Relay for Life Luminary bags
Available for $10 each
Place one in Honor or in Memory of a loved one that has fought the cancer battle. They will be placed around the track at the Relay for Life Event on May 18, 2012 at Dorman High Soccer field and lit during the luminary service. Mail your check (payable to American Cancer Society) to:
Sharon Vandegrift
5214 Pogue Street
Spartanburg SC 29301
Congratulates
Educators and Graduates
We congratulate all our teachers, school administrators, staff, and students for a good year of school. We especially congratulate this year’s graduates, including:
- Chelsey Clark—Byrnes High School
- Jennifer Hughes - USC Upstate
- Walter Hughes - Byrnes High School
- Jimmy Schwartz - Dorman High School
- Will Wenger - Dorman High School
We will be honoring our graduates on Sunday, May 20th during the 10:30 worship.
Great Strides Walk 2012
“Taking Steps To Cure
Cystic Fibrosis”
It is that time of year to raise money again for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation on behalf of Ivy Thomas. We are now beginning the fundraising for the 2012 Great Strides Walk on May 19.
We hope you can join us that day to walk and donate to help the cause. Ivy’s League was the #1 fundraising team in South Carolina last year thanks to so many of YOU! Words cannot express our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation for EVERY dollar donated to Cystic Fibrosis Foundation on behalf of Ivy. These dollars bring us closer to finding the cure.
Great Strides: Taking steps to cure Cystic Fibrosis is the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s largest national fundraising event. Tens of thousands of family, friends, and co-workers come together each year as one community for one cause: to help find a cure for Cystic Fibrosis. Great Strides is a day of hope and a day of thanks to all who support us.
If you are able to help us once again this year, please go to Ivy’s CFF link to donate and/or register to walk at http://www.cff.org. Click on Great Strides, Ivy’s League team, Julie Thomas, leader.
We want to remain the #1 team in fundraising in SC again. Help us to continue to raise the awareness of this invisible disease that so many fight on a daily basis. We would love to have a big group representing St. James UMC walking with us. Every one walks at their own pace—this is not a race. More information on ordering and receiving your team tee shirt will be coming soon.
We love you all and appreciate your continued prayers and support more than we can ever express.
Thank you!
Jason, Julie, Ian, Ivy, Sherri, & Jimmy
St. James Calendar Now Available on the Internet and Your Smart Phone
We have created a Google Calendar to track our church events. This can be integrated into your computer or smart
phone. To do this:
- Go to Google Calendar
- Click on the words "Other Calendars", and a box will appear
Input a Friend's Calendar
- Input stjamesspartanburg and press Enter
The Church's calendar will then display along with your own. Depending on your phone's synchronization, the calendar will display automatically on your smart phone or computer.
If you need help, please call Gail in the Church office at 576-6480.
Blood Drive
On Sunday morning, May 20th, St James will again host the "The Blood Connection", our quarterly Blood Drive. Please consider giving if you are able. Without blood donations, over 4 million Americans would die each year. The local "Blood Connection" needs to collect over 300 units of blood each day. St. James has been a faithful center for community blood donations for many years. Sign up sheets will be placed across the hall from the nursery.
If you have any questions, please call Diane Harvey at 590-0881.
Coat Drive
The Outreach Committee is still collecting blankets and coats for distribution in the Fall. So while you're putting away all of your coats and blankets for the warmer months, notice the ones you haven't used in a while, and consider donating them so they can keep others warm during the colder months.
Please place them in a container in the hallway leading to the office and choir room.
Thanks so much.
SPIHN News
Spartanburg Interfaith Hospitality Network is a group of churches in town that rotate responsibility giving temporary
housing, meals and fellowship several times during the year to families in need.
The next SPIHN rotation for St. James will be the week of May13-20. Sign-up sheets will be available on the bulletin
board near the nursery by April 22. If you want to request a particular slot before the sign-up sheets are posted, just email Sarah Rook.
Worship Committee News
The Worship Committee would like to thank all the people who have so generously volunteered and continue to faithfully
serve as Communion servers and liturgical readers.
However, we would like to see more members, especially our newer members, become involved in these activities. Betty
Farley would like to have more volunteers for the Chancel Choir and Eleanor Cox needs some people to help with the preparation of the Koinonia gathering each Sunday morning.
If you would like to serve in any of these capacities, please contact
Worship Committee Chair: Elaine Smith, 576-6900
Betty Farley, 577-9500
Eleanor Cox, 541-7514
or any member of the Worship Committee.
St. James Youth Article from the SC Advocate
Congratulations to our youth who continue to make a (positive) reputation for themselves and for the leaders who make their wonderful experiences possible. The South Carolina United Methodist Advocate has a nice article about our youth and one of their regular experiences in their current issue. Here’s the link to it:
Click Here
There are many reasons to be proud of what our youth volunteers and youth are doing. Their combination of good study, faithful service, and holy play makes for deep relationships with God and one another.
Join the youth this coming Sunday night as they lead the congregation in a Taize service in the sanctuary at 6 PM.
Yay, youth! Will
Wednesday Night Dinners
As we begin a new year, we invite Sunday School classes, the choirs, UMW and UMM groups, and committees to consider preparing and serving a meal. Some dates have been claimed, others are open and available (phone the office to schedule a date)
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Date
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Group Sponsoring Dinner
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Program
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May 16
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Pot-luck
Bring your favorite dish. Church to provide chicken and drinks
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Social Principles--Candice & Will
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May 23
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Picnic
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Graduates Roast
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Wednesday Night Suppers are suspended for the summer months.
Please call the church office (576-6480) if your group or Sunday School class is willing to prepare and serve a catered meal.
KiDS‘ Club
(Kids in Devotion & Service)
KiDS’ Club meets every Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. For more details... See the Children's page.
Our children are truly KiDS…Kids in Devotion and Service.
Come visit us and see what the fun is all about!
Pick-Up Basketball
Teenagers and adults are invited to join in Pick-Up basketball games on Thursday nights at 7:00 pm.
Contact Patrick Graham with questions. (864-494-1927)
