UPCOMING EVENTS

We are collecting:

• New Socks
• New Small Stuffed Animals
• Monetary Donations to Purchase Bilingual Songbooks

We are taking monetary donations to purchase bilingual hymnals in preparation of July's Migrant Ministry Dinner, along with collecting socks for the migrants.

We are also collecting NEW small stuffed animals to be donated to EMS Closet.

Please donate to the baskets in the Atrium.

Join Pastor Ben in CrossRoads (off of the Atrium) every Tuesday, 12:15-12:45PM for this lunchtime Bible study. BRING YOUR LUNCH!

Class will not meet on March 31, 2026

Join us in CrossRoads each Wednesday from 10am - 11am.  We will begin a study of the entire book of Acts of the Apostles.

We return to our study of the book What The Bible Is All About by Dr. Henrietta C.  

Every Sunday from 9:30AM to 10:15AM (except for certain holidays). 

For the full schedule, click here.

Season 3 of the Compass group Chosen series begins on Jan. 4 at 4:00 PM in the CrossRoads Room. Everyone is invited, even if you have missed the first 2 Seasons of The Chosen. Last class is March 8.

Join us for our 49th birthday on May 3, 2026 with special guest, Francis Burris, charter member to speak at the 10:30AM service, and the confirmands will join us at both services. We will also have a potluck celebration with lunch and fellowship in Potts Hall after the 10:30 service.

Help us celebrate 49 years!

Let us know what you are bringing to the potluck!

Who: All 3rd-5th Graders (a.k.a. Strikers)

When: 3:30pm-5:00pm - see dates below!

Where: Meet in the Strikers Room-Room 220

Join Us to Grow in Your Faith, Enjoy Fellowship, and Serve Others while having FUN! and Have Fun!

Questions or Concerns? Contact Liz Campbell: liz.campbell@live.com or Julie Coffey: juliecoffey5@gmail.com.

Strikers Meeting Dates:

May 3

JOY GROUP: Just Older Youth group is generally ages 55+ and meets the first Monday of every month. 

Bring a covered dish to share and join us at 12:30PM, on Monday, MAY 4 in Potts Hall.  Speaker for May 4th is Landy Gamble, R.Ph., owner of Landy's Pharmacy on the topice "Key supplements for Healthy Aging".

Join us on the front lawn at 6PM on the front lawn for:

• A gathering to pray for our community, state, nation, and world. 
• Praying especially for our leaders and for peace.  

Let's meet for lunch! Ken McManus has reserved a private room at Lizard's Thicket for us to gather and socialize on the 3rd Monday of the month. Please email Ken at kenmcmanus@mindspring.com if you have questions or plan to attend.

Join our monthly breakfast/discussion group that meets in the private dining room at Lizard's Thicket in front of Target on Two Notch Road at 7:00 AM (PLEASE NOTE THE TIME of 7AM). 

Next meeting is Thursday, May 21

Questions?  Email Stephen Bower at stephenebower6@gmail.com or Ken McManus at kenmcmanus@mindspring.com.

New members are always welcome. Upcoming meeting info & book selections are available in weekly announcements & email newsletter.

We read fairly new fiction with a few non-fiction selections a year. Meetings are informal and almost always include M & M's! 

Our May reading is “The Personal Librarian” by Marie Benedict, and Book Club is scheduled for May 24th. 

GO Groups is for youth and adults 13 years and up. However, children can come 6/3 when we will make hygiene kits to give to the homeless.  

“I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, a stranger and you invited me in, or

needing clothes and you clothed me, or hurting and you visited me…As much as you did it to the least of these- you did it to me.” Matthew 25:34,40

• 6/3 (Weds)- 6:00 PM Hunger, Homelessness and our Reaction in the Bible
• 6/17- 11:30- 1:00. Serve Lunch at Columbia’s largest Homeless Shelter, Transitions
• 7/8 (Weds)- 6:00 PM The Stranger/ Refugee in the Land in the Bible
• 7/21- (Tues)- 5-9:00 Feed the Migrant Ministry- bring them Christian songbooks/dictionaries and food.
• 8/12- (Weds)- Study about helping children in need. Elizabeth Ogorek 
• 8/26- (Weds)- Trip to Thornwell Home 11-2:00- to deliver gifts, see home farm , meet teachers.

HEAVEN AND HOW WE GET THERE

ADULT SUMMER FAITH FORMATION BIBLE STUDY AT SVPC

9:30AM POTTS HALL- led by Pastor Ben

• 6/7- Not so Obvious- Why Heaven is Important Here on Earth
• 6/14- WHAT IS HEAVEN according to the Bible- and other sources?
• 6/21- WHO WILL I SEE IN HEAVEN? (FATHER’S DAY- Will I see Dad or Grandad?) NDE Intro
• 6/28- WHAT THE BIBLE (and our confessions) SAY ABOUT GETTING TO HEAVEN
• 7/5- “A LIGHT SHINING ON A HILL” Digressing on Christian views of America on our 250th anniversary.
• 7/12- Pastor Ben on Belize Mission (NO Class)
• 7/19- Pastor Ben on Belize Mission (NO Class)
• 7/26- Experiences of Heaven- Near Death Experiences
• 8/2- Hospice Accounts of Talking to the Other Side
• 8/9- Doing Earthly Good While Thinking of Heaven- “On Earth as it is in Heaven”

We are very excited that your child will be with us for Tropical Trek!  It will be a wonderful week of fun, friendship and growing in God's Word!

**PLEASE NOTE:  In order to sign up as a participant, your child MUST have a DOB BEFORE September 1, 2022. If you have a younger child (DOB after August 31, 2022) that you would like to participate, an adult MUST sign up to volunteer on the Adult Volunteer Form. The younger child can then be signed up on that form.**

**Note the new dates and times**

DATES: Monday, June 22nd through Thursday, June 25th

TIMES: 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm.

The cost is $20 per child.

Join us as a volunteer or a student for our summertime VBS June 22 - 25, 6:00-8:30 PM. Click on the forms below:

Youth Volunteer Form

Adult Volunteer Form

Student Registration Form