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A publication of Shandon Presbyterian Church l Columbia, SC The Spire
July 2020
INSIDEJourneys of Renewal
Page 2Virtual art gallery
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The Shandon Quilt Group started in 2009 with a small group of enthusiastic quilters, and, with few exceptions, there have been sewing machines humming and quilt tops being completed twice a month at Shandon until this past March when social distancing became the new normal.
In addition to quilts, creative hands make mug rugs and fabric cards and most recently face masks to share, so we always have a little something special to perk up someone’s spirits. For this group, our greatest joy is coming together and working side by side to create a tangible symbol of love for one another.
Through this spring, 202 quilts have been sewn and shared with staff and members of our church, the Presbyterian Community, Dorn VA Medical Center and VA Warriors Walk Unit, St. Lawrence Place and Family Promise. We are grateful to all who have shared fabric, batting and tools to help us keep our quilt room stocked.
From the smiles on the faces of our members when Shandon deacons and caregivers made a visit and shared a quilt with them, they knew they were wrapped in the love and fellowship of the Holy Spirit.
~ Joan Edwards,Shandon Quilt Group
Meals on Wheels volunteers. Meals on Wheels deliveries were reduced to Wednesdays only early in the COVID crisis. Regular Monday through Friday deliveries will resume July 1, and Shandon needs additional volunteers. To sign up, contact Harriet McMaster, [email protected].
Coffee in the middle of summer? It’s never too hot for a good cup of coffee. Try it iced! Our mission partner, Frontera de Cristo, supports Cafe Justo (Just Coffee), a fair trade cooper-ative in which the farmers own the entire line of production – from growing to consumer sales.
A one-pound bag costs $10, all of which goes to the farmer. All coffee is organic and shade-grown. For selection and ordering, go to bit.ly/cafejusto, or contact Rowena Nylund, 803-252-7752, [email protected], for purchase and delivery.
Weekend Backpack Food Program. Even though schools were closed, Shandon was able to provide food bags to the 31 A.C Moore students in the weekend food program in March, April and May. This was possible thanks to school staff who delivered
food bags to the students’ homes. Because of monetary donations to this program, each
family also received two $50 grocery gift cards, and Bill Allen generously donated bags of Adluh grits to each family.
Donations for July: 8-ounce shelf-stable white milk.
Seeds of Hope. Shandon will not be the site of a Seeds of Hope farmer’s market this summer, but you can get your fresh garden vegetables and support South Carolina family farmers at these sites:
• Shandon Methodist Church, 3407 Devine St., 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays.
• Tree of Life Congregation, 6719 N. Trenholm Road, 8 a.m. to noon Thursdays.
• Lourie Center,1650 Park Circle, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesdays (starting July 8).
Please see OUTREACH, page 4
Shandon Quilt Group wraps community in love
Clockwise from top left: Sandra and Greg O’Neal with Mary Ann Brearley, Nina McElveen, Judy and Charlie Beazley, Barbara Gatlin.
More ways to share Shandon’s care and outreach during COVID-19
hour per month. Duties include handing out Sunday bulletins, assisting worshipers with seating and helping collect the Sunday offering. Sign up on line to volunteer: bit.ly/spcushers. Or contact Thom Mobley at [email protected], 803-479-6486.
Smiling faces wantedIf you can spare 15 minutes a week,
Shandon’s ambassador team needs you. Sign up online to volunteer: bit.ly/spcam-bassadors. Or contact Ken Connor at [email protected], 803-553-5956.
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The Shandon Session met May 19 by using Zoom. Here are some highlights from the meeting:• Rev. Jenny McDevitt moderated the meeting, her first
among us, and everyone welcomed her and appreciated her direction and contributions.
• Molly Spangler distributed a video to elders before the meeting in which the sponsors of this year’s confirmands introduced the confirmands and the confirmands read their faith statements. The teachers of the confirmation class — MaryAnne Massey, Richard Kennette and Clay Timbes — attended the meeting to describe the class, and the elders voted to accept each confirmand into member-ship based on the faith statements and the comments of the teachers. They will be confirmed later during a church service. These are the new members of Shandon Presby-terian Church: Spencer Bush, Lila Garfield, Alec Hamilton, Kepley Ann Mason, Ben McLean, Sam McCombs, Jacob Sawyer, Hayden Thorpe, Carter Toole, Brooks Wheeler, Tom White and Caroline Woodham.
• Robert Walker reported on improvements to our buildings and grounds made by him and sexton Gerald Taylor. They have painted several rooms, resoldered the stained-glass window braces, updated the sprinkler system, gotten the fountain in the Memorial Garden repaired, overseen the new roofing, and managed work on the organ that will prevent a recurrence of the overheating.
• He was also working on required paperwork for convert-ing the Payroll Protection Plan from a loan to a grant.
• Jenny plans to form a small group to determine guidelines for reopening the church building. The church will not be open for gatherings until Aug. 1 at the earliest, and virtual services and meetings will continue.
• Everyone expressed appreciation for the staff who are making virtual worship possible. Matt McCall, music di-
rector and organist, edits the video. Many thanks to Matt and to the ministers, who are learning technical skills not taught in seminaries.
• Jennifer Webb, chair of the Education Ministry, said virtu-al Sunday-school classes will continue into summer, but trips for the youth had been canceled. Teachers are lined up for the fall and will be honored on Rally Day.
• Frank Vail, who chairs the Finance Ministry, reported that an increase in contributions and funds from the federal Payroll Protection Plan made April a positive month for Shandon’s finances. Fundraising for the building renova-tion is on hold.
• The Session approved a revised lease for the UKirk build-ing and sent it to the Presbytery.
• Janet Hamilton reported that Caroline Maas has ended her internship with UKirk and that Tinsley Moise may be able to continue her work with the children into the fall. Tinsley will fill in while Molly is on maternity leave this summer.
• RB Williamson, chair of the Outreach Ministry, report-ed that many of our outreach programs are continuing, sometimes in altered forms.
• Deacon Andrew Folks reported that the deacons have been working with shut-ins and helping the office get email ad-dresses to improve communication. They are discussing ways to connect to members in general.
• Jenny asked for prayers for several people in the congre-gation and shared that John attended the memorial ser-vice for Dewey Bullman. Jenny visited with Tim and Nancy Hoyt Duncan the day before Tim’s death
~ Sandra R. O’Neal, Clerk of Session
SESSION UPDATESESSION UPDATE
Regan Leigh MathewsJune 2, 2020
Daughter of Rebecca and Foster Mathews
Great-grandaughter of Betty and the late Dewey Bullman
BIRTHSBIRTHSAssociate Pastor John Cook is blessed
with a sabbatical in 2021, and Shandon is applying for a grant from Lilly Endowment National Clergy Renewal Program that will fund journeys of renewal for both John and the church.
The grant will afford the church an opportunity to pause, take a breath and embark upon a year of growing, learning, reflecting and resting as we explore pathways of renewal － specifically in mission, journey and Sabbath rest.
John’s journeys of renewal will include Sabbath rest at home interwoven with family retreats, a “family Qwest West,” and a family mission journey to Mwandi, Zambia, a mission homeplace for both John and Shandon. Bookending these journeys will be quiet, introspective retreats at Mepkin Abbey and St. Christopher Camp and Conference Center.
The church’s journeys of renewal will center around two retreats. The all-church retreat in March will introduce
the idea of Sabbath rest and renewal. The second is an in-town retreat – our June intergenerational Vacation Bible School, instilling mission as a journey of renewal. This church journey will be followed by a Sunday preaching and teaching series on disciplines of spiritual renewal in July and August.
We will celebrate all of our 2021 renewal journeys on Homecoming Sunday in October with the opening in the Atrium Gallery of “Shandon’s Journeys of Renewal,” an art show of journey photos from all across the church.
Many thanks to all church members, six church committees and the Session who have had a hand in dreaming, crafting, building and writing our Clergy Renewal Program grant proposal. We ask for your prayers as we send it off with your blessings. And let John Cook, [email protected], know if you have questions about our Journeys of Renewal in 2021.
2021 to bring journeys of renewal
Kylie Lynn Spangler June 20, 2020
Daughter of Mollyand Luke Spangler
July 2020 3The SpireArt while we’re apart: Atrium Gallery goes virtual
The Arts at Shandon Atrium Gallery Committee has teamed up to bring an exhibition to you through an online format. This idea has been developed to circumvent the COVID-19 distancing that prevents us from gathering at church. Our first exhibition is titled “Art While We Are Apart,” and the congregation – all ages – will supply the featured artists.
During these times of social distancing and school closures, many Shandonites have crafted, painted, sculpted, drawn, collaged, knitted, sewn and photographed. Now we are developing an online method to share these creative acts. Please take the best possible photo of your work, and send it to [email protected] where we will use your creativity in a gallery without walls.
All photos will be reviewed to ensure that they are appropriate for a church setting. If we have a strong response, exhibits will be up for at least two weeks and then another group of artworks will be presented.
Photographs of pieces should be submitted by July 15. We hope to have the first exhibit up by Aug. 1. For the first exhibit, each artist may submit one to two pieces. Include the artist’s full name and the title of the piece. The identity of minors must be protected. If a minor is photographed with his/her art, then we cannot display the name.
This is an experiment, and it may take a little while to iron out some rough spots, but please stick with us.
Laundry art interpretation of E. Munchen’s “The Scream” created by Shandon child.
Congratulations again to all of our Shandon seniors and thank you to everyone who came out on June 7 to celebrate our high school graduates. Thank you for your energy, your cards and your posters during our drive through. It was a wonderful day.
If you visit the church property, you will notice three hydrangea bushes have
been planted on the corner of Blossom and Woodrow. These beautiful plants are in honor of our college and high school seniors for 2020. They are a reminder of our seniors’ accomplishments, but also the love and life of a congregation that stands with them during this transition time in their lives.
Super celebration for Shandon’s graduatesCoffee with the pastor
When Rev. Jenny McDevitt was called as Shandon’s pastor, we didn’t expect our introductions to include the words virtual, distance, remote or Zoom. However, we worship and serve a God who is bigger and more creative than any of these limitations, and Shandon Presbyterian Church is, too. To get acquainted with Jenny, members may schedule a virtual coffee time with her. Go to calendly.com/jennymcdevitt/coffee to sign up online.
THANK YOUTHANK YOU
Thank you to church members Lori White, Joan Edwards and Eliza-
beth Kelbaugh who made 100 masks for Shandon Weekday School. The masks are amazing, and we are be-yond appreciative for them. Thanks for keeping us safe as we reopen SWS to families.
~ Carol Holt-Cooper
Shandon’s high graduates are Mary Fraser Kay, Elizabeth Kay, Victoria “Tory” McNeish, Tucker Woodham and Logan Acker (not pictured).
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Join us for worship from home We miss you and have heard from many of you who miss our
regular gatherings for worship, discipleship and fellowship. We are all anxious to celebrate our communal faith together, but we are also committed to the physical health and safety of our church family and all of our neighbors.
We do not anticipate any broad reopening earlier than Aug. 1. Check the weekly e-newsletter, our website and Facebook page for updates.
We continue to invite you to join us for worship remotely. There are several ways to share in our streaming services. Please go to www.shandonpresbyterian.org (worship and music tab) for several ways you can share in our streaming services.
Virtual Sunday School continuesWe will continue to offer virtual Sunday school opportunities for
children and adults during the summer. Rev. John Cook will continue to lead an adult Sunday school
class at 9:15 a.m. Sundays via Zoom. Details for the Zoom call can be found at www.shandonpresbyterian.com.
We will also continue to offer Sunday School for children 5th grade and younger via Zoom. Details can be found in the Shandon Kids weekly emails.
If you have questions about Sunday School classes, please con-tact John Cook at [email protected] or Tinsley Moise at [email protected].
BRIEFLYBRIEFLYNew record-keeping system
Our church is moving to a new kind of church record-keeping solution called Realm. It primarily serves the administrative needs of our staff, but it also offers some exciting opportunities to support the way you are involved in our church. Not only will this improve work-life for our ministry staff, it will make it easier for our church family to connect with each other, keep up with what’s going on, and grow as a connected community of believers.
Order your T-shirt for Rally Day, Sept. 13 Plans are being made for Shandons’ fall schedule, and Rally
Day is planned for Sept. 13. The fall Sunday School theme is “To-gether, Gathered to God,” based on Matthew 18:20.
For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.
We will be ordering T-shirts for Rally Day with the above design on the back and Shandon’s logo on the front. To place your order, go to bit.ly/rallydaytshirt by Aug. 1.
Collecting garden treasuresThe Richland County Master
Gardeners would like to hear from you if you have garden items you are ready to part with. We need pots, tools, garden art items, etc. Please call Joan Edwards, 803-331-2018 if you have anything to share or would like to arrange pickup.
IN THE COMMUNITYIN THE COMMUNITYChildren’s Hymn Club
Children ages 5K through fifth grade are invited to join Hymn Club during July where they will memorize hymns and share and “sing truth together” each week.
All children are welcome to join the friendly memory competition or to simply log in for musical instruction and prayer with us as we continue to connect to God and each other with music.
For more information, contact Sally Tackett [email protected].
OUTREACHContinued from page 1
Watching too much Netflix? It may be time to focus your energy on new ways to volunteer in the community. The Health and Hunger Committee understands that some regular volunteers are not able to serve in places such as Transitions or the Soup Cellars because of health concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, the United Way has many volunteer opportunities (some virtual) that you or your family members may be interested in. For example:
• Able SC (an organization that focuses on persons with physical limitations) needs help with grocery and supply deliveries to clients. They also need a virtual office assistant.
• Junior Achievement needs virtual vol-unteers to record lessons for students interested in business (guidance and
worksheets provided) or to present to a virtual classroom.
• The S.C. Department of Education needs help with school meal prepara-tion and distribution.
• Skip to My Lupus needs an office as-sistant in their office (Elgin area), par-ticularly someone with Excel skills.
To check out these opportunities, and find more, go to www.uway.org/vol-unteer. Our community still needs us in multiple ways.
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Memorials and HonorariumsDebt Retirement:In Memory of Luther “Luke” Franklin Fant – Judy Medlin; In Memory of I. Lewis Langley Jr. – Judy Medlin; In Memory of Mena Dexter – Judy Medlin; In Memory of Harvey Stuart Teal – Judy Medlin
Duncan Outreach Memorial: In Memory of Luther “Luke” Franklin Fant – Henry and Elisabeth Hall; In Memory of Dewey Bullman – Henry and Eisabeth Hall; In Memory of Timothy Hoyt Duncan – Flynn and Anne Harrell, Dot and William Burley, Jim and Stacey Brennan, Laura Murchison, Cappy Boswell, Jean Weldon, Craig and Diane Phinney, Henry and Elisabeth Hall, Herb and Runette Louthian, Paula Crockett, John and Mary Anderson, Curtis and Alleene Holland, Andy and Ann Cameron, Jane Anker, Eugene and Virginia Bach, Maribeth and Bob Moore, Patricia and Douglas Valentine, Duane and Laurie Fuller, David and Darcie Jones, Judy Craig, Peggy Savas, Tracy Hay, Ernie Trubiano, Scott Wietecha, John and Susan Steedman, Smoke Kanipe, Hamp and Elizabeth Alford, Harriet McMaster, Bob Kramer and Margaret Jordan, Michael and Sarah Deal, Elizabeth Kelbaugh, Lynn and Barbara Kelley, Barbara Gatlin, Bill Toal, Barbara Anderson, Lynn Miller, Ann Vickers, Gil and Eleanor Ellison, Roger and Mary Beth Sawyer, Bubba and Judy Hope, Fraser Bradford, Steve and Janie Stancyk, Charlie and Sig Hyman, Betty Gore and Robert Ball, Robert Duncan and Dawn Koennicke, Rebecca Wahlund, Marsha and Neil Silver, Jim and Jean Christian, Constance Loos, Bob and Jewell Hill
General Operating Fund: In Honor of RB Williamson and Ryn McCombs for their support of the church – Anonymous
General Memorials:In Memory of Dewey Bullman – Craig and Diane Phinney, Paula Crockett, Dr. Rose Fitchett, Bob and Jewell Hill; In Memory of I. Lewis Langely Jr. – Herb and Runette Louthian; In Memory of Dewey Bullman – Cynthia Watson; In Memory of Gerald Royce Foster – Bill and Trish Sargent; In Memory of Frances Graves Horton (sister-in-law of Audrey Shifflett) – Bill and Trish Sargent; In Memory of Rush L Bradshaw – Bill and Trish Sargent; In Memory of Harvey Stuart Teal – Bob and Jewell Hill
L. Galloway Outreach Fund:In Memory of Dewey Bullman – John and Susan Steedman; In Memory of Timothy Hoyt Duncan – Leigh Gladden Lalos
Lindler Music Fund:In Memory In Memory of Luther “Luke” Franklin Fant – Greg and Sandra O’Neal; In Memory of Kristi Walvoord Cripps – Greg and Sandra O’Neal
Mothers Day Offering:In Honor of Sally and Bill Van Pelt – Jim and Stacey Brennan; In Honor of Carmel Williams – The Chase Hicks Family
Noble Youth Fund:In Memory of Timothy Hoyt Duncan – Rick and Lynn Noble, Michael, Heather, London and Lane Oana; In Honor of Elizabeth and Mary Fraser Kay for their Graduation from
High School – Michael, Heather, London and Lane Oana
Pastors Fund:In Honor of Bob and Mary Ann Brearley – Greg and Sandra O’Neal; In Memory of Luther “Luke” Franklin Fant – Herb and Runette Louthian, Paula Crockett, Betsy Preston, Elizabeth Preston, Charlie and Lynn Roberts, Ruthie Taylor, Bill and Ann Calloway, Doris Taylor, Bill and Trish Sargent, Doug Quackenbush and Cheryl Holland, Bubba and Judy Hope, Jim and Jean Christian; In Memory of Dewey Bullman – Fraser Bradford, Laura Murchison, Doris Taylor, Alston and Leah Gore; In Memory of Timothy Hoyt Duncan – Greg and Sandra O’Neal, Doris Taylor, Alston and Leah Gore, Emi Ohta, Betty Gurnell, David Hunter and Martha Bode, Judy Medlin; In Honor of the PNC & in Celebration of our new Pastor, the Rev. Jenny McDevitt – Betty Gurnell; In Memory of Katherine Cole Rorison (Peggy Powers mother) – Harriet McMaster; In Memory of Mena Dexter – Doris Taylor; In Honor of Shandon Presbyterian Ministers and Staff – Presbyterian Women Circle #5
Riddle Education Building Renovation:In Honor of Bonnie Smith – Greg and Sandra O’Neal, Barbara Gatlin, Charlie and Sig Hyman, Harriette Hoyt; In Memory of Dewey Bullman – Dennis and Catherine Teal, Gina Brinson, Greg and Sandra O’Neal, Elizabeth Kelbaugh, Emi Ohta, Jim and Jean Christian; In Memory of Luther “Luke” Franklin Fant – Gina Brinson; In Memory of Timothy Hoyt Duncan – Gina Brinson; In Memory of Harvey Stuart Teal – Greg and Sandra O’Neal; In Honor of Bob and Mary Ann Brearley – Jim and Jean Christian
Schwinn Outreach Fund:In Memory of Timothy Hoyt Duncan – Bill and Trish Sargent
Weekend Backpack Program:In Memory of Katherine Cole Rorison (Peggy Powers mother) – Judy Medlin; In Memory of Luther “Luke” Franklin Fant – Bill Toal; In Memory of Dewey Bullman – Judy Medlin; In Memory of Timothy Hoyt Duncan – Bill and Ann Calloway; In Memory of Millie Saye – Judy Medlin; In Memory of Mary DesChamps – Judy Medlin; In Honor of Jenny McDevitt – James and Rebecca Hill; In Honor of Rowena Nylund and all the Volunteers of Weekend Backpack Program – Jim and Chae Thames
Witness to the resurrectionMembers and friends of Shandon Presbyterian communi-
cate their sorrow and the power of the resurrection faith to the friends and family of Audrey Shifflett at the death of her sis-ter-in-law Frances Graves Horton; to the friends and family of L.J. Dragner at the death of his mother Stewart Ann Dragner; to the friends and family of Bob Wilkins at the death of his father James Ted Wilkins; to the friends and family of Jamie Hampton (teacher in the Shandon Weekday School) at the death of her father Roy A. Zweig; to the friends and family of Jane Massey, at the death of her sister Helen Bartlett; and to the friends and family of Gary Cannon at the death of his mother Dorothy Jean Sparks Cannon.
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Shandon Presbyterian Church607 Woodrow StreetColumbia, SC 29205
Church Office (803) 771-4408 Church office hoursPresbyterian Student Center (803) 799-0212 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Shandon Weekday School (803) 799-8533 Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday
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DESIGNATED ASSOCIATE PASTOR FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES Molly Spangler ext. [email protected]
Please note that while Molly is on family leave, contact Tinsley Moise, [email protected] with questions about children, youth and families.
CHURCH ADMINISTRATORRobert Walker ext. [email protected]
FINANCIAL MANAGERCatherine Teal ext. [email protected]
OFFICE MANAGERJessica Joyner ext. [email protected]
COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATORCarol J.G. Ward [email protected]
PASTOR/HEAD OF STAFFJenny McDevitt ext. [email protected]
ASSOCIATE PASTORFOR DISCIPLESHIPJohn Cook ext. [email protected]
We welcome your news and events for The Spire. Aug. deadline: July 15Please send information to: [email protected] t
