg. Court of Honor Sr. High Youth Group

Summer Worship Hours

A combined Adult Sunday School class will meet in C 271 - 273 in the Christian Life Center (Please Note Room Change.) This 9-week series on The Screwtape Letters written by C. S. Lewis, a renowned scholar, Christian apologist and author of more than 30 books, including The Chronicles of Narnia and Mere Christianity. The Screwtape Letters is a wry and insightful correspondence between an old devil and his younger apprentice. If you would like to order a book for this class, please contact Julie McDaniel (jmcdaniel@eastminsterpres.org) or call her 256-1654 ext. 143. Join us for Childrens Emphasis Sunday, May 4, at the 9:00 and 11:15 a.m. services. The Eastminster Day School children will be singing at all services. The 11:15 a.m. service will recognize our graduating seniors. Seniors and their families will gather for a breakfast in the adult reception hall during the Sunday school hour, and at the 11:15 a.m. service the youth will help lead worship. On Wednesday, May 7, 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. Staples, clips, binders, checkbooks, hanging files, and all other document-related items are acceptable - no separation is required. 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! The PEACE 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.

9:00 A.M. - SUNDAY SCHOOL (8:45 Coffee & Fellowship Gathering)

10:15 A.M. (NOTICE TIME DIFFERENCE) - Temporary Sanctuary

MAY 25 - AUGUsT 10 10:00 A.M. - Jubilee Services

MOnday, may 5

7:00 Mens 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 6:30 BSF Stephen Ministry Training Class

Childrens Emphasis Sunday-May 4!

Shred 360 at Eastminster - May 7

TUESDAY, may 6

9:00 Drop-In Nursery OCA Mtg. 10:00 Senior Fitness EPW Coordinating Team Savvy Senior Planning Team 11:45 Tuesday Lunch 12:30 Visitation 1:00 Footcare Ministry 3:00 Exercising for Arthritis 5:00 Tai Chi 5:30 Zumba Fitness Officer Nominating Committee 6:00 Handbell Rehearsal MSB Team 7:00 Scottish Country Dancing Zumba Fitness

PeAce service - May 11

WEDNESDAY, may 7
9:00 9:25 9:30 10:00 5:00 7:15

Drop-In Nursery Fifty Plus Exercise Class EDS Chapel Prayer Shawl Ministry Shred Day Angel & Junior Choir Chancel Choir Practice

THURSDAY, may 8

9:00 Drop-In Nursery 9:15 Praying Moms Bible Study 10:00 Senior Fitness 1:15 Fire Drill 3:00 Exercising for Arthritis 5:00 Yoga 6:00 Evangelism 7:00 Jubilee Band Practice Zumba Fitness Choir Robe Committee Mtg.

FRIDAY, may 9

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

SATURDAY, may 10
9:00

Stephen Ministry Training Class

Join us June 16-19 from 9:00 a.m. - noon for all rising 4K-6 graders! You can register on our website (www.eastminsterpres.org) and now send your registration payment of $15.00 using Pay Pal. Everyone will meet in the CLC, except for 5th and 6th graders who will meet in the Adult Reception Hall. RememBer, if you want to volunteer, but have younger children, the drop-in nursery will be open to take care of volunteers younger children at no charge.

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

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 and their care receivers, and all those in need of Gods special care. Births Congratulations and love to: Lauren & Will Smythe, on the birth of their daughter, Emma Thomas Smythe, April 19, 2014. Grandparents, Becky & Buzz Smythe. Deaths Congregational love and sympathy are extended to: Charlotte & Chris Stormer and Sally & Russell Plowden, on the death of their father, Harry Harmon, April 18, 2014.

WomenBuild with Habitat for Humanity- May 7

Central South Carolina Habitat is hosting a WomenBuild next month. Eastminster will partner with volunteers from SCANA and other community volunteers to work on the house. We have 15 spots to fill on Friday, May 9, and on Saturday, May 17; and 30 spots to fill on Saturday, June 7 and on Saturday, June 14. The site is located off 12th Street in West Columbia, at the intersection of Pine and Elizabeth Streets. Men and women BOTH are encouraged to participate! Contact Mark Rosenberg at 446-0003 for more information or sign up in the E-NEWS or on the website.

On Sunday, May 11, Presbyterian congregations in the five presbyteries in South Carolina will participate in a special offering benefiting Presbyterian Communities of South Carolina (PCSC). The special offering is placed each year into a resident escrow fund at each of the resident campuses (Clinton, Lexington, Summerville, Florence, and Easley) and is used to help with monthly costs for those who have lived beyond their financial resources. Last year, PCSC celebrated 60 years of giving and provided over $1,100,000 in charitable care for seniors. Please use your separate pledge envelopes marked Presbyterian Communities or write this offering name on the memo line of your check. The Parents of Teens Sunday School class will welcome Patrick Cobb, communications and social media director for AARP South Carolina, on Sunday, May 18, to present Growing Pains: Teens, Parents and Social Media. The 10:10-11:00 a.m. presentation is open to all in the CE buildings Adult Reception Hall. Patrick is uniquely qualified to speak on how to communicate effectively with our children, as he can identify with both parents as older folks (he works for AARP) and our children (a parent of two teens himself). Whether its about Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, apps, you name it, he will come armed with his iPad and phone and help us better connect. A graduate of Appalachian State University and Airport High School, Patrick has more than 25 years of professional work experience in non-profit and community-based health, education and public policy organizations and is a long-time volunteer in Rich-Lex District 5 schools. At AARP, he manages social media platforms on Facebook and Twitter and uses each daily to engage and inform more than 13,000 followers.

Mothers Day Offering

Effective Use of Social Media Presentation May 18

Robert & Susi McWilliams and Bill & Sally McWilliams, on the death of their father, Reece McWilliams, April 24, 2014. Grandchildren, Larry, Robert Jr., John, Phillip, Andrew and Reece III McWilliams. Keller Barron, on the death of her husband, Bill Barron, April 25, 2014. Martha & Terry Williams, on the death of her father, Reece Campbell, April 23, 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.

SERVICE COMMITMENT - WHERE DO YOU FIT?

Meals for the Sick: if you would like to prepare a meal for someone who has been ill and is home from the hospital, sign up on your Service Commitment form, on-line at www.eastminsterpres.org QUicK liNKs or contact Mary Baldauf at mbaldauf@ eastminsterpres.org.

Dont miss out! Send your information to share with the congregation to tcarter@eastminsterpres.org. Please have your information in by Wednesday, May 7, to be shared in our next newsletter on May 18, 2014.

Deadline for UPDATE

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Update for May 4, 2014

SANCTUARY WORSHIP SERVICES MOVES TO CLC GYm 9:00 AND 11:15 A.m. SUNDAY, MAY 4
Congratulations to our Confirmands
On Sunday, April 27, the following young people professed their faith in Jesus Christ. Ashlyn Elizabeth Alexander, Emma Frances Barr, Brian Tucker Bates, Jr., Coleman Zeigler Bennett, Robert Partridge Bethea, III, Harrison Whitfield Boorda, Mary Elizabeth Bradley, Maraguerite Ann Courie, Catherine Stewart Dunbar, Jere Duncan Ellison, Jeffrey Craig Freeman, III, Palmer Rilee Garrison, Christopher Turnes Hutchinson, Jr., Blythe Grant Long, Elizabeth Price Long, John Brice Long, III, George Thomas McCutchen, John Bryant McGowan, Martin Ross Moore, Braxton Mitchell Newman, Ann McGee Newsome, Rexroad Hampton Oliver, Rigby Elizabeth Philips, Sarah Lane Pound, Mary Grace Holmes Rainsford, Sidney Grace Ramsey, Emily Elizabeth Reiland, Sam McCabe Robinson, Charles Kenneth Stiles, III, Mariah Wallace Tighe, Trent Jordan Tompkins, Edwin Craig Wall, IV, and Hampton Williams. Church offices and CLC will close at noon on Friday, May 16, for a Staff Appreciation Luncheon. Please make note on your calendars of the closing time.

Serving on Sunday May 4

OFFICERS PRAYER: Deacon Susan Laird DEACONS: Coke Mann, Caroline Bennett Deacon Abbott Carnes (Jubilee) Deacon Simpson Fant (Jubilee) Ushers: Bill Coggins & Randy Liggitt GREETERS: (9:00) John & Agnes Asman John & Mary McCants Kathie Williams & Becky Airheart Peter & Jane Brissette (11:15) Karen Hudgens Carol & Joe Anderson Sam & Liz Agee Steve & Sharon Bryant INFANT ROOM - CLC 115 (9:00) Ann Mac & Claude Prevost (11:15) Kristy & Braden Stoneburner TODDLER ROOM - CLC 117 (9:00) Will & Beth Brownlee (11:15) Alec & Rachel Chaplin 2-K ROOM - CLC 119 (9:00) Matt & Ashley Jeffords (11:15) Trae & Brie Judy CHILDRENS CHURCH 101 - 3K (9:00) Jordon & Ryan Horton (11:15) Albert & Harper James CHILDRENS CHURCH 103 - 4K (9:00) Warren & Shannon Darby (11:15) Chris & Kelly Daves CHILDRENS CHURCH 106 - 5K (9:00) Atkins family (11:15) Tommy & Missy Boggs

Early Church Closing May 16

Service Commitment (Formerly Time and Talent)

Each family should have received a letter from the church recently with their Service Commitment (SC) form enclosed. We encourage you to fill out the forms you received, or go to our web site and under Quick Links located on the front page, locate the online SC form and fill it out. Please return these forms to the church on Sunday, May 18, during services, or mail or drop them by. Let us respond to the Good News by giving of our time and talents. As the Apostle Paul wrote, This service you perform is not only supplying the needs of Gods people, but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.... (2 Corinthians 9).