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- Hulapalooza! Rock Hill to host huge health celebration April 7 to kickoff Abundant Health Initiative By Jessica Brodie. South Carolina is jumping through a huge hoop for health this month as one United Methodist church gears up for an Abundant Health Hulapalooza. Held at St. John’s UMC, Rock Hill, April 7 from 10 a.m. to noon, the Abundant Health Hulapalooza is a morning dedicated to embracing health and wellness and is the kickoff for the Abundant Health Initiative in South Carolina.
- New Salkehatchie camp forms to help eastern Williamsburg County By Jessica Brodie. One of the poorest counties in South Carolina will get some much-needed housing repair assistance this summer thanks to a newly launched Salkehatchie Summer Service Camp. Hemingway Kingstree East Salkehatchie, based out of Mount Seal United Methodist Church, Hemingway, will handle housing needs in that city and the eastern portion of Williamsburg County
- S.C. engineer, pastor named director of national scouting ministry Steven Scheid, a licensed local pastor in the South Carolina Annual Conference, will assume the post of director of scouting ministries for the General Commission on United Methodist Men June 1.
- Bishop and Mrs. Holston honored with Africa University’s top award Bishop L. Jonathan Holston and his wife, Felecia Holston, have received Africa University’s highest honor: the Drum Award, presented to staunch supporters of and advocates for the United Methodist-related institution. By Dan O'Mara.
- USC student reflects on experience researching religion, Olympics Where is God at the Olympic games? This was the question I set out to answer when I went to the Olympics in South Korea. My senior thesis for the University of South Carolina is determining how religion affected the atmosphere of the Olympics, and I did so through interviewing as many religious groups as I could find. By Madeline C. Mulkey.
- Lollis to be new UMCSC benefits officer The Rev. Christopher M. Lollis has been appointed as the new benefits officer for the South Carolina Annual Conference, effective July 1. Lollis, pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church, Darlington, will succeed the Rev. David Anderson, who has served as the conference benefits officer since 2005 and will retire.
- Bishop appoints three new district superintendents Bishop L. Jonathan Holston, resident bishop of the South Carolina Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, has appointed three new district superintendents: the Rev. Terry Fleming to the Florence District, the Rev. Cathy Mitchell to the Spartanburg District and the Rev. Steve Patterson to the Anderson District.
- Vincent named president-elect of S.C. UMC Foundation The Rev. Robert M. Vincent has been named president-elect of the South Carolina United Methodist Foundation Inc., by the foundation’s board of directors. Vincent will begin his association with the foundation July 1 and will become president on Jan. 1, 2019, succeeding the Rev. Roger M. Gramling, who has served as the foundation’s executive officer since 1985.
- Advocate Awareness Day 2018 set for May 20 Churches are invited to spread the word and help others know about the Advocate’s newspaper ministry as the Advocate holds its annual awareness day on Sunday, May 20, 2018.
- God in the graffiti: A Puerto Rico love story Sometimes spreading the Gospel is sharing our testimony. Sometimes it’s bringing someone to church. Sometimes it’s loving people in His honor. And sometimes, it’s spray-painting His name on concrete planters on the northern coast of Puerto Rico to remind passersby that no matter what else the day, the week or this temporary human life can bring, at the end it’s all about God. A column by Jessica Brodie.