A NOTE FROM the Staff Parish Relations Committee:
As you know, Keith Ray, our senior pastor, is beginning a six week renewal leave effective Monday, December 4. During his absence, the district superintendent and bishop have invited the Rev. Sammie Maxwell to serve on our clergy team. We welcome Pastor Sammie Maxwell to our church and we invite you to read her words to us below.
I am an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church in full connection with the New England conference, retired, currently living in Clayton, Georgia. I was born in northeast Georgia, where I attended Tallulah Falls School through high school. I graduated from the University of Georgia in 1967 with a Bachelor of Arts in sociology and a pre-professional in social work. I hold two degrees from Boston University - a Master of Urban Affairs from Metropolitan College (1980) and Master of Divinity (1985) from the School of Theology. I was ordained an elder in full connection in 1987. I have held full-time appointments in churches in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire. I have also served part-time in several Georgia churches. One of the many highlights of serving in New England was a special missions assignment to Jamaica after hurricane damage to the island. In addition to preaching and missionary work (which I really think are both evangelism and education), I enjoyed serving as chair of the Episcopal Committee for two bishops and as a member of the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry for two terms.
My husband, W. Russell (Russ) Pregeant, is also a retired clergy member of the New England Conference. Russ was Professor of Religion and Philosophy, as well as Chaplain, at Curry College in Milton, Massachusetts and was Visiting Professor in New Testament at Andover Newton Theological School.
Since retiring in 2012 and moving to Clayton, we have taught several Disciple Bible Study classes together, and both of us have preached with some frequency in churches in the area. I look forward to preaching at the Clemson church and serving in whatever pastoral duties come my way during this brief time. Thank you for this privilege.

Clemson United Methodist Church is seeking a warm, friendly and professional person to provide administrative and clerical support to the pastoral staff, programming staff, and the church organization as a whole.
A part-time position, the administrative assistant will work Monday-Thursday, 9am to 1pm. To apply,
send a resumé, cover letter, and contact information for three references to:
Administrative Assistant Search Committee
Clemson United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 590, Clemson, SC 29633
You may also email your application materials to Anne Eldridge, Church Administrator, at anne@clemsonumc.org.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE! in the Christian Life Center
Pizza and salad dinner at 5:30pm followed by our final Trivia of the semester at 6pm.

If you haven't turned in your Estimate of Giving Card for 2018, please bring it to Financial Secretary, Terri Lee, in the church office or drop it in the offering plate/basket on Sunday.

Exam Care Bags
The fall semester is almost over for our college students and it’s time to prepare exam care bags. Please take a bag and fill it with snacks and goodies for our students to enjoy during exam week. Exam Care Bags will be available in the Worship Center and the Christian Life Center. Please return filled bags by December 10.

Celebration Ringers Christmas Concert on Dec. 6 after the WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE! dinner
Have you ever spent Christmas in Russia? Or with a family from France? How about a December trip to Sweden? You can do all these things in just one hour when you come to the Celebration Ringers Christmas Concert, Christmas Around the World. We’ll share carols from eight different countries as we take you on a Christmas tour of the world, handbell style! Join us on Wednesday evening, December 6 at 6:15pm in the Worship Center for a sampling of Christmas carols from around the world.

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