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NEWS FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE
Council of Bishops invites applications for 2020 local initiatives grants
The Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church is inviting applications for 2020 Local Initiatives Grants. The Council of Bishops is offering three grants of $1,000 each to groups within annual conferences for special projects designed to strengthen ecumenical...
Deadline nears: Join Bishop Holston on S.C. pilgrimage to Africa University
Bishop L. Jonathan Holston and his spouse, Felecia Holston, are leading a South Carolina Pilgrimage to Africa University in January 2020. You are invited to come along on this 12-day trip to Zimbabwe and South Africa, Jan. 29 through Feb. 11.
$400k Red Cross grant bolsters UMCSC Florence recovery work
The American Red Cross has donated more than $400,000 in support of the Hurricane Florence recovery efforts of the South Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church.
UMCSC hiring construction coordinator, case manager to boost Hurricane Florence recovery
The South Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church is hiring two more Disaster Recovery positions to boost the conference’s response to Hurricane Florence. The goal of UMCSC Disaster Recovery is to accompany communities in need over the long haul of...
Bishop Holston’s statement on voting irregularities at the 2019 General Conference
Bishop L. Jonathan Holston, resident bishop of the South Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church, released this statement in response to the Commission on the General Conference’s finding that improper votes were cast during the 2019 General Conference:...
Junius Dotson in S.C.: Time for the UMC to “call an audible”
The leader of the United Methodist Church’s disciple-making agency shared a game plan – grounded in Luke 10:1-9 – for sharing the good news of Jesus Christ in a visit to South Carolina.
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NEWS FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA UNITED METHODIST ADVOCATE
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St. Paul UMC in New Ellenton passes their pastoral leadership mantle
by Jessica Brodie on August 22, 2019 at 4:01 pm
St. Paul UMC in New Ellenton eases pastoral transition with special passing of the mantle service. […]
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Ann Hope offers weekly free meals for community
by Jessica Brodie on August 22, 2019 at 3:56 pm
For the past 10 and a half years, Ann Hope United Methodist Church, in the Utica Mill Village of Seneca, has been serving a free meal to anyone in the community every Wednesday night. The Rev. Jamie McDowell has the story for the Advocate, here. […]
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New start: Closed Rural Mission site to become UMC Sea Islands Camp and Retreat Center
by Jessica Brodie on July 26, 2019 at 2:16 pm
By Jessica Brodie. A struggling South Carolina United Methodist ministry site is getting a fresh start and a new purpose. On May 31, ownership of the former Rural Mission property transferred to South Carolina United Methodist Camps and Retreat Ministries. […]
