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- The moment when everything changes It’s so easy to simply get caught up in the enthusiasm of the crowds and join the procession that has the loudest brass bands or the most elaborate floats or the greatest number of celebrities or the most charismatic leaders. It’s easy to miss the procession where Jesus is riding on a humble donkey proclaiming dominion, not with violence, but by courageously loving, humbly serving and bravely acknowledging his place among the victims of imperial power. A column by Bishop Jonathan Holston.
- S.C. United Methodists among first to help Puerto Rico rebuild efforts A South Carolina rebuild and response team headed to Puerto Rico recently as the first to help the storm-battered island begin recovery through a new partnership between UMCOR, Home Depot and the Methodist Church of Puerto Rico. Jessica Brodie has the story.
- March 2018
- Bouncing back: After struggle, Wallace Family Life Center begins rebound By Jessica Brodie. Cabbage and baked chicken simmer in the kitchen as they gather around the folding tables in the community room at Wallace Family Life Center—older ladies and one older man, all huddled in pairs with calculators and workbooks, their pencils poised and brows furrowed. As they work, program coordinator Linda Sanders stirs the cabbage and tells her tale. Like many in the Wallace community, Sanders has seen the center go from a thriving haven to a struggling operation and back again. And today, as the center continues its climb, she says she’s trusting in God to use her and the other staff and volunteers to be His conduit, helping the people get the help they need.
- From softball to a walking track: Clinton’s recreation outreach By Jessica Brodie. For as long as anybody can remember, softball has been more than a diversion in Salley—it’s been a way of life, an integral part of both of the town and its people. But the community’s softball field had fallen into disrepair over the years. People rarely got to see each other outside of worship. Thanks to Clinton UMC and its spirit of outreach, that is now changing. Last year, members of the 157-year-old church cleared the land for a softball field on church property, and the games have returned. They decided to take their recreation outreach a step further and recently poured the foundation for what will soon be a paved lighted walking track. Plans are in the works for a prayer walk program, Weight Watchers and possibly Zumba classes.
- Annual Conference lifts mission theme, gears up for business By Jessica Brodie. This summer, South Carolina United Methodists will gather for an Annual Conference that embraces mission, both locally and across the globe. With the theme “A More Excellent Way: In Mission from Anywhere to Everywhere,” Annual Conference 2018 will celebrate local missions, such as Salkehatchie Summer Service and United Methodist Volunteers in Mission, and lift up the impact they have made worldwide and in South Carolina.
- Silent no more: Chisholm speaks at UMW Legislative Advocacy Day on domestic abuse By Jessica Brodie. It took her 27 years to stand up and tell her story, but Karen Wright Chisholm is silent no more. Chisholm, a retired chief master sergeant in the United States Air Force and one of 12 authors in the anthology “Camouflaged Sisters: Silent No More,” stood before more than 300 people at the South Carolina Conference United Methodist Women’s 2018 Legislative Advocacy Day Feb. 20 and shared her story—about growing up in Charleston with domestic abuse in families all around her, including her own.
- UMMen movement all about making disciples By Dan O’Mara. The goal of getting a new generation of men involved in ministry in South Carolina is not simply to grow the ranks of the United Methodist Men—it’s about making more disciples of Jesus Christ. That message was shared across the generations as about 1,000 men, and a few women, gathered at Christ United Methodist Church Feb. 16-18 for the UMMen’s “Come to the Water” spiritual retreat.
- Living water: Annual youth Revolution retreat points to Christ By Jessica Brodie. For the ninth year running, 2,000 teenagers from across South Carolina headed to Columbia for Revolution, a youth spiritual retreat, hoping to connect with other Christians their age, hear good music and a good word—and, for many, draw closer to Christ.
- Footsteps of Jesus: United Methodists gather to learn more about walking with the Lord By Jessica Brodie. United Methodists across the state headed to the North Charleston Marriott Feb. 6-8 for the Adult Spiritual Life Retreat, many of them hungry for a word from Dr. Lois Tverberg, author of “Walking in the Dust of Rabbi Jesus.”