Dorchester
Presbyterian Church
10290 Dorchester Road
Summerville,  SC

Rev. Jeff Kackley, Pastor

Rev. Dorothy Blackwelder, Associate Pastor

 

DPC NEWS!

Memorial Garden Construction is Complete

Dorchester's new Memorial Garden was dedicated on Easter Sunday.  Throughout the month of February 2012, the space between the Office, Sanctuary, and Education Buildings was transformed into a beautiful Memorial Garden, where members can place the ashes of loved ones.  You can see pictures of our progress from start to finish here.

Mortgage Burning Celebration

On January 22, we held our official mortgage burning, celebrating our new life as a debt free congregation!  We paid off our church's mortgage last fall after a "So Close You Can Touch It" Campaign.  Following worship on the 22nd, we gathered around our newly constructed firepit between the pavilion and outdoor sanctuary for a special service, giving everyone a chance to place a piece of the mortgage as well as posters from past fundraising campaigns in the fire.  The firepit was constructed by members using bricks collected during our 2011 Stewardship Campaign "Building for Eternity".

We look forward to dreaming big in our debt-free future.  How will God call us to serve?

UPCOMING EVENTS

Second Sunday Stewardship  

May 13

Before                                       After

GENEROSITY ABOUNDS - Second Sunday Stewardship has been a huge success since it began in March of 2010.  During worship the DPC congregation pour down the aisles to bring their gifts to the God's table - gifts of tithes and gifts of toilet paper, grits, clothes, books, school supplies, salad dressing, etc.   Thank you all for offering yourselves and your resources for God and our community - the list of items for March 11 is below.  

 

Fair Trade Coffee - We are now serving and selling Fair Trade Coffee through the Presbyterian Coffee Project.  Through this program, we can help provide a fair wage and a life of dignity for coffee farmers around the world.  12oz bags of coffee in a variety of flavors are available in the church office for $7 each.

Good Search - Do you google or yahoo?  Now there is a way you can search the internet and help raise money for the DPC youth group.  Go here, and we will get a portion of the advertising revenue if you click on Dorchester Presbyterian Church as your charity of choice.

 

 

Check these other links of interest:

Presbyterian Church (USA ) Charleston-Atlantic Presbytery World Council of Churches

The Presbyterian Hunger Program Montreat Conference Center Church World Service

Dorchester Presbyterian Church
10290 Dorchester Rd.
Summerville, SC 29485
(843) 871-3572/79

e-mail: office@dorchesterpresbyterian.org