Newsbytes, March 5, 2017

THIS WEEK AT ALL SAINTS:
 
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 2017 LENTEN SUPPER/BIBLE STUDY:   Join us from 6 pm to 7 pm in our Parish Hall with our friends from Epiphany in Laurens.
 
 
ADULT FORUM will re-convene this Sunday, March 12 at 9:30 am. We will meet in the Parish Hall around the piano to continue our series on Hymns of the Church Year.  Cindy Perry and Sam Wilson will present: Hymns of Lent and Easter.
 
*Daylight Saving Time begins this Sunday, March 12!*
 
 
 
 
MARCH 12, 2017:  THE SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT
 
 
Holy Eucharist, Rite I at 10:30 am
The Rev. Jim Nichols will preach on John 3: 1 – 17 “Nicodemus and Baptism”
 
 
 
Sunday  Ministries (Just a Reminder):                       
Ushers: H. Sullivan & H. Sullivan
Acolyte:  A. Shuford                                       
Lector:  M. Galloway               
Gospel Bearer:  C. Perry                          
Prayers: N. Prater
Chalicer:  K. Addison                              
Counter:  K. Addison                                    
Vestry Rep: S. Sullivan  
Coffee Host:  L. McKean    
Altar Guild:  H. McKee                                
 
 
Birthdays and Anniversaries:
Lori Wicks 
Amanda Chaplin 
Phillip Towles 
Carol Pearson 
Cameron Blackwell 
 
 
Parish Prayer List  
To add or remove names, contact one of the following:
Harry Sullivan at (803) 276-0007 or harry_b_sullivan@yahoo.com
Neal Prater at 833-1545 or nbprater@charter.net
 
Please pray for:  Mikell & Hal Stribling; Charlotte & Dillard Hill; Terri & Kenny Murphy; Helen, Lisa & Lori Wicks; Mary Barrus; Devon Stewart; Gordon Locatis; Ron Elson; Harriet Monahan; Charles Lyman Bates; Barbara Anderson; LeAnn Watson; Esabelle Davies; Walter Boyden; Mac Howe; Ted Watson; Carol Gurga; Danny Snow; Edna Guthrie; Art Alloy;  Charles Krewson; Marquita Hamilton; David Roop; Bill Halbert; Virginia Sides; Dale Rains, Whitney McDuffy, Jim Roberts
 
NEWS AND COMING EVENTS:
 
 
 
UPDATE FROM  THE VESTRY: 
 
It is with great joy and thanksgiving that we announce our new Rector:
The Rev. Canon Charles Meyer Davis, Jr.  
Fr. Charles comes to us from Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Columbia, SC where he has served since 2001. He is the Canon Pastor, Canon for Liturgy and Canon to the Dean.
 
Prior to this he has served as Rector at several smaller parishes:  St. Christopher’s in Spartanburg, SC, St. John’s in Ocean Springs, MS,  and St. Simon’s, Conyers, GA. All of these parishes grew under the leadership of Fr. Charles. He also served as Assistant to the Rector at St. Thaddeus, Aiken, SC and Assistant to the Rector, St. Mark’s, Dalton, GA.
 
Fr. Charles graduated from The General Theological Seminary in New York City in 1985. He and his wife Alicia have been married for 30 years and have two adult children: Sara and Coleman. Fr. Charles and Alicia are planning to live in the rectory. They both love small towns, and Alicia would like to be a visible presence at All Saints and in  Clinton.
 
Fr. Charles’s first Sunday with us will be on Palm Sunday, April, 9, 2017.
 
Fr. Charles is warm, compassionate, and an excellent preacher and teacher. He especially enjoys working with young people, and is pleased to be so close to Presbyterian College. His pastoral gifts and skills are evident and we know he will lead us with creativity and purpose. We are blessed that he has accepted our call.
 
Marlene Halbert, Search Committee member, recently wrote: “It will be an exciting time for All Saints as we await his and Alicia’s arrival. Having been with him in the chapel at The Cathedral as we visited and worshipped, we saw what a wonderful relationship he had with the congregation.”
 
The Vestry thanks you, the Members and Friends of All Saints, for your prayers and we thank the Search Committee for their excellent work.
 
 
 
 
WEDNESDAY  LENTEN  SUPPERS:   We will be joining Epiphany Church in Laurens along with invitations to our Lutheran friends at St. John’s Clinton and Atonement in Laurens to share a light supper, African Bible study focusing on the Lenten gospel texts, and Compline.
These suppers will be hosted by us on March 8 and March 22 and by Epiphany on March 15, 29, and April 5. We will meet from 6:00 – 7:00 pm in the Parish Hall. Please mark your calendars and join in this Lenten study and fellowship.
 
THE FIRST SUNDAY OUTREACH OFFERING  is taken up at the close of the service on the first Sunday of each month. The April offering will benefit The Open Door Ministries of Clinton.
 
UNITED MINISTRIES FOOD BASKETS:   Nonperishable food will be received at the church at any time. This food will be presented at the altar on the second Sunday of each month. Please remember to bring nonperishable foods to fill the baskets!
 
WE WILL SAY A SPECIAL PRAYER FOR DISCERNMENT during the Prayers of the People in the Sunday service.  We will pray for God to show us what he wants us to do and be in the Clinton/Laurens County community.  Please pray for discernment in your daily prayers as well.
 
SINGING ROOSTER FAIR-TRADE COFFEE FROM HAITI  is available through the church as a way of supporting our diocesan mission in Cange.  An order sheet is placed in the church and in the parish hall.  Buy some for yourself—and some to give as gifts!  All proceeds go to the farmers who grow the coffee in Haiti.
 
GLUTEN-FREE COMMUNION WAFERS are always available upon request.  Let the priest know before the service or at the communion rail.
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