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- United Methodists' Spanish outreach provides help, hope after S.C. flood By Jessica Brodie. Rodrigo Moran will never forget the morning of the great flood. “My boy said, ‘Look! The rio, the water overflows!’” Moran explained in halting English, holding his hand to demonstrate how a foot of water from a nearby creek swept into his family’s tiny trailer in the Wilson Creek mobile home park in Greenwood.
- UM chaplain shares tales of ‘ordinary heroes’ during flood search-and-rescue By Jessica Brodie. One United Methodist pastor got up-close-and-personal with flood response—and had the chance to minister to the disaster’s heroes in action.
- Local churches reach out after S.C. flood By Jessica Brodie. Across South Carolina, United Methodist churches small and large are stepping up to be the hands and feet of Christ in the aftermath of the flood. And whether serving as Red Cross shelters, collecting money or mobilizing money and volunteers, they are heeding God’s call to help.
- ERT crews serve as hands and feet for three sites in Greenwood By Jessica Brodie. While dramatic flood damage in Columbia and Charleston got the most news coverage, many other areas in South Carolina were also hard hit by the flood—including several parts of Greenwood County.
- South Carolina ERT help in Holly Hill after flood By Billy Robinson. On Oct. 6, just days after South Carolina’s flood devastation, South Carolina United Methodist Volunteers In Mission Early Response Teams responded to a couple of areas in the state. One of which was Holly Hill for two damaged roofs and a flooded family restaurant.
- Live from South Carolina… it’s Francis Asbury! By Jessica Brodie. One United Methodist pastor has taken to heart Francis Asbury’s directive to exhibit and proclaim the love of God everywhere.
- Bishop’s Barbecue Bashes launch with fellowship in midst of storm By Jessica Brodie. In spite of and even in the midst of the flood, clergy and laity managed to come together for prayer, fun and fellowship as the first Bishop’s Barbecue Bashes launched last month.
- Golf tournament raises needed funds for Africa University By Jessica Brodie. They swung, they hit (or missed) and they had some fun—and all for the students of Africa University.
- Youth help ‘Imagine No Malaria’ through net-inspired fashion show, T-shirt contest By Jessica Brodie. Youth are now picking up the pace in South Carolina’s fight against malaria, with a T-shirt contest and More Than Nets fashion show adding a bit of creative flair to fundraising.
- Strength to go on—in Christ By Jessica Brodie. Somehow, life goes on. I find myself this week, as we prepare to go to press on the Advocate, shopping for Halloween costumes for our four kids and decorations for our church’s Trunk or Treat, wondering which side of the family to visit for Thanksgiving, scheduling doctor visits and oil changes and weekend chores and all the other trappings of my first-world life.