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!

Christmas @ Seacoast-Irmo

Christmas Eve Service
Monday night, December 24th at 6:00 p.m.
Join us for this very special candlelight worship service with special music, cocoa, cider and cookies!

E-Vites
Invite your friends and family to join you for Christmas Eve services by sending them an e-vite! Go to the e-vite page, click on Irmo - then click on "Send e-vite" for the Christmas Eve service

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.

Youth serve project- Care Baskets

For our Youth serve project we decided to put together baskets of goodies to put in waiting rooms of hospitals.  They were filled with juice,waters, cookies,chips and toys for the kids. We took 22 baskets to Providence and Richland hospitals and deposited some in each waiting room. Our youth throughly enjoyed it and fun was had by all. Here are a few pics of our project. Overall I think it was a big success and blessing to families of patients. We got lots of thank you's and lots of smiles. It truly was a blessing to all involved.

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

Women's Connection Spa Night

We had over 50 women participate and serve each other at the Women's Spa night.  Our purpose was to help ladies who are new to Seacoast or who've been here a while and haven't connected to meet other ladies.  And a lot pampering was done along the way...

Happy Mothers Day!, Love Dad

Today is Mothers Day. That makes it a very special day.  Our women were honored for the unique ways that God made them special and for the calling and accomplishment of raising raising children and grandchildren in this world.  We gifted them with a lovely boxed candle and treated them to quiche, fresh fruit and pastries with their normal donuts and coffee this morning. Just little touches to say how much we respect, honor and appreciate all you do.  And then something else happened....Pastor Jeff and a group of 28 men replaced the mothers who normally serve in our children's ministry!  They made crafts with the children (if you can operate a caulk gun, you can glue ribbon to a box!), joined in worship and ran the regular, easy to run but extremely impactful children's ministry we do each week!  We called them "Special Forces" and they truly took our campus by storm...here's the proof:

A Beautiful Day

Saturday, March 31st was a beautiful day.  The sun was shining.  At noon, it was in the mid seventies.  Elbow grease burned off all hot dog calories.  And children, students and all varieties of adults came out, 70 strong, banded together and did an incredible thing.  For 4 hours, we greeted cars, checked their lights, fluids, wipers, horns, tires and washed the yellow layer of spring off the exterior.  Wipers and bulbs were replaced, fluids topped off, car seats tightened up and tires were inflated properly.  Thanks to generous sponsors, we were able to give free oil change certificates to people in need.  Children received balloons, hot dogs, playground time and free McDonalds ice cream coupons.  People who wanted to talk were heard.  If you ask any of those who came, the best part was how hard we worked to refuse donations.  The biggest impact we made was that we didn't expect anything in return.   The people we served were very diverse.  They were greatful for our gift.  It's hard to explain, but we're the ones who received that day.