The South Carolina United Methodist Advocate has been honored with two more journalism excellence awards this spring. These latest are from the Religion Communicators Council, an interfaith group of religious communicators founded in 1929.
By Jessica Brodie. The contents of the World Methodist Council Museum will head to Texas. That’s the word from the council in its April “First Friday Letter,” which stated the Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology and SMU Libraries at Southern Methodist University in Dallas will receive the contents “in entirety.”
By Dan O'Mara. The UMCSC has launched Clergy Care, a new ministry designed to help pastors and other ministers access resources and opportunities for support and personal growth.
By the Rev. Darlene L. Kelley. We squirm to navigate the armholes of our Day-Glo orange safety vests and pick up our green bags. Pumping the handles of our also-orange “garbage grabbers” that look a bit like giant lobster claws, we make our way along the edge of Mount Pleasant Road, amazed at how much litter lines the asphalt.
By Dan O’Mara. More than 400 clergy from across the South Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church gathered virtually recently for a wide-ranging conversation about one of the conference’s most important initiatives in recent years: Our Response to Racism.
John Holler will step down after 15 years as Epworth’s President and CEO.
Brown Swamp United Methodist Church in Conway benefited from COVID because it forced them to reimagine their children’s Easter event.
On May 4, 2021, various United Methodist ministries, schools and other organizations will be participating in the annual Midlands Gives event.
This Easter, people unable to leave their homes because of illness or other issues will get some springtime cheer courtesy of an Easter lily delivery project led by the Rock Hill District of the UMC.
One United Methodist church in South Carolina is stepping up to meet a need, helping seniors and others get registered for their COVID-19 vaccine. And now, other churches are doing the same.
Organizers of General Conference have again postponed the worldwide United Methodist gathering. The new date is Aug. 29 to Sept. 6, 2022, to be held in Minneapolis.
By Jessica BrodieIt was shorter than years past—just two hours on a Friday night—and many of the participants weren’t even gathered in-person. But those who attended the Men n Ministry “One in the Spirit” men’s spiritual retreat said it was just as powerful and Spirit-filled as the rest.