The Newsletter VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL EVEREST IS COMING, JULY 18-22

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1 The Newsletter June Issue Newsletter Notice We will transition to a once a month newsletter to help save on mailing and printing costs. We will continue to weekly CPC highlights and have a printed list of events at the church. COMMUNION SUNDAY JUNE 5 The Sacrament of the Lord s Supper will be observed on Sunday, June 5, during both worship services. This is one of the most significant events in our church life and we encourage you to take time this week and ask God to search your heart in preparation for communion. Anyone needing prayer is invited to join the pastors and elders immediately following the worship services. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 016 GRADUATES! In this issue: Pastor s Note West Virginia Mission Trip Summer Youth Interns Ladies Ministry Summer Events Men s Ministry Golf Event New Sunday School Series & Bible Studies Summer College Series June Birthday List ReFormed Student Ministry All In The Family HIS KidZ Nursery/Teacher Schedule CPC Weekly Calendar Highlights DayBreak Mission Opp. Duty Deacons High School Graduates: Turner Bonham CHS, will attend Clemson in fall, Business Major Chris Foreman Irmo High School, will continue his education. Dovie Jeffcoat Homeschool, will attend Clemson in fall, Graphic Communications Major Levi Parker CHS, has signed to play baseball with USC Sumter Jessica Venegas Pinewood Academy, will take a gap year. Volunteering with DayBreak & will work with Operation Impact, a summer missionary program that goes into the inner city of Oklahoma City to teach and evangelize children. Ellen Wilkins S.C. Governor s School for Science and Mathematics, will attend Clemson. 016 College & Graduates: Virginia Baker Clemson, BS in Biology; minor in Business Administration. Will attend Univ. of Missy Prim Abbey Stoker Will Starke Alabama/3 year Masters in Health Administration. Liberty University with a Double Major in Christian Counseling & Crisis Counseling Clemson, BS in Biology. Will attend University of SC School of Medicine in Greenville. University of South Carolina, BS in Management. Will was a member of the USC Golf Team setting a new school single season scoring record in 015. He will sign as a professional golfer on the Callaway Staff and be on the PGA Canadian Tour, known as the Mackenzie Tour. He won a PGA Tour Canada Qualifying School in Florida in April, which makes him a fully exempt member of the PGA Tour Canada for 016. We are so very proud of all of our high school and college graduates. Please keep them in your prayers as they begin college or new careers. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL EVEREST IS COMING, JULY 18- Special points of interest: Congratulations Graduates! Welcome Youth Interns! Men s Ministry Golf Event Ladies Summer Events Registration is now online and at the VBS table in the lobby. Class sizes are limited, so please sign up your children ASAP! Training Dates: July 6 at 7:00 PM or July 13 at 10:00 AM. Decorating Date: July 13 at 11:00 AM and 6:00 PM. Since our theme is climbing Mount Everest, we will ask you to let us use any climbing, hiking etc. equipment for our decorations; artificial Christmas trees, too! VBS craft needs!!! Please send in any old CDs, keys, washers, screws, etc. that you may have lying around and are ready to get rid of, and any tiny artificial flowers. There is a box for these under the VBS table. Thanks! Questions? Jackie at jackiel@chapinpres.com Check it out for more info!

2 Note from the Pastor : Lifestyle Choices I want to thank so many of you who have prayed for Karen and me over the past week in regards to the news we received. As I write this, her lung biopsy has not been done, but by the time you read this week s newsletter, the tests should be complete and we will know if cancer has spread to her lungs. In these days, we have received a deep peace from the Lord, largely due to your prayers and other dear friends all over the country. For this we are truly grateful. As I have reflected over the last few days, it seems that the theme of life s mortality continues to hit me. This reflection began back in 008 when Karen and I took in both of our mothers to care for them in their hospice state. Both of us saw up close how fleeting life is and that it is important to arrange your priorities around a lifestyle that enables you to live with freedom and simplicity, not burdened by the abundance of excessive possessions and the obsession for financial gain with its promise for worldly security. With this in mind, I will begin a series of sermons over the next few weeks on the subject of frugiveity what? You ve never heard of this word? Be encouraged, it s not in the dictionary! I coined it, combining the terms frugality and GIVE! It s about choosing a lifestyle that follows the simplicity of Jesus and the Scriptures teaching to give with grace and generosity. I believe all of us will be inspired and challenged to look at giving from a different perspective. In that light, I look forward to seeing you this Sunday in worship. Thank you again for your prayers, Curt McDaniel THANK YOU Dear Church Family, Thank you so much for the many expressions of love and concern you ve shown us over the last several months as Judy recovered from foot surgery and Kim from melanoma surgery. We have been truly blessed by your prayers, cards, encouragement, visits, meals and just being there for us. We are so very fortunate to be a part of this church and the wonderful family of God! Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts! Love in Christ, Kim & Judy Seals WELCOME TO OUR SUMMER YOUTH INTERNS! Alex Erickson was born in Lexington, SC in 1995 and raised with two amazing parents and 3 siblings in a home that put Christ first. She grew up with a lot of animals and has always loved being outside. Drawing and painting are some of her favorite things and she hopes to be an art teacher in the future! Throughout her teenage years she was very lost, however, last February accepted Jesus as her personal Savior and loves nothing more than watching God supernaturally work in herself and others. Alex is so excited to be a part of the ReFormed Student Ministry! Ryan Morvay was blessed to grow up in a Christian household and accepted Christ at a very young age. He grew up in Chapin and went to Chapin Elem., Middle & High School. Ryan started attending youth group at Chapin Presbyterian Church in 6 th grade and continued to be a part of it until he graduated high school. Early on in middle school, he started to play the guitar and fell in love with playing music and worshiping our God and Savior. He played in the youth group band at CPC throughout high school and also helped lead worship for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes for a couple of years at CHS. He stayed connected with CPC and the youth group after starting college and by the grace of God, was asked to help out last fall with the youth worship team. He felt a strong call from God to help with the youth group and get more involved with our church and is so thankful and blessed that it all worked out the way it did. Ryan is currently attending the Univ. of South Carolina, and studying Computer Information Systems. He can t wait to see and experience all that God has in store for our church and student ministry. Ryan knows God has a perfect plan for it all and is so excited to be able to work with the church and continue to grow in his walk with God. Page, June Issue MEN S MINISTRY GOLF EVENT FRIDAY, JUNE 4 Where: Time: Host: WEST VIRGINIA MISSION TRIP JUNE 5-JULY We need a few people go on the mission trip to help in the kitchen daily. There would be no cost to you for the trip. If you would like to help with this important ministry, please contact Ryan Barber or call the church office. LADIES SUMMER EVENTS June 7 August Ladies Summer Bible Study Each Tuesday, 9:30 11:30 AM at CPC June 9 Summer Kick-Off Salad Supper Kathleen Shaffer s, 0 Match Point Dr., at 6:30 PM. Bring a salad to share. June Play Date at the Church Moms & Young Kids 10:30 AM Noon, Chapin Presbyterian Playground July 1 Porch Night Angie Morvay s, 186 George Bouknight Lane, at 7:30 PM. July 7 Poolside Dinner 5:00 7:00 PM, Rhonda LeClerg s, 547 Wessinger Rd. RSVP or questions: chapinpreswomen@gmail.com The Patriot Golf Club (Ninety Six, SC) 10:30 AM Shotgun Start Craig Malone info: craig@grandharbor.net, $35 per player includes golf, lunch and prizes Texas Scramble (Craig will put Cost: Format: together teams by handicaps) Deadline to sign up: Tuesday, June 1 If you have a friend that you would like to invite that will be great!

3 News & Events: Ladies Summer Bible Study with Angie Morvay June 7 August, Tuesdays, 9:30 11:30 AM At Chapin Presbyterian Church This study is equipped to help you dig deep into each aspect of the armor of God. It will challenge you to not only put on the armor, but to also walk in it and implement it in your daily lives. Ladies please join us on Tuesdays this summer for our annual Bible study. Books are provided at no charge if you sign up before May 9. Sign-up sheet is on the women s ministry table, or you can women@chapinpres.com. There will also be a children s program that coincides with what the moms are learning each week. Please Andrea andreal@chapinpres.com or Jackie jackiel@chapinpres.com to let us know if you have child that will attend. NEW TOPIC: Evangelism Training Transforming Grace Sunday School Class Do you struggle with feeling like you should be sharing Jesus with your non-christian co-workers, friends and neighbors, but you don t know what to say or how to say it? Or maybe you feel like you don t even have the motivation or courage to even try to start that conversation. Does this leave you burdened by a cloud of guilt and shame? If so, be encouraged that you are not alone. Even as one of your pastors I often struggle with these very same things. I invite you to visit our class as we ask Jesus to Transform us by His Grace to have the heart, courage, and training to actively join Him in His Mission to reach the lost in our community with His Gospel! Pastor Josh Chapin Presbyterian Summer College Series Sunday School Date/Time: 9:15 AM in Room 133 (by kitchen) Curriculum: The Truth Project, Facilitators: Mike and Lisa Whitehurst Sundays at 9:15 AM Small Group Date/Time: 8:00 PM (starting May 6) Location: Carmody s House (97 Foxport Drive) Curriculum: Meaning of Marriage (Tim Keller) Facilitators: Jack ( ) and Carrie Carmody HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR JUNE BABIES!! JUNE 1 JUNE JUNE 3 JUNE 4 JUNE 5 JUNE 6 Pam Stewart Paul Sumner Brooks Williams June Bowen Don Fulmer Collin Morvay Tim Hanley Virginia Gerrald Debbie Hanley Chris Partin JUNE 1 JUNE 13 JUNE 16 JUNE 17 JUNE 18 JUNE 19 Nathan Christmus Chuck Wilkie Luke Davis Hudson Peters Drew Takach Mark McCandlish Sally Stroud Allie Grace Takach Travis Goings Celise Zbytovsky JUNE 5 JUNE 6 JUNE 7 JUNE 8 Lawrence Ford Barbara Silman Reagan Arrowood John Correll Kim Inman Brenda Fuller Cindy Knowles Ralph Baker Andrea Christiansen David Lipsi Charlie Marra JUNE 8 JUNE 10 Katherine Bonham Alex Erickson Judy McMillin Jason Rector Billy Rowell Mason Stenger JUNE 0 JUNE 1 JUNE Meredith Suber Kathrin Tietz Alice DeMars Kevin Stenger Frances Derrick Hayden Peeler Pam Smith JUNE 9 Fadia Belch Dolly Montgomery Kelli Partin Jackie Ward Page 3, June Issue

4 Student Ministry Stuff: (Mark your calendars) NEEDED! REFORMED TEAM MEMBERS! Church, we need your help. There are people in this church that do not feel connected, that feel like they don t belong, that feel like outsiders in one of the most intimate communities that people can be a part of, the church. That is why if you are one of these people, please contact Trevor Allen, Youth Director at Trevora@chapinpres.com. The best way to get connected in the Body of Christ is not to wait for magical best friends to float in from the ceiling, but to serve the church alongside fellow brothers and sisters in Christ! Grow in relationship with Christ, each other, and the community by serving with our Student Ministry Team. Soli Deo Gloria. SIGN UP FOR RIDGE HAVEN JUNE 6-11 Jr. & Sr. high young men and women We are GOING TO RIDGE HAVEN!!! Go sign up online at for the youth service project camp, the code is 016chapspc1. Trevor will stay the week with y all as a counselor. ReFormed Community Night! We meet every Sunday from 5-7 PM at Chapin Pres. What are we about ReFormed exists to bring students into the visible body of Christ, where they are nurtured to love God and all people in order to be equipped for the joyful service of disciple making in their local, national, and international neighborhood. NOTE: RCN will not meet on Father s Day, June 19 New Schedule for ReFormed Community Night Since we will no longer have regularly scheduled dinners on Sunday night this will be our new itinerary; 5:00 PM arrive at CPC and enjoy a light snack, and hang out with friends. 5:15 5:45 PM we will have a fun group activity. 5:46-6:00 PM will be a time to come together and worship through singing and music provided by our ReFormed Student Band. 6:01 6:30 PM here is where we hear the Word of God taught verse by verse; we are currently going through First Peter. 6:31-7:00 PM small group discipleship groups. ReFormed Schedule June 016 Tuesday, June 14 Big Summer Kickoff Cook out & CPC 6-9 PM Thursday, June 16 Sports Crooked Creek Park 9:30 11:30 AM Thursday, June 3 Sports Crooked Creek Park 9:30 11:30 AM Saturday, June 5 Paintball & Chick-Fil-A Meet at the Church, then drive to Lexington 1:00 6:30 PM Thursday, June 30 Sports Crooked Creek Park 9:30 11:30 AM Please check the youth section of the church website for other information & updates. DISCIPLESHIP GROUPS Discipleship Groups are where we grow. It is where our gospel communities are formed, where authentic, lively, loving and lasting relationships are forged! Do not forgo these amazing opportunities to grow in relationship with other students and Student Ministry Team members! High School Girls: Monday Night with Kendal Bowers High School Boys: Tuesday Night with Penn Bowers High School Only: Thursday Night with Ale Erickson & Ryan Morvay Open Bible Study: Wednesday Mornings with Trevor The Coffee Shelf (Amicks Ferry Rd.) Middle School Boys: Wednesday Night with Josiah Peeler, Chandler Owens & Trevor Allen. Middle School Girls: Friday afternoon with Grace Knowles & Katherine Bonham For more info. (trevora@chapinpres.com) ALL IN THE FAMILY If you missed the "family dinner" Sunday night, you missed a most wonderful time and some even more wonderful food! We offer great thanks to all who made it happen; from those in the kitchen who cooked, to the set-up/clean-up workers, and to all who brought those delicious dishes, etc, etc, etc! It was a grand occasion. Do put it on your calendar the next time one is planned, for there will be a next time! Another large thanks goes to Stephanie Wilkes, Cindy Knowles and Nancy Hanna for all the dirty work they have done in planting the beautiful flowers around the sign and in the area around the canopy! Those pretty little flowers are a joy to see and their labor of love is a blessing to us all! The Moveable Feast is taking a summer break! But, if you have a "hankering" to go to lunch after church, do come by the Reception Desk and we'll see who else might be in the same frame of mind! There are lots of ministry opportunities available for you this summer! If you would like to work in any way with the CARE ministry, you can use your God-given talents of a cheerful smile and a warm "Hello" to greet visitors (and members) from the parking lot to the front door to the Reception Desk. You can visit our Homebound friends and/or send notes or cards. The Children's Ministry would warmly welcome you at VBS or working in the Nursery on Sunday mornings. Then, the Youth Ministry would welcome your offer of assistance, too! People go away in the summer and extra help is always needed in every area. Or you just might want to come and talk about a ministry idea that you have, and that's good, too! See what the Lord would have you do, and He does have something for each of you! A technology device was found this past Sunday at the church. If you are missing something, please contact the church office with a description. Praying the Lord's best blessings for each of you. See you Sunday! Love, Helen Page 4, June Issue

5 NEW TREASURE SEEKERZ VERSE: The Lord is our judge; the Lord is our lawgiver; the Lord is our King; He will save us. Isaiah 33: This is our TREASURE SEEKERZ verse as we study through the book of Judges in the Old Testament. We will recite it during the 10:30 AM worship service on June 6, so start memorizing it now! This week, our Sunday School lesson will focus on Judges 4-5, an interesting story about Deborah, Barak, and a tent peg. Almost time for Ridge Haven! We will meet at the church Monday morning, June 6 at 10:00 AM. Please pray for the 34 children and youth who will spend the week in the mountains of Brevard growing closer to Jesus. Fun Tuesday mornings this summer! While the moms are in the Armor of God study, the children will learn how to put on His armor too! Sign up NOW and let us know if your kids will be coming! VBS craft needs!!! Please send in any old cds, keys, washers, screws, etc. that you may have lying around and are ready to get rid of, and any tiny artificial flowers. There is a box for these under the VBS table. Thanks! I love you! Hope to see you Sunday! Mrs. Jackie Children s Worship Schedule for Teachers/Helpers WORSHIP MAY 9 WORSHIP JUNE 5 WORSHIP JUNE 1 CLASS 8:30 AM 10:30 AM 8:30 AM 10:30 AM 8:30 AM 10:30 AM NURSERY Joanne Hancock Alison Johnson Wanda Hein Mark & Angie Morvay Alena Coulter YR OLDS The Waters Family Alison Johnson Lisa Whitehurst Mark & Angie Morvay The Goings Family 3 & 4YR OLDS Julie Rhoad Melissa Takach Alison Johnson Laura Culler Judy Weathersbee Mark & Angie Morvay Helen Pridmore Kyra Peeler K & 1 ST Teacher Needed! Lisa Campbell Rosemary Bowie Sara LeClerg WORSHIP JUNE 19 WORSHIP JUNE 6 CLASS 8:30 AM 10:30 AM 8:30 AM 10:30 AM NURSERY Chris Kleckley Jill Stauffer Marsha Sumner Judy Bauer YR OLDS Chris Kleckley Kathy Erickson 3 & 4YR OLDS Marsha Sumner Erin Reese Jillian Vick Chris Kleckley The Knowles Family Marsha Sumner Hillary & Emma Kate Timmons K & 1 ST The Morris Family Jim & Elaine Mathis 9:15 AM Sunday School Schedule for Teachers/Helpers: MAY 9 NURSERY YRS 3 & 4 YRS K & 1 ST Missy Roberts Katherine Bonham Mary Wilkins Mike & Helen Pridmore JUNE 5 Lisa & Emma Parker Kathleen Shaffer Mike & Helen Pridmore JUNE 1 Jody Butler Frances Derrick Jaclynn Goings Larry Doster Candace Higbe JUNE 19 Angie Butler Lauren Peters Chris Cogswell Jaclynn Goings Cat Arrowood Candace Higbe JUNE 6 Angie Butler Tyson Del Priore Andrea & Katie Christiansen Dan Zybtovsky Brenda Cooke Katie Nicholson Page 5, June Issue

6 Chapin Presbyterian Church 600 Old Lexington Hwy. Chapin, SC 9036 Address Service Requested NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE PAID CHAPIN, SC PERMIT NO. 75 Chapin Presbyterian Church Office Hours: Mon.-Thurs./9AM 4PM Office Address: 600 Old Lexington Hwy. Chapin, SC Worship Service: Sundays at 8:30 AM & 10:30 AM Sunday School at 9:15 AM Worship Location: 600 Old Lexington Hwy. Chapin, SC Phone: Fax: DAYBREAK CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER MISSION OPPORTUNITY CPC is participating in a missions effort to raise support for Daybreak Crisis Pregnancy Center in Columbia. Each family will have the opportunity to sign out a baby bottle to take home and fill with donations for the Center. A table will be set up in the main hall this Sunday. Over the next few weeks you can fill the bottle with loose change or dollar bills. You may want to encourage your children to contribute to this by doing special chores to earn money to help the babies. We will collect the bottles until Father s Day June 15. Thank you for supporting us as we GO in the community to serve others and share the love of Jesus. WE CARE ITEMS NEEDED: Peanut Butter, Jelly, Chili, Soup, Dried Beans, Rice, Grits, Mac & Cheese, Canned Tuna/ Salmon, Pork & Beans, Spam, Canned chicken, Past, Spaghetti Sauce, Turnip/Collard Greens, Laundry Detergent, Personal Hygiene Items, i.e. Toothbrushes & Toothpaste. DUTY DEACONS FOR JUNE Will Culler & Chad Reese CPC STAFF INFORMATION: MAIN TELEPHONE NUMBER: Curt McDaniel, Interim Senior Pastor Jack Carmody, Family Life Pastor Josh Vahle, Spiritual Life Pastor Allen Jones, Music Director Kim Folsom, Finance Admin. Helen Anderson, CARE Ministry Diana Smith, Admin. Assistant Gingi Cook, Admin. Assistant Jackie Linder, Children s Director Andrea Looney, Nursery Director, Nursery Care Giver Trevor Allen, Youth Director Alex Erickson, Summer Youth Intern Ryan Morvay, Summer Youth Intern SUNDAY MAY 9 Sermon: A Call to frugiveity Philippians 4:19, Matthew 5 Ext. 03/curtm@chapinpres.com Ext. 05/jackc@chapinpres.com Ext. 04/joshv@chapinpres.com Ext. 09/allenj@chapinpres.com Ext. 10/kimf@chapinpres.com Ext. 101/helena@chapinpres.com Ext. 01/secretary@chapinpres.com Ext. 06/gingic@chapinpres.com Ext. 07/jackiel@chapinpres.com andreal@chapinpres.com Ext. 15/trevora@chapinpres.com alexe@chapinpres.com ryanm@chapinpres.com CPC Highlights of the Month: MONDAY MAY 30 MEMORIAL DAY CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED THURSDAY JUNE 8:00 PM College Small Group (Thursday evenings this summer at Jack Carmody s house) SUNDAY JUNE 5 COMMUNION SUNDAY Sermon: The Myths of frugiveity Corinthians 8:1-7 JUNE 6 11 RIDGE HAVEN CAMP TUESDAY JUNE 7 9:30 AM Ladies Summer Bible Study (Each Tuesday through Aug. ) THURSDAY JUNE 9 Ladies Summer Kick-Off Salad Kathleen Shaffer s House SUNDAY JUNE 1 Sermon: The Joys & Blessings of frugiveity Malachi 3:8-14, Deuteronomy 8:1-14 TUESDAY JUNE 14 6:00 PM ReFormed Big Summer Kickoff Cook out & CPC THURSDAY JUNE 16, 3 & 30 9:30 AM ReFormed Sports Crooked Creek Park SUNDAY JUNE 19 FATHER S DAY SUNDAY Sermon: The Promises of frugiveity Corinthians 9:6-15 JUNE 0 6 PCA GENERAL ASSEMBLY WEDNESDAY JUNE 10:00 AM Play Date at CPC Moms & Young Kids JUNE 30 HAITI MISSION TRIP FRIDAY JUNE 4 10:30 AM Men s Ministry Golf Event, The Patriot Golf Club (Ninety Six, SC) JUNE 5 JULY WEST VIRGINIA MISSION TRIP SUNDAY JUNE 6 Sermon: The Resolutions of frugiveity SATURDAY JUNE 30 1:00 PM ReFormed Paintball & Chick-Fil-A Please check the calendar section of the church website for other information & weekly events.