Return-Path: Received: from psmtp.com (exprod8mx197.postini.com [64.18.3.176]) by host56.swh.bellsouth.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with SMTP id m4GG9Zns018683 for ; Fri, 16 May 2008 12:09:35 -0400 Received: from source ([66.151.234.152]) by exprod8mx197.postini.com ([64.18.7.10]) with SMTP; Fri, 16 May 2008 09:09:30 PDT Received: from p1-ws005 (unknown [10.250.0.102]) by ccm15.constantcontact.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D745451008D for ; Fri, 16 May 2008 12:09:29 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <1102099046295.1101177392251.1.5.4012057B@scheduler> Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 12:09:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Sandy Sharpe Reply-To: ssharpe@foothillspresbytery.org To: ssharpe@foothillspresbytery.org Subject: News from Foothills Presbytery Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_53959795_815507338.1210954170225" X-Mailer: Roving Constant Contact 0 (http://www.constantcontact.com) List-Unsubscribe: http://visitor.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?p=un&v=001kdIqtH8ZGZau3kgByH4ywvQtkCJ3e6dhVTI4cKlEoksnyfThejKB4A== X-Return-Path-Hint: ESC1102099046295_1101177392251_1@in.roving.com X-Roving-ID: 1101177392251.1 X-Lumos-SenderID: 1101177392251 X-Roving-CampaignId: 1102099046295 X-Roving-StreamId: 0 X-pstn-neptune: 0/0/0.00/0 X-pstn-levels: (S:59.92626/99.90000 CV:99.0000 R:95.9108 P:95.9108 M:84.0793 C:99.7951 ) X-pstn-settings: 2 (0.5000:1.0000) s cv gt3 gt2 gt1 r p M c X-pstn-addresses: from [db-null] X-UIDL: p[V!!IZ<"!M(c"!6"_!! ------=_Part_53959795_815507338.1210954170225 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Foothills Presbytery Newsletter E-News May 15, 2008 In This Issue Invitation Anniversary Upcoming Events Prayer Requests 2009 Mission Yearbooks Bread for the World ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Invitation You are invited to worship God celebrating the ordination of Mary Abrams Morrison to the office of Minister of Word and Sacrament and installation as Associate Executive Presbyter for Vocations & Education of Foothills Presbytery Sunday, June 8th, 2008 3 o'clock St. Giles Presbyterian Church 1021 Hudson Road Greenville, South Carolina Reception to follow ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anniversary Glenn Springs Presbyterian Church will celebrate its 125th anniversary at 11 a.m., May 18. Along with worship service led by the Rev. Dr. B.E. Pettit, Pastor of Glenn Springs Presbyterian, the Rev. Dr. George Wilkes, Executive Director/Stated Clerk of Foothills Presbytery, will deliver a sermon. Church members will bring mementos and artifacts, and a program has been published with people's memories of what the church has meant to them. Dinner will follow the 125th anniversary service. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Upcoming Events Salem Presbyterian Church in Anderson will dedicate and name their church library in honor of Mrs. Claudia Burriss Williford,this Sunday, May 18, at 1:30 pm. Mrs. Williford will be 105 years old in July and has been actively involved at Salem all of her life, serving as an elder and a deacon, and in the Presbyterian Women. She graduated from Morris Brown College in Atlanta and was an educator in the public school system for many years. She still attends Salem Church, and they feel blessed to have her there. This coming Sunday, May 18, you are invited to tour the Foothills Retirement community at 205 Bud Nalley Drive in Easley. The time is 1:00 - 4:00 pm and all are invited to visit the 2 and 3 bedroom homes that are available. Busloads of church members are welcome. Don't forget Family Camp at Camp Fellowship May 24-26. Contact the registrar at 1-800-321-4124 or mallory@trinity-presbytery.org [mailto:mallory@trinity-presbytery.org] to sign up or for more information. Housing options are available! Leave the cooking to someone else! Experience the simple joy of life on the lake at camp! Relax and be renewed through worship and fellowship! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Prayer Requests This Week Please pray for the following church and people this week: Sunday, May 18 - Glenn Springs Presbyterian Church, Pauline Monday, May 19 - Vince Alig, Walhalla Church Pastor Tuesday, May 20 - Nancy Dykes, Central Church Co-Educator Wednesday, May 21 - Rachel Anderson, Tamassee School Campus Life Coordinator Thursday, May 22 - Debbie Foster, First Anderson DCE Friday, May 23 - Bill Arthur, Honorably Retired Saturday, May 24 - Elizabeth Patrick, former Pastor of Mt. Zion Church (her wedding day) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2009 Mission Yearbooks In 2009 the theme of the Mission Yearbook will be "Do Justice, Love Kindness, Walk Humbly with Your God." Foothills Presbytery will be placing a bulk order for the 2009 Mission Yearbook. If you are interested in ordering one or more copies of the yearbook, you should complete an order form and mail it by August 1, 2008, WITH PAYMENT, to the presbytery office. To download an order form, click on 2009 Mission Yearbook. [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001w-YQdmSqCyjn3CFvwwuZ69NXobl5z4wF31e1fBRPY1MjjHjVb947qmnVF4H8SGy3k4-V13S9L8jBt5lpiapUJ7knXoTXet_HT31Zd6QlOuk2wlptHzy19io_n_blIp9QtIupshQO8yJdPBC1zbAvI2L55cjyFJgnOgapxIr8L44Vsy9lTze0Uw==] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BREAD FOR THE WORLD Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) partner Bread for the World [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001w-YQdmSqCygMKWOdiVh1ool7ZAMSXkrZkUbpwJFFDra5ghqrGk6YECiGEpKm4OtaOq_rAw058nOz4u0TN3plY4GS5pN8wlAoZ7uKbHZbd80=] is calling on people of faith to respond to a growing global hunger crisis by adding their voices to its Recipe for Hope campaign, which runs from Mother's Day (May 11) through Father's Day (June 15). The five-week campaign encourages participants to stock food pantries, educate others about the hunger crisis, fasting, praying, raising funds for Christian anti-hunger programs, focusing worship services on hunger issues and writing letters urging members of Congress to enact long-term solutions to hunger. "We want people of faith to know that they can make a difference by taking a series of simple but critical actions to end hunger now, "said the Rev. David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World. "Together we can turn the recipe for despair into a recipe of hope for thousands of mothers and fathers struggling to feed their families." Bread for the World is a lobbying group based in Washington, DC. The 58,000 member non-partisan organization is supported by 2,300 churches and more than 45 denominations and church agencies, including the PC(USA) and the Presbyterian Hunger Program (PHP). ---------------------------------- HUNGER TASK FORCE Foothills Presbytery's Hunger Task Force continues to work covering pressing issues, such as disaster relief. local food projects with Second Harvest, encouraging participation in the $.02 a meal program, and food drives. The Hunger Task Force thanks all who made the canned goods drive a success at the recent presbytery meeting. ---------------------------------- DISASTER RELIEF In response to the recent disasters worldwide - tornados in the U.S., cyclone in Myanmar, earthquake in China - Cliff Kirkpatrick, Stated Clerk of G.A., has sent a letter asking for prayer for the countless people affected by these tragedies. To read the entire letter, click Pastoral Letter [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001w-YQdmSqCyjMcjc9qf5JdsuwyA71Db8vQIC1ua6o2SCo06X8ZJqKyklsCaxX-WoC9O87_g8fK1TKOw2v5OZCJmNHQS1C8cIUCMSsPbhZ8y7Nb38Xon6H0zNpTV5AMPJ6Pu6-0aTiAFc=]. One Great Hour of Sharing provides monies that are sent in response to crises around the world. As of April 30, churches in Foothills Presbytery had collected $29,827.39 for OGHS. 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Foothills Presbytery Newsletter
E-News
May 15, 2008
In This Issue
Invitation
Anniversary
Upcoming Events
Prayer Requests
2009 Mission Yearbooks
Bread for the World
Invitation
 

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You are invited to worship God
celebrating the ordination
of
Mary Abrams Morrison
to the office of
Minister of Word and Sacrament
and
installation as Associate Executive Presbyter
for Vocations & Education
of Foothills Presbytery
 
Sunday, June 8th, 2008
3 o'clock
St. Giles Presbyterian Church
1021 Hudson Road
Greenville, South Carolina
 
Reception to follow
 
Anniversary 
 
Glenn Springs Presbyterian Church will celebrate its 125th anniversary at 11 a.m., May 18. Along with worship service led by the Rev. Dr. B.E. Pettit, Pastor of Glenn Springs Presbyterian, the Rev. Dr. George Wilkes, Executive Director/Stated Clerk of Foothills Presbytery, will deliver a sermon. Church members will bring mementos and artifacts, and a program has been published with people's memories of what the church has meant to them. Dinner will follow the 125th anniversary service.
 
Upcoming Events 
Salem Presbyterian Church in Anderson will dedicate and name their church library in honor of Mrs. Claudia Burriss Williford,this Sunday, May 18, at 1:30 pm. willifordMrs. Williford will be 105 years old in July and has been actively involved at Salem all of her life, serving as an elder and a deacon, and in the Presbyterian Women. She graduated from Morris Brown College in Atlanta and was an educator in the public school system for many years. She still attends Salem Church, and they feel blessed to have her there.
 
This coming Sunday, May 18, you are invited to tour the Foothills Retirement community at 205 Bud Nalley Drive in Easley. The time is 1:00 - 4:00 pm and all are invited to visit the 2 and 3 bedroom homes that are available.  Busloads of church members are welcome.
 
camp fello
  
Don't forget Family Camp at Camp Fellowship May 24-26. Contact the registrar at 1-800-321-4124 or mallory@trinity-presbytery.org to sign up or for more information.
 
Housing options are available!
Leave the cooking to someone else!
Experience the simple joy of life on the lake at camp!
Relax and be renewed through worship and fellowship!
Prayer Requests This Week 
 
prayer under RockfacePlease pray for the following church and people this week:
Sunday, May 18 - Glenn Springs Presbyterian Church, Pauline
Monday, May 19 - Vince Alig, Walhalla Church Pastor
Tuesday, May 20 - Nancy Dykes, Central Church Co-Educator
Wednesday, May 21 - Rachel Anderson, Tamassee School Campus Life Coordinator
Thursday, May 22 - Debbie Foster, First Anderson DCE
Friday, May 23 - Bill Arthur, Honorably Retired
Saturday, May 24 - Elizabeth Patrick, former Pastor of Mt. Zion Church (her wedding day)
 
2009 Mission Yearbooks 
 
In 2009 the theme of the Mission Yearbook will be "Do Justice, Love Kindness, Walk Humbly with Your God." Foothills Presbytery will be placing a bulk order for the 2009 Mission Yearbook. If you are interested in ordering one or more copies of the yearbook, you should complete an order form and mail it by August 1, 2008, WITH PAYMENT, to the presbytery office. To download an order form, click on 2009 Mission Yearbook.

BREAD FOR THE WORLD

 pray

 
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) partner Bread for the World is calling on people of faith to respond to a growing global hunger crisis by adding their voices to its Recipe for Hope campaign, which runs from Mother's Day (May 11) through Father's Day (June 15).
 
The five-week campaign encourages participants to stock food pantries, educate others about the hunger crisis, fasting, praying, raising funds for Christian anti-hunger programs, focusing worship services on hunger issues and writing letters urging members of Congress to enact long-term solutions to hunger.
 
"We want people of faith to know that they can make a difference by taking a series of simple but critical actions to end hunger now, "said the Rev. David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World. "Together we can turn the recipe for despair into a recipe of hope for thousands of mothers and fathers struggling to feed their families."
 
Bread for the World is a lobbying group based in Washington, DC. The 58,000 member non-partisan organization is supported by 2,300 churches and more than 45 denominations and church agencies, including the PC(USA) and the Presbyterian Hunger Program (PHP).
 
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HUNGER TASK FORCE
Foothills Presbytery's Hunger Task Force continues to work covering pressing issues, such as disaster relief. local food projects with Second Harvest, encouraging participation in the $.02 a meal program, and food drives. The Hunger Task Force thanks all who made the canned goods drive a success at the recent presbytery meeting.
 
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DISASTER RELIEF
 
In response to the recent disasters worldwide - tornados in the U.S., cyclone in Myanmar, earthquake in China - Cliff Kirkpatrick, Stated Clerk of G.A., has sent a letter asking for prayer for the countless people affected by these tragedies. To read the entire letter, click Pastoral Letter.
 
One Great Hour of Sharing provides monies that are sent in response to crises around the world. As of April 30, churches in Foothills Presbytery had collected $29,827.39 for OGHS. We recognize the Fountain Inn Presbyterian Church for their outstanding contribution this year of $11,334.40 to OGHS.
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