“Find one red leaf, one yellow leaf, one brown leaf, one twig, one acorn, one pine cone and one feather” was the challenge given to 15 St. Andrew United Methodist Church, Easley, women as we began our hike.
From 93-year-old members making pew dolls to 2-year-old members making bracelets, Mount Hebron UMC's Operation Christmas Child mission project has enabled the church to demonstrate God’s love to others in a tangible way. By Meredith M. Dark.
Six days of rejoicing, six days of fellowship, six days of worship and six days of becoming one with God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. By the Rev. Mary B. Burnell and Rev. Annie H. Sistrunk.
Liberty UMC, Liberty led by their pastor, Rev. Michael Goldston, partnered with Empowering Haitians from the Virginia Annual Conference and UMVIM SC to take a continuing education mission trip to Haiti July 18-24.
South Carolina United Methodist Women gather in Summerville for annual meeting. By Susan Smith.
One Midlands church is responding with love and deep prayer after a pit bull puppy was set on fire and killed in its parking lot Nov. 12. Grace United Methodist Church, on Harbison Blvd. in Columbia, held a Blessing of the Pets and Prayer Service outside the church Nov. 19, one week after the incident. By Jessica Brodie.
By Jessica Brodie. UMCSC continues its relief work after Hurricane Matthew, sending disaster teams and supplies to churches and people in need.
By Jessica Brodie. A year after celebrating its best financial year in more than a decade, the conference is on track to do it again.
By Jessica Brodie. This Thanksgiving, one United Methodist mission in the Lowcountry is shouting hallelujah—for standing strong during the hurricane, for the people it continues to serve for the Lord and for the brand-new chapel it built courtesy of a healthy dose of divine inspiration.
By Jessica Brodie. Sharon United Methodist is a small, rural church in a small, rural town. On a good Sunday, maybe 20 people are in the pews. The whole town itself has 500 people. But it’s a small church that does huge things for its community, all in the name of Christ. Every month, the church feeds about 400 people every month through three different food ministry programs.
By Jessica Brodie. One nonprofit’s furniture needs has brought an entire district together in a connectional spirit of support and Christian love.
By Jessica Brodie. United Methodists got a chance to explore global health issues and how they relate to the black church in October as hundreds of clergy and laity gathered for the biennial Summit on the Black Church, “Global is Personal: A Passport to World Health.”