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- New project: 10,000 Strength for Service books in S.C. By Jessica Brodie. Fifteen years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and 75 years after the attack on Pearl Harbor, a group of United Methodists is seeking to honor military and first responders with the hope and comfort of God’s word.
- Advocate wins four more SCPA awards The Advocate has been honored with four more awards for journalistic excellence from the South Carolina Press Association.
- Understanding Annual Conference: Districts prepare for May pre-conference trainings By Jessica Brodie. Next month, South Carolina United Methodists will have the opportunity to discuss and learn about a host of items slated for Annual Conference (June 5-8 in Florence).
- Prayer, dialogue deepen among S.C. delegation as GC2016 nears By Jessica Brodie. As General Conference nears, delegates to the quadrennial legislative event are deepening their prayer and discussion about important issues facing The United Methodist Church.
- S.C. churches get creative in efforts to fight malaria Across South Carolina, congregants, churches and districts are doing a host of things to help save lives through Imagine No Malaria.
- Three from UMCSC travel to U.S.-Mexico border to hear pope, raise awareness By Jessica Brodie. Three South Carolina United Methodists—two pastors and one youth minister—headed to the Mexican border recently to hear Pope Francis and to stand in solidarity with migrants.
- Pentecost Journey helps churches find next steps for Hispanic ministry By Jessica Brodie. Churches seeking new ties with their Latino neighbors spent two days recently creating a concrete outreach-focused action plan.
- Crisis intervention class helps pastors, chaplains step up to help By Jessica Brodie. The Rev. Richard Lewis will never forget the time when he was a rescue squad member and a person committed suicide right in front of his ambulance. Or the time a house fire claimed three victims. Or the time he went with a team to North Carolina and felt powerless to comfort the family of a man who died trying to escape his car after it plunged into the Broad River.
- Five minutes By Jessica Brodie. The forced solitude and inherent meditation opportunity in my morning commute has become my favorite time of the day to pray. Lulled into a happy, contemplative place by the hum of the car and the beauty of the coming day spread out in a panorama all around me, it’s a special, peaceful time I cherish and a great way to start the day.
- Ending malaria for good By Bishop Jonathan Holston. In June 2015, laity and clergy across the South Carolina Annual Conference accepted the clarion call to end deaths by malaria.