South Carolina UMC

Seeking God Together: A Group Spiritual Direction Experience (Session 2)
2022-08-01 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom Meeting
A 3-Session Series (3-5 participants)
July 18, August 1 & August 15
1-3 p.m.
The Spiritual Direction group listens to God on behalf of each other, helping each other watch and listen for God’s activity in their individual lives. Participants remain open and available to God so that God can lead each person into the insights, emotions, actions, courage and maturity that are necessary to grow in faith and discipleship.
Group sessions are flexible, but generally, the following format will be used:

Silence – To let go of the cares of the day, dedicate the session to God, and to meditate on what to share.
Sharing – One person presents. The group listens prayerfully without interruption.
Silence – The group listens together for God’s response to the presenter.
Response – The group shares comments or questions that have come up during the silence.
Silence – The group prays for the presenter.
Steps 2-5 are repeated for each person in the group.
The group closes the session by reflecting on their time together.

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A Deep Dive into the Enneagram - a Tool for Personal Transformation
2022-08-04 13:00 - 14:30, 2022-08-11 13:00 - 14:30, 2022-08-18 13:00 - 14:30 | Zoom Meeting
A 6-week series – Thursday, July 14 – Thursday, August 18 from 1 – 2:30 pm

Week One (July 14) – Introduction to the Enneagram and the 9 Enneagram Types

The ancient roots of the Enneagram can be traced back to the wisdom or spiritual traditions of all three of the Abrahamic faiths – Christianity, as well as Judaism and Sufism (Muslim). In all three traditions, the end goal would have been, and continues to be, what good Wesleyans describe as “sanctification” or the transformation of the whole person – from the inside out.
Learn details about the gifts and challenges of each of the 9 Enneagram Types.

Week Two (July 21) – The 9 Enneagram Compulsions/Passions

Our Enneagram Compulsion or Passion is an exaggerated underlying emotional state that controls and drives everything we think, say and do. It is the operating system of our souls. Our Enneagram Compulsions/Passions prevent the energy of life, God’s love, from flowing freely. They cut us off from God and others, and hence from our own authentic potential. Becoming conscious of our Compulsion or Passion is an important step in releasing its control over our lives.

Week Three (July 28) – The Wings and Arrows

Your basic Enneagram type dominates your overall personality, while your Wing (one of the two types adjacent to your type on the Enneagram symbol) complements it and adds important elements to your total personality. Your wing is the “second side” of your personality, and taking it into consideration helps us to better understand ourselves and others.
Two interior lines with arrows branch off from your Enneagram Type and connect to two other Enneagram types. One of the lines represents your natural direction toward growth and integration, and the other leads to your natural direction of stress and disintegration. When we are awake and aware, both can provide pathways to healing and wholeness.

Week Four (August 4) – The 3 Centers of Intelligence and the 3 Enneagram Stances

When we are born, God endows each of us with 3 necessary Centers of Intelligence. They are Feeling (Heart), Thinking (Head) and Doing (Body). These centers provide a range of information that not only helps us understand our own type’s gifts and challenges, but also why other types see the world so differently.
Enneagram Stances describe the basic attitude or approach we take toward the world and other people, as well as our strategy for getting what we want. The 3 stances are Aggressive, Dependent and Withdrawing.

Week Five (August 11) – The 3 Instincts and 27 Subtypes

Like all of God’s creatures, we have 3 basic instinctual drives that are essential for existence. (Self-Preservation, Social and One-on-one) They are separate from our personality types and are behind our life strategies, often unconscious, yet powerfully directing our fundamental way of being. While all 3 Instincts are always present and available, one of the three becomes dominant and is more easily accessed and, therefore, more easily used than the other two. When the dominant instinct merges with the 9 core Enneagram types, a new character structure is formed. These are the 27 Subtypes that provide us with deeper levels of self-understanding and paths for healing and growth.

Week Six (August 18) – The Levels of Health and Development

The Levels of Health and Development account for differences among people of the same type as well as how people change for better or for worse. By understanding the Levels for each type, we can see how all of the traits are interrelated—and how healthy traits can deteriorate into average traits and possibly into unhealthy ones. Our life task, and an important pathway to healing and wholeness, is to be mindful of our levels at any given time and, with the guidance and power of the Holy Spirit, intentionally move up the levels to restore God’s divine image in us.

Registration:
When: Jul 14, 2022 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
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Conference Lay Servant Academy
2022-08-06 08:00 - 16:00 | Trenholm Road United Methodist Church, 3401 Trenholm Rd, Columbia, SC, 29204, United States
Saturday, August 6, 2022, 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Trenholm Road UMC, 3401 Trenholm Rd. Columbia, SC 29204
Please click on the link below for complete course overview information for instructors.
Please contact your District Director for the registration link.
LSM Academy_2022 Registration Information Website

Native American Committee Meeting
2022-08-07 13:00 - 17:00 | SC
United Methodist Conference Center, Upstairs Conference Room

Florence District Set-Up Meeting
2022-08-11 18:30 - 20:00 | Lake City UMC, 229 W. Main Street, Lake City, SC, 29560, United States

Greenwood District Clergy Set-Up Meeting
2022-08-11 18:30 - 20:30 | St. Paul UMC, Saluda, 102 E. Butler Ave., Saluda, SC, 29138

LSM School (Anderson District)
2022-08-13 09:00 - 13:00, 2022-08-20 09:00 - 13:00 | Zoom Meeting
Anderson District Summer 2022 Lay Servant School August 13, 14, and 20, 2022
For information and registration form, please click on the link below:
Anderson LSM Registration Summer 2022

UMW Mission u Committee
2022-08-13 09:30 | Virtual Meeting

UMW Program Committee
2022-08-13 13:00 | Virtual Meeting

Aldersgate Special Needs Ministry Sunday
2022-08-14 | SC

LSM School (Anderson District)
2022-08-14 15:00 - 19:00 | SC

Marion District Committee on Ordained Ministry
2022-08-15 09:30 - 13:00 | Uncle Charlie’s Hut, 108 N Pine St, Marion, SC 29571

Seeking God Together: A Group Spiritual Direction Experience (Session 3)
2022-08-15 13:00 - 15:00 | Zoom Meeting

Council on Finance & Administration Meeting, Full Council
2022-08-16 10:00 | TBD

It Is Not having the Right Answer - It Is Choosing the Right Questions
2022-08-16 11:30 - 13:00 | Zoom Meeting
Toni Taylor, PCC Christian Leadership Coach specializing in mental health, self-care, resilience, and mindfulness
Offers:
It Is Not having the Right Answer – It Is Choosing the Right Questions
Learn To Lead with Questions to Find Your Most Innovative Solutions
Registration Link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/it-is-not-having-the-right-answer-it-is-choosing-the-right-questions-tickets-362401672157

Greenwood - DCOM Training
2022-08-17 09:00 - 12:00 | Greenwood District Office, 1633 Rivers St., Greenwood, South Carolina, 29649

Greenwood DCOM
2022-08-17 13:00 - 16:00 | Greenwood District Office, 1633 Rivers St., Greenwood, South Carolina, 29649

Credit Union Committee
2022-08-18 10:00 | South Carolina United Methodist Center, Upstairs Conference Room, 4908 Colonial Drive, Columbia, SC, United States

Florence District dCOM Training
2022-08-18 10:00 - 12:00 | Central United Methodist Church, 167 S. Irby Street, Florence, 29501, United States

Credit Union Board Meeting
2022-08-18 11:00 - 12:30 | South Carolina United Methodist Center, Upstairs Conference Room, 4908 Colonial Drive, Columbia, SC, United States

Your Story Matters
2022-08-18 11:30 - 13:00 | SC
How do you tell or share your story? Learn how to tell your story and help others tell theirs. Experience how empathy and compassion grows through story.
August 18, 2022, from 11:30-1:00 by Zoom at no cost. Register with this link.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/your-story-matters-learn-how-empathy-and-compassion-grows-through-story-tickets-362467218207

Marion District Clergy Gathering
2022-08-18 18:00 - 20:00 | Pisgah United Methodist Church, 1600 Pisgah Church Rd, Aynor, 29511, United States

UMW Administrative Committee
2022-08-20 09:30 | Virtual Meeting

UMW Social Action Committee
2022-08-20 13:00 | Virtual Meeting

Marion District Administrative Procedure Training
2022-08-21 16:00 - 18:00 | First United Methodist Church, Conway, 1001 Fifth Ave, Conway, SC, 29526, United States

UMW Finance Committee
2022-08-27 09:30 | Virtual Meeting

UMW MN&O Committee
2022-08-27 13:00 | Virtual Meeting
