August 2014 - Dorchester Presbyterian Church

Dorchester Presbyterian Church
August 2014
The Good News
Montreat Youth Conference ~ 2014
YOUTH THANK YOU
Thank you all for your prayers and financial support over the past year and for making it
possible for 40 youth and 8 adults to attend two wonderful conferences and two mission
trips this summer. We all had a wonderful time and learned a lot about God, each other,
the world, and ourselves. Please ask us about our experiences! Join us for worship on
August 17 for Youth Sunday to hear about what we learned this summer!
Montreat Middle
School Conference
July 23-27
KIDFEST
at Music and Motion Family Fun Center
All children ages 3-rising 5th graders and their families
are invited to join us at Music and Motion for
fellowship and skating. We will meet there at 2:30 and
skate until you’re too tired to skate! There is no cost
for children who RSVP by August 8. Hope to see you
all there!
Blessing of the backpacks
AUGUST 24
With school starting, we invite all children and youth to bring your backpacks to worship on
August 24 for a special blessing of the backpacks ritual to remind you that your church family
is always praying for you and that God is always with you, even at school, especially at school.
Hope to see you all on the 24th!
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Save the Date for STEPS 2014: Share the Story
August 23
Sign up TODAY now for the
Charleston Atlantic Presbytery's
STEPS Leadership event on August 23, 2014, at Mt. Pleasant
Presbyterian Church. The deadline to preregister and guarantee your workshop choice
and lunch is August 1. This is
a great opportunity to gather with people from all across
our presbytery to equip ourselves to do ministry! Brochures are available in the church office and narthex or
you can check it out and register online:
www.capresbytery.org/STEPS. You don’t want to miss
this event – there is something for everyone – Sunday
school teachers, youth advisors, parents, elders, deacons, musicians, and all Christians wanting to strengthen their faith! Leaders include: Joan Gray (moderator of
the 217th General Assembly), Friends of the Groom
(Christian Theater Group), J. Herbert Nelson (Director
of the Office of Public Witness for the PCUSA), and
Michele Thomas-Bush (youth ministry expert).
Women’s Retreat
Inviting all DPC women! We will
head out to Camp St. Christopher on
Seabrook Island again this year for a
weekend of fellowship, renewal, study,
and relaxation. Our retreat leader will
be Carrie Barnes!! All your meals will
be prepared for you. All your dishes
will be clean up for you. You don’t
have to make any beds or clean up
after anyone. Just come and BE with
your sisters in Christ! Registration
November 21-23
UPCOMING EVENTS
September 7
Rally Day Breakfast
September 20
Colonial Bazaar
September 28
Combined Worship
Service & Lunch
with Zion-Olivet
Presbyterian
October 19
Children’s Sabbath
November 7-9
High School Retreat at
Bethelwoods
Forms are now available in the office
and narthex. Sign up soon – spaces are
limited and over half are already
reserved!
November 21-23
Women’s Retreat
LECTIONARY LUNCHES
Mondays at noon
Join us at noon in the fellowship hall each Monday as we read,
study, and discuss the upcoming Sunday texts for the week, and
reflect on the past Sunday’s worship service and readings. Bring a
Bible and a bag lunch. We will begin at noon and end at 1:00pm.
Come when you can – late, sporadically, or often – whenever!
Everyone is welcome.
November 27
Dorchester
Thanksgiving Dinner
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Supper clubs
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colonial bazaar
September 20
Just a month and a
half until the
Colonial Bazaar on
September 20th.
More T-shirts will be
ordered this month.
If you would like one,
sign up on the
bulletin board in the
fellowship hall and
pay Candy when they
come in. We have
staff openings that
have not been filled
so sign up on the
bulletin board in the
Fellowship Hall. We
also need people to
sign up for canopy
use and shepherd's
crooks. There will be
a Craft Saturday on
August 16 at 9:30 to
paint and make wind
chimes. All are
encouraged to
participate.
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August 23
It’s been a while since we’ve done a Supper Club, and
the fellowship committee thinks it’s time have some fun
and the chance to get to know your fellow church members better. Supper club is a great chance to get together
and share fellowship and food with eight-ten members of
the congregation. Each time, you sign up for that specific
date only – you don’t have to commit to more than one
date at a time. Host and hostesses arrange the meal,
providing the house to meet in and the main course.
They will contact the other members assigned to their
home asking them to bring another menu item. Then
you just show up and enjoy wonderful food and conversation.
Our next Supper Club will meet on Saturday night, August 23. Sign-up in your church bulletin or call the
church office, and you’ll be contacted by your host regarding the location and time for dinner. We always
need hosts, so please consider serving. Sign-ups will conclude on August 18th and hosts will be contacted the
next day.
AUGUST BIRTHDAYS
Bill Merriman
1
ELDER John Lee
CHILDREN’S CHURCH
Don Alexander
3
NEWCOMER HOSTS
August 3: Katie Osterritter
& Ansley Savage
Peggy Gann
4
Abigail McBrearty
4
August 10: Pam Brice
& Alexis Killough
Matthew McBrearty
4
Michele Robertson
4
August 17:NO CHILDREN’S CHURCH
Marcel Prevuznak
7
Stephanie Huiet
8
August 31: Scott & Diane Lodge
August 24: Diane Lodge
& Ariane Djeugoue
Bill Rooney
8
NURSERY
August 31: Denise Swasty & Mia Veal
Cain Williams
9
August 3: Alexis Killough
COMMUNION SERVERS
Doug Crutchfield
10
August 10: Ben and/ or Lindsey Stark
Andrew Gossett
10
August 17: Susan Johnson
John Lee, Mary Lee, Jocelyn Pryor,
Brandon Page
Bob Wickersham
10
COMMUNION TABLE PREPARER
Rebecca Moore
12
August 24: Debbie Sessoms
Elease Holmes
Harold Core
13
August 31: Alexis Killough
Molly Kuhlmann
14
SCRIPTURE READER
Ramona Smith
14
August 3: Jim Boone
Barbara Alexander
15
August 10: Michele Robertson
Robert Colucci
17
JoAnne Fiore
17
Linda Veline
19
Simplicia Smith
21
Michael Alvarado
22
Alexis Killough
23
Jenny Ticknor
23
Jennifer Gossett
24
Lydia Berude
25
Lee Jackson
25
Daniella Mambou
25
Tracie Parnell
25
Sandra Salmon
25
Brenda Sutton
25
Pam Brice
27
Kim Dixon
29
Betty Kneece
29
Taylor Feltner
30
Linda Marks
30
August 3: Steve & Randi Wells
August 10: Mike & Kim Monnet
August 17: Jim & Pam Brice
August 24: Collis & Sue Boyd
August 17: YOUTH
August 24: Jennifer Alvarado
August 31: Sandra Salmon
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20 Annual Stephen Ministry Pastoral Care Training/Volunteer Program
The Pastoral Care Department of Trident Health
The Pastoral Care Department of Trident Health
Stephen Ministry is an organized system of
training lay people to do spirituality based caring
ministry. (For more information about Stephen
Ministries International check out their web site at
www.stephenministries.org)
Candidates need to be spiritually and emotionally
mature. Endorsement by a candidate’s faith
community leadership is required.
All candidates will participate in an interview
with the Stephen Leader. Except in the case of
extreme hardship these interviews will be
Candidates enrolled in the Trident Health Stephen scheduled during regular business hours.
Ministry program go through 60 hours of training
of listening and care giving skills (over a 6 month Background checks and health screenings are
required for all Trident Health volunteers,
period) taught by a Board Certified Professional
Chaplain. In exchange the participants commit to including Stephen Ministers.
volunteer service of 3 hours per week for 2 years During the interview the program will be
(which begins after the training is completed),
described in great detail so candidates can decide
visiting patients as assigned at Trident or
if this is a program that they want to commit to
Summerville Medical Centers on behalf of the
and be involved in. Interviews will begin in midTrident Health Pastoral Care Department.
August. For more information or to schedule an
interview, call the number below.
All training, manuals and books are free in
exchange for the volunteer service commitment.
For more information contact:
Classes are held every Tuesday evening from
7PM until 9:30 PM beginning October 7, 2014,
and running through April. Candidates must be
able to attend classes, be on time and with
minimal absences.
Rev Darrell Bare, M.Div. BCC
Chaplain and Stephen Leader
843-847-4968
darrell.bare@hcahealthcare.com
Happy
Birthday
~from your
church family!
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Dorchester Presbyterian Church
10290 Dorchester Road
Summerville, SC 29485
Office Hours
9:00-2:00 p.m.
Monday –Thursday
Phone: 843-871-3572
DORCHESTER
DORCHESTER SESSION
Elders
Class of 2014:
Rev. Jeff Kackley, Pastor
Rev. Dorothy Blackwelder, Associate Pastor
Simplicia Smith, Church Administrator
Dianne Dube, Financial Administrator
Kevin Gossett, Music Director
Angie Krouse and Connie Judson, Organists
Amy Plexico & Angela Laflin, Nursery Staff
Toia Thompson, Good Shepherd School Director
SUNDAY MORNING
Worship: 10:15 a.m.
Sunday School: 9:00 a.m.
Rick Carson
Steve Dube
Robin Monnet
LeeAnne Newton
Michele Robertson
Austin Richardson
Class of 2015:
Jim Brice
John Lee
Katie Osterritter
Todd Heldreth
Kathy Worthington
Class of 2016:
Jim Mallory
Rebecca McBrearty
Bill Rooney
Roslyn Taylor
Joe White
Clerk of Session: Kathy Worthington
Board of Deacons
Class of 2014: Michelle Graves
Jenny Ticknor
Bob Colucci
Class of 2015:
Don Harmon
Doug Richardson
Dianne Hogon
Class of 2016:
Rebecca Moore
Traci Parnell
Ann Savage