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- The big picture By Bishop Jonathan Holston. “You’ve got to see the bigger picture!” Frankly, I do not know who is given credit for this phrase, but it shares a significant insight...
- General Conference, here I come By Jessica Brodie. This month, The United Methodist Church is gearing up for its quadrennial family reunion: General Conference. Yes, “family reunion” was my takeaway from the 2012 General Conference, when this editor stood...
- Advocate S.C. Stories of Racial Awakening Project: Narrative 2 Read the second narrative accepted for publication (this one by Cindy Curtis) in the Advocate’s new project to help foster racial awareness, dialogue and reconciliation.
- United Ministries, GAIHN unite to expand efforts to address poverty and promote self-sufficiency in Greenville After years of partnering to assist those in need in Greenville, United Ministries and the Greenville Area Interfaith Hospitality Network are making plans to join together by merging into one organization, creating greater capacity to serve those striving to achieve financial stability and self-sufficiency.
- Advocate S.C. Stories of Racial Awakening Project: Narrative 1 Read the first narrative accepted for publication (this one by Anne Bonnette Harmon) in the Advocate’s new project to help foster racial awareness, dialogue and reconciliation.
- April 2016
- Six months after the flood By Jessica Brodie. When the rains came last October, Trinity United Methodist Church took a pelting. The historic downtown Charleston church didn’t get flooded, but instead stood like a sponge as an estimated 4 trillion tons of rainwater poured out of the skies, breaking through Trinity’s aging roof and swamping an empty space between the sanctuary and annex. They're not the only one.
- Changing how S.C. Native American history is taught By Jessica Brodie. If you listen to state social studies education standards, Native Americans are a “dead” people, their history centering on the distant past and entirely ignoring contemporary issues facing tribes today, say Native American South Carolina United Methodists. But The United Methodist Church could play a role in changing that if the South Carolina Conference passes a new resolution brought by the Native American Committee.
- Men ‘make their mark’ at 1,100-man ministry retreat By Jessica Brodie. This year’s Men N Ministry Weekend was the largest men’s event South Carolina has ever seen, and now, men’s ministry leaders are taking to their knees for next steps in Kingdom-building.
- Congressional leaders make civil rights pilgrimage to S.C. By Jessica Brodie. Bipartisan congressional leaders and a prominent United Methodist leader spent three days in March digging into South Carolina’s extensive civil rights history and listening to stories of pain and reconciliation.