NOVEMBER UMW CIRCLES Wightman-Cottingham Circle will meet on Monday, November 9 – 3:15 p.m. Hostess: Carleene Jordan Mamie Lane-Kate McLaurin Circle will meet on Tuesday, November 10 – 7:00 p.m. Hostess: Joan Rogers—Asbury Hall Please remember to bring your “World Thank” Offering.
NOVEMBER, SCRIPITURALLY SPEAKING The autumn leaves are not the only ‘shift’ in the climate around the church. We will leave the sometimes combative Gospel of Mark as our lection-oriented preaching texts though, as you see below, we continue to offer the remaining Markan lections for personal reading and devotion until Read more…
From the Pastor’s Desk: Dear Friends, November in the church brings our annual Stewardship Pledging Emphasis for the next year. This year’s theme is “Let God Lead”. Our Pledge Sunday is November 22, during worship. To help prepare us spiritually, the two preceding Sundays, November 8 and 15, will offer Read more…
“And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through Him.” Colossians 3:17 NKJV Join us at Methodist Youth Fellowship (MYF) on Sunday evenings from 5:30pm-7:30pm. Wednesday evenings we will meet from 6:00-7:30pm. Come and learn Read more…
MISSIONS COMMITTEE: THANKS SO MUCH for bringing diapers, baby wipes, and various other baby products during September. FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER we are collecting pasta and pasta sauce for the HELPING HANDS FOOD BANK. Please leave your donated items on the table under the stairway by the church office. Read more…
Music Notes from Robin: The month of October has arrived, and I want to thank the musicians for their hard work during September! On a personal note, it was a treat for me, and I hope for the congregation, to have Alex Elliott as our guest soloist on September 13. Read more…
Thanks to the members of our Prayer Shawl Ministry, each of the Salkehatchie workers coming to Dillon in July—and Dillon workers—received a prayer cloth like the one pictured above. Each cloth, which includes a cross knitted in the center, was accompanied by the attached prayer: “Dear Lord, please hear Read more…
MAIN STREET UMC STUDENT MINISTRIES We love our young people and are so excited to see what God has in store for us this fall! As we ready for another school year, join us in praying for your child’s spiritual health and well-being. Prayer warriors are vital to our ministry Read more…
One month of summer vacation is left. The end of August will see school resuming, and September will bring the resuming of weekly rehearsals for The Charles Wesley Choir, The Sarah Allen Handbell Choir, and The Junior Handbell Choir. Please watch your September newsletter and bulletins for details. I Read more…
AUGUST, WORSHIPFULLY SPEAKING The Letter to the Ephesians: A Velvet Hammer ‘The Dog Star is in the heavens, and all hell’s broken loose on earth.’ As we continue our preaching series in the Apostle Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians, the tenor of his message to the Ephesian congregations Read more…