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Advocate releases second-edition reprint of ‘Send Me! The Story of Salkehatchie Summer Service’

The Advocate Press is gearing up for the fall release of a number of new titles as it celebrates a strong season of book sales.

The book-publishing arm of the South Carolina United Methodist Advocate, the Advocate Press started in 2017 and to date has released 27 titles.

Its latest (and 28th) book, a second-edition reprint of “Send Me! The Story of Salkehatchie Summer Service,” is in the pre-order phase and is expected to be available in late August.

Other Advocate Press books are as follows, in date order with the most recent listed first:

• “Eyes for Haiti,” by Dr. Hal H. Crosswell Jr.;

• “What I Want My Kids (And Me) to Know: Being Better Humans One Napkin at a Time,” by the Rev. Tyler Strange;

• “Laughing All the Way to Heaven,” by Dr. Kim Strong;

• “Seriously Seeking God,” by Suzan Phillips

• “My Banned Black History Sermons,” by the Rev. Amiri Hooker;

• “Aldersgate Special Needs Ministry 2003-2023: The First Twenty Years”;

• “Herbert the Hippo In the Moment,” by the Rev. Meg Cook;

• “Darkness to Light: Finding Jesus in the Valley of Mental Illness,” compiled by Jessica Brodie;

• “Herbert the Hippo,” by the Rev. Meg Cook;

• “A Healing Journey: Poems of Faith, Healing, Recovery, and Coping with Grief,” by Stephon C. Void;

• “People of My Journey,” by the Rev. Arthur Holt;

• “Prayer Changes Us,” by Dr. Ted Goshorn;

• “The Sacred Year: A Contemplative Journey through the Liturgical Year,” Dr. Lyn Pace;

• “Betrayed with a Kiss: One Pastor’s Story of Finding God In the Wake of Sexual Assault and Intimate Partner Violence,” by the Rev. Chrisie Reeves-Pendergrass;

• “Who Am I? A Devotional for a Jesus-Centered School Year,” by Cindy Curtis; 

• “From My Heart to Your Eyes: Poems of Faith and Social Justice,” by Stephon Void

• “Faith in Action: Stories of Salkehatchie Summer Service,” compiled by the Rev. John Culp;

• “Walk With Me: Your Spiritual Self-Esteem Journey,” by the Rev. Cathy Joens and Toni Taylor; -

• “What I Have Come to Believe,” by the Rev. Arthur Holt;

• “Preaching in the Midst Of: How Black Preaching has Changed in the COVID-19 Pandemic,” by the Rev. Amiri Hooker;

• “What Would Granny Say: And Other Somewhat Embellished Memories,” by the Rev. Tony Rowell;

• “Called By God: 30 Inspiring Call Stories from South Carolina United Methodists,” compiled by Jessica Brodie;

• “More Stories of Racial Awakening (Book 2): Narratives of Changed Hearts and Lives from South Carolina United Methodists,” compiled by Jessica Brodie;

• “Stories of Racial Awakening (Book 1): Narratives of Changed Hearts and Lives from South Carolina United Methodists,” compiled by Jessica Brodie;

• “Feed My Sheep: A 40-Day Devotional to Develop a Heart for Hunger Ministry,” by Jessica Brodie;

• “More Like Jesus: A Devotional Journey,” by Jessica Brodie; and

• “In the World Not of the World: 175 Years of the South Carolina United Methodist Advocate,” by the Rev. Michael Wolfe.

All titles by the Advocate Press are available for sale at https://advocatesc.org/books or call 803-786-9486, ext. 335.

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