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News & events
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mcgregor's community earth day celebration
Make plans to join us on Saturday, April 18, from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM for our Annual Earth Day Celebration! Rain or shine! Bring your family, friends, and neighbors! We have so many fun and educational things planned, including live music! Carolina Bluegrass Style, the winner of Nashville’s Josie 2025 Bluegrass Group of the Year Award, will be playing from 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM featuring their own special mix of bluegrass, rock, reggae, and classical songs. (McGregor’s own Tyler Chasteen is their rhythm and lead guitarist as well as a vocalist.)
There will be free snacks, door prizes, and fun learning stations for all ages. Bring plants for the plant swap or purchase plants grown by our McGregor Preschool. Make your own native bee house. Purchase t-shirts, children’s books, cutting boards, and artisan bread. Donate $25 to McGregor’s Snack Packs Program and receive a beautiful, handcrafted pottery item from the Midlands Clay Arts Society. Bring items to donate to local causes: new or gently used shoes, textiles, plastic bags, as well as items for pets (pet food, pet supplies, and linens) to donate to Final Victory Animal Rescue and Snug Harbor Wildlife Rescue & Sanctuary.
Final Victory Animal Rescue and Snug Harbor Wildlife Rescue & Sanctuary will showcase animals at the Earth Day Celebration. Final Victory Animal Rescue is a non-profit, no kill dog and cat rescue organization with adoption and fostering programs located in West Columbia, SC. Snug Harbor Wildlife Rescue & Sanctuary is a non-profit organization, based in Chapin, SC, specializing in rescuing, rehabilitating, and releasing injured and orphaned wildlife back into their natural habitat.
Contact David Jenkins at djenkins880@gmail.com or Jane Hiller at janehiller@gmail.com for more information.
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national faith + climate forum 2026 webinar
Join faith leaders and community members at McGregor to participate in a webinar of the National Faith + Climate Forum 2026 on Saturday, April 25, from 12:00 – 5:30 PM. Experience a day of powerful discussions, engaging workshops, and community building as we explore the intersection of faith and environmental action. Register and learn more at https://nationalfaithandclimateforum.org/engagement-locations/. Be sure to specify McGregor as the host church when registering.
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THIS IS US!
The Education and Congregational Care Committees are excited to announce a new feature for our weekly E-Messenger which is designed to help us get to know each other better! Each week, beginning in October, we will highlight one individual/family and give a little information about them that you may not already know. Contact Jayne Woodward or Robin Moseley for the information form, which asks a few questions for you to answer about yourselves. Then you can email the form back to mcgpresadm@gmail.com or print it out and leave it in the church office. We will write the article using the information you provide. A copy of the article will be sent to you for approval before it is included in the newsletter. Questions? Contact Jayne Woodward (803) 730-5072, minniewoodward@aol.com or Robin Moseley (803) 730-7780, robin1030@bellsouth.net.
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MISSION OPPORTUNITIES
SNACK PACKS PROGRAM: Each week during the school year we provide food for the weekend (snack packs) for children in 5 Lexington/Richland District 5 schools. Join us each Sunday morning after the Worship Service to pack Snack Packs. We are collecting Rice Krispies Treats during the month of March and in April we are collecting individual serving packets (.75 oz.) of instant grits. Please drop off your donations in the marked bin in the church lobby. Financial donations are always welcomed and much appreciated!
ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY DATES: MAY 16, AUGUST 15, AND NOVEMBER 14 Join us at Nursery Road Elementary School far parking lot to pick up litter along Nursery Road, Nursery Hill Road, and Green Pines Road. Gloves and closed toe shoes are recommended and a grabber stick may be useful. Contact Linda Byars at byars133@bellsouth.net for more information.
SAVE THE DATE: Annual Irmo Community Earth Day Celebration at McGregor - Saturday, April 18, from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM. Volunteers need! Contact David Jenkins at djenkins880@gmail.com or Jane Hiller at janehiller@gmail.com for details.
LOVE REVOLUTION MEAL MINISTRY: Every second Sunday afternoon, 3:30-5:00 PM at Seven Oaks Presbyterian, McGregor volunteers share a meal with our neighbors in need. Volunteers and prepared, ready-to-serve food donations are much appreciated. Contact Mary Ellen Thompson at nicunurse96@gmail.com for more information.
KEEP THE MIDLANDS BEAUTIFUL SHOE DRIVE: McGregor will once again collect new or gently used shoes for the Annual Keep the Midlands Beautiful Shoe Drive February-April. These shoes will be reused. If possible, each pair of shoes should be tied or rubber banded together. Shoes in poor condition can go in the Clothing Bin, located by the aluminum can recycling bin in the Preschool parking lot. Those shoes will be recycled.
CEREAL BOX RECYCLING: Have an empty cereal box? Save it, flatten it, and then drop it off in the marked bin in the church lobby. The box will be used for a cool school project led by school resource officers. Contact Jane Hiller at janehiller@gmail.com for details.
