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- Men to gather for three teaching churches in August South Carolina men are invited to three Teaching Churches events this month presented by the South Carolina United Methodist Men. All are welcome, no matter their geographical area.
- A commandment to care By Jessica Brodie. Since our last edition, it’s been a whirlwind for people of faith in South Carolina, from the shooting of nine people during Bible study at Mother Emanuel in Charleston, to sweeping landmark Supreme Court cases legalizing gay marriage and upholding the Affordable Care Act, to the removal of a painful symbol of racism (or Southern pride) from the South Carolina State House grounds.
- Making a world of difference By Bishop Jonathan Holston. At the 2015 South Carolina Annual Conference, our laity and clergy accepted the clarion call to connect with United Methodists across the globe to end deaths by malaria.
- July 2015
- AC2015 Recap: Becoming Disciples God Can Use By Jessica Brodie. Imploring the risen God to transform our hard hearts into hearts of love and caring, no matter our trials, Bishop Jonathan Holston preached the opening worship service of Annual Conference, kicking off five days of celebration, fellowship and holy conferencing.
- Conference approves anti-bullying resolution By Jessica Brodie. Annual Conference approved a resolution to oppose bullying in all its forms and to create a safe space for all children of God regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, culture, citizenship, socio-economic status, gender identity, sexual orientation and physical or mental ability.
- AC votes 'no' to petition General Conference on homosexuality, RCRC By Jessica Brodie. The South Carolina Conference has voted not to petition General Conference on two issues: deleting language in the denomination’s Book of Discipline on homosexuality as incompatible with Christian teaching and withdrawing two United Methodist entities from the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice.
- South Carolina delegates elected to General, Jurisdictional conferences By Jessica Brodie. Annual Conference has elected its lay and clergy delegates to the 2016 General and Southeastern Jurisdictional conferences.
- Stop Hunger Now: Helping Uganda one meal packet at a time By Jessica Brodie. Hundreds of meal-packers gathered during Annual Conference for a massive conference effort to fight back against hunger. Donning gloves, hairnets and a passion for hunger relief, the volunteers packed 285,000 meals, which have been sent to Uganda courtesy of international hunger-relief organization Stop Hunger Now.
- Ordination: Say yes to God By Jessica Brodie. Even when we’re tired, even when going where He sends us would be difficult to do, keep on saying yes to God. That was the word from Baltimore-Washington Conference Bishop Marcus Matthews, who preached the ordination and commissioning service at Annual Conference.