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THE CHURCH BULLETIN BOARD
Local and out of town announcements for special services and gospel concerts are listed – along with local church and club announcements for regular weekly or monthly events.
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Servant Saturday
Grace Lutheran Church members, families and friends join local nonprofit partners for a day of work and service in our community. The public is welcome to join as Grace Lutheran Church provides volunteers to work on local nonprofit projects.
Saturday, April 18 (rain date 4/25)
8:30 am- 12:30 pm
Start at Grace Lutheran Church and head to various nonprofits in the area
For more information contact: pr@gracehendersonville.com
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Spring Craft Fair
Boiling Springs Baptist Church will host a Spring Craft Fair on Saturday, April 18, 2026, from 9:00 AM–2:00 PM in the Fellowship Hall. Come shop a variety of local vendors and handmade goods while enjoying a fun day of community and fellowship.
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The African Children’s Choir is marking over four decades of transforming lives through the power of music, education and hope. The Choir continues to captivate audiences with their heartwarming performances with a show that blends traditional hymns and African cultural sounds, while sharing stories of God’s faithfulness through joyful worship.Comprised of children ages 8 to 11, all from vulnerable backgrounds across Africa, the African Children’s Choir serves as a powerful testament to the resilience and potential of Africa’s future leaders. Each child in the Choir has faced significant hardship, often with limited access to education. Yet, through the Choir, these children gain life-changing opportunities for education and personal growth, becoming beacons of hope for their communities.
About The African Children’s Choir:
The African Children’s Choir is more than just a choir. It’s part of a larger, international, Christian organization called Music for Life, which provides thousands of impoverished children throughout Africa with the education, discipleship, and leadership skills needed to rise above their conditions so they can bring positive, lasting change to their families, communities, and countries. For more information, visit africanchildrenschoir.
Friday, April 17, 2026 || 7:00 PM
Buncombe Street Methodist Church
200 Buncombe St
Greenville, SC 29601
t: (864) 232-7341
Friday, April 24, 2026 || 7:00 PM
Westminster Presbyterian Church
230 Alice Drive
Sumter, SC 29150
t: (803) 773-7235
Sunday, April 26, 2026 || 11:00 AM
Cherokee Avenue Baptist Church
805 Cherokee Ave
Gaffney, SC 29340
t: (864) 489-2568
Trinity Baptist Church
504 S Oak St
Seneca, SC 29678
t: (864) 882-9396
Friday, May 1, 2026 || 7:00 PM
Sponsored by Mt Zion Baptist Church at
Fountain Inn High School
644 Quillen Avenue
Fountain Inn, SC 29644
t: (864) 862-2540
Sunday, May 3, 2026 || 7:00 PM
Bethel Worship Center
812 Fair Street
Camden, SC 29020
t: (803) 432-6220
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75th Annual National Day of Prayer
Friends of Music & the Arts Presents – A Handbell Concert
Friends of Music & the Arts of the Episcopal Church of St. John in the Wilderness presents a special Mother’s Day concert featuring the Blue Ridge Ringers. The handbell ensemble concert will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 10 in the church’s Parish Hall at 1905 Greenville Highway in Flat Rock.
The spring 2026 concert of the Blue Ridge Ringers will feature a program of all popular hits. Pieces will include jazz standards, pop and rock hits and patriotic songs.
Ed Tompkins, Organist & Director of Music at St. John in the Wilderness said, “It’s quite a different experience to hear a bell choir present songs such as “Fly Me to the Moon,” “Hey Jude” and “We Are the Champions!” I hope lots of area residents come and enjoy a Mother’s Day concert of easy listening.”
The Blue Ridge Ringers is an auditioned community handbell ensemble founded by Connie Engle in September 1995 in Hendersonville. They are a diverse group of ringers from across the region. Many also direct or ring with their church handbell groups or other ensembles.
The group ring five octaves of Malmark and Schulmerich handbells and five octaves of Malmark choirchimes. They practice weekly at Hendersonville First United Methodist Church.
The concert is free but donations will be gladly accepted to support Friends of Music & the Arts continuing series. For more information visit www.stjohnflatrock.org.
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Learn about Flat Rock History – Tours Continue at St. John in the Wilderness
Spring into local history as tours resume of the 175-year-old church building and grounds of the Episcopal Church of St. John in the Wilderness in Flat Rock. Church docents lead the guided tours of the church and churchyard.
Held on the third Saturdays of the month March through December, tours start inside the Church at 11 a.m. and last about an hour. Additional tours are offered on the first Saturday of the month from June through September. There are no rain dates and participants are encouraged to wear comfortable shoes.
Tours are free but advance reservations must be made online through the church’s website, www.stjohnflatrock.org/tours. Space is limited for each tour.“We are so fortunate to be able to share the story of this beautiful holy place with visitors. Our history has its roots in both the mountain community of Flat Rock and in coastal South Carolina, the home of our founders and early congregants,” said lead docent Polly Morrice.
The historically significant churchyard contains graves of notable historic figures and local citizens as well as those of unnamed 19th-century enslaved persons.
After the tour ends, participants may choose to explore the recently opened Trails of St. John, located behind the Parish Hall complex, directly across Rutledge Drive from the church.
“Our aim as docents is to convey what has shaped us, both the painful and the good, ranging from Civil War bushwhackers to Carl Sandburg’s memorial service,” Morrice reflected. “We do stress that St. John is not a museum, but a vibrant, welcoming church. We welcome all who would like to make more history with us.”
The church is located at 1895 Greenville Highway. For more information call the church office at 828-693-9783 or visit www.stjohnflatrock.org.
St. John in the Wilderness History
In 1827, Charles Baring, a member of the Baring banking family of England, built a home in Flat Rock. He and his wife, Susan, wanted a summer place to escape the oppressive heat, humidity, and malaria of the South Carolina Low Country where they lived.
The Barings built a chapel on the property of their newly constructed home. Soon after it was built, the small wooden structure burned down in a woods fire. In 1833, work began on a second church built of handmade brick.
In August 1836, the Barings deeded their chapel to the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, and 20 members of the Flat Rock “summer colony” of Low Country planters and merchants formed an Episcopal parish. In the 1890’s, St. John in the Wilderness became part of the Diocese of Western North Carolina; it is the oldest parish in that diocese.
With almost all its congregation traveling home to the Low Country after the summer season, the church operated mainly during that season for its first 120 years. So rapid was the growth of the Flat Rock summer community during the 1830’s and 1840’s, however, that the parish membership outgrew the small chapel. In the early 1850’s, the decision was made to rebuild the church, doubling its size. The English chapel-style structure that stands today is, with only a few minor modifications, the church that was completed in 1852.
The tours are free but advance reservations must be made online through the church’s website, www.stjohnflatrock.org/tours. Space is limited for each tour.
The historically significant churchyard contains graves of distinguished political figures and local citizens as well as those of unnamed 19th-century enslaved persons. “As docents, we strive to communicate the sweep of what happened and how it shaped us, the good and the sometimes painful,” Morrice reflected. “We do like to remind visitors that St. John is not a museum, but a vibrant, welcoming church. We’re still moving forward, and welcome all who would like to make more history with us.”
The church is located at 1895 Greenville Highway. For more information call the church office at 828-693-9783 or visit www.stjohnflatrock.org.