Irmo Campus

iCare Project

What an awesome expression of love was poured out on the hearts of two special ladies this past weekend as Irmo launched the iCare Project. I know they will never be the same because of the service of 25 men, women and children this past Saturday. 

Serving others is at the heart of the message of Jesus. This coming Thursday is the day when the church celebrates the last supper Jesus spent with His disciples . During that celebration, Jesus did the most amazing thing when he kneeled down and washed the disciples feet. What he did that day has echoed down the halls of time to send a message to all His followers that even GOD feels drawn to serve others. He didn't have to do it, but it was in His heart to serve others. Jesus said it like this in Mark 10

43  ...Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

I thank those of you who participated for following the example of Jesus by serving others unselfishly this past Saturday. Let me share just a few lines from emails I have received from these ladies.

Dear Pastor Jeff,

Thank you and your wonderful members ,for the blessing you give to my family and me. We look forward to visiting your church.

Mrs. Betty

Dear iCare Team,

I have been involved in ministry for nearly 30 years  and never have I had anything like this happen and I am so grateful to the iCare Team and to you as our Pastor for doing this for us.  I learned that sometimes I just need help and this is one of those times. I also felt so loved and cared for--sometimes when you are single you feel like if you don't do things for yourself, they won't get done and that can be physically and emotionally exhausting. Thank you iCare team!

CP

Join us again this Saturday in the cafeteria at the Irmo Campus at 9:00 for prayer and a quick breakfast and we'll head out by 9:30.  E-mail jeffkinney@seacoast.org with any questions.

Drop & Shop

Over 100 volunteers came out to serve the Irmo community on a Sunday and Wednesday in December.  The sea of red t-shirts was quite impressive as men and women showed up to wrap presents and provide a fun night out for kids!  It's hard to say who had more fun as new people to Seacoast were able to connect through serving and brush up on their foosball skills at the same time! 

Although we were able to send home about 2,000 invites through the children in 3 local elementary schools, you can't beat the impact of the personal evangelism plan!  Coworkers, neighbors and friends of our campus dropped their children off and took tours of our facility with promises to come back after seeing the wide smiles on their children's faces!

Student Ministry Meeting with Pastor Jeff

This Wednesday, October 17th at 7:00, Pastor Jeff will hold a meeting in the Cafeteria at the Irmo Campus regarding the Student Ministry.  Please plan to come if you:

1.)  Did not personally hear his announcement this Sunday regarding our Student Leaders Todd and Carly Bain...

2.) Have an interest in hearing his vision for what the student ministry will do and look like in the weeks and months to come...

3.) Or are interested in hearing more about being one of the 30 people needed to volunteer in this ministry as we restructure for the future.

Pastor Jeff will be at a retreat with the other Seacost Pastors and will return on Wednesday, but looks forward to meeting with this group of people for coffee on Wednesday night to talk about the vision of Seacoast and how it applies to the student ministry.

Habitat Building Blitz

This Saturday, October 20th from 12:30-5:00, join us as we serve together and help build a home for a family.  No skills are required.  Call Blaine Newman at 803.260.2020 for more details and location.

Chili Cookoff Results

Almost 200 turned out to see who could test the Tums to the limit at our 3rd annual chili cook-off.  The small groups came out in full force to rally back for Fall and pulled out some serious competition.  The winners were:

Best Team Spirit: Chucks Angels  (Chuck Ward, Sandra Penland, Hazel Holcombe & Carol Barrett and other supporters)  The white angel costumes with wings really was over the top!  (Only an angel could wear white to a chili cook-off!)

Hottest Chili:  Carl Thompson - Smokin hot chili! Hands down winner! Did he have a permit for those peppers and were they imported?

Best Fix-ins (and as a side result, best sore loser) The student ministry led by Todd Bain's multiple attempts, uh, recipes, to reclaim his championship trophy from last year.  We've never seen so many varieties of cheese and hot sauce as condiments, one might have been confused as to which competition they were perhaps entering...

Best Alternative - White chili - Tonya Hayes, why, it was sooooo good, you'd think it was Paula Dean's recipe!

And the surprise upset of the evening went to Todd Vollertsen and Tim Derrick and their group as the BEST CHILI (and dessert too, if you tasted the ooey gooey butter dessert).  Congratulations!

Carly is still looking for the remains of her banana pudding dish, last seen with a spoon and Patrick Connelly...please report any sightings...return back, pictures to come soon!

Asheville Campus Build Day

It's way too cool in the mountains to get good sweaty pictures so we moved the build day for the new Asheville Campus to Irmo on the hottest weekend in 40 years... a nice 107 degrees!  Teams from Asheville, Columbia, Irmo and Central Support all came and gave their all to knock out a project list for children's ministry and first touch!  Despite the heat, it was very COOL!

Harvest Hope Food Drive

July 1st - 15th at Seacoast Irmo  Join us as we help Harvest Hope Food Bank restock their shelves after a broken sprinkler system destroyed over two hundred thousand dollars in food last month.  Harvest Hope feeds hungry families in 18 SC counties.  Bring your food donations on Sunday, July 8th or 15th, or donations may be made directly to them through information on their website  www.harvesthope.org

Ladies Connection - Fiesta Bunco

For women ages 18 and better, don’t miss this fantastic night to connect with other women your age with whom you have things in common!  This is a large group/small group event and will be fun and very easy to get to know others.  No skill or knowledge is required.  Just register, come, relax and have a fiesta grande time!  We’ll be enjoying Mexican snacks and refreshing beverages all with a theme, of course!  If you heard about chocolate night or spa night, you won’t want to miss this one either!  Bring a friend or invite the lady sitting next to you to join you there!  Register by e-mailing angelapeterson@seacoast.org

NEW UPDATE::: Instead of the original plan to bring books & magazines to swap as prizes...please bring canned food for HARVEST HOPE food bank as your contribution for the evening...we'll take care of the prizes and the rest of the food and fun!

Seacoast Golf Shoot-out

Please meet this Saturday (May 19th) at 8:15am at Charwood Country Club http://charwoodcc.com. We will pass out the rules and instructions to everyone. Please try to partner up if you can. If not, we will find you a partner to play with...so don't worry about it.

Hi everyone:

I just wanted to thank you for your interest in the golf league at Seacoast.  We are so excited about getting things started.  Here is some information I know already.

First, let me introduce myself to you if I do not already know you.  I am Ken’s wife Traci and I pretty much do all his emailing, as he is an HVAC tech and he is not at a computer all day (I amJ), so I have offered to help him with that.  So, with that out of the way, here is our plan thus far.

We are planning to play six courses in 6 months the third Saturday of each month.  The courses are Hidden Valley, Linrick, Indian Trails, Indian Rivers, Charwood, and Timberlake.

The cost will be whatever the course would normally charge and could range from $24 to $50.  That is your green fee and cart fee

I do know that the first course will be Charwood the tee time is 9:00am and the cost is 40.00 each person.  The other courses we are still working on the dates.

We will have prizes for team and individuals, but we are still working on all that stuff as well and I will let you know as we figure it out. 

We are just so excited that you are interested and we would love to get to know you better.  Please if you have any questions, you can call me (numbers below) or email Ken (clemsonfan8@yahoo.com) or myself or you may contact Ken on his cell phone at 803-673-4670.  We will be glad to answer any questions you may have.

We are so looking forward for this time of fellowship and fun and just getting to know you guys.  I see great friendships developing and we all growing stronger as a church.

So, for now that is all I have and as I know more, I will pass along to you.

Have a wonderful day and I will talk with you soon.

Traci Wolfe

803-996-2186

Traci@homecaresc.com

Kids Coast Baptism Celebration!!!

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