Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church

Third Act: Mount Pleasant Waterworks
2024-05-20 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Chicago) | Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, 302 Hibben St, Mount Pleasant, SC, 29464, United States
WATER: Our most important resource that we can’t live without!
What do you know about the water you drink? Where does it come from? How is It treated? How is it tested? What guidelines does it meet? Where does water go when we flush it down the drain? What are Mount Pleasant Waterworks Ongoing projects? Who runs the Waterworks? Just a few questions you might want to ask.
Come meet the General Manager, Allan Clum, who can answer all your questions. Mr. Clum will be our guest speaker at our Third Act luncheon on Monday, May 20th at 12 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Bring a covered dish of your choice. Meat will be provided.
Please register here.

Pacesetters: Anton and The Umlauts
2024-05-10 17:30 - 20:00 | Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, 302 Hibben St, Mount Pleasant, SC, 29464, United States
The May Pacesetters event is Friday, May 10 in the Fellowship Hall. We will enjoy German food and music provided by Anton and the Umlauts!
Anton and The Umlauts are a German style polka band in Charleston, South Carolina. The Umlauts hail from various musical backgrounds with many years of experience in numerous polka bands around the southeast. You’ll catch the Umlauts performing for party’s, celebrations, Oktoberfest and anywhere there is a good time to be had!
Please join us! The cost is $15 at the door. Fellowship and appetizers will take place at 5:30, dinner will be at 6 and then the performance will begin at 7 p.m. RSVP: Susan Mellichamp by May 6, 2024 at SusanMell@mac.com or cell: 843-697-2111.

Confirmation Sunday & Potluck Celebration
2024-05-05 11:00 - 13:00 | Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, 302 Hibben St, Mount Pleasant, SC, 29464, United States
Confirmation Sunday will take place during the 11 a.m. service on Sunday, May 5th. There will be a potluck immediately following the service in the Fellowship Hall to celebrate our confirmands! Everyone is invited and should bring a dish to share according to their last names.
Last names A-J; main dish (meats, casseroles, etc.), K-S: side dishes (salads of all kinds, fruits, macaroni, etc), T-Z desserts.
Please reach out to Glenna Durbin (gdurbin@mppc.net) with any questions and get ready to celebrate our newest MPPC members!

Youngish Adults Potluck
2024-04-28 16:00 - 18:00 | Creekside Park, 790 Creekside Drive, Mount Pleasant, SC, 29464, United States
Hey hey Youngish crew! Let’s get together and meet Jesus at the Table – our theme – by having a family friendly Potluck!
Who: Youngish Class + Families
What: Potluck! Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E4DADAA2BA4F49-49184800-mppc#/
When: Sunday April 28th
Time: 4ish – we’ll meet around 4 ish and eat around 430 ish.
Where: Creekside Park – 790 Creekside Drive – park at the club, then follow the people to the park behind the tennis courts.
Bring: BYOB, Chair and picnic blanket
Can’t wait! Holla at me (Katie) with questions at 843 364 8495. Thanks! – Katie Edwards and the Lenten Leaders

Hope House Open House and Volunteer Appreciation Party
2024-04-28 09:30 - 13:30 | Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, 302 Hibben St, Mount Pleasant, SC, 29464, United States
Join us at Hope House after the 8:30 and 11 a.m. services on Sunday, April 28 to learn more about this amazing ministry and to honor our volunteers! Refreshments will be served.

Kirkin' O' the Tartan Service
2024-04-28 08:30 - 12:00 | Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, 302 Hibben St, Mount Pleasant, SC, 29464, United States
Please join in the procession of bagpipes, Beadle, Crucifer, and Tartan Flags as we celebrate The Kirkin’ O’ the Tartan service on April 28th at 8:30 and 11 a.m.
After the Battle of Culloden, 1746, the British forbade traditional Scottish heritage for nearly 50 years. During that time, the Scots would wear a piece of tartan cloth to be blessed by the clergy, in secret. In 1942, Rev. Peter Marshall began the Scottish American tradition to further bond the US and UK during WWII. The Kirkin’ O’ the Tartan service represents “a blessing of the family.” It is a worship service that allows us to reflect on the gift of our Presbyterian heritage and the gifts God has given us through our past, present and future kith and kin.
You are encouraged to wear your own tartan apparel – or kilt if you have one! Please join us at either 8:30 or 11 a.m. on April 28th for this special service!

Village Concert Series: The Gravel Road Bluegrass Band
2024-04-26 19:00 - 20:30 | Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, 302 Hibben St, Mount Pleasant, SC, 29464, United States
Join us at Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church on Friday, April 26 at 7 p.m. for a lively performance by the Gravel Road Bluegrass Band! We plan to host this concert outside so please bring a chair or a blanket. If the weather is bad, we will move inside to the Fellowship Hall. This concert is free and open to the public!
Gravel Road Acoustic Trio, based out of Charleston, South Carolina, is made up of three multi-talented musicians whose different backgrounds bring together a unique and exciting mix of music that includes bluegrass, country, and popular favorites. Gravel Road performs across the southeast and has appeared on “Lowcountry Live” as well as “Song of the Mountains,” filmed in Marion, Virginia. The group’s unique arrangements of tunes along with their vocal harmony precision make them stand out from the average bluegrass band.

Blood Drive
2024-04-22 13:00 - 18:00 | Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, 302 Hibben St, Mount Pleasant, SC, 29464, United States
The time is approaching for our Red Cross Blood Drive. Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood. That’s why MPPC is on a mission to help save lives by hosting a blood drive Monday, April 22 from 1-6 p.m. This mission is a way to have an immediate and lasting impact on the community and individual lives and families.
All (church members, friends, neighbors, total strangers!) are invited to take part in this special event and donate blood for hospital patients in our neighborhoods and across the nation. The need for blood is constant, but only 3 percent of the U.S. population donates.
Whether you have ever donated or not, please prayerfully consider signing up and joining us on Monday, April 22.
To schedule an appointment (in order of preference):

Option 1: Download the Red Cross Blood Donor App to your smartphone and from there you can schedule an appointment time. Later, on the day of the drive, complete RapidPass. You will need to create a userid and password if this is your first time.
Option 2: Visit www.redcrossblood.org top right hand corner enter zip code 29464 or sponsor code MPPC to register. On the day of the blood drive, complete RapidPass found at www.redcrossblood.org/rapidpass
Option 3: Contact Pat DeLizza at 704-792-5352 for help with registering.

Thank you for your support on our last blood drive, Feb 5, we collected 26 products!
The remaining blood drives for 2024 are
Monday July 22
Monday September 16
Monday November 11

Third Act: The History of Boone Hall
2024-04-22 12:00 - 13:00 | Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, 302 Hibben St, Mount Pleasant, SC, 29464, United States
Boone Hall is a crown jewel of Mount Pleasant. Come to our Third Act Covered Dish Luncheon on April 22nd at 12 p.m. to learn about the history of this beautiful plantation and gardens. Jim Westerhold, General Manager of Boone Hall and member of MPPC, will share his knowledge of its history and future in the town. Register on Realm here, we will meet in Grace Hall 221-225 this month.

Retirement Party for the Wiards
2024-04-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, 302 Hibben St, Mount Pleasant, SC, 29464, United States
Join your church family for a good ol’ potluck lunch after church on Sunday, April 21 as a going away celebration for Dan and Lynn Wiard before they bike/drive/fly away!
The party will be in the Fellowship Hall with opportunities to enjoy your church friends’ favorite dishes. Bring your food by on your way to church and then stay afterwards for lunch and fellowship. Please prepare according to your last name: A – J: main course (meats or casseroles with meats; K – S: Sides (vegetables, salads – green or congealed); T – Z: desserts. Please label your food in some way and be sure it is cooked. We will keep warm in ovens but not able to cook all items brought. Drinks will be provided.
There will also be an opportunity for contributions to a going-away gift.
Please reach out to Ellen Gower with any questions (gower.ejg@gmail.com)

Charleston Area Justice Ministry: Nehemiah Action Assembly
2024-04-15 19:00 - 20:00 | Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, 7396 Rivers Ave, North Charleston, SC, 29406, United States
Are You a Person Who Cares about Justice in Our Community?
Many people care and want to do something, but they are not sure what they can do. Come join fellow MPPC and community justice-seekers for a one evening (two-hour) event.
The Nehemiah Action Assembly is the Charleston Area Justice Ministry (CAJM)’s big event for the year. Your presence with us on this one night can make a HUGE DIFFERENCE! CAJM’s Nehemiah Action Assembly will be held on Monday, April 15 at 7:00 at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church (7396 Rivers Ave., North Charleston).
On this night we will show our public officials that our community cares about these issues: affordable housing, access to primary healthcare, bias-free police practices, environmental justice, and quality education for all our children.
CAJM has some BIG WINS to announce, and there is still more work to be done on some issues. Help us address these issues with our public officials on behalf of low-income people and for all of us.
For free tickets and more information, CONTACT: Andy White Boggan (whiteagwb@gmail.com), Coleman Legerton (colelege@gmail.com), or Tom Ashbaugh (tom.ashbaugh@gmail.com)

Music Ministry Sunday Service
2024-04-14 08:30 - 12:30 | Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, 302 Hibben St, Mount Pleasant, SC, 29464, United States
April 14 will be a special Sunday focusing on our music ministries at MPPC. This service is meant to showcase appreciation to all that serve in the music ministry. Each service will feature different ensembles including children’s choirs, Youth choir, handbell choir, adult choir, praise band and instrumental ensemble. The Adult choir will be presenting “Gospel Mass” by Robert Ray during both services at 8:30 and 11 a.m. We hope that you will join us for this special Sunday!

Pacesetters: Jackie Mickel on Gullah Culture
2024-04-12 17:30 - 20:00 | Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, 302 Hibben St, Mount Pleasant, SC, 29464, United States
On Friday, April 12, the Pacesetters will host Jackie Mickel as she presents on Gullah Culture. Jackie, a retired school teacher, is a true Gullah descendant. She is currently the lead Gullah presenter at “da Gullah Theater” at Boone Hall Plantation in Mount Pleasant, SC. Jackie explores the Gullah culture through stories, song, and the presentation of many interesting facts concerning the Gullah people. She has shared her presentation with many diverse groups, including Boeing, The Red Hat Society, and many family reunions.
Please join us in the Fellowship Hall for this presentation! Dinner will be a potluck, the cost is $5 at the door. Fellowship and appetizers will take place at 5:30, dinner will be at 6 and then the presentation will begin at 7 p.m. RSVP: Susan Mellichamp by April 8, 2024 at SusanMell@mac.com or cell: 843-697-2111.

Easter Sunday
2024-03-31 | Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, 302 Hibben St, Mount Pleasant, SC, 29464, United States
We have three different Easter services that you can join us for on Sunday, March 31.
8:30 a.m.
Relaxed worship service in the Fellowship Hall with the praise band
10 a.m.
Traditional worship service in the Fellowship Hall with the choir and brass ensemble
*Live stream option
11:30 a.m.
Traditional worship service in the Fellowship Hall with the choir and brass ensemble

Good Friday
2024-03-29 12:00 - 14:00 | Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, 302 Hibben St, Mount Pleasant, SC, 29464, United States
“Stations of the Cross” around the MPPC Campus from 12-2 p.m.

Maundy Thursday
2024-03-28 19:00 - 20:00 | Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, 302 Hibben St, Mount Pleasant, SC, 29464, United States
Holy Communion service at 7 pm in the Fellowship Hall followed by a Tenebrae Service (Service of Darkness) featuring the MPPC choir and guest musicians.

History & Heritage of Hymns in the Presbyterian Church
2024-03-26 09:00 - 10:00, 2024-03-19 09:00 - 10:00, 2024-03-12 09:00 - 10:00, 2024-03-05 09:00 - 10:00, 2024-02-27 09:00 - 10:00, 2024-02-20 09:00 - 10:00 | Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, 302 Hibben St, Mount Pleasant, SC, 29464, United States
Join Tony Sane and Jodi Dyer as we explore our “Glory to God” hymnal, and learn more about the composers and lyricists that brought these great hymns to life. We will meet Tuesdays, Feb. 13-Mar. 26 at 9 a.m. in the choir room. Contact Tony Sane (tsane@mppc.net) for more information.

Third Act: Epidemic of Loneliness
2024-03-25 12:00 - 13:00 | Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, 302 Hibben St, Mount Pleasant, SC, 29464, United States
Another epidemic? We’re already in the midst of one: America has an epidemic of loneliness. Where did it come from? What can we do to combat it?
Join us for the March Third Act luncheon and program in the Fellowship Hall, Monday, March 25th at 12 p.m. Bring your favorite covered dish to share. Chicken strips will be provided.
Our speaker will be Lynn Graves. Lynn is a National Certified Counselor and retired licensed counselor and licensed counselor supervisor. She was the long-time Director of Lowcounty Pastoral Counseling Center.
Please register online here.

Children's Easter Egg Hunt
2024-03-24 12:00 - 13:00 | Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, 302 Hibben St, Mount Pleasant, SC, 29464, United States
Join in on the Children’s Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday, March 24! The egg hunt will take place following the 11:00 a.m. service. This is for children up through grade 5. There will be prizes, crafts, treats & lemonade!

Palm Sunday
2024-03-24 08:30 - 12:00 | Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, 302 Hibben St, Mount Pleasant, SC, 29464, United States
Worship in the Fellowship Hall at 8:30 and 11 a.m.

Walk for Water
2024-03-23 09:00 - 12:30 | Riverfront Park, 1061 Everglades Ave, North Charleston, SC, 29405, United States
Join the MPPC Team at the 2024 Walk for Water, have fun, and help raise money for a great cause!
In 2001, George and Molly Greene started Water Mission with a vision that all people have safe water and an opportunity to experience God’s love. Molly also wanted to provide an opportunity for others to understand the day-to-day experience of the 2 billion people affected by the global water crisis. The first Walk for Water was held in Charleston, SC, which remains the location for our flagship event. Since then, churches, community groups, and corporate partners have embraced the vision for the Walk for Water, and the program has spread across the United States. As the Walk for Water continues to grow, our purpose is the same: to provide communities, organizations, and companies with an opportunity to raise awareness about the global water crisis and funds to fight it.
Millions of women and children walk more than three miles to collect water each day for their families. Often, the water collected is unsafe to drink. But there is hope.
This year, we will join together to bring clean, safe water to more than 15,000 people in need around the world.
We walk, so others don’t have to.
The event is Saturday, March 23rd 9 a.m and begins and ends at Riverfront Park in North Charleston. You’ll walk about 1.5 miles to the Water Missions International HQ where you’ll fill a bucket of water, and walk back to Riverfront Park where it will be treated by Water Mission’s Living Water Treatment System. This will clean the water and make it safe for all purposes.
When you register, make sure you join our Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church team so that your donations raised go toward our total! More plans about the event to come in advance of March 23rd! Questions? Ask Towner Magill at towner.magill@gmail.com.

Pacesetters: East Cooper, A Maritime Heritage
2024-03-08 17:30 - 20:00 | Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, 302 Hibben St, Mount Pleasant, SC, 29464, United States
Tressy Magwood Mellichamp, daughter of the late Captain Wayne Magwood and author of the book, East Cooper A Maritime Heritage, will present and speak about Shem Creek and the fishing industry, past, present and future. Come on out to the March 8th Pacesetters event to learn more about iconic Shem Creek and its great maritime heritage!
S&P Catering will provide the meal of shrimp and grits and other good food for those that don’t eat seafood. $15 per person at the door. RSVP to Susan Mellichamp (843) 697-2111, susanmell@mac.com.
Doors open at 5:30 for fellowship and appetizers, dinner is at 6 pm and the program will begin at 7 pm.

Village Concert Series: The Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project
2024-03-01 19:00 - 20:30 | Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, 302 Hibben St, Mount Pleasant, SC, 29464, United States
Join us in the Fellowship Hall on Friday, March 1 at 7 p.m. where Ben Rosenblum brings his award-winning, genre-bending compositional style to the Nebula Project, a six-piece ensemble featuring a diverse cast of New York City’s most in-demand jazz musicians.
Rosenblum boasts an extensive resume, having led bands at prestigious venues around the world (Ravinia, Library of Congress, Kuumbwa Jazz Center; multiple tours in the US, Canada, Europe and Japan) and touring with several Grammy and Juno recognized artists across various musical genres, including Rickie Lee Jones, Kiran Ahluwalia, Curtis Lundy, Nêgah Santos and Laura Anglade. With the Nebula Project, the pianist/accordionist digs deeply into his cosmopolitan roots in NYC to create a truly global music, drawing from influences as diverse as Brazilian forró, Irish reels and jigs, Bulgarian folkloric songs, Dominican merengue and Middle Eastern traditional rhythms, and combining them with an extensive rooting in American jazz and traditional music. Rosenblum leans on personal experiences working with master musicians from these and other areas of the world in order to write explorative, emotional, narrative-driven compositions that have garnered awards from ASCAP, Downbeat and beyond.
Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project is celebrating their February 2023 release, A Thousand Pebbles. Since the Nebula Project’s first album release in 2020, Kites and Strings, The Nebula Project was voted runner-up for Best New Artist in JazzTimes’ 2020 Readers’ Poll, and the album received positive reviews from over twenty publications, including All About Jazz, NYC Jazz Record, JazzTimes, JazzLife (Japan) and more. Since the 2023 release, the group was featured in an article in Downbeat Magazine’s May 2023 issue, “Worldly Jazz Adventuring” which highlights the adventurous spirit of this ensemble.

Third Act: International African American Museum
2024-02-27 09:50 - 12:00 | Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, 302 Hibben St, Mount Pleasant, SC, 29464, United States
Our monthly Third Act gathering will be switching up slightly for February, and we will meet on the 4th Tuesday of the month instead of the 4th Monday.
We will be taking a short bus trip to downtown Charleston to the International African American Museum on Tuesday, February 27th. We will meet at church at 9:50 am, the bus will leave at 10 am, and the tickets are reserved for 10:30 am. The cost is $14 each for Seniors, please pay online when registering using this link.
Tickets are limited, reserve your seat now. If unable to access Realm, call Alexis at the church office (843) 884-4612 to reserve your seat.

LAMB Mission Trip Informational Meeting
2024-02-25 12:00 - 12:30 | Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, 302 Hibben St, Mount Pleasant, SC, 29464, United States
LAMB is a Christ-centered, multifaceted ministry based in Tegucigalpa, Honduras that seeks to reach out to the world with the love of Jesus Christ. We will be traveling to LAMB July 27-August 3, 2024!
There will be an informational meeting to discuss the upcoming trip on Sunday, Feb. 25 immediately after the 11 am service in the Conference Room.
Questions? Contact Caroline Feller (843-442-7891, carolinefeller@homesc.com).
