{mosimage}In the interest of caring for creation, Washington Street United Methodist Church’s Green Team investigated solar arrays for one of its flat-roofed buildings a little more than a year ago.
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‘If you’re happy and you know it’
By Bishop Jonathan Holston. No truer words are spoken than those of our 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, when he said, People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Read MoreTwo by two: St. Andrews Shepherd Ministry reaches out with food, fellowship
By Jessica Connor. It’s a pretty Tuesday morning in Orangeburg, and the willing hands at St. Andrews United Methodist Church are at it again. There, in the sunny, spacious church kitchen, a dozen volunteers are hard at work making salad and garlic bread, doling out desserts into Styrofoam boxes and ladling portions of steaming hot spaghetti into containers for their weekly citywide delivery to more than 65 homebound community members.
Read MoreUnited Methodists swarm Washington to fight malaria
{mosimage}The S.C. Conference of The United Methodist Church sent a four-member advocacy team to Washington, D.C., joining more than 100 other United Methodists from 40 annual conferences and 30 states to help end malaria.
Read MoreDunean UMC becomes first ‘reconciling’ church in S.C.
By Jessica Connor. A small United Methodist Church in the Upstate has become the first reconciling congregation in South Carolina, embracing full inclusion of all God’s children regardless of sexual orientation.
Read MoreChrist’s love in action: S.C., Virginia ERTs help hurricane-ravaged homeowners in New Jersey
By Jessica Connor. This Christmas, a handful of homeowners in New Jersey are smiling a little brighter thanks to a team of 12 disaster workers from South Carolina and Virginia.
Read MoreAsbury slept here: Pickens County to rebuild historic lodge where early Methodist bishop preached
By Jessica Connor. A lodge thought to be the site where Francis Asbury preached, lodged and established Methodism in northern Pickens County is going to be rebuilt and restored at the historic Hagood Mill site.
Read MoreMotorcyclists help local UMC with signage
By Jessica Connor. A block from the busy Hwy. 28 bypass in Anderson stands a church so concealed in the neighborhood that most people drive by and don’t even notice it’s there. But thanks to new signage donated by a local motorcycle club, that’s not the case anymore.
Read MoreBethune license plate to help UMC programs in S.C.
By Jessica Connor. A new license plate featuring the image of United Methodist leader Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune will help The United Methodist Church in South Carolina.
Read MoreMeet the Wesleys: South Carolina United Methodists encouraged to attend Wesley heritage event in February
By Amber Lacy. One South Carolina Wesley buff has a personal mission: for all South Carolina United Methodists to get to know the fathers of Methodism.
Read MoreChurch pays AU apportionments in honor of pastor’s birthday
By Jessica Connor. Forget a tie or even an iPad. One United Methodist pastor received a gift far more meaningful from his congregation for his birthday.
Read MoreLet it shine
By Jessica Connor. January is the clean month, the time when I ceremoniously tear off the December page in my desk calendar and gaze down upon all the fresh blank spaces, just waiting for me to plug in meetings, events and occasions.
Read MoreAlmost there: More work needed before Connectional Ministries structure fully complies with church law
By Jessica Connor. The new Connectional Ministries structure is almost there — but not quite. Members of the Judicial Council met in late October and ruled the structure partially compliant with the Book of Discipline, but two minor changes are required before they rubber-stamp it yes.
Read MoreUMCs seek new ways to pay apportionments
By Jessica Connor. As year-end giving rallies to a close, many United Methodist churches across the S.C. Conference are relying on new and long-standing traditions to make their apportionment payments.
Read MoreAnswering the call: Greenville family to serve as Thai missionaries
By Jessica Connor. Imagine if Jesus called today and asked you to give up all your creature comforts, move across the world and share the Gospel in a tiny village seven hours north of Bangkok, Thailand. Would you say yes? Now imagine you have four kids: an 8-year-old, a freshman in high school and two in college. And understand that answering that call would mean at least two of your kids would have to uproot their lives and go with you. Now how would you answer?
Read MoreDawsey’s resurrection: Four years after fire, Florence church has new building, new life
By Jessica Connor. Four years ago, the worst thing imaginable happened to the members of Dawsey United Methodist Church: A rogue bolt of lightning burned their beloved home-away-from-home to the ground.
Read MorePastor’s passion for music engages church, helps mission
By Amber Lacy. The Rev. Scott Johnson believes part of being authentic in ministry is the ability to integrate one’s talent into worship, even artistically.
Read MoreHopes high after struggling conference print shop breaks even
By Jessica Connor. Thanks to gains in customers, turnaround time and cost savings, the S.C. Conference’s Print Media Center is still hanging on. And its managers are praying for a little more time to prove themselves.
Read MoreWomen on fire: UMWomen stir the flame to make a fire for God at 40th annual meeting
By Jessica Connor. From Charleston to Aiken to Greenville and beyond, nearly 400 United Methodist Women from every district in South Carolina headed to St. John’s United Methodist Church Oct. 26-27 for the 40th annual meeting of the conference UMW.
Read MoreLimitless: South Carolina joins nationwide UMW in new initiative to reach young women
By Jessica Connor. It’s all over the headlines: today’s generation doesn’t like traditional meetings, would rather network through social media and thinks it’s a colossal waste of time to talk about doing something when they can just go out and do it. Now, a new initiative from United Methodist Women is trying to tap into that spirit nationwide, and South Carolina is stepping up to help.
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