Diocesan Assembly of Upper South Carolina Spring Retreat 4/22/23

We have just concluded a very spirit-filled Spring Retreat led by Fionna Richardson of "Titus Women" (one of many missionary endeavors she is involved with).  One of the joys of the weekend was to have Sisters from our companion Assembly in the Upstate join us for the weekend.  Their Assembly President has extended an invitation to us to attend their one day Spring Retreat on Saturday, April 22nd.  The information and registration form are below.  I pray you will seriously consider joining their celebration.

Diocesan Assembly of Upper South Carolina

Spring Retreat

April 22, 2023

9:00 AM to 3:00 PM 

St. Margaret's Episcopal

4180 SC HWY 9

Boiling Springs, SC 29316

$25

We have a beautiful day planned for you!

It will be a wonderful opportunity to see your sisters in Christ. God has so much planned for our day together. Look forward to seeing you there.

Sign up now and have faith that God will be present and you will be fed!

Spring Retreat Online Registration

"The More I Seek You" to be sung at the Spring Retreat

Brenda has chosen “The More I Seek You” to be sung at the Spring Retreat, just incase you all do not know it, here is a YouTube and song lyrics.

The More I Seek You

[Verse]
The more I seek You
The more I find You
The more I find You
The more I love You

[Chorus]
I wanna sit at Your feet
Drink from the cup in Your hand
Lay back against You and breathe
Feel Your heartbeat
This love is so deep
It's more than I can stand
I melt in Your peace
It's overwhelming

[Verse]
The more I seek You
The more I find You
The more I find You
The more I love You

[Chorus]
I wanna sit at Your feet
Drink from the cup in Your hand
Lay back against You and breathe
Feel Your heartbeat
This love is so deep
It's more than I can stand
I melt in Your peace
It's overwhelming
I wanna sit at Your feet
Drink from the cup in Your hand
Lay back against You and breathe
Feel Your heartbeat
This love is so deep
It's more than I can stand
I melt in Your peace
It's overwhelming
[Interlude]
Oh, Your love is overwhelming me
And oh my Lord, Your love is overwhelming me
Over me

[Chorus]
I wanna sit at Your feet
Drink from the cup in Your hand
Lay back against You and breathe
Feel Your heartbeat
This love is so deep
It's more than I can stand
I melt in Your peace


Winter message from the President, Kester Heaton.

Dear Sisters,

 

A very blessed second week of Christmas and Happy New Year.  I pray you all are enjoying this miraculous season.

 

It is time to register for our Regional Meetings and the Spring Assembly.  There is no charge for the Regional Meetings, however, our host Chapters do need a count to provide for lunch.  The dates, locations, and contact information are as follows:

 

January 21, The Episcopal Church at Okatie, 231 Hazzard Creek Road, Ridgeland, Melanie Hodge  melanieh@kimmalphrusrealty.com  

 

February 4, The Well by the Sea, 211 Forestbrook Road, Myrtle Beach, Trish Taylor pdtaylor05@hotmail.com 

 

February 18, Old Saint Andrew's Church, 2604 Ashley River Road, Charleston,   Vo-Chair Janet Bex janetbex@me.com

 

Please select the time and location most convenient for you.  We look forward to seeing you there.

 

Registration for the Spring Assembly (at Camp St. Christopher, March 24-26) is available on our Assembly website www.doksc.org  Forms will also be available at the Regional Meetings.  The Spring Retreat is a wonderful time to invite friends, daughters and granddaughters to enjoy a weekend respite.

 

FHS with Blessings,

Kester Heaton, President

SC DOK Assembly

 

Fall update from The Assembly President

Dear Sisters in Christ,

Fall is in full swing, Thanksgiving is just around the corner with so much of God's abundance to give thanks. And the first Sunday in Advent (a season of eager waiting to see the divine at work all around us) will be here in a flash. I pray you are enjoying all the seasons have to offer.

As we move forward into the New Year, we have several events on our calendar. Regional meetings on January 21 (location TBA), February 4th (The Well by the Sea, Myrtle Beach), and February 18 (Old Saint Andrew's, Charleston. Meetings will begin at 10 am and conclude with a light lunch. Reservation information will be available through your Chapter presidents or DAL mailing. Our annual Spring Retreat, "At His Feet" with Fiona Richardson, is March 24-26 at Camp St Christopher. A registration form is available on our website at doksc.org The Juniors' Summer Retreat is June 22-25 at Canterbury Retreat and Conference Center in Orlando, FL. Lots of opportunity for fellowship so please plan on joining in.

The Assembly Board is presently seeking to fill two positions; Junior Directress and Historian. If you, or someone you know, are gifted or called to either of these positions, please let me know (kesterheaton@gmail.com) Position responsibilities will be posted on our website(soon)

Praying all of you enjoy an abundant Thanksgiving, a peaceful and spirit-filled Advent, and a very Blessed, Merry Christmas.

FHS,

Kester Heaton, President

SC Assembly

The Order of the Daughters of the King

Advent Meditation Tuesday evenings.

The Order of the Daughters of the King of SWFL is sponsoring an advent meditation/reflection during the four weeks of advent on Tuesday evenings at 630p starting on November 29, on zoom it’s only about 15 minutes, ending on December 20th, everyone is welcome. Please join us

Topic: Advent Meditation/Reflection

If you are interested, please contact Kester Heaton via DOKSCWeb@gmail.com for all the sign-in information.

July 30, 2022 Fall Assembly opens for registration

Dear Sisters,


Our Fall Assembly will be upon us before we know it and it will be a wonderful opportunity to fellowship with your Sisters and get caught up on the happenings in our Assembly and beyond.  The date is September 17th, the Rev'd Sandi Kerner is our speaker, and registration begins at 9:00 am.  Please note the venue has changed.  We will now be meeting at St Matthew's Lutheran Church, King Street, Charleston.  I look forward to greeting you all soon.Enjoy the remainder of your summer.

Registration form here

FHS,

Kester Heaton, President

SC DOK Assembly

Summer update and information from Triennial, July 5, 2022

July 5, 2022

My Dear Sisters in Christ,

 

"Come to the Table", Triennial 2022, has come and gone.  It was an amazing and spirit-filled event with inspirational speakers including our dear Chaplain, the Rev'd Janet Echols.  Though you may not have been able to attend, you will be able to experience and learn from the teachings through the National website on a link to YouTube.  I strongly encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity.  In addition to wonderful teachings, we also experienced informative workshops and attended to some business.  First and foremost, we have a new National President Nancy Severin from Colorado alone with 14 new Council members (information about them is available on the National website).  Secondly seven changes to the Bylaws were voted.  Six of them were to correct grammatical errors or clarify understandings.  One Bylaw change struck the reference to "the General Convention" which allows for more flexibility in the scheduling of the DOK Triennial Meeting.  All changes passed.  A motion from the National Council was made, and seconded, to increase annual dues from $40 - $50 effective September 1, 2022  Following a great deal of discussion, the motion carried.  If you wish to avoid this increase for this year, I suggest you pay your dues prior to September 1st.  If there is a financial constraint and you are having trouble paying your dues, financial assistance is available by contracting your Chapter President.  DAL’s should contact the Assembly President.

 

Should you have further questions or concerns regarding Triennial I am more than happy to hear from you.

 

I pray you all are enjoying a restful summer break despite the heat.  But, it won't be long until we all gather again as an Assembly.  Our Fall Assembly is September 17th at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in Charleston,  Our speaker is the Rev'd Dr. Sandi Kerner who is presently servicing as the Director of the Prayer Center at Camp St. Christopher.  I look forward to greeting you all.

 

Other dates you can add to your calendar:

October 3-7, Province IV Retreat at Kanuga Camp and conference Center

March 24-26, 2023, SC Spring Retreat, Camp St. Christopher

 

Blessing to you all FHS,

Kester Heaton, President

SC Assembly DOK

Cards made at Spring Assembly Delivered to Haiti

I am so excited to share a video that our partner priest, Pere Pierre, took when he distributed the Prayer Cards that we made at the Spring Retreat and sent to Haiti.  Please confirm that you can view it.

 

As always, it takes time for things to get to Haiti but Praise God this happened!   It is Pere Pierre who is speaking to the Daughters of St Sauveur and he is explaining to them about the Prayer Cards and that he will translate each card for them.  Thank you so much for giving this gift to our Sisters in Haiti.  Soon I will send another video from the distribution of Prayer Cards to the other chapter of our ministry sites at St Esprit Mission in Cavaillon, Haiti.  I hope you can find a way to share this with those who attended the Spring Retreat.

 

Many blessings,

FHS ~

Joyce