South Carolina Resident Bishop L. Jonathan Holston released a statement calling for patience amid a “cacophony of voices” that have been offering details and conversations about the future of The United Methodist Church—what will happen and when. By Jessica Brodie.

United Methodists are among loud voices crying both to end the death penalty in South Carolina and to get the execution of death row inmate Richard Moore commuted. By Jessica Brodie.

Turn90 helps formerly incarcerated men start over with case management, cognitive behavioral classes, transitional work and job placement. By Jessica Brodie.

Seeking a way to address a gap in mental health care and mitigate a steady decline in mental and emotional health, Wespath offered a two-part live, virtual seminar on first aid for mental health this spring well attended by clergy and laity across the United Methodist connection. By Jessica Brodie.

A little more than a month remains until South Carolina’s Annual Conference, which again will be held virtually because of the lingering COVID-19 pandemic.

The newest book from the Advocate Press aims to shine light into the problem of sexual assault and intimate partner violence through the true story of a South Carolina United Methodist pastor who lived it. The book, “Betrayed With a Kiss: One Pastor’s Story of Finding God In the Wake of Sexual Assault and Intimate Partner Violence,” is authored by the Rev. Chrisie Reeves-Pendergrass, outreach pastor at St. Matthew United Methodist Church, Greenville.

A bill spearheaded by United Methodists and other people of faith to address intergenerational poverty along I-95 in South Carolina has passed the State House and is now being considered by the Senate. By Jessica Brodie.

For Spring Break 2022, a group from MSN traveled for the eighth time to Ecuador to work with the Evangelical United Methodist Church.

The United Methodist Committee on Relief, a Texas-based humanitarian organization focused on Ukraine and Ohio Health are collaborating to send 47,895 pounds of medical supplies and equipment worth $935,000 to three hospitals in Kyiv, Ukraine.

One South Carolina pastor is taking wisdom gleaned at a conference and turning it into a new way to do ministry in her local church and district. The Rev. Thessa Smith attended Shift Happens: Doing Ministry from the Right Side, a conference offered by Strengthening the Black Church for the 21st Century, a ministry that works to transform and sustain Black and cross-racial churches and pastors in The United Methodist Church.  There, she learned valuable information about a needed perspective shift that she is working to implement in her church, Trinity UMC, Greenwood, as well as across the Greenwood District as a whole.

After violent storms in April, the ERT responded first with assessment teams, who made contact with the survivors and assessed their needs, prayed for them and offered Scripture aids of comfort and care.

On Feb. 21, a group of community collaborators, including Save the Children, St. Andrews United Methodist Church and the Prince of Orange Daughters of the American Revolution Chapter, opened a “free library” to encourage and promote literacy in Orangeburg.