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Because of the soaring rates of depression and anxiety in this country today, Lyttleton Street United Methodist Church recently held mental health workshops for youth and adults.
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Mount Carmel United Methodist Church was awarded $3,000 from the South Carolina United Methodist Church’s Ethnic Local Church Concerns to improve its technology and security initiatives.
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South Carolina communicators Matt Brodie and Dan O’Mara won four awards from UMAC in the video and photography categories, Annual Conference/Local Church Division.
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The South Carolina United Methodist Advocate has selected Garrison Burrows, a rising freshman at Spartanburg Methodist College, as the newspaper’s 2021 college scholarship recipient.
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South Carolina Methodist history lovers are reeling this month after news that the World Methodist Council Museum has closed. The museum, housed at nearby Lake Junaluska, was established in 1956 and has one of the largest collections of artifacts from the early days of Methodism, including rare paintings, significant historical Methodist findings and artifacts from the time of Jesus. By Jessica Brodie.
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Continuing pandemic concerns prompt the UMCSC’s 2021 Annual Conference to convene virtually June 6-7.
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One Midlands church showed some extra special love to its elderly homebound members in honor of “love month.” Cayce United Methodist Church members, from preschoolers to older adults, handcrafted Valentine’s Day cards for the church’s elderly who are confined to their homes or nursing facilities. The 24 shut-ins, all in their 90s, got 15-20 valentines apiece. By Jessica Brodie.
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Advocate chats with Lay Servant Ministries district directors about hopes, issues, more.
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An ecumenical endeavor, God’s Abundance includes Christians throughout the town of Newberry and the surrounding area, both clergy and laity. Lutherans, Episcopalians, Catholics, Baptists and Methodists all gather together, volunteering to help those facing food insecurity in their community.
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Founded in 1866, Trinity served as the headquarters for the Orangeburg Civil Rights Movement. National leaders—including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Thurgood Marshall and Roy Wilkins—visited Trinity for events attended by people across the region. Strategy meetings and training sessions were also regularly held at the church.
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The ERT is calling on South Carolina United Methodists for help equipping two of these new ERT trailers with disaster supplies at a cost of $20,000 each trailer, for a total of $40,000.
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South Carolina Conference United Methodist Women’s district social action coordinators have chosen mass incarceration/criminal justice reform, quality education, environmental justice and expanded physical and mental health services access as our primary legislative issues for 2021. Four Legislative Advocacy Days were held in February to help women understand these issues better.
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Youth from more than 75 United Methodist churches across the South Carolina Conference took part in the livestream Revolution, held on one night, Jan. 30.
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Be prepared when you get that tap on your shoulder. By John MacKeil.
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South Carolina United Methodist pastor the Rev. Amiri B. Hooker has developed a Lenten devotional based on the Poor People’s Campaign’s agenda and revival, as well as some of his favorite social justice quotes.
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By Jessica Brodie. United Methodist churches stepped up their giving in the final weeks of 2020, achieving an 87.16 percent collection rate in conference apportionments in what was for many a disastrous year.
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By Jessica Brodie. Advent UMC in Simpsonville is donating more than $230,000 to build a fully furnished house where people released from prison can live while they get their lives back on track.
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By Jessica Brodie. Six diverse United Methodist pastors in the Midlands gathered in honor of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to discuss issues of truth, accountability and reconciliation when it comes to racial equality.
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The Advocate chats with men and women who work hands on to help local churches envision and fulfill their mission. By Jessica Brodie.
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By Jessica Brodie. What does it mean to pull together during COVID and a time of unrest rather than apart? That’s what United Methodist men across South Carolina are hoping to explore when they gather this month for their men’s spiritual retreat. This year’s event is free and mostly online, though some groups of men are socially distance gathering at host churches, while others are participating from their homes.
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