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Baccalaureate Service

Wednesday, May 17 in the Sanctuary to honor SVPC

& First NE Baptist graduates. The service is at 6:30pm with a

reception to follow in the Atrium. Lend a hand by signing up to

volunteer for setup, cleanup or providing food items at

www.svpc.org

RSVP at www.svpc.org/

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Welcome! Are you visiting with us today?

Be sure to pick up a “Please Join us” brochure on the way out of worship. We hope you will come

back next week! For more info about SVPC, check out our website at www.svpc.org.

Missing your nametag? Email sandra@svpc.org or call

803-788-3589 and we’ll make you one!

CONTACTING SVPC Spring Valley Presbyterian Church

125 Sparkleberry Lane, Columbia, SC 29229 www.svpc.org • info@svpc.org • 803-788-3589

www.facebook.com/svpc.mychurch

@SVPCUSA

PRAYER LIST

CONTACTING SVPC

Request or remove a listing at www.svpc.org or submit a prayer card at any of our services.

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SUNDAY SCHOOL Bible Class: Structured look at Old & New Testaments, room 216. Breakfast Club: Is God in Control of My Life?: Looks at Joshua, Ruth & Esther, room 303.

Genesis: Scripture-based lessons that emphasize class participation, Session room.

LIFE: Faith explored in a casual, collaborative, discussion-oriented setting, room 305.

Take Two: Current Events: Wired Word Curriculum, room 301.

Women’s: Bible-based class studying Genesis in the Family Room.

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Members: Derallin Hutter, David Bennett, June Licata, Jay Lasater, Eva Eargle, Jim Henegar, Cecil Barnes, Bill Dunbar, Eleanor Porter, Amelia Cotty, Gary Digby, Ray Love, Gregg Spillane.

Members Serving in the Military: Zach Paukert

Non-Members: Debora Varn (Jane Wyatt’s friend), Pat Morris (Lynn Gray’s cousin), Varnetta Samuel (Joan DeVito’s friend), Claudia Lanier (Flay & Joyce Reid’s friend), Amelia Berry (Doug Jones’ aunt), Vicky Winfield & her son Danny Winfield (Sharon Sutton’s sister & nephew), Andrew J. Peacock (Drea Bender & Sara Peacock’s father), Tim Seigler (Rallie & Ruth Seigler’s nephew), Paul Meyer (friend of Stewart & Carol Blume), Romona Pope (preschool parent), Elizabeth Shrader (Libba Shrader’s mother-in-law), Don Litchford (Rick Jansen’s friend), Bonnie Smith (Debbie Allen's mother), Mary Ann Stinchcomb (Dale Frieden-Bell's friend), Betty Wachob (Barb & Roger Wachob’s Mother), Lizzie McDaniel (June Licata’s friend), Ms. Gertraud Fomby (friend of Jack Benggio), Bob Licata (June Licata’s husband), Chris Long (Sheila Long O’Mara’s brother), Carol Dean, Gerry Harrelson (Becky Coulter’s mother), Sol Kline (Ann & Pat Canary’s neighbor), Penny Reynolds (Laura Griese’s friend), Sylvia Stone (Chris Stone’s mother), Meg Dillard (David & Dianne Meadow’s friend), Port Loyola Baptist Church, Mary O’Mara (Dan O’Mara’s mother), Karen Raymond (Jack & Kim Wattleworth’s daughter), Marie Partain (Kristie Haltiwanger’s sister).

To keep the Prayer List current, we remove names after four weeks unless otherwise requested.

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COMMUNITY NEEDS UPCOMING @ SVPC

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Sun., May 14 Mother’s Day Revelations Service, 8:30am Confirmands meet with Session, 9:30am Sunday School, 9:30am Traditional Worship Service, 10:30am Combined Youth Group, 5:30pm, p7 Christ Care, 5:30pm FINAL Sunday Eve Service, front cover Al-Anon & Positive Action, 7:30pm

Mon., May 15 Monday Morning Prayer, 7am Lunch Bunch, 11:30am, back cover Finance Meeting, 6pm Girl Scout Troop 1098, 6pm Al-Anon & Positive Action, 7:30pm

Tue., May 16 Staff Meeting, 10:15am Jack’s Bible Study, 12:15pm Member Paint Group, 1pm Boy Scouts, 6:45pm Circle 4: Grace, 6:30pm, Potts Hall, p7 Youth & Praise Band, 7pm Positive Action, 7:30pm

Wed., May 17 Youth Bible Study, 8:30am Ruth’s Bible Study, 10am Baccalaureate Service, 6:30pm, cover Circle 1: Faith, 6:30pm, offsite Adult Choir, 7:30pm Positive Action, 7:30pm

Thu., May 18 Thursday Morning Breakfast, 6:30am Christ Care, 9am, offsite Al-Anon & Positive Action, 7:30pm

Fri., May 19 Positive Action, 7:30pm

Sat., May 20 Positive Action, 6pm

Sun., May 21 Confirmation Sunday Revelations Service, 8:30am College Sunday School, 9:30am Sunday School, 9:30am Traditional Worship Service, 10:30am Facility Use Meeting, 11:30am Deacons Meeting, 1:30pm Session Listening Meeting, back cover Strikers Pool Party, 3pm, p7 Session Meeting, 3:30pm Daisy Girl Scouts, 4pm Youth Group Final Party, 5:30pm Christ Care, 5:30pm Al-Anon & Positive Action, 7:30pm

Chancel Guild Schedule

SVPC DONATION CLOSET We are currently taking toys, new and used clothing, and lunch items for the Backpack program in the SVPC Donation Closet located in the Atrium. These are delivered to local organizations that assist those in need (see below). Thank you for your continued support and helping those in our community.

Clothing & children's toys go to Oliver Gospel Mission.

Lunch items go to the Backpack Food Program. We are stocked up for the rest of the school year. Thank you for your support!

Miscellaneous needed items go to the Thornwell Building Families Program.

SISTERCARE Specific donations needed are: food for the pantries of the three Sistercare homes (canned fruits & vegetables, dessert mixes, breakfast cereals and other non-perishable items), toiletries, cleaning products, paper products (paper plates, napkins, paper towels). Please donate smaller items to Missions’ white laundry baskets in the Atrium. For larger items such as furniture and vehicles, please contact Sistercare at 926-0505.

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Open Bill Meynardie Joel Atkinson Mark Bower

H. Usher Rallie Seigler Mike Brackett Judy Duncan

Usher Ruth Seigler Wayne Brown Dan O’Mara

Usher Doug Jones Jim Hollis Brian Hall

Usher Johnny Johnson Libba Shrader Gary Pickren

Audio Bill Meynardie Richard Coulter Hobson Busby

Lockup Bill Meynardie Joel Atkinson Hobson Busby

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What a truly special day it was celebrating our 40th year of ministry! We can't thank you all enough for spending this day with us. We are grateful for all of the wonderful folks that spent their time planning and coordinating such a beautiful event. There were those on the front lines - setting up, cleaning up . . . and those in the background planning, tracking down charter members, making lunches, packing lunches, creating bulletins, compiling our history, brainstorming and taking us through the years in an SVPC time machine. Thanks to all who participated in the parade. This memorable event could not have happened without all of you!

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Photos can be found online at: Photos can be found online at: www.svpc.shutterfly.comwww.svpc.shutterfly.com password: svpcpassword: svpc

May is Mental Health Month. The Missions and Outreach Ministry seeks to increase awareness about mental illness and mental health, and bring focus to our support of the Live Oak Counseling Center, formerly the Columbia Pastoral Counseling Center, a ministry which is supported by our church both financially since 1991, and by membership on the Board of Trustees for the Center since 2006. Live Oak Counseling Center has received financial support from six Presbyterian churches in the Columbia area and from client fees. Their mission is to provide professional and affordable mental health counseling and outreach services for persons struggling with life issues and to offer opportunities for spiritual growth and wellness.

As a non-profit organization, the Center is always seeking funds to assist clients who cannot afford to pay the full fee, to enable them to have access to the counseling and therapy they need (see the statistic on unmet treatment needs below). Consider a donation to Live Oak’s Care Fund, which allows contributors to designate gifts in honor or memory of a loved one. Brochures for the Center, including more information about their services and a form for contributions, are available in the Atrium and Potts Hall.

Fast Facts About Mental Illness:

Mental health problems are more common than cancer and heart disease combined. 81.6 million Americans (1 in 4 – 25%) experience some form of mental disorder each year. 54% of children with emotional and behavioral disturbances drop out of school. In 90% of suicides for both children and adults, mental illness is the attributed cause. Most common mental illnesses are anxiety and depression. More than 50% of adults and 70% of children and adolescents are not receiving any

treatment for their mental illness.

(source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, courtesy of Live Oak Counseling Center, 2016.)

The “best-practice” treatments for mental illness today are highly effective. The staff at Live Oak Counseling Center are licensed and experienced therapists who are dedicated in helping each person gain health and wholeness. Services include individual, couples and family therapy, child and adolescent counseling and support groups.

If you or someone you know would like to confidentially talk with a counselor please contact the center, either by email at admin@liveoakcounselingcenter.org , by phone at 803-256-1033, or in person at 600 King Street, Columbia, SC 29205 (located behind Shandon Presbyterian Church).

DID YOU KNOW? There are four simple steps you can take to improve your mental health today: a healthy diet, regular exercise, relaxation, and plenty of rest. As a bonus, your physical health will improve too! (source: http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/sites/default/files/May2013%20FactSheets.pdf )

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MAY MISSION OF THE MONTH

Combined Youth Group TONIGHT from 5:30 to 7:30. WATER GAMES! Dress for water games and bring a towel. Also bring $3 for dinner.

Circle 4: Grace has their FINAL SALAD SUPPER THIS Tuesday, May 16th at 6:30pm in Potts Hall. Bring a salad or dessert, and bring a friend! All are invited to join this friendly group of women. Call Tracy Barnes at 315-3677 with any questions.

W.O.W. Free Health Festival! Richland School District 2 and Spring Valley High School have partnered up to offer free health screenings, info seminars, free food samples and fun health activities on Tuesday, May 16th, 4-7:30 pm. This will be held at the Richland 2 Institute of Innovation at 763 Fashion Drive.

Circle 1: Faith has their final meeting offsite THIS Wednesday, May 17th. Contact Helen Foard at 803-543-4708 for details.

Strikers (3rd-5th Grades) -- Next Sunday, May 21st -- 3-5 pm. Our final event for this school year will be a pool and ice cream party! All children finishing 2nd grade are invited to come and see what Strikers is all about. Thank you to the Rosebrock family for hosting: 58 Old Still Road. Questions? Contact Marilyn Dillon at 803-298-8503

Book Club meets June 4th at 3pm at Linda Jones’ home, 13 Charley Horse Road. The meeting date changed due to Memorial Day Weekend. We will discuss "The Pearl that Broke the Shell" by Nadia Hashimi. All are welcome!

It’s that time of year again when help is needed weeding and watering flower beds around the church. Last year we had eight volunteers who spent the summer tending their adopt-a-bed areas. It’s an easy way to help out and spread the work around among lots of folks. You can work whenever you want and only need to sign up to take care of a small portion of the church flower beds. Check out the maps in the Narthex, Atrium and Potts Hall to locate the area you are willing to take care of and then sign your name by that area on the chart attached to the map. Sign up and Tracy Barnes will contact you with more info. You can also contact Tracy directly at 315-3677 or tabarnes@sc.rr.com.

Help Needed with the New Atrium Flower Bed—We made great headway on work day on the new flower bed outside the Atrium. We didn’t finish, so I am looking for some more helpers to plant rose bushes and edge out the garden. Contact Tracy Barnes at 315-3677 or at tabarnes@sc.rr.com.

The Prayer Shawl Ministry is done for the summer. Our next meeting will be Sept 6th. Everybody will continue to work on their project as possible during the summer. Completed work should be left in the Session Room. Yarn and patterns are still available. If more info is needed, contact Deborah Strom at 803-463-4053 or purpledragonds@outlook.com

Summer Sunday School begins June 11th through August 13th. We will hold a combined adult class in Potts Hall, as well as a combined Jr. High, Sr. High and Confirmation Class.

Fun raffle everyone! Thanks for your participation in raising $725 towards our Building Fund (193 tickets sold). Congratulations to Joel and Renee Atkinson for purchasing the winning

ticket (#722092). Much appreciation to Jim Hollis for crafting beautiful end tables, Ann Humphries for donating the walnut, and many others helping to make it happen.

Stay tuned for the next raffle . . . Your Stewardship Committee 7

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Books from Lamar’s Library are available today in the Atrium. Donations will go to the

principal of the mortgage.

It is our great pleasure to announce the first phase of Voices II. Your church leadership is excited about the future of Spring Valley, and we know you are, too. Session wants to know your thoughts. Starting this month, the Session will be sitting and listening to members of the congregation. We’re not exactly sure of how many folks want to come talk, so to kick things off, we're going to schedule two special Session meetings just to listen. From a logistics standpoint, we want to make sure that everyone who wants to talk can, so we're going to ask that you limit your time to about 3 minutes. We’re also going to ask that you submit written remarks so we make sure we understand your key points. We’re going to have a special Session meeting on Sunday, May 21st from 2 to 3 pm and another Wednesday, May 24th from 6:30 to 7:30 pm just for this purpose. Logistics for signing up will be forthcoming next Sunday. If you’d like to tell us an idea, a concern, a comment, or a goal, we'd love to hear what you have to say.

For those for whom public speaking is a fate worse than anything you can imagine, we will have suggestion boxes available. Soon we will set up Voices Online. You'll be able to send a written message to the Session through our church website. You're more than welcome to tell us who you are when you do it, but the intent is for this to be similar to stewardship, in that by the time it gets to us, identifying information will be removed. We hope that will allow everyone to feel comfortable letting us know where you think we need to steer SVPC moving forward. Stay tuned for a go-live date for Voices Online.

We can't wait to hear your ideas about Spring Valley Presbyterian Church's next 40 years.

Register and Volunteer at www.svpc.org/vbs

ONLY $10 PER CHILD

June 19-23 9-11:30AM VBSVBSVBS

Each participant receives a t-shirt and each family receives a copy

of the VBS music. JOIN THE LUNCH BUNCHLUNCH BUNCH

TOMORROW, Monday, May 15th at 11:30am

at Famous Toastery, 119 Sparkleberry Lane. for fun, food and fellowship.

Questions? Call Dody Imhoff at 699-0774.

Wednesday, May 24, 5:30pm

Bring your buddies for a blessing

in the front parking lot.

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