When a new church starts, it's an opportunity to go "back to basics", and discover again what it looks like to follow Jesus.  When we do that faithfully, light, grace, love, and truth can touch and transform lives in ways we didn't think were possible.

Are we living in a time when God wants us to return to the foundation of the Christian Faith - the way of Jesus Christ?  

Do you want to know and enjoy God, simply, directly, without the "stuff" that can clutter churches that have been around for a long time?

Do you think God might want to do something new in Dutch Fork?

Our prayer is that God would do a new thing in Dutch Fork, and that he would be with us to speak, to heal, and to direct us in advancing his Kingdom.  

Our hope is that those who already believe, would discover again what it looks like to follow Jesus, and that those who don't know Jesus would find gracious, loving, open space with us to ask, learn, and be loved.

Like the first disciples, we will start by meeting in homes.  These small groups will do the three things every church must do, to be the church:   

Connect with God and one another through worship, prayer, and study.  

Grow in our walk with God, through encouragement and care.  

Serve our neighbors and one another.

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2:00pm, Christmas Eve, Monday, December 24th, We had our First Worship Service at Northwest Family YMCA: 63 friends joined us for worship, music, fellowship and fun!

5:00pm, Saturday, January 26th: Join us for Worship at the Northwest Family YMCA, 1501 Kennerly Rd, Irmo, S.C. 29063!  This will be the second of our "worship previews", as we prepare to launch on Easter.  We will worship, and then go out to eat dinner, together!

Easter Sunday, April 21st, 2019: Sunday by Sunday Worship Begins!  The Pioneer team will be working hard - and praying even harder - so that we can begin Sunday by Sunday worship on Easter, 2019!  Please pray, and work, and join with us as we look to an Easter launch for Foundation Church!

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Lake Murray Presbyterian Church is excited to announce that we have called the Rev. James F. Cubie to serve as the evangelist to lead the team that will start the daughter church.   

James is a native of Washington D.C., but has deep roots in the Carolinas: His mother's family is from Wilmington, North Carolina, and his father lives nearby in Bluffton.

James has been married to Tara for thirteen years, and they have a twelve year old daughter, Lina, and a one year old son, Jack.

James served at Leesburg Presbyterian Church, in Virginia, for the past four years, as their Associate for Discipleship.  His ministry focused on children, youth, young adults and men, in addition to preaching once a month, and pastoral care.

James was assessed positively by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to lead a church plant in late 2013, and since that time, worked with the east coast team that focuses on creating New Worshiping Communities.  

James worked on several teams that developed New Worshiping Communities, in Northern Virginia, and most recently with a team that successfully started a community now officially recognized by the PCUSA and National Capital Presbytery.  

The focus of James' ministry at Leesburg Presbyterian was building disciple teams to do two things: Strengthen disciples in their identity as followers of Jesus, and train them to reach people who would not ordinarily come to church.  

In both of these, James has an excellent track record: Their Sunday morning children's program grew to encompass over ten percent of the church's membership; their youth group tripled in size, with fully one third being youth whose parents did not go to church; and, he created a small groups culture, led by Youth; finally, he started a small groups ministry for adults, that included four groups of between ten and twelve participants, meeting twice a month in homes for fellowship and discipleship.  

James loves to build teams for the Kingdom, and will bring this passion to his work in Dutch Fork, on behalf of Lake Murray.  

James is an excellent preacher and teacher, and taught for The Reformed Institute of Metropolitan Washington, from 2011-18.  He led several retreats for area churches, and taught seminars on theology and the history of the church.  

James serves on the board of The Fellowship Community (formerly "The Fellowship of Presbyterians" and "Presbyterians for Renewal"), which Lake Murray Presbyterian is a member of, and which connects churches and pastors in the PCUSA through: pastoral accountability, missional practices (the things you do to start a new church), and generous, orthodox theology.