Dec 12, 2016 | Communications, Conference Updates, Connectional Ministries, Disaster Response, Front Page
SIMPSONVILLE – When a tornado with winds up to 110 mph touched down in Simpsonville, an Early Response Team from the S.C. Conference of the United Methodist Church was on the scene within hours. The eight-person team worked on six homes struck by the Nov. 30 storm,...
Dec 5, 2016 | Communications, Conference Updates, Connectional Ministries, Disaster Response, Front Page
NICHOLS – More than 200 United Methodist volunteers traveled to Nichols on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 2-3, in an effort to bring hope to the town still drying out from flooding more than a month after Hurricane Matthew struck. In all, 236 people worked one or both days...
Dec 1, 2016 | Communications, Conference Updates, Connectional Ministries, Disaster Response, Front Page
How can you help? Volunteers are desperately needed to serve on or with Early Response Teams at all times. For more information, contact Matt Brodie at 803-786-9486 Ext. 261 or mbrodie@umcsc.org. Donate financially to the S.C. Conference’s disaster relief efforts and...
Nov 10, 2016 | Communications, Connectional Ministries, Disaster Response, Front Page
Nichols Relief work blitz. Dec 2nd-3rd Interested, register online at https://www.umcsc.org/data/nicholsrelief.php Looking for a way to escape the incessant commercialism of this holiday season? Something that would make a true impact on someone’s life? Well,...
Oct 31, 2016 | Communications, Conference Updates, Connectional Ministries, Disaster Response, Front Page
NICHOLS – The scene repeats too often outside homes along the two dozen or so streets that wind through the waterlogged town of Nichols. Piles of broken furniture, soggy drywall, carpeting soaked to ruination. Moldy mattresses, saturated upholstery, bags stuffed with...
Oct 24, 2016 | Communications, Connectional Ministries, Disaster Response, Front Page
Free legal services are available to low-income South Carolinians affected by Hurricane Matthew and the flooding that followed. South Carolina Legal Services – a non-profit corporation funded in part by the S.C. Bar Foundation and local United Way agencies – offers...