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• Anti-bullying resolution to go before AC2015 March 25, 2015 By Jessica Brodie. More than a hundred United Methodists have submitted an anti-bullying resolution that will go before lay and clergy members of Annual Conference when they gather in Florence June 7-11.
• Jesus 101: Middle-school Bible ministry in Upstate March 25, 2015 By Jessica Brodie. The smell of cheese puffs and cream-filled cookies fills the fellowship hall at Pisgah United Methodist Church as, one by one, about 60 eighth graders file in. "Hey, Pastor Matt!” a girl calls out as the boys jostle each other, angling for the best spot in the food line. But just like that, the clamor settles down, and the kids take their seats in orderly rows behind tables with Bibles. They’re here for Christian Released Time, a once-a-week middle school elective hosted by Pisgah, and the clock is ticking. It’s time to learn about the Bible.
• Advocate wins seven more SCPA awards March 25, 2015 The Advocate has won seven more awards from the South Carolina Press Association, including two for first place.
• Skin in the game: UMMen ‘man up’ for Christ March 25, 2015 By Jessica Brodie. United Methodist Men are on a roll in South Carolina, and the momentum only continues to grow. That’s what men’s ministry leaders are saying after a wildly successful Men N Ministry spiritual retreat in February that outdid the bishop’s own goal for the event, plus brought hundreds of men into new relationship with Christ.
• Shiloh celebrates new building two years after fire destroys old March 25, 2015 By Jessica Brodie. Two and a half years after fire from a lightning storm demolished Shiloh United Methodist Church’s sanctuary and fellowship hall, church members marked their successful rebuild with a dedication celebration.
• UMW: Combatting domestic violence in SC—together March 25, 2015 By Jessica Brodie. Sometimes, being number one or number two isn’t a win but a colossal fail—such as when you’re talking domestic violence statistics, and the stakes are women’s lives right here in South Carolina. South Carolina United Methodist Women gathered at Epworth Children’s Home March 17 for their annual Legislative Advocacy Day, where they tackled the state’s standing as number two for deaths of women because of domestic violence.
• AC2015 to vote on Discipline’s homosexuality language March 25, 2015 By Jessica Brodie. Annual Conference members will vote in June whether the church should remove language from the United Methodist Book of Discipline about homosexuality being incompatible with Christian teaching.
• Depending on each other: Bishop’s Road Show March 25, 2015 By Jessica Brodie. When it comes to building the church, it’s all about relationships. That was the overriding word from Bishop Jonathan Holston as he completed the last of his 12-district Bishop’s Road Show in Spartanburg Feb. 28.
• Advocate to hold first-ever Awareness Day May 17 March 25, 2015 The 178-year-old Advocate newspaper will mark its first-ever Advocate Awareness Day next month. Set for Sunday, May 17, Advocate Awareness Day is a chance for churches and pastors to tell church members about the Advocate’s newspaper ministry.
• Passion March 25, 2015 By Jessica Brodie. There I was, at the United Methodist Men’s spiritual retreat, surrounded by literally hundreds of men who were committing themselves to Christ, some for the very first time. I saw grown men with tears running down their cheeks, grown men laying on the floor or with their heads in their hands, ashamed that it had taken them this long to make that leap, excited about what was ahead of them. And it blew my mind.